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Where to go on holiday in March 2023 - Condé Nast Traveller

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Temperature: 19°C high; 13°C low Season: spring Travel time from UK: 2 hours 35 minutes Time difference: GMT +1 Nothing brings a spring to the step quite like the sight of Italy's glorious Amalfi coast. Particularly in March, when its vertiginous twists are bathed in a daily average eight hours of sun. Cliffs plunge into the Tyrrhenian Sea, topped with grand palazzos and smart hotels. Narrow, Roman lanes are stuffed with limoncello stalls flogging the boozy spoils of Sorrento's famous fruit. Its snoozy air and pastel-coloured houses are pure Italian cinema: you might even swear you've seen a young Sophia Loren looking impossibly saucy by the quay. Do as the Italians do and spend the lazy, romantic days enjoying a long aperitivo . Don't miss fresh fritto misto at Marina Grande, the town's old fishing harbour, or Michelin-starred Il Buco in the cellars of an old monastery, where chef Peppe Aversa serves seasonal ingredients under a stone-hewn, vaulted ceiling. Th...

Newly listed homes for sale in the Tucson area - Arizona Daily Star

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$1.8 Million Homes in Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee - The New York Times

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A Colonial Revival home in Oklahoma City, a historic single house in Charleston and a 1907 bungalow in Nashville. What You Get for $1.8 Million 24 Photos View Slide Show › Sara Strunk for Sage Sotheby's International Realty Oklahoma City | $1.8 Million A Colonial Revival house built in 1906, with four bedrooms, three full bathrooms and three half bathrooms, and a one-bedroom, one-bathroom guest apartment, on a 0.3-acre lot This house is in the Heritage Hills neighborhood, part of Oklahoma's first historic preservation district, established in the late 1960s, when a group of residents and activists pushed back against plans to demolish many of the early-20th-century houses to make way for a highway. Today, the annual house and garden tour is a popular fund-raising event for the local preservation society. The property is a 10-minute drive from the Oklahoma State Capitol complex and the University of Oklahoma Medical Center. Alice Harn Park, a green space with W.P.A.-era landscap...

Biden Rushes to Rescue Agenda With Government Shutdown, Debt Ceiling Looming - Bloomberg

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President Joe Biden and his aides scrambled Wednesday to break a deadlock among Democrats that has stalled progress on his economic plans as the White House and Congress stare down deadlines to keep the government running and avoid a default. Biden canceled a planned trip to Chicago to step up attempts to strike a compromise between warring progressive and moderate Democrats whose differences over the size and scope of a tax and spending bill worth as much as $3.5 trillion threaten to sink his entire economic agenda. Adblock test (Why?)

Big houses to book this half term for group holidays from £32pppn – including a windmill and beachfront ho... - The Scottish Sun

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BRITS are rediscovering the joy of large gatherings of friends and extended family after a long time apart. And there are some fantastic rental properties around the UK that make a great base for a group get-together this half term break. 6 Some of the large properties have games rooms ideal for social group holidays If you click on a link in this story we will earn affiliate revenue. From grade II listed windmills to big beach houses, renting these large properties with a group keeps costs down for everyone. We've found some very special stays all over the UK for a group trip this October, in beauty spots such as the Yorkshire Dales and Camber Sands beach on the East Sussex coast. Grade II listed Windmill, Norfolk This 7-storey heritage windmill in Kings Lynn, Norfolk is perfect for a cool getaway with friends and family, with 7 bedrooms sleeping up to 15 people. On top of the novelty of staying in a windmill, there's a games room for get-togethers and a huge ter...

Crossville Adds Visualizer to Online Toolkit - Floor Focus

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Home News Crossville Adds Visualizer to Online Toolkit Crossville, TN, September 23, 2021-Crossville, Inc. has introduced Crossville TilePlanner.  This web-based, interactive application allows users to design and plan the tile surfaces and furniture placement in rooms. Users may work with templated floor plans or modify room dimensions to meet their custom specifications in creating designs that may be previewed in 2D or 3D. Maticad, renowned for its industry visualization technology, developed this new-to-the-market room planner, and Crossvill...

Town of Carrboro holds community open house to get feedback on draft 20-year plan - The Daily Tar Heel

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Carrboro community members attended an online open house Wednesday to discuss the Town's recently announced comprehensive plan. The plan focuses on ensuring affordable housing, embracing climate action and furthering racial equity for all Carrboro residents. The product of 18 months of debate and discussion, the 2022-2042 Preliminary Draft Comprehensive Plan highlights a number of different goals and objectives the Town hopes to achieve in the next 20 years.  "What we've tried to do is build those values into every topic area that you can see in the plan," Mayor Lydia Lavelle said. Individual people and community groups contributed to the development of the comprehensive plan. Some of those groups include the Climate Change Committee, Affordable Housing Task Force and Racial Equity Commission. "One of the biggest successes of t...

Tiny Cabins designed to be the ultimate micro-living travel destinations! - Yanko Design

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If there's one architectural trend that's blown up like anything – it's tiny homes! As much as we absolutely love tiny homes, you know what's even better than them…Tiny Cabins! Cabins have been a relaxing and quintessential getaway option for everyone for ages galore. They're the ultimate safe haven in the midst of nature, if you simply want to get away from your hectic city lives, and unwind. And now they even come in tiny shapes and sizes! Tiny cabins are space-saving, economical, and sustainable, and not to mention great vacation spots. If you want a simple and minimal vacation, that lets you truly connect with nature, without any of the materialistic luxuries most of us have gotten accustomed to, then a tiny cabin is the answer for you! And, we've curated some beautiful and super comfortable tiny cabins that'll be the perfect travel destination for you. From a micro resort in Finland that comprises of three prefab tiny timber cabins to a tiny cabin in ...