“I just love the decompression I have driving to my home in the North End. It takes six minutes to get here from town, and it’s a great unwinding time.,” she says. “It’s heaven. I exhale every time I come home, and have the feeling that I am happy to be here.” Additionally, she says, she finds the home’s “surprise factor” an attractive feature. “From the road, people will look at my property and see what they think is an older Mediterranean-style home, but that’s not the case. They are seeing the guest house. “From there, you walk through the gate and you enter the courtyard — and it’s a magical courtyard. Then you arrive at the main house.”