High school seniors can come up with all sorts of reasons for choosing a certain college.
The dude ranch is an American tradition dating back more than 100 years, yet it still endures as a popular vacation destination. It’s more often called a “guest ranch” or “ranch resort” today, and no longer specializes in the “charm” of Spartan bunkhouses and nights sleeping under horse blankets along dusty trails. This business is all grown up, a full corporate citizen of the New West, offering services that modern families expect while still celebrating the cowboy culture and the ranch lifestyle.
RED PLIGHT DISTRICT: At area shopping centers, traditional Christmas village decor is replaced with the ambience of a ghost town. The scary part for retailers is that empty storefronts and deep discounts are commonplace even though the calendar still says Christmas is more than three weeks away.
There’s a light at the end of the foreclosure tunnel in Las Vegas.
As colleagues at two big local resort-architecture firms, Kim Daoust and Jordan Bañares designed interiors in tandem.
A month has nearly passed since a seat on the Gaming Control Board became vacant.
The holiday season used to be a time of year when many employees could count on a little extra money to help buy presents. Much-anticipated Christmas bonuses were a source of cheer for workers, but a bleak economy is forcing companies to be more creative in finding gifts other than cash.
The turkey has been roasted and you have been stuffed. Thanksgiving is over and now it’s time to prepare for the holiday season.
The fireplace long ago ceased being a functional element in most American homes. In our climate-controlled environments, it’s usually no more than a decorative feature, although a living room fireplace still does satisfy a primal urge to gather around a fire for psychological as well as physical warmth. In other words, everybody loves a fireplace.
Modern-style furniture was first designed in the 1920s but did not become “mainstream” until the 1950s.
Sometimes even a designer with a track record like mine needs to be brought up to speed, which is what happened recently during the remodeling of a client’s adjoining dining room and kitchen. They were very excited about the new look taking shape and were fixated on what the dining table would look like.
Elaine Caminiti liked the Cottages of Green Valley even when it was under construction. She applied to be a caregiver and med tech in June of 2002 and joined the assisted living and memory care community a month later.
Q: With so many homes on the market these days owned by banks, are these real estate-owned homes really a good deal or not.
Editor’s note: Occasionally, the address listed is the home buyer’s mailing address and not the actual location.
Q: Our homeowners are involved in a major dispute with the board. The board wants to create rules and a fine schedule without amending either the bylaws or the CCRs (covenants, conditions and restrictions). There is a section called “Enforcement,” which states that “any owner or the association in its own name and on its own behalf or on behalf of any owner who consents can commence and maintain actions for damages to restrain and enjoy any actual or threatened breach of any provisions…”
Developer Rhodes Homes has released four new home sites in The Fairways Collection within in Rhodes Ranch, a southwestern master-planned community.