Yesterday we got a Wii Fit Balance Board. It’s very entertaining. You can use your Wii character and do the body composition test before you start “working out” with it. It’s pretty funny the data that it comes back with just from standing on it and leaning slightly from one side to the other. It takes about […]
Charlottesville keeps surprising me. Saturday I went to the Albermarle Baking Company to get a pastry in the morning and on my way stopped to take a look at the shop on the corner, Verity Blue. Since it’s not on the downtown mall I don’t walk by it everyday, but the corner spot is hard […]
To promote more overnight guests, some Virginia hotels and bed and breakfasts are providing gas cards to guests. Gas hit $4.00 this weekend for a lot of travelers trips, the gas card would have been nice.
How are you saving money on gas? Target has a bike that I think would make me drive […]
Tomorrow one of Charlottesville’s homeless shelters will close leaving at least 35 more people without a place to sleep. Harold and Josh Bar, the father and son team that run the shelter, talked to City Council to explain the situation of the people left without a place to live.
Virginia Supportive Housing and TJACH are working […]
We’ve improved our Search feature on the CurbPlaces website. Now you can search using Realtor name, address, street, neighborhood, city, and MLS number.
What other ways would you like us to let you search for a home?
This doesn’t seem true for Charlottesville because I still see a lot of Cathedral style foyers and living rooms, but the Wall Street Journal reported that two-story rooms are waning. Home builders and remodelers are considering the wasted space and the maintenance of having a two-story room. The rooms are thought of as drafty, hard […]
Kenny Rogers, country music singer, has listed his Buckhead home for $7.9 million. Rogers bought the home in 2006 for 2.8 million and has spent the last several years renovating. The renovation projects included raising the roof and adding landscaping. This is the 10th house that Rogers has flipped.
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper […]
Petit Bebe is giving up its current York Place location into the current Les Yeux location. July 1st the new Petit Bebe location will open. Owner, Kim Kuttner, plans to fill the larger space with more modern kids furniture, strollers and car seats along with the high-end children’s clothes.
Idea for your Memorial Day Weekend: This weekend Massanutten hosts the annual Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce ValleyFest with food and fun. The event will take place on Saturday from 11am-7pm, festival goers will get to sample some of the area’s best wines, beers, and microbrews. $20 admission covers the sampling and a souvenir glass. […]
A woman that has been a Salt Lake City homeowner for the past 15 years is in danger of losing her home. She has an unpaid dental bill from over a decade ago for $300. Over the years the collection agency tried to collect the dept and it has now increased to $958. […]
