Barney’s Beanery Firehouse Chili Cook Off Date: 4/30/2011 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location: Barney’s Beanery 8447 Santa Monica Boulevard California Add to my Outlook Calendar Event sponsored by Barney’s Beanery – West Hollywood, the City of West Hollywood, West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles County & City Fire Department and the Pasadena & [...]

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A chance to remodify your loan mod: If you were unsuccessful at modifying your home loan, perhaps this will sound familiar: while you were making your trial payments, your servicer simultaneously began the foreclosure process.

Due to the federal penalties against mortgage servicers and a recent court ruling in California, a new wrinkle to the foreclosure prevention effort has emerged. If you [...]

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One such art deco gem is Maxwell DeMille’s Cicada Club. Located in the historic James Oviatt Building in downtown LA. which has been dubbed the “Lalique palace” for the Rene Lalique designed molded glass door elevator panels, front doors, and chandeliers. On Sunday evenings it becomes a 1920s to 1930s styled supper club featuring live bands, an orchestra, singers, and dancers. A three course dinner is available to guests for $49 per person.

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Two weeks ago I suggested that homebuyers be ready to act swiftly if mortgage rates dipped, since most experts are predicting that rates will remain on an upward trend as we look forward. I hope you potential homebuyers out there were listening because mortgage rates did ease last week, and current market conditions have made [...]

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The best part about celebrating Earth day is that there are many ways to honor the planet. From the grandiose to the simplistic, here are a couple of ways to have an impact on the planet that you call home.

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As a seller who has a strong motivation to sell, do you try to sell now or hold on for a better market?

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Truly unique by nature, Suzan Fellman’s painted drop cloth chair pays homage to the tradesman that make designers projects so beautiful. Exchanging new drop cloths for their used ones, the painters are represented in each chair she creates.

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Curating Contemporary in an Encyclopedic Context
Thursday, April 21 | 7:30 pm

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