Two Hokies and a Poodle

Monday, June 23, 2008

Geometric Buildings

Growing up in Bad Newz we drove by a golf ball shaped house, and thinking this one was particularly unique imagine my surprise when later in life I discovered that houses come in many shapes and sizes, like people! My parents rented a round house in the Shenandoah for the long Memorial Day weekend, which ended up being among the first ski cottages built in the resort area. The house has likely seen its share of awesome parties due to a unique design. The bottom half of the house was obviously designed for entertaining. Angela noticed recent renovations had taken out an old loft open to the spacious bottom floor where a pool table had been, evidenced by the existing pool stick closet 6 feet up the wall. The center of the house is transported by a large, circular stairway. We had to bar a certain toddler from playing on this, but it would have taught him about round stairs versus normal stairs. His world has already been shaken to the core. Given this house’s location at a ski resort adjacent to JMU and the greater Harrisonburg area, I can foresee this house being a great real estate investment for renters. Angela and I would love to invest in a venture such as this one day, essentially a sure fire investment with minor improvements, given gas stays below 200 euros/barrel. Perhaps we’ll purchase a triangular building, like the hot dog kings on the Peninsula, or a patriotic pentagon, or even better, a red octagonal building that just screams “STOP!”

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