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...
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Love ‘The Brady Bunch’? This interactive floor plan takes you inside the HGTV-renovated house - OCRegister

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Fifty years ago the first episode of 'The Brady Bunch' premiered Sept. 26 on ABC. To celebrate that milestone, HGTV will give its viewers a look at the renovated 'Brady Bunch' house in the final episode of 'A Very Brady Renovation' on Sept. 30. Here's how the house looks and other interesting facts.

Here's the story…

The original house, located at 11222 Dilling St. in Studio City, was built in 1959. It was one story, had three beds, three baths and was 2,477 square feet. The house was chosen to represent the Brady's house because of its proximity to the studios and because it represented the iconic American home. It is reportedly the second- most photographed home in the U.S. after the White House.

Click on the buttons in the interactive graphic below to learn about more about the details of the house.

… Then two

HGTV bought the house for $3.5 million in 2018 and added a second story and more than 2,000 square feet to make it look as close to the studio set house as possible. Much of the facade of the original house remained the same, for the exception of two windows.

How they all became 'The Brady Bunch'

The idea of 'The Brady Bunch' originated in 1965 from an article that producer Sherwood Schwartz read in the Los Angeles Times, that 31% of all marriages involved people who had a child from a previous marriage. It gave him the idea for a TV series called 'Yours and Mine.' Three years later, United Artists released a film called 'Yours, Mine and Ours', starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, which told the story of a widow with eight children who married a father of 10. Soon, ABC was interested in Schwartz's script, which was then called, 'The Bradley Brood,' which would become 'The Brady Bunch.'

A very Brady budget

In the TV series, Mike Brady was an architect supporting a family of eight and a live-in maid on a single income. Here's how his salary and expenses would compare today.

From listing to renovation

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