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Tag Archives: East End
Victorian Farmhouse in North Fork 293K
HERE’S A BRAND NEW-TO-MARKET foreclosure, looking mighty cute — a classic Victorian farmhouse with a front porch and gabled attic. Makes me want to run right out to the East End of Long Island and take a look. It’s at … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged East End, farmhouse, front porch, Long Island Sound, North Fork, Southold, Victorian
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Amagansett Flipper: Before & After
AN ITEM ON CURBED HAMPTONS, the real estate gossip site that is the Brownstoner of the East End, caught my attention this week: a 4BR, 4 bath Amagansett house on 3/4 acre, newly on the market for $2.2 million. It … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING, RENOVATION
Tagged Amagansett, beach house, Berkshires, cabin, Cranberry Hole Road, Curbed Hamptons, East End, flipper, flipping, French doors, Katie Brown, Katie Brown Workshop, Meijer, Montauk Highway, renovation, William Corbin
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Long Live Peconic Public Broadcasting
THE NUMBERS 88.3 on my car radio were instrumental in my decision to move to the East End of Long Island in 2009. It was a clear day in February, with snow on the ground. I was driving the back … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, MISCELLANEOUS, NORTH FORK
Tagged 88.3, 88.3FM, blues, Bonnie Grice, Brian Cosgrove, DJs, East End, East Hampton, Ed German, jazz, local, Locals Live, LONG ISLAND, music, NPR, Old Whaler's Church, Peconic Public Broadcasting, radio, Sag Harbor, soul, Southampton, WLIU
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Vintage Cottage in Springs 450K
THIS IS A PROPERTY I KNOW very well. It’s near where I live, for one thing, and I pass it almost daily. For another, I looked at it myself a year-and-a-half ago before buying a roughly similar place just down … Continue reading
Montauk Magic
ONE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS of writing for shelter magazines is that you see a lot of potentially envy-inducing places. Usually, I’m fine. A place may be beautiful, decorated by a top designer, or owned by very rich people, but … Continue reading
Bridge and Sagg
I’M STILL VERY MUCH IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE concerning the East End of Long Island, where I moved just under a year ago. One of my favorite areas is Bridgehampton/Sagaponack. Between Montauk Highway and the ocean, there are quite a … Continue reading
Famous Raccoons of the East End
Illustration, above, by Ryan Berkley. Go here to see all his delightful animal portraits. MY ALL-TIME TOP BLOG POST is not about old houses, or gardens, or any of the things I usually write about. It’s a one-off about a … Continue reading
Posted in BLOGGING, COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, MISCELLANEOUS
Tagged Beale Sisters, Buster, East End, East Hampton, Grey Gardens, LONG ISLAND, raccoon monster of Montauk, raccoons
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