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Archive for July, 2006

Be smart when renting a cottage online

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

You’ve decided to rent a cottage for a summer vacation. Where do you look for one that is going to give you the idyllic time you and your family need? How do you know that the description you read on a web site or in an advertisement is accurate or indeed really gives the information [...]

Barclay Butera takes a clean, simple look to a sophisticated level

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Every coastal community has an identity. Cape Cod has shingle-style houses, Palm Beach its large tropical spreads, Monterey a redwood and rocky uniqueness, and the Orange coast, Barclay Butera.
Interior designer Butera, president and CEO of Barclay Butera Inc., is a local boy with a world-class clientele who defines our coastal spirit in his breezy saltwater [...]

What does it take to make a great cottage neighborhood?

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Apparently, it takes what Bryn Mawr has, as the Minneapolis neighborhood was named one of the best in the country according to a national magazine’s ratings of the best cottage neighbourhoods in the United States.
“When I first saw it, it kind of felt like home to me,” said Bryn Mawr resident Chris Davis.
Bryn Mawr has [...]

A cottage at Isle Royale, Michigan

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

By national park standards, Isle Royale’s tourist tally of 23,000 is small. In June, July or August, you’ll likely find manageable “crowds,” as well as great weather. North of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula lies this lesser-known getaway — a favorite of backpackers, kayakers and world-weary jet-setters who seek unspoiled splendor.
That light human touch shows in Isle [...]

Rent a cottage at Olympic National Park, Washington

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Under blue skies in mild summer temperatures you reap the benefits of months of rain and dampness — lush moss gardens, towering cedar groves, warm beaches crazy wildflowers. Olympic National Park also offers the variety-pack of life zones: wilderness beaches wild with salt spray, rocky headlands and scattered sea stacks; temperate rain forests with more [...]