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Pink Puts House up for Sale!
Pink is selling her Los Angeles mansion.
Pop singer Pink and her husband Carey Hart are selling LA mansion after they moved into a bigger one in nearby Malibu.
The Spanish style mansion,
situated in the Sherman Oaks area of the California city, is described in the real estate listing as “a true oasis, an ideal celebrity retreat… that defies comparison to anything else on the market&rdq… (View original article)
Monday, August 15, 2011, by Rob Bear
Back in 2006, financier and Boston Red Sox owner John Henry paid $16M for a 6.3-acre plot in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Mass. He then proceeded to knock down the existing 13,000-square-foot Georgian estate built by baseball rival Frank McCourt and start fresh with this columned giant (above). The 35,000-square-foot shingle-style spread contains nearly every imaginable luxury feature, including a home theater with lobb… (View original article)
The spirit of Mary Glover Chase haunts a wire sculpture wearing her 130-year-old wedding dress at tea time. Artist Shawn Panepinto recreated the shape and tea set of Chase, the daughter of a prominent ship’s captain who, in 1880, married the son of a peg-legged stowaway who landed in Portsmouth and founded a successful clothing store.
In an adjacent bedroom, the ghosts of children in white christening dresses, embroided by artist Lynne Yamamoto, twirl slowly in midair.
A newly revamped membership program is now available at Loyola University Chicago’s Cuneo Mansion and Gardens in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The program, which was closed temporarily after the University acquired the estate from the Cuneo Foundation in December 2009, was officially reintroduced on July 1, 2011.
The Cuneo membership program, which features five levels of membership, will allow the estate to preserve its historic surroundings, fund its day-to-day operations, and pro… (View original article)
A classic stone home on North Bowman Avenue in Merion Station used to showcase the country’s largest collection of Wedgwood china.
“It was 15 to 20 years into our marriage before I ever had any other dishes but Wedgwood,” recalls Max Buten.
As most families of the 1950s and 1960s were discovering the convenience of the TV dinner, the Buten family embraced the elegance of fine dining like no other.
Buten’s family owned and ran the Buten Museum of Wedgwood right out of… (View original article)
French palate … Chateau de Castelnaud near the Dordogne River. Photo: Getty Images
At a villa in the Dordogne, Susan Bredow and a party of old friends explore castles and the finer points of confit.
The small hotel foyer is overcrowded and the noise level has got the better of the lone male receptionist, who asks us, nicely, to go elsewhere.
Eight Australian friends with luggage have reunited in this small space and the excitement and chatter co… (View original article)
8 bedrooms restored for fire damaged Peckforton Castle
Friday, 12 August 2011 14:31
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8 bedrooms restored for fire damaged Peckforton Castle
Peckforton Castle will have 8 of its 14 damaged bedrooms restored and ready for public use by Saturday 13th August. The bedrooms, known internally as the 500s and 600s, suffered water and smoke damage following an arson attack on the Castle in the early hours of the 1… (View original article)
France, which is only slightly bigger than Rajasthan, attracts 75 million tourists a year while Rajasthan gets just 1.28 million.
Recognising the huge role of the hospitality industry in boosting tourist revenue, Rajasthan — a virtual treasure trove of history, culture, arts and heritage — has embarked on the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model to expand tourist facilities in this desert State.
One such partnership is with Jal Mahal Resorts to develop a 100-a… (View original article)
When William J. Chadwick, a managing director of Chadwick Saylor & Co., a Malibu, Calif.-based real estate investment banking firm, put his Malibu mansion on the sale block in 2008 it caused quite a stir among real estate enthusiasts. The 10,500-square foot Carbon Beach estate was asking a hefty $65 million — and just as the economy was beginning to collapse.
Three years, three real estate agents (including megabroker Chris Cortazzo of Coldwell Banker Previews Inter… (View original article)