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Where’s it from: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or COVID-19 Quarantine?

April 3, 2020 By LizLawton

Raise your hand if you feel like you've been locked in a cupboard under the stairs for the last 3 weeks. 1. "Inside, just visible, was a boy, fast asleep." a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Chapter 1 b. City pigeons looking into most peoples' windows on weekdays at 10am right now 2. "The trouble is, humans do have a knack … [Read more...]

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Real Estate Questions I Get Asked at Inopportune Times

April 3, 2020 By LizLawton

So how long are we talking for this whole transaction, start to close? I literally love nothing more than meeting with a buyer, green to sales in New York, who thinks all transactions are carried out like Old Western drug trades. They pick the property, then an hour later show up to some bootleg attorney's office where across a dusty old … [Read more...]

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For Your Monthly Blast From the Past

April 3, 2020 By LizLawton

How the Grid System in Manhattan Became What It is:A Historical Google Black Hole Found After 3 Mezcal Cocktails on a Thursday Evening I know - nothing, truly nothing, is quite as titillating as talking about how Manhattan went from some amorphous mess of hilly farms into the *almost* laser accurate grid system we have today but since there's … [Read more...]

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Something More Rewarding to Do Besides Netflix Binge

April 3, 2020 By LizLawton

I'm Now Obsessed With Masterclass and Somehow Know More Useless Information Than I Did Pre-Quarantine, Dear God... I cannot fully express to you the things I've been buying, doing, and getting myself involved in over the last 17 days of solitary confinement. I started to turn my apartment into a Wes Anderson set: I entered a fall marathon … [Read more...]

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RealEstateSnacks

April 3, 2020 By LizLawton

Digestible Real Estate News We're keeping this recurring piece to do a bit more for those genuinely interested in New York real estate, not just food porn, and give my LinkedIn designation a little luster.  Taking a note from the easy to absorb nuggets of information in Robinhood Snacks' newsletter (blanketed with this unshakable food theme), … [Read more...]

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