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While most people can imagine affording a vacation in Tuscany, how many can manage to settle there? Certainly only the superrich can afford a big farmhouse with breathtaking views or a medieval castle with an inviting tower. Yet those with limited funds may find a decent apartment in a small town, such as Montalcino, for $300 a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retirement: Montisi, Italy: Buon Giorno, Tuscany | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...your Admiral houseboat?" he asked. Before any of us could respond, there it was--every bit as enormous as I had imagined it in my worst anxiety attack. Once we were inside, though, the angst turned to wonder. It looked more like a luxury two-story condo in Trump Tower than a boat. The Admiral came with a fully equipped kitchen, a large oval dining table that could comfortably seat eight, four private bedrooms, two bathrooms, central air conditioning, an outdoor barbecue grill, a large TV, VCR and CD player, and cockpit controls. That was just the lower deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Be Admiral Of Your Own Houseboat | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...front of us, some three miles into the desert, stood Tower Butte, a massive rock formation rising 900 ft. and resembling Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Everywhere we looked we could see a stunning variety of sandstone canyons and buttes, some visible at more than 30 miles. As the sun descended, the canyon colors changed from burnt red to deep purple, then a mixture of lavender and pink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Be Admiral Of Your Own Houseboat | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...about 9 p.m. last night, witnesses saw the woman fall from a window in a tower at the Westgate complex on MIT's west campus...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, Alex B. Ginsberg, and Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Woman Dies After Fall From MIT Dorm | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

Otherwise, Augustine and Walsh make exceptional use of the space offered by the Mainstage. Two three tiered towers rise on either side of the set, a hydraulic lift rises and falls periodically from the center of the stage and a smaller central tower provides space for a steamy bedroom, a malfunctioning elevator, and a pair of Coney Island swings alternately...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Sweetest Thing: 'Charity' Gives Nothing But Love | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

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