Glenda's Blog

The popular Reston Town Center is often referred to as the "downtown of Northern Virginia" - it includes retail shops, 30 restaurants, a multiplex theater and the 519-room Hyatt Regency Reston Hotel voted one of the "Best Hotels" in Condé  Nast Traveler's 2009 Reader's Choice Awards.   This award...

It finally stopped snowing late last night ... now the fun begins!  I'm pretty sure it's going to be at least another day before we see a snow plow on our street.  My guy managed to get out, but he had to take my GMC Acadia - his Saturn Aura wasn't going to cut it!  Oh well, at least it was a nic...

Our second snowstorm of the winter and this one is a doozy!  Airports closed, Metro bus and rail closed, accidents all over (one fatal, unfortunately). Some counties have declared a state of emergency to try and keep crazy people off the roads so the plows can get through.  Yes, it's beautiful no...

I love doing real estate photography - especially when the agent and/or sellers have taken the time to make sure the home is looking its best.  But, of course, there are times when it's a challenge ...    I did a photo shoot recently of a home that had been staged ... I'm sure the stager did the ...

Okay, I don't know if it's really the same one who visited our back yard last year, but I like to think it is :-)  This guy was perched on the fence admiring our bird feeder (for those who don't know, Cooper's Hawks feed on small birds and mammals).  I shot this through the sliding glass door (br...

Really ... what do you want?  I'm going to set a limit of $1,000 here.  If you could have anything you want (valued at $1,000 or less), what's on your list?  I'm not going to show my list (just yet) because I don't want to influence anyone.  Just tell me what you're really hoping to find under yo...

The weather reports said we would get a couple of inches, at the most.  It would probably rain most of the day, turning to snow later in the afternoon.  As usual, they got it completely wrong.  It started snowing around 8:00 this morning and hasn't stopped all day.  Huge flakes! and it just keeps...

My feet are always cold in the winter so I recently bought one of these Vornado personal foot heaters - it keeps my feet warm and doubles as a footrest when I'm sitting at my computer: Of course, it quickly became a personal cat heater: sigh ...

As a professional real estate photographer (in addition to being a full-time real estate agent), I often hear agents tell me they think their photos are "good enough."  With so many buyers relying on the property photos to decide which homes they want to see, is "good enough" ... enough?  Take a ...

What did you think when you read that?  My first thought was that the real estate specializations were going a little too far.  It was the headline of a Facebook Ad about getting a Bachelor's degree in real estate.  But the ad featured a picture of a guy smiling with his arms folded and looking f...