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The World's Best Men's Store - in a Cleveland Suburb

Over at GQ.com the sartorially astute Michael Williams has cast his vote for the world's best men's store - Cuffs Clothing (above) in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. "It's a real men's shop in the traditional sense," he writes, "a holdover from the days before mass market chains dominated the landscape, days back when a man only needed to go to one place to rig himself out for the year." In addition to the classic wardrobe staples and everything from pajamas to dinner jackets and a wide range of custom tailoring options, their stately brick premises house a wine shop, bar, gallery and extensive range of goods from Hermès. Click here to see more pix.

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'Rain Man' House In Foreclosure

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The home where the 1988 movie 'Rain Man' was filmed has had a hard year. The home in ~~East Walnut Hills~~ the East Walnut Hills area of Cincinnati, Ohio has been foreclosed on and yesterday was the last day of an estate sale. The 14-room home was owned by Roger Ach and the foreclosure process began over the summer. It was set to be sold in a sheriff's sale in July but ownership was transferred from Ach to a trust controlled by his attorney, Charles Hertlein. Recently the Hamilton County Municipal Court signed an eviction notice on the home which is valued at $1.2 million.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Ach was foreclosed on by Cinco Family Financial Credit Union after he failed to pay the credit union $1.4 million for two mortgages with Cinco. This appears to the be the second round of foreclose for Ach on this house. The Enquirer says that in 2003 he was was sued for foreclosure and the house was sold at public auction to an attorney for a company owned by former Cincinnati Reds owner Carl Lindner, a friend of Ach's family. It was was transferred back to Ach in 2007 when Ach took out the mortgages with Cinco.

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Ambleside, Estate of the Day

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Last year I heard that Marge Schott's Indian Hill, Ohio mansion home was on the market for $5.4 million. Now real estate commenter extraordinaire Spectacular Bid led me to the new listing with lots of pictures and a new lower price, $3.95 million. The estate of the late Cincinnati Reds owner, who died in 2004, is a huge 19-room castle-like rambler on 15 acres. The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation is selling the property which was first named Ambleside and was built in 1928 by architect John Henri Deeken to resemble a mansion in Ireland. The home has steep gables, a slate roof, stone tower and leaded windows and seven bedrooms. The Cincinnati Enquirer calls it "a bit of a fixer-upper" and they aren't kidding. The listing pictures show a home that is beautiful and old but very dated and in need of restoration. There are eleven fireplaces and has a buzzer system used to call servants and servants' quarters near the children's wing. The home, with its labyrinth of rooms, small upstairs windows and heavy wood may be out of step with the needs of today's wealthy buyers.

Schott lived in the house for fifty years and after her death the contents of the home were auctioned off. The entire property is 60 acres but the rest of the land has been split off into nine five-acre lots which will be sold separately. Ambleside joins a host of multimillion properties on the market in Indian HIll, many with a similar castle-like feel and built in the 1920s by prominent Cincinnati-area businessmen. None of them seem to be in as rough a state as Marge Schott's palace which would likely take a dedicated team and many dollars to restore it to its former glory.

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Gallery: Ambleside

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The Unveiling of the Imperial Blue Serpent Clock Egg

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This beautiful Faberge creation from Princess Grace of Monaco's collection, which has not left Monaco in over 30 years, was unveiled today at the Consulate General of Monaco in New York City.

Thanks to Prince Albert II, who inherited the piece in 2005, the Imperial Blue Serpent Clock Egg will be traveling to Cleveland, Ohio, where it will be on display with six other Faberge wonders in the Artistic Luxury exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art through January 2009.

The Imperial Blue Serpent Clock Egg was crafted in St. Petersburg in 1887, and presented by Alexander III to Maria Fyodorovna.

Gallery: The Unveiling of the Imperial Blue Serpent Egg

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Cobble Court, Estate of the Day

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This home in the village of Indian Hill in Cincinnati, Ohio has me smitten for one reason "the Canterbury room." This home built in 1933 has a two-story library wing called the Canterbury room which features raised quotations in stone above the fireplace from Chaucer, Dante and Shakespeare and looks like an English great hall. The home is approximately 13,000 square feet and sits on nine acres. There are nine bedrooms total and the home includes all sorts of stained glass, carved stone and wood details that add to the feeling that this is a treasure from another era. At $8.7 million, it's a high price for the area but this is a truly stunning home right down to the stone carving of the home and its name, Cobble Court, on the wall.

Related: This isn't the only Cobble Court around, check out Cobble Court in Glen Cove, New York, an estate we featured in October 2006.

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Palisades of Mount Adams

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I've seen a couple of luxury condo projects in the Cincinnati are but the Palisades of Mount Adams condominium project might be the most exclusive. There are just ten units in the seven-story building. The units in the building have private covered terraces, oversized showers, gas furnaces, granite countertops and high ceilings. The apartments in the tiered, seven-story building will sell for $1.2 million to $2 million and are expected to be completed at the end of the year.

