kirklandia

Uh....I'm thinking it was a MJ tribute!?? It was a tribute to Quincy Jones.

I really got a kick out of it! Host Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is over the top in a different way than David. You can see it free On Demand (there was only one season).

I hope that the position Niles holds is safe from the current DEI backlash. So many people who do important work are losing their jobs right now.

I was curious, found the house on Zillow. It was interesting to look through all the pictures. They must have had trouble finding a buyer - there were quite a few price reductions while it was on the market. I also read about the Christian organization that owned the building previously. Before it became The Glory House, the building had been vacant for seven years. And before that, it was the Laurel Inn.

Interestingly - Rossif Sutherland, who plays Karl Alberg, played Jean-Guy in the Amazon Prime series Three Pines, based on the Inspector Gamache books. (I thought he was really miscast in that series.)

Maybe from the character in Glee? Unfortunately, the actor who portrayed him came to a tragic end. As did the actor who played Puck. And the actor who portrayed Santana.. So, not the most auspicious source for baby names.

I sure hope HGTV finishes their epic program recycling project soon. I'm getting tired of trying to figure out what is new content - without actually starting to watch it. I tried doing a little research by looking up season and episode numbers, and I just gave up. (I do have to confess I saved all 50 of the individual state episodes that were shown in a marathon after Thanksgiving. There have been surprisingly few that I remembered. I should work my way through the rest of them over the next week…)

Check these out! "15 Architectural Gingerbread Houses That Are Definitely Not Cookie Cutter" https://www.dwell.com/article/architectural-gingerbread-house-designs-836c2481h

About Natasha. I hadn't noticed the incident removing the pan from the oven with bare hands. No idea how many episodes ago it was. But, I did notice a couple times in the finale, during brief close-ups that showed her hands, I saw red streaks that looked like burn marks and wondered what had caused them. Anyone else?

i'm a big fan of mid-century modern architecture, and was quite disappointed. I didn't think it should be that difficult - couldn't help myself, did a quick Google image search for "mid-century modern gingerbread house". I really enjoyed scrolling through all the beautiful results, appropriately designed and festively decorated.

I watched the episode featuring the extended family moving from Kirkland WA to Libertyville IL with great interest. I made the opposite move - grew up in Libertyville and moved to Kirkland - way back In 1977. It was fun to get a look at my old hometown. I'm not planning to move back, but it is certainly interesting to compare housing costs. They bought the house in June. At that time, the median sale price for a single-family home in Libertyville was $680K. In Kirkland - $1.6 million.

Was I the only one who teared up something fierce when Noah appeared in his Fairytale Of New York sweater? Shane MacGowan died November 30 2023, between when the show was filmed and when it aired in the UK.

I would never call Harvard a suburb. 67 miles from Chicago. Here is what it's known for.

We would never call Stephanie a tart!