Just Listed: 8 Homes for Sale in McLean

These homes have been listed (or relisted) in the past week for sale in McLean.  If you're a Realtor or homeowner and you have just listed a home for sale in the McLean area, you are always welcome add a photo and information to this post by clicking on the ‘upload’ button to the right. Click on a listing below and you will be automatically linked to AOL Real Estate (or another site) for complete listing information. 1591 Maddux Lane, McLean, VA $2,595,000 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths 6130 Kinyon Read more [...]

Easter Egg Hunts, Activities and Services: A Schedule of Easter Events

Easter falls on Sunday, March 31 this year, so stock up on Cadbury Creme Eggs now! Whether you want to attend an egg hunt, church service or get your child’s photo taken with the Easter Bunny (much less traumatic than Santa Claus), check out our list of Easter events happening in Napa Valley. (If your event is not listed, please add it in the comments) Thursday, March 28. --Maundy Thursday: Dramatization of the Last Supper, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 7 p.m. Friday, March 29. --Public Procession Read more [...]

Sale of hotel latest chapter in Dundee’s “positive investment story”

Dundee’s burgeoning hospitality sector has received another boost with confirmation of the multi-million-pound sale of the city’s 95-bed Holiday Inn Express. The purpose-built Waterfront property has been snapped up by Birmingham-based firm Cannock Investments, in partnership with newly-estbalished hotel developer and investor Hetherley Developments.While the purchase price has not been revealed, the building was listed for sale with a £4.4m price tag Read more [...]

Listed former farmhouse in Cheshire

An early 17th century farmhouse in Cheshire was transformed into a characterful country property with 14 acres and secondary accommodation in 2004 Parr Green Hall is a notable period property which was formed from a former farmhouse and its farm buildings. Dating from the early 17th century, the house was renovated in 2004 and now offers a sizeable country house with secondary accommodation and extensive outbuildings. Constructed of reclaimed Cheshire brick and period timber framing under a Read more [...]

Florida Travel: Celebrate state’s 500th anniversary with a visit to wonderful …

DINING The arrival of the French, then the British, caused St Augustine residents to flee to Havana, but today the traffic is going the other way. Manny and Janett, a Cuban/Ecuadorean couple, run one of America’s great breakfast spots: La Harencia (www.laharenciacafe.com , 4 Aviles St, 904-829-9487). Their Guajiro (black beans, pork, salsa, and cheese on Cuban toast) with café con leche and warm-from-the-oven pastries guarantee a fine start to your day. (Salsa and tango in the evening).Quirky Read more [...]

Residents seek new roles for listed telephone boxes

One of the phone boxes on Breakspears Road. Pic: Emmet Simpson Local residents in Brockley have stepped in to find new uses for two protected red telephone boxes that have fallen into disuse. The listed boxes, located on the corners of Lewisham Way and Wickham Rd and Lewisham Way and Breakspears Rd, have been acquired by local residents as part of BT’s new Adopt a Kiosk scheme. The scheme, which has attracted celebrity support from Queen guitarist Read more [...]

Eventful 2.0 Gives Its 20M Users A Personalized List Of Everything Going On …

It’s not going to win any beauty pageants, but Eventful 2.0 could make sure you never get bored. It’s racked up 20 million registered users and shows of 4 million events at a time, but with today’s big relaunch Eventful gets personalized thanks to your Facebook, iTunes, Spotify, and Last.fm data. That lets it show you concerts you’ll love, along with movie times, conferences, festivals and more. Event discovery is getting crowded with tons of new mobile-first apps, but Eventful’s Read more [...]

Blood drive results listed; two additional events planned

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center held a blood drive March 13 at the Keosauqua Senior Center, drawing 27 pints of blood. With the success of this blood drive, blood center personnel announce two more blood drive in the area. The first drive will be 3-7 p.m. April 3 at the Keosauqua Senior Center. Donors who last gave blood on or before Feb. 6 are eligible to donate again. The second drive will be 2-7 p.m. April 9 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. Donors who last gave Read more [...]