There's more to come at this big Foolish winner. It seems Londoners and visitors to our nation's capital still enjoy a drink no matter what the economy, the weather, terrorists or anything else throws at them.Judging by the continued excellent performance of AIM-listed Capital Pub Co. (LSE: CPUB), pretty much nothing will stop us in our search for a decent pub. And Capital's 31 unbranded free houses are certainly decent ones.Each of Capital's pubs has its own identity and serves food Read more [...]

She took one look at the town's tiny historic cottages with steeply pitched roofs tucked under towering oaks and tulip poplars and decided it would be home. "When I first found it, I felt like I'd driven into Brigadoon," she said of town, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located just outside Gaithersburg. Many houses face trees and green space with walking paths rather than roads. An octagonal, wood-shingled building dating from 1902 houses a multitude of programs, Read more [...]

Nov 26 2010 by Sion Morgan, Western Mail IT HAS been dubbed Llanelli’s “jewel in the crown” – but there are fears Parc Howard Mansion, a gem of classic Italianate architecture, is under threat. The 19th-century museum – which houses the world’s largest collection of Llanelli Pottery – and its surrounding 32-acre parkland has struggled to step out of the shadow of its more media-savvy neighbour Llanelly House. The Grade I-listed building has had less luck attracting Read more [...]

Here in the Morristown area, we have gotten used to there being a lot of open houses. Sure, we have heard about sister Patch sites, where there may be a few, but here at Morristown Patch, and sister site Morris Township-Morris Plains Patch, well, many open houses are par for the course. Imagine our surprise when we saw there were only five, count them, FIVE open houses up this weekend. I mean, it is the Thanksgiving weekend and all. Wheatsheaf Farm Road, one of the properties at least, makes its Read more [...]