Parrys

The beach-club parking lot has a clear view into the Parrys ' master bedroom — something that doesn ' t bother them.

Contrarians Pour On the Concrete Nancy Keates 2010

Erik Johnson for The Wall Street Journal In 2001, while they were iving in a more traditional house in Bellevue, Wash., the Parrys purchased the Mercer Island lot for $750,000 and tore down its tri-level ranch-style house in 2006.

Standout House 2010

" When the Parrys left a dinner party early one night, noting they had to get up early to meet the concrete truck in the morning, a woman exclaimed " You ' re pouring more concrete?

Contrarians Pour On the Concrete Nancy Keates 2010

The house took a year and cost a little over $200 per square foot to build, considerably less time and money than average because of the Parrys ' experience, contacts, participation and skills.

Contrarians Pour On the Concrete Nancy Keates 2010

Living in a more traditional house in the suburb of Bellevue, the Parrys purchased the Mercer Island lot for $750,000 in 2001 and tore down its tri-level ranch-style house in 2006.

Contrarians Pour On the Concrete Nancy Keates 2010

In the meanwhile, Drake had proved not merely the possibility of plundering the American coasts, but of establishing an East Indian trade; Frobisher and Davis, worthy forefathers of our Parrys and Franklins, had begun to bore their way upward through the Northern ice, in search of a passage to China which should avoid the dangers of the Spanish seas; and Anthony

Westward Ho! 2007

(The place was quite a humble one; the Parrys were never very well off; but there were always grooms and stable-boys about — Clarissa loved riding — and an old coachman — what was his name? — an old nurse, old Moody, old Goody, some such name they called her, whom one was taken to visit in a little room with lots of photographs, lots of bird-cages.)

Mrs. Dalloway 2003

She was not sure if the Parrys would reject the offer if they knew the truth.

Truly Balogh, Mary 1996

"We will have to see if they wish to stay on at the farm with Waldo Parry to work for them, or whether they would like to move into a cottage with a pension while I rent the farm to the Parrys."

Truly Balogh, Mary 1996

She hugged the thought to herself as she left the Parrys to their pride and their newfound joy — which, of course, they had not shown in full measure while she was there with them.

Truly Balogh, Mary 1996