By Dave Twombly (And we're back from our Holiday Hiatus. I hope you all had a delicious time, regardless of what your flavor of holiday is.) Do a quick Google (or search engine of your choosing) search on "Crooked House" and you'll find "whimsical playhouses for children" , a book by Agatha Christie, a TV show
to keep my heat from wanderingby Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate Though I'm being pleasantly lulled by the warm weather, convinced that Spring is just around the corner, I concede that winter will soon be here. With winter comes high heating bills, which I'm thoroughly opposed to. Winter is bad enough without having to
By Dave Twombly As you you know my dear readers, my posts typically feature my (often flat) attempts at wit sprinkled with some lighthearted comments. As a new father, living in Cambridge, I like to share my experiences with you, both from my life and professional experiences. I want you to be entertained as well
By Dave Twombly There are many things that come along with having a baby. In addition to the every day amazement that new parents experience (and the sleepless nights, diapers, worrying, joy, humility, etc.) comes, as I mentioned in my previous post, stuff. Lots of stuff. Unfortunately, the stuff has to go somewhere. Regardless of
Incredible shrinking insulationby Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate I've been in thousands of basements over the years and I can tell you that a home with well-insulated heating pipes are rare. This winter with oil prices at record highs, it pays more than ever to insulate your heating pipes. In most homes, the uninsulated
By Dave Twombly As my loyal readers (all 3 of you) know and those new to the blog do not, we recently moved to a new unit. We moved way across town, as we like to call it, to suburban North Cambridge (the trials and tribulations of the move are chronicled in earlier posts).
Dianne Sitting on the front porch Do you like to sit on your front porch, watching people walk by? Having a chance to chat with your neighbors? Or do you prefer a private deck in the back of the house. I am a front-porch kind of person, and the front porch of my antique
Why two flushing choices are better than oneby Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate Israel may be the land flowing with milk & honey, but it's not the land flowing with fresh water. The country faces chronic water shortages, and you can see innovative methods of conserving water everywhere. On a recent trip there I
By Dave Twombly In Stephen King’s classic film (and one of my favorites) The Shawshank Redemption the denouement occurs when the main character, Andy Dufresne, escapes prison and a tyrant warden. He’d tunneled through the wall of his cell and then escaped by breaking open the sewer pipe. If you have seen the film,
fooling the eye, myself and my neighbors by Ron Rothenberg, 4 Buyers Real Estate The first few cool days of Autumn send me into a panic. I made so many grand plans for home improvement projects over the summer, and now summer is running out, and I've only done . . . well, not too