Book Review: Alternatives To Sex by Stephen McCauley
A mild thumbs up for Stephen McCauley’s 2006 novel Alternatives To Sex.
Category Archive: Home Ownership
Book Review: Busted by Edmund L Andrews
A review of the book Busted, a memoir of life in the mortgage meltdown fast lane by New York Times economics reporter Edmund L Andrews.
Book Review: Leisureville by Andrew D Blechman
A review of the non-fiction book Leisureville: Adventures In America’s Retirement Utopias by Andrew D Blechman.
House Lust
If you’ve come to fear that you spend Way too much time watching House Hunters on HGTV, if you’ve found yourself Zillow-ing everyone from your neighbors to a blind date or if you… Read More
Rammed Earth and Concrete Houses
Today’s architectural books are a far cry from my usual eye candy selections. Both The Concrete House by Pieter A VanderWerf and The Rammed Earth House by David Easton are detailed and practical… Read More
Perfect (ly Hideous) Neutrals
Lately Ron and I have become regular viewers of a show on HGTV where two rather pompous designers visit with the owners of homes that have been on the market for awhile and… Read More
Rustic Cabin Fireplace
Last week’s books on spectacular log homes seemed to spark a real interest in the subject for Ron and today’s books are two he ordered from the library catalog which we both oohed… Read More
Dream Home Alternative: Association Living
When I was a high school senior I had a sociology class, taught by a really nice man who was not a very stern disciplinarian. One day during a unit on group communications… Read More
