One NYer's housing hack: Own a house on a lake in Suffolk County, crash in Bushwick during the week

… is a little over 50 miles from Ridgewood Before we moved in together she lived in Forest Hills which was closer but … enough room to really stretch out in We buy our eggs from a farm thats 12 minutes from our house and its so neighborly … Bay This year was apparently a devastating harvest for the locally grown bay scallops and you can really feel the …

By Mimi OConnor |January 10, 2020 - 1:00PM
How to renovate a vacation home on a $20,000 budget when you work full-time in NYC

… if theyd do it all again Like what you see Check out the Instagram account dedicated to the project lymect for more … along the way dinner groceries for the weekend antique shops homegoods shops hardware stores Then when we get to Connecticut we …

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM
From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

… devoted borough booster may fantasize from time to time about having a yard warmer winters or just a lowerstress life This flight of fancy tends to always … the same wall where to go Sure the next town wont have a 24hour subway system and 24hour food delivery and its people

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM
Connecticut beaches that won't leave you missing the Hamptons

… of 17th 18th and 19th century homes galleries and restaurants and the boat ride from Stony Creek to the … wide boulevard past antique stores clothing boutiques cafes restaurants the town green and one of the newest additions a … arts and crafts festival on the town green in July a hot fudge sundae from James Soda Fountain on Main Street and a …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 7, 2016 - 9:59AM
Here's what happens when a lifelong New Yorker visits Los Angeles for the first time

… to Los Angeles for a long weekend We lived it up renting a BMW convertible staying at Chateau Marmont and the Roosevelt …

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