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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

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House Hunters: Tony Cesare

Deciding whether to "Love It" or "List It" in the Grove.

My wife is addicted to those home improvement shows that dominate cable on weekends. “House Hunters,” “Renovation Realities,” “Mitre Saw Misadventures” (Watch this homeowner try and install his own crown molding! Hemorrhaging and hilarity ensue!)—she watches them all. Saturdays are spent wandering the aisles of Home Depot searching for the hunky young host of "Yard Crashers," hoping he’ll come back to our house and remake our yard into a tropical island paradise (free of charge of course). I don’t care if he does the work shirtless and she invites her girlfriends over to watch; as long as he builds in a faux volcano that doubles as a Mai Tai dispenser, I’m fine. Funny then that our lives have become a real life episode of "Love It or List …

Mary

5:00 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Well written column, funny and intelligent. Thanks!   more ›

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