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Nonetheless, other buyers remain convinced that their nest is a good investment, not just a place to live. Mary Trujillo and her husband Jay just moved from a home in Houston to Naperville, Ill., where they bought a split-level ranch for $290,000. They're spending nearly twice as much on the new place and netted only $10,000 from the sale of their Houston home--after owning it for five years. "I think I have a better chance of making money off this house," says Mary. Call it the American dream...
...taking shape at colleges and universities across the U.S., much as it did 40 years ago, when baby boomers first began to swell class sizes. This time the schools aren't adding desks. They're developing elaborate university-linked retirement villages. The goal is to lure back empty-nest alumni who want to live in a collegiate environment--auditing classes, picking up new skills for their postcareer career or giving something back as a mentor to young students...
...Bruce Tillinghast, who says he "uses elements of food like elements of color, making them work together." The flavors change seasonally, but the virtuosity of his combinations don't; recently, his airy gnocchi came with spinach, goat's cheese and pomegranate. Save room for the lemon tartlet, a flaky nest of buttery semi-puff pastry filled with a sunburst of tangy curd. New Rivers is unpretentious and unfussy - just like its city. Providence, says Tillinghast, "has a certain friendliness and charm and all the wonderful little things you find in a big town." All the things that, as Roger Williams...
...Kids take off in different directions when they leave the nest. I felt honored that my daughter would go fishing with...
...over the course of their lives, becoming especially disconsolate when their children are in diapers and in adolescence, and returning to their initial levels of happiness only after their children have had the decency to grow up and go away. When the popular press invented a malady called "empty-nest syndrome," it failed to mention that its primary symptom is a marked increase in smiling...