tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post1752624432728739851..comments2024-03-14T04:01:02.005-04:00Comments on THE DOWNEAST DILETTANTE: MR. BUSH'S NEIGHBORHOODThe Down East Dilettantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-85135633148631078622011-04-04T13:19:53.466-04:002011-04-04T13:19:53.466-04:00The Ancient, PRICELESS!!The Ancient, PRICELESS!!mdrnpntofvuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938098737184381200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-90274205558132285152011-04-02T13:26:38.348-04:002011-04-02T13:26:38.348-04:00Amen TopazAmen TopazThe Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-60686444784475635842011-04-02T11:20:31.488-04:002011-04-02T11:20:31.488-04:00DeLinda said...
"stop with the politics ...DeLinda said...<br /><br /> "stop with the politics - it's nasty and a bit the the shrill side"<br /><br />It's a blog, which by definition is designed to express opinions. If you want to take umbrage, write a post about it on your own blog.<br /><br />And since our country tragically still suffers from the idiocy of eight years of the "devil spawn," it is certainly appropriate to mourn his tenure.Topazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514508159702613771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-12108342849040649412011-04-01T22:55:37.720-04:002011-04-01T22:55:37.720-04:00thanks for this.
it brings back many memories for ...thanks for this.<br />it brings back many memories for me.<br />i used to see daddy {1st prez bush)<br />bush drive his cigarette boat down to the 'lobster shack' in perkins cove.<br />sending the secret service all over the place....<br />all for a lobster roll and a cup of chowder.<br />yummy ....i can taste it nowRenée Finberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089653023972180206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-22171783054798147392011-04-01T10:30:35.467-04:002011-04-01T10:30:35.467-04:00What a revolting waste of resources.
I felt just ...<i>What a revolting waste of resources.</i><br /><br />I felt just that way yesterday afternoon when one of my city neighbors nearly ran me down in her Bentley.<br /><br />But thinking about it later, I changed my mind. Because, really, who wants to be run down by a Prius?The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-14652832052026601392011-04-01T07:42:17.776-04:002011-04-01T07:42:17.776-04:00Brad, this comment isn't on this post! Just w...Brad, this comment isn't on this post! Just wanted to say I am loving your posts for the NYSD! Now I must have the pPennoyer book!!<br />LynnDecor Arts Nowhttp://www.decorartsnow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-58637499587132731292011-04-01T00:01:46.622-04:002011-04-01T00:01:46.622-04:00"A neighbor of mine has spent nearly ten mill..."A neighbor of mine has spent nearly ten million dollars on gardens and a (world-famous architect-designed) swimming pool complex."<br /><br />What a revolting waste of resources.Liz Rice-Sosnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705708193546909432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-24908940166381858752011-03-31T21:47:21.873-04:002011-03-31T21:47:21.873-04:00Flo --
A neighbor of mine has spent nearly ten mi...Flo --<br /><br />A neighbor of mine has spent nearly ten million dollars on gardens and a (world-famous architect-designed) swimming pool complex. But for whatever reason, they quite never got around to building a grand house to go with it.<br /><br />You find me (or them) someone who wants to spend nearly twenty million for a large, tastefully decorated log cabin with "accessories."<br /><br />Real estate is just an asset -- except when it's not.The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-15732965768256711482011-03-31T20:31:31.037-04:002011-03-31T20:31:31.037-04:00"But in fairness, it's hard to ask people..."But in fairness, it's hard to ask people to spend money when it's not going to be coming back to them on resale."<br /><br />I wish I could learn this lesson you're talking about. Instead, I keep throwing money [lovingly] at the "maintenance is preservation" lesson.<br /><br />This is a great report DED. E-conversing with my nephew-the-artist today, we shared the commemorative videos re George Tooker posted at thehouseofbeautyandculture blog, a poignant 3-part salute to this progressive man we lost last week. <br /><br />George W. Bush presented him with the government's crowning achievement, a National Endowment of the Arts medal. If you know anything of Mr. Tooker's life work, you understand the dignity behind his smile here as he accepts his award from the president. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Tooker-George_W_Bush.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-22956701845396442892011-03-31T18:55:27.571-04:002011-03-31T18:55:27.571-04:00stop with the politics - it's nasty and a bit ...stop with the politics - it's nasty and a bit the the shrill sideDeLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078108096104541005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-53179874025198914492011-03-31T18:26:55.074-04:002011-03-31T18:26:55.074-04:00I think TDC puts it just right.
When I first look...I think TDC puts it just right.<br /><br />When I first looked at that house, I thought, Oh, it's the McMansion Syndrome of using the garage to extend the facade. But then I remembered houses where that had been done in the Forties, and certainly we see houses all the time over at OLI where "fitting proportion" has fallen victim to "self-aggrandizing pomposity." <br /><br />But in fairness, it's hard to ask people to spend money when it's not going to be coming back to them on resale. (God knows, there are more worthy objects of charity than architectural fussbudgets. At least, I think there are, somewhere.)The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-68339906165457674212011-03-31T17:56:16.233-04:002011-03-31T17:56:16.233-04:00Too bad Ilex vomitoria does not grow this far nort...Too bad Ilex vomitoria does not grow this far north. Name perfect for the Bush memorial.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-43720211536752060252011-03-31T16:52:47.982-04:002011-03-31T16:52:47.982-04:00Thanks for the Bush info. I had been a little cur...Thanks for the Bush info. I had been a little curious since it was obviously on an exposed point, but I guess security concerns had mostly kept images out of the media.<br /><br />It would be easy to break up the massing of a large new shingle style house to fit into the historic context. But given the cost to build and maintain such a house, the owners' (and the architects') desire to make a statement like the "Hamptons" house too often wins out.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-16925379985197661052011-03-31T16:44:18.597-04:002011-03-31T16:44:18.597-04:00That new house that you like/don't like ...
I...That new house that you like/don't like ...<br /><br />If the garage had been built separately, and put behind the main house, I don't see that there would be a problem with it.<br /><br />sec word: bushomyt (Really, you can't make this stuff up -- <i>and I'm not touching it</i>.)The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-63703508821347488992011-03-31T15:52:43.558-04:002011-03-31T15:52:43.558-04:00Funny you should ask. Been noodling around with a...Funny you should ask. Been noodling around with a post about Maine Capes for quite awhile.<br /><br />These cottages owe their size, and voluminous porches actually to lives led outside in the summer only..The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185045903146972312.post-83941120728557481712011-03-31T15:40:25.870-04:002011-03-31T15:40:25.870-04:00Even the old houses are huge - a testament to live...Even the old houses are huge - a testament to lives lived indoors in fowl weather I suppose? What ever happened to a little cape cod cottage? I suppose they're not as architecturally interesting although my personal favorite.ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.com