It started with the cat. Early in the morning, completely against her clock work habits, she came into our bedroom, howling. She sounded like a scared puppy, pacing around in our bedroom with her tail between her legs. Barely awake, we tried to make sense of this strange behavior. A storm seemed
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08/12/2010
The lines between trash and recyclables are blurry and a favorite source of arguments, at least in our house. We've never gotten straight answers on issues like cardboard packaging with glossy outside layers (does it go in the paper can or not?), broken glass (with the bottles or the trash?),
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08/01/2010
What am I missing here? It's Sunday night, close to midnight, and I'm sitting in the Evers & Company office, presumably the only person left in the building. Am I here because I'm writing a contract? Or because I'm putting this awesome listing presentation together for tomorrow morning? Or b
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07/25/2010
Aren’t we lucky to live Inside the Beltway? Once again I was reminded of how differently the real estate and even the job market have weathered the crisis in DC when I listened to my broker on NPR yesterday. Donna Evers, together with the Washington Post’s real estate editor, Elizabeth Razzi, and
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07/23/2010
The shark is back! Heading home from the Beltway and approaching Downtown Silver Spring at the DC Line this afternoon, I could see the tail from far away. I fiddled for my cell phone and was lucky enough to catch a few seconds at a red light. Check out that “dorsal fin”—(thanks, Amanda!)—on the r
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07/22/2010
No, I’m not talking about 18th century houses which we don’t have a whole lot of here. (There have been too many termites, fires and riots in the Nation’s Capital.) Nor am I talking about the type of house we have more than enough of—probably 90 percent if you believe the realtors’ classification
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07/19/2010
Catarina Bannier | Evers & Co. | (202) 487-7177 2318 Ashmead Pl, Washington, DC Stately Spanish Revival-style Townhome in Kalorama Triangle historic district 5BR/3BA Single Family House offered at $1,249,000 Year Built 1922 Sq Footage 2,108 Bedrooms 5 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Floors Unspecifi
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04/09/2010
"Well," said the seller when she called me back, "I think I changed my mind. I have decided to move away, but rather than selling, I'd rent out my house for a year or two." In her new town, she could rent something for herself, and when she was ready to buy again, she'd just sell the DC proper
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01/08/2010
Hello to all those of you who have been wondering about my missing-in-action staus here: I'm back! After two amazing months in Germany -- courtesy of the American Academy in Berlin -- we're all settling back into our old routines, schools, jobs. The kids went to school in Berlin, and surprisin
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06/10/2009
Catarina Bannier | Evers & Co. | (202) 487-7177 1344 Iris St NW, Washington, DC Sunny, Breuninger-built Shepherd Park classic with the charm of the 1920s and many modern updates 4BR/2.5BA Single Family House offered at $610,000 Year Built 1929 Sq Footage 1,828 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 1 part
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02/08/2009
