Archive for October, 2007
swimming pool • 10.22.07
Finding A Great Deal On A Paphos House
By Kevinor Moore
Paphos is a not just a great Cyprus holiday resort that remains open all year round its a thriving town too. So if you are looking for property in Cyprus a Paphos house could make a solid investment indeed. Apart from all the new developments that are still springing up all over the area there are still plenty of older traditional properties becoming available. There are some real nice suburbs on the fringes of the town where you could find a traditional Paphos house or villa for sale. The pretty villages are even seeing some development as well due to the developers looking for plots further in land or away from the more expensive resort centers Despite prices of Cyprus property continuing to rise there are still some real estate bargains to be had if you know just where to look for them.
If you prefer older property there is little point in using the larger Cyprus real estate agents because they are often more interested in selling new or off plan builds. This is mainly down to the larger commissions they earn from those type of sales so they tend to push them rather than resale properties. Another issue for the Paphos house buyer to take into account is title deeds. Because houses less than around ten years old will have not yet recieved separate deeds and the banks won’t lend against them. Obviously buyers raising capital against assets at home are not going to have the same problem. The best places to start your search for that Paphos house is most likely with the smaller local estate agents. This will involve a little spade work but the benefits should be well worth the effort.
There have even been several instances where Cyprus property has not even been advertised with an agent but sold literally by word of mouth. This is more often the case in some of the smaller villages so a little local knowledge could take you a long way. Again its all a matter of driving around and doing a little research before you even think about buying that Paphos house. With so much property on offer the choice can be almost bewildering so having a wish list at the outset makes good sense. The other well known secret of property buying is not to rush in and don’t let yourself be pressured. If you do decide to opt for a new build Paphos house watch out for some of the usual hard sell techniques that may be employed. Don’t fall for the “this is the last one” or “the prices are going up tomorrow” because there will always be another Paphos house coming onto the market.
Should you be prepared to drive a bargain there is always room for a deal. Property developers make lots of money but they need to sell houses. You never can tell, that Paphos house you have set your heart on could belong to a motivated seller. Motivated sellers are people who need to sell quickly for some reason or another. It may be that they wish to return to the U.K or even some kind of financial pressure that is compelling them to sell. The key to taking advantage of motivated sales is the ability to finance the deal quickly so having your finances in place is crucial to your success. No one is saying that people needing to sell should in anyway be taken advantage of. Rather that as a buyer you would be in a position to offer a solution to someone else’s difficulties.
In a way all sellers are motivated to move property along for some reason or another or they wouldn’t be on the market. Even the big Cyprus property developers will want to sell that Paphos house for the best price they can get. Ultimately however everything is there to be sold so there is always some room to maneuver. Many developers are often willing to throw in some extras such as air con and white goods in the kitchen. You can always ask because they can only say no and there are plenty of properties out there to choose from. Always be prepared to walk away from a property if you can’t reach a price you are agreed upon (within reason) because there really is always another one just around the corner. If you don’t let your heart rule your head you stand a good chance of finding your perfect Paphos house.
Kevin Moore spends half the year in Cyprus writing regular articles about all things Cyprus including holidays and Cyprus property purchase. To learn more visit his web site here Cyprus Paphos House
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beach bum • 10.15.07
The Importance of Balance in a Relationship
By Joy Bates
Many couples have this preconceived notion that the act of doing everything together equals a healthy relationship or marriage. On the contrary, it can destroy the person’s spirit and ultimately the relationship itself. These couples engage in a romantic relationship, and then spend every waking moment together. They do everything together. They’re inseparable and become glued to the hip. And then the inevitable happens. They slowly begin to let go of their friends, abandon their dreams, and eventually lose their self-identities. The strength and vitality of the relationship starts to fade in the horizon.
So, how do you prevent this from happening? You need to shift priorities and establish balance towards a healthy relationship. This translates to practicing “togetherness”, as well as its counterpart “separateness”, simultaneously in the relationship or marriage. In other words, both partners share a life together of common goals, values, hobbies, activities, and so forth, as they continue to pursue individual interests in order to meet their own personal needs.
