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chicago: The U-571 iPhone (let's try this again) - 04/27/09 10:37 AM
The truth is, I was multi-talkxting (simultaneously talking to one person, texting another, and drinking a Red Bull) when the iPhone slipped out of my hand and into the dog's water dish. Frozen freak out as I watched my slow motion lifeline quietly descend to the bottom; like in that Matthew McConaughey movie---you know, the one where he's so busy trying to save a submarine he never gets a chance to take his shirt off.
Fully dressed, I dove into the drink, retrieved the bubbling device, and bolted up the stairs to the bathroom. This was not the first time my … (10 comments)
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chicago: Oh, that Sears... - 06/20/08 10:31 AM
I don't believe I'm all that different from most people who live in Chicago proper (i.e. not the 'burbs) in that I rarely take in the downtown sights except in accidental passing or escorting the occasional out of town visitor. My relocation referrals and I are usually zooming by each landmark, three minutes behind schedule, taking a 'pass' on the touristy stuff in lieu of a Starbucks stop."Was that the Sears Tower?" They ask."No. Hancock Building," I answer."It looks smaller," They say."That's because we're going 72 MPH down a one way side street." I kid. I look down at my speedometer, … (8 comments)
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chicago: A Realtor's Tale (part one) - 06/11/08 08:54 AM
The seller thinks she's being robbed. She hasn't actually come out and said it but I can tell. I can always tell. The Chicago real estate market has not responded well to her little corner of Uptown these last 365 days and the MLS listed 2 bedroom, 1 bath condominium she is trying to sell is now hovering close to the price she bought it for in 2004. She reminds me again that it's already priced below the last 'closed comparable' in the neighborhood. I gently remind her that I represent my buyers and that the 'market' ultimately determines what things … (8 comments)
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chicago: Hot Doug's...Chicago Style - 06/03/08 06:42 PM
For months now I've been following with growing interest...no, make that great intrigue, the shaggy chic (if not downright haute) North Side neighbor-hood 'foodie' chatter surrounding a certain hot dog stand at the no-mans-land corner of Roscoe and California Avenues in the Avondale section of town. Location, location, location (the ubiquitous Chicago real estate mantra) my arse. I kid you not, dear readers...the joint is in an annexed tract of light manufacturing sprawl where you might still be able to get some land for free if you stake a claim with the City of Chicago and know someone at City … (9 comments)
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chicago: Flip This Garage - 05/01/08 05:35 PM
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale (the 'It' source when it comes to earthquakes from what everybody says) hit downstate Illinois last Monday with an ensuing aftershock that actually shook the house I live in, 200 miles north in Chicago (not pictured, thank you). This was exactly three days after a 125 pound wild cougar was shot in a nearby neighborhood alley by Chicago police and one fateful day before 20 separate people in 20 separate incidents were shot in a single weekend with handguns on the city's South side. Correction: a few were actually gunned down with an … (7 comments)
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chicago: Bubble...or just leaking hot air? - 01/29/07 05:16 PM
I'm going on the record once again to say that I look at Chicago property on a daily basis, be it in the car with clients or simply scouring the listings of each 'windy city' neighborhood (yes, its windy here today...very) for whatever is new and exciting on the market. I commit what I can to memory and download the rest into my follow-up system for pending and future appointments. Just this past week I brought my '3 Bedroom Clients' to everything worth showing in the 475-525K range in Lincoln Park; I exhausted the 'Under 300K 2 Bedroom Market' in Lakeview … (3 comments)
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chicago: Love At Second Sight - 01/10/07 10:11 PM
Regardless of what my wife may tell you, she didn't fall in love with me the second our eyes first met. I'm sure of this for a couple of reasons. To begin with, she couldn't have possibly ignored me any more than she did on that first summer evening even though we were seated an arms length away from each other in a fairly empty ice cream parlor. I mean really, who doesn't notice someone sitting at the next table in an ice cream parlor?Secondly, and this I definitely know for sure, I'm the type of person that has to grow … (2 comments)
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chicago: What I Read.... - 11/22/06 06:37 PM
Most days I have lunch with my Broker at this small Chinese restaurant in Lincoln Park. Almost always seated toward the back is this one elderly individual, clearly from China and always reading the same old book with Asian characters on yellowed pages. For no other reason than this he reminds me of my own deceased grandfather who read only one tattered book over and over, Dante's Inferno. I have it on my bookshelf and have no idea (besides the general premise) what it says exactly--its in Italian. And even if it wasn't I get the feeling that it would still … (5 comments)
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