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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Demo Day

CALLAWAY, NANCY LOPEZ, & PING DEMO DAY

WED, FEBRUARY 8TH
FROM: 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM

OUR REPS WILL CUSTOM FIT YOU TO THE CLUBS THAT BEST FIT YOUR NEEDS

SPECIAL PRICING ON ALL ORDERS PLACED ON 2/8

Tuesday, January 24, 2006


The dining room in the Venice in the model park. Posted by Picasa


Another great shot. Posted by Picasa


It's a beautiful morning. Posted by Picasa

Thursday, January 19, 2006


The Seville, pictured above in the model park, just received stone work. Posted by Picasa

The Fontana


Presenting the Fontana. http:
http://www.harborhills.com/fontana_floor.html
Svelte silhouette of our construction superintendent not included in the purchase price of this beautiful model. Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, January 18, 2006


Now that is a ceiling treatment! Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, January 10, 2006


Bella! Bella! Posted by Picasa

Monday, January 09, 2006

The Venice


The Venice in the Model Park has recenlty been painted. Landscaping seen in the foreground is in the process of being installed. Posted by Picasa

http://www.harborhills.com/venice_floor.html


The Tommy Bahamian inspired decor in the Castello attracts all types of visitors whom are looking for the tranquility that is offered by a top rated country club community set amongst rolling hills and awe inspiring lake views. Posted by Picasa


It's cool breezes in the magnificant foyer of the Castello in the Model Park. Posted by Picasa

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Home Builders and Blogs

In a recent article posted on FloorPop: http://www.floorpop.com/Floorpop120705.html
an online marketing best practices newsletter published by Blair Kuhnen. The Harbor Hills Blog is featured in the Communicating Community Lifestyle section:

Communicating Community Lifestyle
I started this article because I ran across the Michael Rich's blog about his HarborHills community in Florida http://harborhills.blogspot.com/. Rich is General Partner Harbor Hills Development, LP. Here was a developer/builder posting every few days pictures, events, celebrations and other news from the community of Harbor Hills. Through the blog, the lifestyle of the community comes alive in a way that is hard to accomplish online.

I asked Rich why he put this blog up. "It's hard to update your website. We can get a posting up on our blog easily." Not only was it much easier, it was much quicker, "After we won an award, we had it [the notice] up in 10 minutes. Within minutes, 3 or 4 people [blog subscribers] were congratulating us." How connected is that?

Rich sees his blog being used by homeowners, clients under contract, and by prospects. He sees a number of key benefits:
It helps him keep in touch with customers in the build process,
He uses it to communicate "Club" news, and
He uses it as a sales tool for both prospects and buyers choosing options.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

TGIF

Dinner at the Signature Grille
Every Friday Night

Join your neighbors for a fun night of
Dining, Drinking and Dancing at the Grille

Try the ALL-NEW Catch of the Day
Enjoy one of the Club's Great Steak Dinners
or Order from the Menu

Dinner served until 8:30 p.m.
Live music 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy New Year



"Happy New Year!" That greeting will be said and heard for at least the first couple of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year's Day in modern America was not always January 1.
ANCIENT NEW YEARS. The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring).
The beginning of spring is a logical time to start a new year. After all, it is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming. January 1, on the other hand, has no astronomical nor agricultural significance. It is purely arbitrary.
The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year's Eve festivities pale in comparison.
The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun.
In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days.
THE CHURCH'S VIEW OF NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS Although in the first centuries AD the Romans continued celebrating the new year, the early Catholic Church condemned the festivities as paganism. But as Christianity became more widespread, the early church began having its own religious observances concurrently with many of the pagan celebrations, and New Year's Day was no different. New Years is still observed as the Feast of Christ's Circumcision by some denominations.
During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years.
NEW YEAR TRADITIONS Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition also dates back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking. The early Babylonian's most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment.
The Tournament of Roses Parade dates back to 1886. In that year, members of the Valley Hunt Club decorated their carriages with flowers. It celebrated the ripening of the orange crop in California.
Although the Rose Bowl football game was first played as a part of the Tournament of Roses in 1902, it was replaced by Roman chariot races the following year. In 1916, the football game returned as the sports centerpiece of the festival.
The tradition of using a baby to signify the new year was begun in Greece around 600 BC. It was their tradition at that time to celebrate their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, representing the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.
Although the early Christians denounced the practice as pagan, the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the Church to reevaluate its position. The Church finally allowed its members to celebrate the new year with a baby, which was to symbolize the birth of the baby Jesus.
The use of an image of a baby with a New Years banner as a symbolic representation of the new year was brought to early America by the Germans. They had used the effigy since the fourteenth century.
FOR LUCK IN THE NEW YEAR Traditionally, it was thought that one could affect the luck they would have throughout the coming year by what they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for folks to celebrate the first few minutes of a brand new year in the company of family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing in of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring either good luck or bad luck the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor happened to be a tall dark-haired man.
Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes "coming full circle," completing a year's cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year's Day will bring good fortune.
Many parts of the U.S. celebrate the new year by consuming black-eyed peas. These legumes are typically accompanied by either hog jowls or ham. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus its meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Cabbage is another "good luck" vegetable that is consumed on New Year's Day by many. Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency. In some regions, rice is a lucky food that is eaten on New Year's Day.
AULD LANG SYNEThe song, "Auld Lang Syne," playing in the background, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year. At least partially written by Robert Burns in the 1700's, it was first published in 1796 after Burns' death. Early variations of the song were sung prior to 1700 and inspired Burns to produce the modern rendition. An old Scotch tune, "Auld Lang Syne" literally means "old long ago," or simply, "the good old days."