Second Shelters
As people from across the country (ahem, California) flee sky-high rent and congested traffic by moving to Texas, many of the major cities are finding that the incoming crowds are ironically bringing in the very things the new residents were running from. That is certainly true for Austin, where the booming growth of residents and new…
Travel + Leisure published its list of best small towns in America to buy a vacation home — perfect timing for those who have a goal of buying a second home in 2022. Though they span the nation coast to coast, all have one thing in common — understated luxury in a serene, peaceful environment. “Since…
Just in time for our 2022 inaugural Second Shelters column, Travel + Leisure published its list of best small towns in the U.S. to buy a vacation home. Though they span the nation coast to coast, all have one thing in common—understated luxury in a serene, peaceful environment.
Although no one could say that everything returned completely to “normal,” I’m feeling grateful that 2021 was a year where many of us were able to take some steps (big or small) out into the world again. Domestic travel was more popular than ever in 2021, and the soul of the iconic ‘great American road…
When was the last time you heard about a “gorgeous” hazmat situation? Yet that’s exactly the word master builder and installation artist Randy Polumbo used to describe the dilapidated lighthouse in Orient Point, New York, he purchased off a government website. “It had peeling lead paint, cauliflowers coming out of the plaster, rust, mold, mildew, and a…
