www.kansascity.com | 07/26/2008 | Magazine Ideas: Stay put and visit homes around the world vicariously
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Magazine Ideas: Stay put and visit homes around the world vicariously
By GAIL BORELLI
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A reader who had sent in a photo to an “Antiques Roadshow” type column writes, “I found cancun family vacation all inclusive this matrimony/courtship jug at a car boot sale.” Or, “I’ve just moved house and I would like to spruce up the slightly tatty, wooden window frames.”
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Reach Gail Borelli at 816-234-4771 or [email protected].
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