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lennar and dodge - Everything Included means loaded with flash and muscle. why bother with vintage when you can get a modern replica of a classic american mansion/muscle car? lennar could also be ford? kb and chrysler - ugh... std pacific and oldsmobile - old stalwarts. your parents...

Word... that area is just bursting with great local businesses. My favorite coffee shop, brunch places, bakery, and pizza parlors. I take my clothes to a tailor in a tiny strip ctr next to a 7-11. It's a 2nd generation business. The cobbler next door has been there for decades and he lives...

interestingly, those numbers almost correspond exactly with CalPac floorplans!

Aside from being your friend's place, how does Sushi Bistro compare to other places downtown or in J-town. Just found out I'm also going to be in SF for a few days next month but staying downtown so both locations will be a bit of a trek.

Ditto the recommendations on Koi Palace. Very busy so get there a few minutes before it opens to get in line. It's worth mentioning so your expectations aren't skewed - this isn't the typical rambunctious dim sum place. The menu is consists of only about a dozen+ items and you order from a...

i guess it depends on your interests. if you're just looking for a vacation home with warm weather, easy access from CA, tons of golf, and tons of entertainment, i can see why vegas is a good option. i love vegas but i like being on the strip so the idea of paying money to NOT be in the thick...

Oh! Thanks for catching that; just took a look at the listing photos and thought it was VR. I was wondering why the sq footage was so big. The description emphasized the extension downstairs so I thought maybe they did an after-purchase addition. I know you're all wondering... how the heck...

http://www.redfin.com/CA/Irvine/52-Winding-Way-92620/home/5959050 This 4bd/5ba Villa Rosa, 3400 sq ft. Larger because downstairs bedroom extended - most other VR around 3000-3100 sq ft. I have been through many this same house and its twins in other neighborhoods. For the life of me, I can't...

The only info avail at the moment are small press releases (that I've seen). There's nothing on the the Villages of Irvine website. 2 and 3 bdroom SFR up to 2743 sq ft puts it in a category similar to CalPac's Portisol.

those who are interested in vegas condos, if it's for a 2nd home, i'm just curious how often/long you'd expect to be there? i ask because 5-star accomodations there are relatively dirt cheap. even if condos were free, you could easily spend every other wkend at the wynn for less than the cost...

Ahh yes, the Zealot... who of course never realizes he was actually working for the Helpful Friend!

That is correct. My parents house is way bigger than anything I would ever want to maintain for my family. It's exactly my point though, that even 3000 was too much. Maybe I was spoiled with too much space but now that I'm older and forced to live on my own means, I realize I can do with far...

My parents home is just barely over 3000 sq ft. My siblings and I all had our separate bedrooms. It was a 5 bedroom. The master suite and kids rooms along with a small library were all downstairs. Upstairs there was another master, bedroom, and bath - at least 800 sq ft on the 2nd floor...

Living in Irvine, OC, or suburban CA in general can skew our perception of what's normal. Size of US families has steadily decreased over the last few generations while the size of our homes has increased. Siblings sharing a bedroom - what is that a crazy concept now? I can't recall a...

seriously... i still enjoyed some of the books but every one of his books - including the ones where Robert Langdon isn't the protagonist - can be summarized as following. just switch the variables as needed. Robert Langdon is called to famous location X for reasons he doesn't know. Oh no, a...