First year I tried gardening, I saw a photo of nasturtiums & liked what I saw. Viney, wind-ey, green and happy. They’re the VW Bug of flowers, aren’t they? Just a little weird, slightly too colourful and strangely round. “Ooh, maybe not a good idea for a balcony where you’re living with them up close,” [...]
![Reviewed: House Lust [Book]](http://www.meetmyuglybaby.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/house-lust-mcginn-book-review-thumb.jpg)
With chapters on grotesque McMansions, new builds, renovation-induced divorce, 30-hour/week HGTV habits – plus realtor conferences, scary flipping seminars and time-shares: House Lust (Daniel McGinn, 2008) covers some ground. Total train-wrecks: The ‘real estate investing’ seminar the poor author endures. It’s so much worse than you can imagine and – guess what – a total scam [...]
