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2009
FACT: More than 80% of buyers start their search on the Internet. FACT: Buyers skip the listings that don't have pictures. They reason that the house must be really bad if there are no pictures. Agents won't show the property if there aren't photos, because they don't want to show a bad property,...
08/23/2009
Okay, so I gave the ending away already, but this story really gives new meaning to "And other duties as assigned." I picked up my client this afternoon at the metro because her car had broken down, and I was immediately struck by how much more pregnant she looked since I saw her two weeks ago. I...
08/21/2009
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Project Runway starts this evening! You may have heard that Project Runway got into a legal snafu that kept it off the air for a while and required that it switch networks to Lifetime. Finally the legal battles ended and the series has started again.I am tucked up at home with my daughter watchi...
08/20/2009
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McLean Gardens is a residential neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., bounded by Rodman Street NW to the north, Idaho Avenue to the south, Wisconsin Avenue to the east, and 39th Street NW to the west. At McLean Gardens, children still can meet each other on the playground, gardens can be p...
08/19/2009
I just wrote a blog for the public about going to the movies at Strathmore Hall here in Bethesda. It is a local performing arts center and for a week in the summer they host movies on the lawn for free. The food concessions donate a portion of their profits to the National Institutes of Health Ch...
08/19/2009
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This week is a real treat on the lawn at the Strathmore Mansion just off the Rockville Pike south of White Flint. Strathmore Mansion is holding an outdoor film festival for one week, starting August 14th and ending on August 21rst. There is a big screen to project the movie onto and the restauran...
08/19/2009
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My favorite pizza in DC is 2Amys on Macomb St and Wisconsin Ave., just down the street from McLean Gardens. With its wonderful wood fire to bake the pizzas and open kitchen, this neighborhood treasure has become a popular destination for dinner, particularly on the weekends. It has been voted the...
08/17/2009
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I agreed to chair the Cystic Fibrosis Wine Opener on October 3rd in Washington DC, at the US Chamber of Commerce. I had helped out with it in the past and knew that the CF Foundation staff is fabulous and most of the event seemed to run on auto pilot because the staff is so good. It certainl...
08/12/2009
I have been reading Think and Grow Rich, by Napolean Hill, an old but still interesting book on the power of positive thinking. The book is really interesting not just for the very powerful message that it shares, but also for the vignettes about people that you have heard of, but never knew muc...
08/11/2009
I freely admit this is not my listing - Thank Heavens! - but these are my photos. I stopped by to see this listing at mid day in mid week. I called before I stopped by, and there was no answer, so I went to check out this 9 day new listing in a high rise condo in the Logan Circle area of DC. Li...
08/06/2009