Other projects we have covered in the Cincinnati area
SouthShore Residences
River Crossing

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A Wine Cave Comes To Ohio

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A wine cave in Ohio? Why not. Harmony Hill in Bethel, Ohio has opened the first wine cave in the midwest. The cave was created by using four massive archways, the kinds used in highway passes, which were sunk into the ground. The husband and wife team behind Harmony Hills, Bill and Patti Skvarla, came up with the idea after a visit to Napa. The cave, which opened over Memorial Day, currently hold 16 empty 59-gallon oak barrels waiting to be filled with Rhapsody, a Bordeaux-like blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Hoses running from a horse barn converted into a fermentation room run the wine downhill to the cave full of barrels.

The cave is currently open for tours but once the barrels are full it will only be open on a limited basis (to let the wine age at optimum temperature). The winery is a small one, producing about 700 cases per year from a variety of grapes such as Chambourcin, Cabernet Sauvignon, Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc, Marechal Foch and Traminette. Harmony Hill produces six table wines and four dessert wines all with musical names like Ovation and Concerto. Oddly enough, the winery is located in a dry township and the winery is only able to sell because they grow the grapes and cork the wine onsite. The wines are in the $10 range and they only ship within Ohio. The pours are cheap too, only fifty cents a pour at the winery.

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Perin Road, Estate of the Day

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This charming five-bedroom home in Indian Hill, Ohio has an interesting history. It was designed by Delano Aldrich for John Emery to live in during construction of Peterloon Farm during the 1920s. John Emery was the developer of the Carew Tower in Cincinnati. Peterloon Farm is now home to a new development, Twin Fences at Peterloon Farm where large homes are being built. Some of those homes strive for the homespun country look that this older home already has. This stucco home has beam ceilings, vintage fireplaces and cupboards. The grounds include barns and other outbuildings.. It is listed at $6 million. After the jump, country cute and a wide open space for play.

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New Albany, Ohio, Estate of the Day

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The town of New Albany, Ohio may be small (around 5,000) but it is set to become one of the most affluent areas in Ohio. The town, which is located near Columbus, has new houses which are designed to be true country estates with a Georgian look. The New Albany community includes both a golf course and a large club house, in the Georgian style of course. The home shown here overlooks the Jack Nicklaus golf couse and sits on around two acres which include formal gardens that match the manor-like look of the house. The interior is rich with cherry wood and a grand almost antiquated style with modern touches in the kitchen and the theater room. It is listed at $2.495 million. After the jump, English in Ohio.

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Condo Slowdown in Cincinnati Too

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Another hot condo market is showing signs of cracking. This time it's the luxury urban condos in Cincinnati, Ohio and along the Northern Kentucky riverfront. The Enquirer reports that the recent condo glut has led to a decrease in condo sales. At first when the new urban luxury condo projects began to spring up in the area eager buyers but now sales have slowed. Two projects we have mentioned before, SouthShore in Newport and RiverCrossing are moving forward at a much slower rate. Condo builders in the area are hopeful though and see the condo slowdown as part of an overall softening of the market.

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Roundwood Manor, Estate of the Day

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Roundwood Manor in Hunting Valley Ohio has a fascinating history. It was built by the two Van Sweringen brothers, railroad barons who were so close that they slept in the same bedroom in this giant mansion. The home was later owned by Joe Hrudka of the Mr. Gasket auto-parts empire and has appeared in the pages of Architectural Digest. The home was built in 1924 and is one of Ohio's most famous properties. Roundwood Manor is over 17,000 square feet that includes ten bedrooms, a guest wing, a 60-foot indoor pool and nine fireplaces. It is listed at $7.9 million. After the jump, shiver me timbers that's a great great room.

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The Spa at Cedar Falls

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If you enjoy your spa experience in a woodsy locale, the Spa at Cedar Falls is for you. The Inn at Cedar Falls, a bed and breakfast retreat in Logan, Ohio, a hour and a half from ~~Cleveland~~ Columbus, has opened a 1,400-square-foot spa which offers massages, reflexology, mud wraps and facials. The spa is located in a log cabin on the edge of a gorge. Spa packages start at $120. The Inn offers a variety of accommodations from rustic cabins to rooms at the bed and breakfast. The Hocking Hills area is famed for its hiking opportunities with plenty of gorges and waterfalls.

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A Second Life For The Duncarrick Mansion

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A beautiful old mansion in Dayton, Ohio may be getting a second life as a community center. Duncarrick is a 17.5 acre estate%uFFFD The home is an example of American provincial architecture with Tudor detail built in the late 1800s. The home is on the National Register and was once home to Katharine Kennedy Brown who served as Ohio’s Republican national Committeewoman from 1932 through 1968. The home has fallen on hard times in recent years. It has been unoccupied for a while. Now the Salvation Army may be able to turn the home into a community center if they can raise the money. According to the Dayton Daily News it would cost $3 million to restore this old beauty.

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