Gotta love a map that shows how close a neighborhood really is to town.  Glencoe Crossing is a neighborhood in the middle of two towns.  It has a Wheaton, Illinois address, taxes, library and water.  It is also only 1.4 miles to the Glen Ellyn Train station.  The children attend Glen Ellyn District 41 and 87 schools and are members of the Glen Ellyn Park District.  It is the best of both worlds.  Click on the map for a large image. 10/02/2008

1440 Wilmette, Wheaton - Stately Brick GeorgianLocation: Glencoe Crossing This home is a stunning 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath brick Georgian. The home features amazing natural millwork and crown molding throughout emphasizing the 9 ceilings. French doors lead to the first floor den with built-in wood bookshelves. The eat-in kitchen opens to a 2 story family room with a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and French doors to the private deck and fenced yard. The three car garage opens to a large mud room and 1st floor laundry. Your master suite boasts 2 large walk-in closets, double sinks & a double Jacuzzi soaker tub. A new 95% efficient furnace, air conditioner, water heater were installed in late 2007. This home is perfectly located directly between in town Wheaton and in town Glen Ellyn. You wi... 03/12/2008

Sprawling Maintenance Free Brick RanchLocation: Glencoe Crossing This sprawling maintenance free brick ranch boast over 2700 sq ft of living space upstairs and another 2700 of finished living space in the lower level. Upon entering the home you will be greeted by a large sunk in living room with hardwood floors & large picture window. The dinning room also has hardwood floors and leads to the kitchen & family room. There is an open floor plan between the kitchen, breakfast area and family room. The expansive family room is made cozy by brick wood burning fireplace and natural wood bookshelves and cabinets. Storage abounds both upstairs and down with huge closets, a 2 car garage and basement workshop. The finished basement is amazingly large with a complete 2nd kitchen and full bath. The... 02/17/2008

This lesson really hit close to home.  And I don't mean "hit" in a figurative way.  Last Thursday's weather report called for severe thunder storms in the afternoon.  Well, between 3pm and 3:15pm a tornado touched down just west of my home.  The storm and wind caused the 45 year old tree in my backyard to drop 2 huge branches.  One landed on my daughter's play house and the other on my roof straddling the power wires. Luckily, nobody was hurt and we somehow managed to keep our power.  Before the storm was even finished we had a call into our insurance company to being the claim process.  The next phone call was to the electric company (ComEd) to discuss the remaining tree and damaged electric meter.Lesson number one - hire a really good insurance company and get to know the wonderful pe... 08/26/2007