Archive for March, 2008

Despite the predicted Resession, Homes are still Selling

March 31st 2008 by Kelly in Real Estate 0

While I was searching for homes that are for sale in the area, celebrity homes that are for sale popped into my search. The article that I read was listed on LA’s curbed and was written today, but as I viewed the homes 3 that were over 2 million dollars have already sold! […]

Group Tours are the new way to search for a Home

March 31st 2008 by Kelly in Real Estate 2

Today the Washington Post reported the increase of home buyers looking for a home in a group. Home buyers want to get a deal on buying a house and they want help in locating foreclosed homes. The buyers opt into a group tour of the homes in their area that are for sale […]

PBR at the JPJ

March 31st 2008 by Kelly in Local Event 0

I decided to get a group together to go to the Professional Bull Riding at the JPJ on Saturday. Tickets were expensive for $40, but if you had a group of at least 10 the prices went down to $10. We had a group of 17 and had a great time. I […]

Make Yourself at Home…Anywhere in the World

March 28th 2008 by Kelly in General 2

Make Yourself at Home…Anywhere in the World is HomeExchange.com’s way to appeal to homeowners to switch homes with a stranger. There are over 20,000 homes available for swap on the site, so it must be a good way to go on vacation. HomeExchange is just one website that links users that want to […]

Bradford Pears

March 27th 2008 by Kelly in Charlottesville 2

It’s starting to look like Spring outside with all the Bradford pears speckling a lot of streets around Charlottesville.  The pretty white flowers and fruit look really pretty when they bloom, but they don’t smell very good.  It’s weird that such a pretty tree can smell so bad.  Walking around the UVA campus the smell […]

Flood and Newts have kept couple out of their home

March 27th 2008 by Kelly in Real Estate 1

A blocked drainage ditch caused flooding to John and Margie Histed million dollar residence. The couple spent the past 8 months and $250,000 on renovations to their estate only to have it flooded again since the drainage ditch cannot be fixed. The Histed’s learned after the original flood that newts possibly infested […]

Photo Night Tonight

March 26th 2008 by Kelly in Local Event 0

March Photo Night tonight at The Bridge in Belmont. Ed Deasy will be showing photos from his Car Series. The photos are taken from a moving vehicle and some show examples of painting with light.

Disappointing 85-88 Loss to Old Dominion

March 26th 2008 by Kelly in Charlottesville, UVA 0

The UVA Women’s basketball season has come to a close in the second round of NCAA tournament. Old Dominion was beating UVA by double digits but, UVA was able to catch up at the end of the first half. Old Dominion eventually broke away and had another big lead in the second half. […]

2008 Festival of the Book

March 26th 2008 by Kelly in Announcements, Charlottesville, Local Event 1

Today marks the beginning of the Festival of the Book. This is the 13th annual Festival and will be going on today through the 30th. Tickets can be bought at the Paramount downtown or by phone (434-979-1333) or online. The festival is to promote reading and literacy and most of the events […]

C-ville Is Moving

March 26th 2008 by Kelly in Real Estate 1

The C-ville is moving from it’s current location to a bigger space closer to the Pavilion. The new location will be in the Bank of America Building across the street from Five Guys. Maybe the new space will have more windows for them to look out on the mall? I know I […]