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London Knights hockey fan Dylan Medd, right, sits with his arm around his wife, Angie Brereton, while drinking a beer and watching sports at Kingwest Bar and Grill before walking across the street for a game in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)
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London Knights hockey fans Shauna Percival, left, and her husband Kevin, right, laugh as they eat dinner with friends at J. Dee's Market Grill before walking across the street for a game in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)
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London Knights hockey fan Lila Grube, right, talks with Bill Gloin as the pair eat dinner at J. Dee's Market Grill before walking across the street for a game in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)
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The gourmet kitchen of the town home at 3265 N St. NW in Georgetown has a glass ceiling, an exposed-brick wall, custom-designed cabinets, granite counters and a center island.
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The Bryant model has four finished levels with an open living room and dining room on the main level along with a center-island kitchen and breakfast area. Each home has a roof terrace and buyers can add a deck off the main level.
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The family room has a wood ceiling with exposed beams, a ceiling fan, built-in cabinets and bookcases, and a wood stove.
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The kitchen, which was remodeled in 2006, has stainless steel appliances, black granite counters and maple cabinets. The kitchen opens onto the family room.
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The Tudor-style home at 3179 Key Blvd. in Arlington's Lyon Village community is the on the market for $1,135,000. The three-bedroom home was built in 1935.
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Owners planning on putting their home on the market this spring may want to consider resodding their yard. For 65 cents to $2 per square foot, new sod can draw buyers with instant curb appeal.
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"Day and night, they're driving through, taking pictures, getting out and walking. I'm just bombarded with people," said Wade Shepherd, 83, owner of the abandoned Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran, N.C. Scenes from "The Hunger Games" movie were shot there and fans have been flocking to it since. (VisitNC.com via Associated Press)
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Scenes for "The Hunger Games" movie were shot at the old company store at Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran, N.C. The store became the Mellark family bakery in District 12 for the movie. (VisitNC.com via Associated Press)
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Scenes for "The Hunger Games" movie were shot at the Knight Theater (above), part of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, in Charlotte, N.C., and the old company store (left) at Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran, N.C. The store became the Mellark family bakery in District 12 for the movie. (VisitNC.com via Associated Press)
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Susan Eisenhower (left) and Anne Eisenhower, granddaughters of President Eisenhower, listen to testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday during the House subcommittee on national parks, forests and public lands hearing on the proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial on the National Mall. (Associated Press)
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In this March 2, 2012 photo, a woman smokes a cigar at the annual cigar festival gala dinner in Havana, Cuba. A number of state-owned restaurants in Havana's picturesque colonial quarter have quietly gone smoke-free in recent weeks as authorities finally implement a 2005 measure that has been almost universally flouted until now. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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Reinaldo Ruiz lights up in one of Havana's most popular cigar rooms, at the Conde de Villanueva hotel, and a woman indulges at the annual cigar festival in the Cuban capital. Many state-owned restaurants, however, have quietly gone smoke-free in recent weeks. (Associated Press)
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Yoel Chacon may have to start taking his cigars outside, rather than in the comfort of the Conde de Villanueva hotel, as Cuban authorities start to enforce a 2005 measure that has been almost universally flouted until now. (Associated Press)
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Cate Summers of Arlington takes a break from her bike ride to read at the Tidal Basin as others stroll through and photograph the cherry blossoms, in full bloom in time for the festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of Japan's gift of the trees. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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This image provided by Gehry Partners shows the Eisenhower Memorial Pedestrian Experience. Planners of a memorial honoring Dwight D. Eisenhower respond to criticism that the Frank Gehry design puts too much emphasis on Eisenhower's rural Kansas roots and not enough on his achievements as a military hero and president. (Associated Press)
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Renowned architect Frank Gehry talks in October about his concept for an Eisenhower memorial to be built near the National Mall in Washington. (Associated Press)
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This artist rendering provided by the Eisenhower Commission shows a model for the national memorial in Washington for President Eisenhower. Vocal opposition to the memorial's design, led by Eisenhower family members, has threatened to derail the $100 million project in large part because the lone statue inside the memorial area depicts Eisenhower as a boy. (Associated Press)