Being married or romantically involved with someone should not preclude you from following your dreams. Otherwise, your emotional and mental growth gets stunted. Personal growth is an essential part of life. It’s human nature to aspire to continually grow, learn, change, and improve upon your current situation. It allows you to reach your true potential as an individual and gives you personal satisfaction. Once you achieve a state of self-realization and gratification, you are placed in a better position to contribute significantly to the partnership. The essence of transforming you into a better partner leads to a healthy relationship. On the other hand, if you forget to exercise your own individuality or the separateness factor as you engulf yourself deeper into the relationship, you begin to lose your self-identity. Due to the discontentment you soon experience, your emotional well-being is affected and your relationship suffers.
Establishing balance in the relationship will definitely produce a more fulfilling, harmonious, and intimate connection with your partner. Keep in mind that no two people are alike. You and your partner will always have some similarities and differences. The similarities are what will draw you two together and help strengthen the bond between you as a couple – same choice in music, mutual friends, similar values, aligned goals, for example. You enjoy each other’s company and satisfy each other’s needs. However, it’s the differences that make you an individual and the separateness factor that will also bring you closer together. As an individual, you will feel more alive and challenged as you pursue your own endeavors. For instance, taking an art class, volunteering your time to the community, playing sports, spending time with friends or co-workers, to name a few. You will learn so much from the other elements you are exposed to outside of the relationship, which you can share with your partner. Together, you will grow as individuals and as a couple as you make it a priority to strike a balance in your relationship or marriage.
Joy Bates is a co-owner of relationship-remedy.com, which provides articles, e-books, advice, and the like pertaining to relationships. Come visit our website http://www.relationship-remedy.com your gateway to a happy relationship.
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Marlin SoBe • 10.15.07
South Beach Condos In Miami – Luxury Real Estate Condos Are Now Available – Ocean Front Homes
By Dan Maza
South Beach with the style, the beach, the night life, the history, and its world famous restaurants is a perfect place for anyone who wants the best to call home. Here you may purchase modest condos and ultra luxury condos.
South Beach Real Estate Condos has some of the most luxurious and best located condos you will find anywhere in the world. With the beach, shopping and restaurants just a short walking distance from most of the buildings, life in a South Beach combines the best of all aspects in city living with a seaside community to make it the envy of all who visit here. Most condos in South Beach offer an array of amenities and some are even available at preconstruction prices.Some of the news buildings in South Beach Miami feature such names as Icon South Beach, Continuum, Portofino, Murano Grande, Floridian and the Bentley Bay. Most if not all of the luxury condos are located in the South of Fifth Street. Units in these condo projects range in size from 851 to over 2000 square feet with price ranging from $399,000 all the way up to $14,000 for a 2 story 7,000 sq foot penthouse. As you can imagine the view from MOST of these properties are of the ocean, bay, city and the beach. Lobby common areas will include a coffee and tea bar with afternoon tea service and much, much more.
In 1996 and 1997 the two newest towers in South Beach were the Portofino and the Floridian. Both Rise over 36 floors. These towers were far ahead of their time and have since spurred a huge development boom on the last remaining parcels of land in this small neighborhood.
As additional developments such as Icon South Beach, Murano at Portofino and Murano Grand were built, property values soared to new heights. However The Continuum on South Beach is thought to have the best location of any building in all of South Beach condos. Situated on the South East corner of South Beach Continuum one and two luxury condos have unobstructed direct Ocean and Beach. Continuum one which was completed in 2002, took luxury Miami real state market to new heights. Here you can have a one bedroom all the way up to a 2 level penthouse with 20 foot ceilings.
The Setai luxury condo Residences is a condo residence and condo hotel tower with over 220 units soaring majestically into the sky over the South Beach with a multi-level lobby and all the finest amenities. You may obtain unit in this building from one bedrooms all the way up to and they priced from $1,000,000 to over $8,000,000. Ah, but the penthouses are a different story at the Setai. They are approximately 6,500 square feet, excluding all terraces and private decks with lap pools.
