Avoid coming home to a crisis: 9 tips for keeping your home safe while you're away

… The last thing you want to come home to post summer getaway is an apartment thats been … is a clear sign youre not home Suspending your newspaper delivery should be first on your prevacation todo list … 2 Ask … You can also go the highertech route with WeMos wifibased products which allow you to control lights and electrical …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |July 13, 2017 - 1:30PM
13 reasons why owning a vacation home is nothing like your apartment in the city

… youve saved the money managed to find the perfect second home and actually purchased it youre still in for quite a … challenges and surprises One New Yorker who owns a second home in the Hamptons told us she forgot to pay her water … 15 2015 … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The Market … Live … Improve … Escape … Second Homes … Escape from New York … In …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 29, 2017 - 2:59PM
It could be worse: remembering a time without air-conditioning in NYC

… city we are blessed with a pretty ubiquitous amenity Air conditioning Its hard to imagine contending with such brutal heat in the days before we had air conditioning whether in our homes or the chilly sanctuaries … Last year some Queens residents even resorted to riding air conditioned buses after losing power CBS reports Its not …

By Alanna Schubach |June 20, 2017 - 9:59AM
A guide to the islands of New York City

… turning your gaze to your own backyard Within the bounds of NYC are several islands that while not necessarily tropical … its pedestrian paths in the Bronx Manhattan and Queens By public transit take the M35 bus from 125 th Street and Lexington If …

By Alanna Schubach |June 19, 2017 - 1:45PM
Confessions of a Hamptons vacation house landlord

… is a Ninja not a Vitamix the bathrooms towels are from Kohls and the beach towels are from Target  I should have …

By Jennifer Laing |June 15, 2017 - 2:59PM