If You’re Looking for a Google Plus Invitation
I have 150 invitations. I considered posting the invitations on Facebook, google plus, twitter, etc. but figured there might be more of a curious audience here. (more…)
Monday Links – 07-25-11
Trying to make sense of things this morning - - Delusional Home Sellers? Interestingly, half of the comments are noting Zillow's inaccurate conclusions. - via Twitter: "If you pay attention to ONE thing about the debt ceiling fiasco... listen to this. It's 5 mins &…
Congratulations to Henley Middle School & the Albemarle County School Board process
They've decided to keep (at least until August) A Study in Scarlet on their reading list. The process that everyone - the Board, the parents, staff - is both admirable and astonishingly bureaucratic. I'm proud we live in a society that can have such discussions.…
Friday Links – 1 July 2011
- Walkable Neighborhoods have Higher Housing Vacancy Rates per Census 2010 Data I'm going to try to pull some similar data for Charlottesville-Albemarle's walkable areas, but don't think the datasets are going to be there. - Basically, every sport at UVA is great. Except for…
Friday: What I’m Reading.
Coming on Monday - a comprehensive look at the first months' real estate sales in the Charlottesville MSA, (following up on this weeks' first look at the real estate market data) including median prices for attached and detached homes, Year over Year and 2011 versus…
Which is a Worse Ponzi Scheme, Groupon or The US Government?
Not about real estate, please feel free to ignore ... Both may be ponzi schemes, but which one affects us more? Groupon: I would love to be wrong about this. Especially given the fallout in the tech economy if Groupon blows up. But isn't it…
Exploding Water Heater Demontrated – Thanks to Mythbusters
One of the most common items that is found on a home inspection is a missing/broken/leaking TPR* valve - a Temperature Pressure Relief valve. Basically, (someone who knows more than I, please correct me) if the water heater gets overloaded the TPR valve is where…
An afternoon in Western Albemarle – Strawberries, Eggs and Beer
It's easy to forget about or take for granted some of the simple and simply awesome things that are available in the Charlottesville area. This is about three hours on Sunday, 8 May: Picking strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet : Driving to Blue Mountain…
Blue Mountain Brewery is Growing
Good beer is hard to find sometimes; luckily the Charlottesville area is blessed with plenty of good beer. Starr Hill in Crozet, Devil's Backbone in Nellysford, Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton (which is a mere 12 minutes from my house) ... today brings the announcement…