However, the newest benchmark in luxury is set by Apogee South Beach located on the last great waterfront site at the southern tip of South Beach. Apogee is unparalleled when it comes to modern luxury living. There are only four residences per floor. These condos with floor to ceiling glass range in size from 3,000 to 6,000 square feet with prices from $2.5 to $9 million. All units will have a 180 or 270 degree views. Developed by the Related Group of Florida, Apogee was designed by Sieger Suarez Architectural Partnership. Units will range in size from 3,200 to over 4,200 square feet.
Designed to have three towering tiers with 25, 31 and 37 floors, Murano at Portofino and
Murano Grande luxury condos also have floor-to-ceiling glass windows bringing in spectacular views of the Miami skyline, beaches and crystal blue waters, and the cruise ships as they embark to and from the Port of Miami. Murano at Portofino and Murano Grande both at the gateway to South Beach. Just steps away from the Miami Beach Marina. Completed in 2002 and 2003 respectively, Murano at Portofino and Murano Grande condo and townhomes condos that range in size from 1300 to well over 4000 square feet. With price from from $750,000 to over $4,000,000.
So why not make South Beach your home or your vacation home.
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Karen of Foto Cobo • 10.15.07
Sunrise in Central AMERICA • 10.14.07
Nature Walks • 10.13.07
Fall Wedding And Halloween Weddings Tips
By Loretta Wright
If a fall wedding is in your plans, consider if you will these suggestions to make your special event a day your guest will remember for years to come.
Traditionally fall wedding color schemes incorporate either rich jewel tones in traditional fall colors such as reds, oranges, browns and yellows. Fall flowers such as chrysanthemums and zinnias in theses rich hues are a great choice for your wedding bouquet, floral arrangements and reception table centerpieces.
For an elegant display, consider using either live or silk branches of colorful autumn leaves instead of flowers in your arrangements and centerpieces. One of the loveliest fall wedding bouquets I’ve seen consisted of small sprays of red and orange maple leaves tucked into a bouquet of gold chrysanthemums. Today’s bride has a wonderful selection of fall theme wedding favors in traditional fall shades to choose from to complete her color scheme.
Some modern brides prefer to use chocolate brown with light-blue accents as the color scheme for a fall wedding. If you prefer this color scheme, consider having your florist dye some chrysanthemums blue and tuck a few bare dark brown branches in amidst the flowers for your floral arrangements and centerpieces.
As a unique touch for that trip down the aisle, have your flower girl scatter small autumn colored leaves or bright red, orange and yellow flower petals along your path instead of the traditional rose petals.
Halloween weddings are my favorite! They offer such a host of fantastic possibilities. To create a spectacular decor, scatter real or artificial leaves in fall colors over your reception tables. Place tea light or votive candles inside small pumpkins carved into Jack-o-Lanterns and sit them on top of small nests of colorful leaves for table centerpieces that will create a warm romantic glow throughout the room. For a sparkling finishing touch, place a few orange foil wrapped Chocolate Jack-o-Lantern wedding favors on each dinner plate or in a favor container or dessert dish at each table setting. The orange foil wrappers will shimmer and shine in the candle lights glow and your guest will love the delicious chocolate treat!
In lieu of standard floral arrangements, you may prefer to have your florist affix bouquets of red, gold and orange chrysanthemums to small straw broomsticks and hang them at the end of each row of seats along the aisle at your wedding and on the walls in your reception area for a festive Halloween touch.
For a more casual affair, consider sitting bride and groom scarecrows and pumpkins atop bales of hay in the corners of your reception room to create a whimsical touch for your festivities that is sure to make your guests smile.
If you want to present your guests with a truly unique fall wedding favor, ask your photographer or a talented friend or family member to take a few photos of you and your fiancé outside with a glorious background of fall foliage. Select your favorite and have enough copies made to tuck inside a small silver frame or photo album wedding favor for each of your guests. Your favors will reflect the color scheme of your wedding, and provide your guests with a truly thoughtful and much appreciated memento of your special day.
