Second Shelters

Second Shelters: Find a Waterside Retreat in a North Texas Arts Mecca, Clifton

By Valerie Jarvie / March 17, 2017 /

So your family wants a vacation home in the country, but peace and quiet are just not enough for you — you require art and social outlets built around it to feed your soul, even in a rural retreat. Take heart. There’s a North Texas place not far from Dallas-Fort Worth that just might fill…

Become Sherlock’s Watson in Marylebone Penthouse in London

By Jon Anderson / March 15, 2017 /

There’s nothing seemingly historic about this duplex penthouse on the 13th and 14th floors of Marathon House, a modern-ish high-rise in London (Map). Thankfully for someone who loves big views, modern buildings are not the issue in London that it can be in Paris where old almost always beats new. For those not familiar with Marylebone…

Vacation for a Cause: A Breckenridge Home Stay Will Benefit Dallas CASA

By Valerie Jarvie / March 14, 2017 /

  Here’s another sweet opportunity to vacation for a cause: a one-week stay in a mountain home in Breckenridge, Colorado, is among the auction items coming up at the 10th annual Dallas CASA Cherish the Children luncheon April 5 at the Fairmont Dallas. The luncheon raising funds for the abused and neglected children served by…

Renting Parisian Dreams is Sometimes the Safer Bet

By Jon Anderson / March 9, 2017 /

Living in Paris is a dream for many people, but a dream financially unattainable.  It may also be that the vagaries of foreign property ownership and the added wrinkle of currency fluctuations are simply not for you.  I mean, while a property may appreciate, if the currency tumbles, appreciation can quickly turn to loss.  For…

Fancy a Five-Star Vineyard Home? Check Out Four Seasons Residences Napa Valley

By Valerie Jarvie / March 8, 2017 /

Since posting last September about the idyllic living setup Kathryn and Craig Hall have with residences in both Dallas and Napa, Calif., wine country housing has been on my radar. News from Napa jumped off the screen when word came out that the Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts has announced residential sales at their venue opening…