Former Lakers head coach Rudy Tomjanovich, now a scout for the team, and his wife, Sophie, have decided to scale down, and they have listed their Pacific Palisades home at $7.5 million. The three-story, 6,600-square-foot house has three bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, high ceilings and views of the ocean, city and mountains. There are floor-to-ceiling walls of glass and an elevator, media room, wine cellar and infinity pool. Tomjanovich, also the Houston Rockets former head coach, coached the U.S. men's basketball team to the 2000 Olympic gold medal and was appointed director of scouting for Team USA. Coldwell Banker, Pacific Palisades, have the listing. Click here to read more.
Baby boomers and Gen-Xers nationwide are getting dirt under their fingernails. "Lifestyle" farms now make up about half of the 2.1 million U.S. farms, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and they are increasing by about 2% a year. Hobby farmers — loosely defined as those whose incomes are derived not solely from farming — often bring little or no hands-on experience to their new avocation. Their business acumen and marketing skills from previous jobs, however, can turn their pastimes into gainful enterprises. The rural areas of San Bernardino County aren't for everyone, but such distance from suburbia is typical of the burgeoning "new ruralism" trend, said Calvin Beale, senior demographer in economic research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hobby farmers want their acreage to be far enough away to feel like they're living in the country but still be fairly close to mid- and large-sized metropolitan areas of 50,000 people or more — in this case, Victorville, Rancho Cucamonga or even the San Gabriel Valley. "The trend will keep growing because the U.S. population keeps growing," Beale said. "We can't add 2 million people a year to the cities." Click here to read more.
~Tina Jan~
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Lindsay Lohan sells her condo. For those of you who love tracking celebrity It girls, Lindsay Lohan has just sold her condo for close to the asking price of $2,495,000. She apparently paid about $1.9 million for it originally. The West Hollywood unit is 2,100-square-feet, with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and on the corner of the 27th floor of the 146-unit building off Sunset Strip, which has ocean, city and Hollywood Hills views. The 32-story building also has a rooftop pool, a gym, a doorman and a banquet room. 