When making your decisions, always keep in mind that the perfect wedding is the one that best reflects the personalities and tastes of the bride and groom. If you or your fiancé do not feel comfortable with a choice you have made, it’s probably not the right choice for you. There are no hard and fast rules you have to adhere to when planning the wedding of your dreams. For example, if you, your fiancé and family and friends feel more at home at an outdoor barbeque than a formal dinner, then it is perfectly okay to have a barbeque instead of a formal dinner reception after the nuptials.
The most important thing to remember is that this is your special day, so make sure the choices you make will allow you, your fiancé and your guests to be yourselves, have fun and enjoy it!
Loretta Wright is the owner and head purchasing agent for Annabellas Gift’s wedding favors, wedding accessories, bridesmaid gifts and groomsmen gifts depts.
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Sand Print • 10.12.07
Sand Print
A single print in the sand, Boca de Yuma, Altagracia
Palawan Getaway – gumamela flower on the table • 10.12.07
Now that you have an idea of the beauty of the Philippines,thanks to these wonderfully talented photographers,I will be posting some ideas and articles about some of the top luxury resorts available in the region for the discerning travelers.
Palawan Getaway – Jacuzzi and Pool • 10.12.07
Celebrate the occasion with special Philippine flowers
One thing we know about Filipinos: they love to celebrate! No matter what the occasion, the Filipino will find reason to bring together a horde of friends and relatives to celebrate the special occasion. To come with the myriad of people, of course, are an equally numerous number of gift Philippines, each specially selected to make an impact on the celebrant – and the guests.
Express Regalo, the Philippines’ leading online provider of all-purpose gifts Philippines, acknowledges the importance of sending a gift that is both unique and thoughtful, and has put a significant amount of time and resources into creating special gift Philippines offerings that are both charming and affordable. Owned and operated by the trusted LBC Group of Companies known as ‘Hari ng Padala,’ or ‘King of Senders,’ this online flower shop Philippines offers a wide selection, as well as an easy and secure gift ordering process.
The latest offering from this online gift delivery Philippines service is a fine selection of special floral bouquets. Whether sending a gift Philippines for no occasion at all or occasions like weddings, anniversaries, or birthdays, finding the right gift Philippines online has become so much easier.
For weddings, send the bride and groom the beautiful special bouquet known as Gleaming White. This congratulatory gift Philippines is an absolutely elegant collection of white Ecuadorian roses, carnations, gerberas, and Casablanca lilies. Meanwhile, superstitious business-owners will be thrilled with a Green With Envy bouquet. This refreshing, environmentally sound gift Philippines brings together green Midori anthuriums, horsetail equisitum stems, and green cymbidium, bound with green burlap ribbon.
Looking to celebrate the birthday of a special lady? Order the Pick Me Pink bouquet for exquisitely unforgettable flower delivery that will charm any female, young or young-at-heart. Send this delightful offering of hot pink gerberas, Ecuadorian roses, pink/white cerise carnations, white alstroemerias, and misty limonium pinks for a truly feminine gift Philippines.
Delight a lover on your anniversary with Red Blush, an absolutely stunning, romantic bouquet. A lusty combination of velvety red Ecuadorian roses, grand red liliums, burgundy carnations and viburnum red berries, Red Blush is a scintillating gift Philippines that makes quite an impact on the person you love.
Celebrate a friend’s natal with any of these three bouquets, each of them a lovely gift Philippines guaranteed to create quite a stir at the recipient’s birthday bash. Purple Passion combines four different carnations, misty blues, and purple Ecuadorian roses to make a regal impact at any occasion. True Orange is a bright and festive collection of orange blooms of liliums, Ecuadorian roses, pink, peach and salmon carnations, peach and orange gerberas, citrusy and vibrant with life. Finally, Yellow Symphony, a popular floral gift Philippines, absolutely explodes with joy, mixing up yellow liliums, Ecuadorian roses, yellow/gold Dutch tulips, yellow gerberas and yellow/gold alstroemerias to contribute to a vibrant celebratory mood.
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