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Home to the Stars! North Carolina Mansion Has Its Own Observatory Home to the Stars! North Carolina Mansion Has Its Own Observatory A home with its own observatory to gaze at the stars is now available in Asheville, NC. Built in 1926, the enormous home comes with a rich history. Tiffani Sherman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail A home with its own observatory for staring at the stars is now available in Asheville, NC. Built in 1926, the enormous home on Midland Drive also comes with a rich history. It s only had four owners over the past century and is now available to a new stargazer for $5.87 million. ....
Jessica McClintock, dressmaker who outfitted generations of prom-goers and brides, dies at 90 Emily Langer, The Washington Post March 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail High school students shop for prom dresses at the Jessica McClintock boutique at Tysons Corner Center in Northern Virginia in 2011.Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin. Jessica McClintock, a fashion designer who outfitted generations of young women for their homecoming dances and proms, supplied their bridesmaid dresses and bridal gowns and thus evoked for many a lace-draped aura of nostalgia, died Feb. 16 at her home in San Francisco. She was 90. She had congestive heart failure, said a half sister, Mary Santoro. ....
Classical Notes: Regional singer up for Grammy on first recording FacebookTwitterEmail 2of5 3of5 5of5 Youthful radiance and earnest sincerity characterize the singing of tenor Brian Giebler, a Syracuse native, in his first solo recording “A Lad’s Love,” which is up for a Grammy Award on Sunday. If there were more tenors with voices as clear, weightless and inviting then maybe song recitals wouldn’t be such a rarity. Besides the polished performances by Giebler and pianist Steven McGhee, what also makes the recent disc from Bridge Records so beguiling is the intertwined thematic strands that unite the repertoire. The selections are songs composed by five British men who lived during the first half of the last century. Among them, Benjamin Britten is the best known and also the youngest. ....
Book World: Vera bears witness to the lives ruined by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post March 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail - - - For fifteen years I d been waiting for a catastrophe greater than my birth, says the eponymous protagonist of Carol Edgarian s new novel Vera. The quake gave it to me. By the quake Vera means the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Vera, at 15, feels like most things revolve around her experience, including this disaster. She has a flair for the dramatic. Brought up by Swedish widow Morie (a diminutive for mor, or mother) alongside her stepsister Pie (for Piper), Vera has always known that her biological mother is notorious brothelkeeper Madame Rose, with whom she has intermittent contact. ....
It s Not Just Florida! America s 10 Fastest-Growing Retirement Towns Show Some Surprises It s Not Just Florida! America s 10 Fastest-Growing Retirement Towns Show Some Surprises Baby boomers are retiring at higher rates than ever before, and that could have a big impact on real estate. Here s a glimpse at the top retirement spots. Erica Sweeney, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail stampede. Last year, more people in the U.S. retired than ever before. Roughly 28.6 million baby boomers left their work life behind in the third quarter of 2020 alone about 3.2 million more than over the same period in 2019, according to the Pew Research Center. Some may have lost their jobs as casualties of COVID-19 and don t want to find another during a public health crisis, others may have retired a little earlier than planned out of fear of contracting the virus. And then there are those who may have simply felt like a pandemic was as good a time as any to live in the moment a ....