SEARCHING FOR TOM BRADY and gisele bundchen

AFTER A SHORT TIME SEEKING OUT TOM BRADY, PATROIT’S QUARTERBACK, BOSTON RESIDENCE, I LEARNED HE HAD RECENTLY LEFT 314 COMMONWEALTH AVE AND BOUGHT 3 UNITS ON BEACON STREET KEPT 1 AND SOLD 2 UNITS MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE 1ST UNIT, IN OTHER WORDS HIS NEW UNIT COST HIM NOTHING. CONFUSING … YES.

BACK TO BURRAGE HOUSE, 314 COMMONWEALTH AVE, FOLLOWING IS A LITTLE HISTORY AND A FEW PICTURES… I WAS IMPRESSED TO SAY THE LEAST.

SELLER: Tom Brady
LOCATION: Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
PRICE: $5,285,000 (sale)
SIZE: 3,412 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 full and 1 half bathroom
DESCRIPTION: Rarely available, Back Bay’s crowning jewel–The Burrage Mansion. The epitome of style and opulence–magnificent 3 bedroom floor-through residence featuring gorgeous museum quality lobby, elevator access to elegant foyer, fabulous kitchen opening to fireplaced family room, separate dining room, fireplaced living room, all overlooking the Commonwealth Mall. Beautiful master bedroom suite with marble bath and custom closets.

and now the pictures taken by moi :

the entrance:

please note the detail:

Burrage House
Charles Brigham (1841-1925), a Watertown native who never had formal education in architecture after high school, had many accomplishments. Burrage House, at 314 Commonwealth Avenue (corner of Hereford Street) is his most lavish. Similar to homes built on New York’s Fifth Avenue, it was modeled after Chenonceaux, a chateau located in the Loire Valley of France, and represents the only example of the “chateauesque” style in Boston.

a little about gisele … we all know about terrific tom:

Gisele Caroline Bündchen (born July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian model. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world, having earned $33 million in 2007 and $35 million in 2008 alone, adding to her estimated $150 million fortune. She is also listed on Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s richest supermodel. Bündchen has been the face of more than 20 brands internationally, and has appeared on more magazine covers than any other supermodel.

wow, life’s a beach … one of these days we will visit tom’s and gisele new digs on beacon street.

susie and i are presently in florida and have many many interesting photo’s for a rainy day … until then:

sam i am

a few blasts from the past … in other words i have been relatively lazy

niagara falls:

self portrait . look carefully

banyon trees . boca grande, fl.

my favorate food … period

covered bridge . west of woodstock, vt.

view from my (porch) … home # 1 “the fairways” florida . view is of the 1st fairway

the author . circa somewhere around 1973 . rochester, ny

“will you marry me?” captiva island.

ain’t i just plain beautiful?

sis and bro in law . n captiva, fl. in the background:

“five buildings” . bostons finicial district

genesee – charlotte light: rochester, ny

and finially . ::::::::: . drum rolls . one more time:

and finially this comming monday i head for sunny sw florida . the land of the blogs .. until then …

GEORGE AND I …

ON THIS FINE TUES MORNING, SUSIE, LINDA AND I HEADED NORTH TO VISIT WITH GEORGE, ALSO KNOWN AS GEORGE BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE GRAND OLE U S OF A….
OUR DAY STARTED AT MAYBE 10 AM WHEN WE LEFT VIA OUR REAR DOOR FOR OUR DAILY VIEW OF THE HARBOUR FROM OUR DECK…

AFTER PICKING LINDA UP IN SALEM, WE PROCEEDED TO 1ST NH, MAYBE A 40 MINUTE RIDE:

AFTER MAYBE 15 MINUTES , WE CAUGHT A VIEW OF THE BRIDGE TO MAINE …

AND BEFORE ONE COULD WINK … THEIR WE WERE:

UPON ENTERING KENNEBUNKPORT, WE DECIDED TO DINE @ ALISSON’S RESTAURANT:

THE MEAL STARTED WITH ICE TEA, MAINE STYLE:

AND WAS FOLLOWED WITH SPINACH WITH BLUE CHEESE SALAD, PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER:

