We manage pretty well with 1330 sq ft. Yes, hosting a big group means some squeezing, but we've done Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays, and brunches, and done just fine.
Gris, how are you all feeling today?
I'd rather stay home and watch television. It's often funnier than killing stuff.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kate P. - Mar 29, 2015 6:07:58 pm PDT #23212 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Strix - Mar 29, 2015 6:18:21 pm PDT #23213 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That's a beautiful house, Jess.
Consuela - Mar 29, 2015 6:25:28 pm PDT #23214 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Lovely, Jess, and the price! Oy.
So I was going to host Sunday dinner at my sister's house, with my nieces & some friends of theirs & my Dad, and round about 3 PM the urghy feeling in my belly graduated from mild discomfort to actual nausea. I ended up spending all afternoon on the futon, alternately sleeping and reading Megan Whalen Turner's The Thief.
Happily, my niece came by to pick up the pie & bread I had made, and the chicken I had bought to cook, so they all had a nice dinner. I had ginger ale and half a banana. :-(
Maria - Mar 29, 2015 6:57:29 pm PDT #23215 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I hope you feel better soon, 'suela.
Jess, that house is great! I'm floored at the taxes though. I thought metro DC was bad.
Pix - Mar 29, 2015 9:39:24 pm PDT #23216 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
We have a house smaller than that and host big groups without a problem. It looks awesome! And reasonably priced!
Anne W. - Mar 30, 2015 2:06:09 am PDT #23217 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That's a beautiful house, and that kitchen looks plenty big for entertaining, especially if things can spill over into the living room and/or the patio.
Jesse - Mar 30, 2015 2:48:54 am PDT #23218 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh, feel better, Consuela.
Very nice house, Jess! Walking to Metro North would be a huge selling point for me.
Laura - Mar 30, 2015 3:12:09 am PDT #23219 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
What a great house, Jess. The layout should work fine for large gatherings. Lots can happen with tray tables and card tables in inside weather and plenty of outside room for good weather. Library, and transport access! Price looks great to this Floridian, but the taxes are way higher than here.
Monday Monday. Yeah, that.
Jesse - Mar 30, 2015 4:00:36 am PDT #23220 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Every other day of the week is fine!
Steph L. - Mar 30, 2015 4:04:23 am PDT #23221 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The thing about some suburban communities I don't like is the cookie-cutter houses, and here's why: I was reading a local news station's website this morning, and there was a headline of "1 Dead After Shooting at Home in [Large Northern Suburb]," with a picture of the home in question, and it looks EXACTLY like my cousin's house, and my cousin does in fact live in Large Northern Suburb. So it freaked me out in the time it took for me to click on the story and see what street it happened on, which was NOT my cousin's street.