villa hunting

Just a bulldog for the girls

January 6, 2010
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We bought the girls a bulldog to commemorate this arduous process of villa hunting. They’ve been so incredibly patient through days and days of driving around in circles looking for a villa. We’ve eaten a dozen baggies of crackers and perhaps the same number of turkey subs in the car. We don’t have a villa [...]

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Pink villas and the prosperity gospel

December 28, 2009
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Pink villas and the prosperity gospel. That’s what we spent the day talking about as we drove around for 9 hours scouring the streets for villas to let. How did the prosperity gospel come up? And what does it have to do with pink villas? Actually, they don’t have a direct correlation. I just took [...]

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A real fixer-upper

December 23, 2009
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The kids fell asleep this afternoon so we loaded up the car to go on a jetlag-induced villa hunting adventure. We found this beaut several weeks ago but the gate was chained shut like it was a haunted house. And it probably should have stayed chained shut. We had to park the car to feed [...]

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Bye bye billa

December 19, 2009
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Well, we just got the news that the villa we made a bid on was given away. The owner’s brother wanted the villa so, understandably, he gave it to his brother. This was my favorite villa yet. The basketball goal, the funky picnic table in the yard, the real grass, the cement pigeon coop, the [...]

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“Oh Mommy! You did it! You found my pink billa! We’re home!”

December 17, 2009
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Yaya was beside herself when we drove up to this establishment. I mean, absolutely beside herself. The last time I saw her so giddy was when she discovered Dora was a cartoon and not just a brand of underwear. But she was quiet as a mouse when we went through the drive thru. Then as [...]

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Update on our Pink Billa

December 15, 2009
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Yaya desperately wants to live in a pink billa (ie. villa). Which is not entirely outlandish, actually. Many, many villas are painted some shade of pink. We’ve seen pink, light pink, peach, mauve, rose, and other variations of her beloved pink. The day before we flew to the States we put in a bid for [...]

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Noise pollution

November 24, 2009
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Baby Norah is very tired of being dragged all around the city hunting for villas to let. We think we may have found the one. It’s got everything we were looking for plus more. But there’s one hesitation… [Turn your volume up for this one.] We’re going to do a stake-out tonight and see exactly [...]

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