Susan Brown's (raleighredhead) Blog

The short answer?  Yes!The long answer?  Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! Sorry, couldn't resist the humor!    Whenever I talk with a potential seller I always strongly encourage them to get a pre-inspection performed.  Yes, it costs a little bit of money up front for them, but if it uncovers some ...

I love to bike ride, but you won't find me on the roads...ever!  I'm way too nervous to ride on the roads around here, but give me a beautiful trail and a nice day and woo-hoo!  I love it when spring finally arrives and I can stop being a cold-weather wimp and hit the trails.  Today I did a ride ...

Hey, that rhymed!  :) North Carolina Theater proudly presents Hello, Dolly! opening this Saturday, May 7th and running through the 14th. This show was to star Cybill Shepherd as Dolly, but halfway through rehearsals she suffered an injury and had to withdraw.  Very bad luck for NCT, who, at this ...

Okay, I admit it.  I'm a HUGE tennis fan.  Well, fanatic is more like it.  Can't get enough of it.  Love to watch it, love to play it, and May is the height of the clay court season and that, of course, means Rafael Nadal!  Nadal is the number one player in the world and the uncontested King of C...

When my cat, Tramp, does something bad like scratch the furniture or decide to walk off the hardwood floors onto the carpet to throw up, he must then put his face in the green cup to atone for his naughtiness: Okay, no, we don't really make our cat go put his face in a mug.  But the actual story ...

The Whimsical Women are back!  If you've never heard of this group of very talented, original, and eclectic artists, now's the time to come check them out! The 15th Annual Spring Show is this Saturday, May 7th in Chapel Hill in the village green of Southern Village from 10 to 2.  Come and check o...

When you think about your career as a REALTOR, what do you love the most?  What keeps you coming back day after day to a job that many consider highly stressful and difficult to succeed in?  (Okay, I know I just ended that sentence with a preposition but there was no easier way to do it!) Is it t...

Okay, I've sat down at my computer.  I have my cup of coffee on my left-hand side.   My Blog is on the screen in front of me...I give my knuckles a good old-fashioned crack and put my fingers to the keyboard.....and nothing.  Argh!  Now what? It can't be I have writer's block already....can it?? ...

I have to laugh at myself on this one...I was typing an email to someone and mentioned the phrase phone duty in it only to accidentally type "phony" duty....and I had to sit back and wonder....harmless typo or Freudian slip?   You always hear that real estate is a numbers game.  I'm not so sure I...

Herbfest Comes Back to Cary for a Second Year! Need some inspiration for your garden this year?  Come down to the 2nd annual Herbfest, held in downtown Cary on the grounds of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary!  Held on Saturday, May 7, from 9-3, Herbfest promises so...