AFTER DIN DIN WE HEADED EAST TOWARD THE ATLANTIC VIEWING SOME OF THE LOCAL ARCHITECTURE:

ADMIRING THE SIDEWALKS “LATE AFTERNOON SHADOWS“

SOME OF THE OLD ENTRYWAYS:

AND FINALLY THE HOUSE FROM THE TV SOAP OPERA, “DARK SHADOWS“

AS WE PROCEEDED TOWARDS WALKERS POINT, HOME OF GEORGE, WE DECIDED TO STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS OR TO VIEW THE LOW TIDE:

THE CLAM BEDS:

THE BEACH ROCK FORMATIONS:

AND FINALLY … DRUM ROLL ::::::: WALKERS POINT, HOME OF GEORGE HIMSELF:

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AND GUESS WHAT? … GEORGE WAS A NO SHOW … SO WE PROCEEDED DOWN TO STONEWALL KITCHENS …

HAD A FEW SNACKS:

AND AS DUSK APPROACHED … WE HEADED SOUTH OVER “THE BRIDGE TO MAINE“

ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF SAM I AM

THE WEEK THAT WASN’T …

TODAYS POSTINGS ARE FROM THE RECENT PAST SINCE THIS PAST WEEKS WEATHER WAS LESS THEN COOPERATING. THIS PAST WEEK TOOK ME FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. BUT LO AND BEHOLD NO PICTURES. SO HERE ARE A FEW FROM THIS PAST YEAR…

BAD HAIR DAY:

LOOKING AT THE BAD HAIR:

GUARDING “THE SMILING COW” CAMDEN MAINE…

NAP TIME … SANIBEL ISLAND, FLORIDA

OFF TO PLAY . 1000 ISLANDS, NEW YORK/CANADA

WHAT SHALL I DO TODAY? . PALMS DESART, CA

WASH WHAT WINDOW? . DOWN TOWN BOSTON, MA.

ATLANTIC OCEAN, LYNN, MA.

AND FINALLY, I THINK SHE MAY HAVE A FUTURE, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, “MAY I BUY A VOWEL”?

AND THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WASN’T … UNK

SHOULD I HAVE STAYED HOME? YOU BE THE JUDGE!!!!

WHEN I AROSE THIS MORNING I WAS IN A VERY POSITIVE MOOD AND DECIDED TO HEAD INTO BEAN TOWNE, AKA, BOSTON, LOOKING AT IT AS A FRIENDLY SORT OF PLACE… MY DAY WAS AS FOLLOWS:

I THOUGHT ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:

BUT OBSERVING THE REACTION OF THE DUCKS:

AND THE SQUIRRELS BURYING THEIR NUTS:

I FIGURED IT SURE WOULD HURT, SO , I DID NOT ROAST MY NUTS AND PROCEEDED ON TO THE COMMONS AND FROM THEIR, NEWBURY STREET. I HAD THIS VERY POSITIVE FEELING ABOUT BOSTON, THE FRIENDLY CITY, UNTIL:

I RAN INTO THE FOLLOWING:

FINALLY I SAID:

AND PROCEEDED ON:

THIS WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED MY EX GIRL FRIEND:

SO I FIGURED IF I COULD NOT ALL NIGHT PARK I WOULD HEAD TO FRIENDLY MARBLEHEAD, MY HOME TOWN, AND WAS GREETED BY A SIGN “NO PARKING ON THIS SIDE OF ROAD” O WELL TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY… ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF UNCLE SAM I AM

paul newmans last words in the “color of money”, “i’m back”… well guess what … “i’m back”

summers leaves have all to short of date:

i was not lifting my leg …

reaching for the autumn sun …

you said swimmers … ? … a lake in camden, maine

chocolate or white … don’t be funny we want oreos

returning from the islands:

you said a 30 day guarantee:

bathing suit hell … its a thong:

canada’s most photographed lighthouse, east quoddy, campobello island, new brunswick, canada

red sails in the sunset”

well thats it for the day, more interesting blogs to follow … unk