Escape from New York

Renovation

How to renovate a vacation home on a $20,000 budget when you work full-time in NYC

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM

Escape

Snow in April, but there's space for days: One young family's move from Jersey City to Portland, Maine

By Mimi OConnor |March 1, 2018 - 12:00PM

Escape

From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

… Think someone from Minnesota trying to explain how its different from Michigan and the New Yorker checking her phone … the timing just felt right We were a few months into new parenthood and quickly realizing that a it was really really … for someone considering a move like that … Talk to people Ask lots of questions Definitely take a weekend or week to …

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM

Second Homes

5 homes for sale in Hawaii, where there's no winter and prices are... lower than Manhattan

By Rebecca Fishbein |December 21, 2017 - 2:00PM

Second Homes

13 reasons why owning a vacation home is nothing like your apartment in the city

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 29, 2017 - 2:59PM

Suburbs

Connecticut beaches that won't leave you missing the Hamptons

By Marjorie Cohen |July 7, 2016 - 9:59AM

Second Homes

Your top 4 questions about getting a mortgage for a country home—answered

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 23, 2016 - 8:59AM

Escape

Here's what happens when a lifelong New Yorker visits Los Angeles for the first time

… trip to Los Angeles for a long weekend We lived it up renting a BMW convertible staying at Chateau Marmont and the … is a city where its easyand lovelyto be outside a lot Just ask the people working out on Muscle Beach or biking in … in a place where a lot of people want to live of course Apparently the noticeably walkable downtown LA is now getting …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 16, 2016 - 9:59AM