I’ve been feeling a little too extravagant with my house of the week posts lately, so I decided to dial it down a notch this week and look for something more in my price range and something miraculous happened. I fell in love… While ho-humming my way through some seriously […]
House of the week: Palace on Third
From totally epic to just so-so, I’m pretty sure I could live in any of the dream houses I’ve posted so far. Then I saw this listing… Amidst an entire neighborhood of historic properties lies the Robinson House. It was built by Irish-born architect Henry Howard in the mid-19th century […]
House of the week: Victorian on Coliseum Street
How perfect is this house for me? Let me count the ways! First, it is a classic New Orleans Victorian built back in the early 1900’s. Second, it has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a cute little shed in the back that would make a perfect workshop for John or […]
House of the week: Camelback cottage on Delachaise
Although I love looking at huge houses with 5+ bedrooms, gargantuan dining rooms and mammoth kitchens, in truth I really don’t need a whole lot of space. Naturally if I bought a house I would like at least one extra bedroom for guests, but otherwise I am perfectly happy with […]
House of the week: Creole cottage on Barracks Street
When you live in the Bay Area, finding enclosed dog parks is as easy as meeting blonde girls who say “hella” and dirty vagrants on Haight Street selling bunk acid from their left shoe. The suburbs are literally rife with pre-fab, astro-turfed dog “havens” where anal owners strictly patrol and […]
Deference to the divine: Carrollton United Methodist Church
In the 900 block of S. Carrollton Avenue, among some of the finer mansions on the street, sits the Carrollton United Methodist Church. It’s a gorgeous brick and stucco structure with a round, stained glass window hovering above a pillared entryway, and to be perfectly honest, I would have never […]
House of the week: Horrendous tile!
As I was looking through house listings today for my weekly post, I couldn’t help but come across a common feature in a lot of “remodeled” homes. Abhorrent tile! Now don’t get the wrong idea, I think tile is a perfectly serviceable flooring in kitchens, bathrooms and even the odd […]
House of the week: Victorian on Constance Street
As of Twelfth Night (January 6th), carnival season has begun and I find myself longing to live closer to the parade route. I dream of having festive parties at a house where guests can easily walk out to St. Charles and enjoy the krewes rolling by and return to a […]
Do you remember…
…this house? It was the mystery on my street with Katrina-born messages scrawled on the wobbly, leaning fence and so overgrown with flora you could barely see the house. Last week as John and I set out on foot to our next dining destination, I stopped in my tracks and […]
House of the week: Creole cottage on Dauphine Street
Living in the French Quarter was a dream I had when I first headed down to New Orleans. The historic aspect of this town was a huge attraction to me after all and the Vieux Carre IS history. You won’t find an older neighborhood anywhere else in the United States. […]
House of the week: Victorian on Canal Street
When you are forced into the position of buying something “as is,” it always seems to connote something negative. Like “the plumbing is shot, but the owner is selling the house ‘as is’” or “they’re selling the car ‘as is’ despite the leaky radiator.” I’d like to put a positive […]
House of the week: Creole Townhouse on Esplanade
I’m feeling very whimsical today, endlessly hopeful and full of fancy. I’m dreaming big dreams and wishing on a star because only a huge windfall of fortune would enable me to attain a dream house like this one. People just don’t know how good they have it sometimes. Removing the financial […]