This building is right across the street from the Great Market Hall in Budapest. Folks go to the Hall to experience the bustle, shop the awesome array of goods and foods, and admire its architecture. But, as this building attests, one shouldn’t focus too narrowly. Extraordinary surprises abound, if you just look. The Alpha is […]
The world is full of wonderful places and spectacular buildings. I wouldn’t even try to rank them. Yet, when you think of a beautiful environment where people live, work, and play, Paris is always among the places that come to mind. The first pic is the interior of the Musee d’Orsay, Debra’s favorite museum. Frankly, […]
The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg is an example of a spectacularly successful renovation project. During the Soviet era, it reportedly was used as a vegetable warehouse. Today, it’s stunning, inside and out. While our goals for the LOAP Alpha aren’t quite so lofty, we’re shooting for a pretty […]
We’ve had a holiday hiatus, and then some. And, while we’re back, we are going to shift away from the SoMoToHo for this post and talk about a new project, one I’m calling LOAP Alpha. The picture above is a charming colonial building in Alexandria, Virginia that is showing a bit of wear. It’s a […]
This picture is apropos of nothing as far as the SoMoToHo kitchen is concerned. But it reflects our thoughts for Paris – a city of indescribable beauty and charm, suffering in the wake of senseless and deplorable violence. We took this picture while strolling near the Eiffel Tower one foggy evening in 2009. The beacon […]
Sometimes during a remodeling project, things can feel a little overwhelming. You begin to feel a little like this guy at National Harbor just outside Washington, D.C. It has occasionally felt that way with the SoMoToHo kitchen project – particularly when we got a weekend of record rainfall and the (new) roof began leaking in […]
