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A thoughtful look at the Northern Virginia Real Estate industry and the communities that make it so special. Find information about Reston, Herndon, Great Falls, Vienna, Oakton, McLean, Sterling, Potomac Falls, Ashburn, Leesburg and other areas in the D.C. Metropolitan suburbs of Northern Virginia.

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2010 

We all have something for which we are on a perpetual, personal quest  For me it is the perfect pair of  shoes. My closet is filled with plenty of 'almosts' and 'pretty close' pairs. I could try to explain to you what makes a shoe 'perfect,' but my words won't be able to duplicate that moment whe...
11/14/2010
Loudoun County and Fairfax County, two of the richest counties in country, are located in Northern Virginia, reports Newsweek magazine, 11/10/10.  Loudoun County, Virginia tops the list with a median household income of over $114,204, with 17% of households making over $200,000. Fairfax County, V...
11/13/2010
Yesterday I read a post by Todd Clark, Decided to take a tour of the Salt Lake Temple and wow, amazing! (A photo tour) and it reminded me that I had promised my family to do some research about the Festival of Lights show at the Washington D.C.Temple. The temple, which is visible from the Capital...
11/12/2010
Just over a year ago, I signed up with a grassroots campaign to get a live work play license plate for Reston, VA. I blogged about this exciting opportunity,  Live, Work, Play: Reston, VA Gets It's Own License Plate!  Today, there was an article in the Washington Post, Fairfax Local Living sectio...
11/11/2010
This time of year is filled with contrasts as the summer flowers hang on and the fall leaves hang in the background! This view off my deck will soon be a 'Water View' as the leaves continue to fall.  Soon we will be able to see shimmers of the pond in the distance...'waterfront' living at its be...
11/10/2010
I sat down this morning to the great news that overnight I was awarded 4000 points!  How did I do it?  I participated in a Hyper Local Events Challenge. The point of the challenge was to get folks writing Hyper Local Posts so that they could see how significantly these posts would be viewed by co...
11/10/2010
For those of you who do not live with a  14 year old boy, you may not know that Call of Duty: Black Ops went on sale at midnight. My son, thankfully, did not push to be one of those in line (so I did not have to say 'no'), but he told me last night that he is sure that at least one of his friends...
11/09/2010
I am a soccer/lacrosse/track/basketball mom--and proud of it! I spent the entire weekend on a lacrosse field (thank goodness for my trusty Blackberry).  Saturday we were in Aberdeen, MD, and Sunday we were in Charlottesville, VA, with just enough time in between to return home, wash the uniform a...
11/08/2010
Spring Ahead, Fall Back. We all learned this little ditty as young children. This is the weekend to Fall Back (November 7, 2010). At two a.m. on the first Sunday in November, we set out clocks back one hour (most people just do it before they go to bed). It is also a great time to check some othe...
11/05/2010
This week one of my good friends spent the better part of the week monitoring the life of her dog , Pete, as he recovered from ingesting a pack of gum with Xylitol.  Xylitol , an artificial sweetener found in many types of sugarless gum,  is toxic to dogs. Their dog, Pete, found the pack of gum i...
11/05/2010
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