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Category: Housing & Zoning

How ice cream cones (or red lentils) can help you plan your future

A trip for red lentils pushed me to learn to drive at age 36: Then a new resident of Georgia, it once took me 3+ hours to get to and from Whole Foods on MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta “not so” Rapid Transit Authority) and once was enough. But I was a lucky one because even though…Continue reading How ice cream cones (or red lentils) can help you plan your future →

Margaritaville escapism, vertical village engagism or something else?

Until my mother and I started chatting last summer with a woman at Los Tios Grill, I’d only known of Jimmy Buffett, who died recently, as a singer, not the proprietor of retirement communities inspired by his music and lifestyle. But the woman, a self-described “parrothead” (diehard Buffett fan), said that she was visiting from…Continue reading Margaritaville escapism, vertical village engagism or something else? →

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