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HANDS DOWN one of the best tours I've ever seen on AT.

Not sure if this falls under proper etiquette, but what about beverage choices, or lack thereof? Is it poor form, or just weird, to serve only water for the main meal and coffee during dessert? I attend family holiday dinners where these are the only options, and I wonder if I'm alone in thinking it's a little strange. To my knowledge nobody attending is in recovery, but I'm speaking of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options.

That bathroom is freaking awesome.

Not even a year after I moved out, my parents announced that they bought a BIGGER house a few streets over from the one my sister and I grew up in. But by bigger, I don't mean palatial--one with more than one toilet, a two-car garage, and a family room--although as a homeowner myself without any of those "extras," I consider that palatial. :)

What an interesting tour! Like many others, I'm truly impressed with how Luke makes this work, and he was so charming in the video.

Perhaps he mentioned it and I missed it, but are those ALL of his possessions, or does he have stuff in storage somewhere (parents' home, storage facility, etc.)?

(Hey AT, more video tours, please!)

Brownie and BF-- Well. Done. And wahoo for using Pittsburgh Paints!

I take a PackMate bag with me when I travel and put all my dirty laundry in it, since I don't care if my dirty stuff gets wrinkly on the trip home. Definitely helps free up suitcase space for souvenirs!

I love the art collection, but I have to say the first photo's my favorite. That's a GREAT shot of the pup.

00tester, that is one awesome picture.

Our boxer mix rescue never went on our furniture until my husband broke his leg and convalesced in the guest room. He decided that it would be nice to invite the dog up on the bed with him. So now that the husband's healed, it's now Norman's Bed, which has led to Norman's Couch and now Norman's Second Bed, which is our bed.

Wouldn't be a big deal except he's got a wee bit of an incontinence issue...so now we have to Norm-proof the furniture at all times. :)

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY second/third/fourth the smoking complaints. AT--could this be an article subject on its own, so we can share some problem-solving ideas?

I'm a city dweller, and the houses on my street are only 36 inches apart. Our neighbor sits on his back porch and smokes day in, day out--even in the winter, he's chillin' with a hot toddy and his smokes. (Doesn't smoke in the house.) As a result, we don't open the windows in the back of our house, and we even switched bedrooms so that we could sleep in a room where we can open a window. My husband finally asked him if he could smoke elsewhere after 10 p.m. on summer nights (we don't have air conditioning) and he was open to it, which we very much appreciated. But now, we are redoing our backyard and patio and I'm so sad because unless he's not home, I don't even want to be out there breathing all the secondhand smoke. As a result, I don't see us living here long-term, which bums me out because I like our house and I like the neighborhood. I know it's a free country and the guy can do what he wants on his own property within reason, but it's infringing on our rights too...right?