Architecture at the Umlauf - Lecture Series - October 1st - 09/29/08 10:01 PM
The next installment of the Architecture at the Umlauf Series is this week. This monthly series was founded by two of my associates at AvenueOne properties; Scott Harvey and Carla Umlauf (grand daughter of the esteemed sculptor) and is sponsored by our firm, AvenueOne Properties. The lectures take place at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and the series is now in it's second season.  There is a minimal charge of $5.00 for the event but is free to museum members. The next lecture falls on First WEDNESDAY this month and is specially catered by the hot new restaurant Mulberry (interior architecture by Michael Hsu).

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Two Words...that could save your life! - 09/27/08 01:16 AM

I'm sitting in traffic about a quarter of a mile from the stop light at one of the busier intersections in Austin, Texas. Behind me cars stretch as far as I can see. I begin to feel the tension in my shoulders as my frustration starts to build. I am just about to shout (at no one in particular just out loud,) when I notice movement in the car next to me. I look closer and see a man pounding on his steering wheel and shouting. Next to him I see his companion. Her chin in her hand staring out … (82 comments)

1 in 10,859 - Standing Out in a Crowd of Agents - 09/18/08 01:46 AM
While recently updating my E-key, I noticed that the roster function deleted 78 members and then added 84 members for a net gain of six. Looking at the roster total I saw that there were 10,859 agents currently registered with the MLS system in the greater Austin, Texas area. Now, that is a huge number of real estate agents in my part of the world. Out of curiosity I learned that in the last year approximately 12 percent of the agents had sold around 90 percent of the real estate. Further investigation showed that 70 percent of the new agents entering … (115 comments)

PIGGING OUT! Abuse of the ActiveRain points system… - 09/09/08 09:32 AM
I recently read two very good posts "Is Your Integrity Worth 25 Points?" - Blog Tips for Rain Drips and another by Bob Cumiskey where he describes bad blogging behavior and states "There are a few "so called bloggers" on the ladder who obviously blog just for the points." Both made me realize that I have also witnessed a number of other blatant attempts to "Game the System" here at Active Rain.
A short time after I joined several of us at my office received an email asking us to join ActiveRain and it turned out that the individual sent a mass email to … (141 comments)

"Pain is NOT a flavor!" - A Taste of Life in Austin TX (LOCALISM FEATURED) - 09/03/08 12:24 AM


August 24th was the 18th annual celebration of The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest here in Austin, Texas.  The event featured many vendors who promoted their sauces along with individuals vying for glory in the hot sauce world. The organizers raise money and collect food for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. Attendance is free, but patrons are asked to bring non- perishable donations for the bank. It is supposedly the largest Contest and Festival of its kind and I have entered in fourteen of the contests since the beginning eighteen years ago! I arrived early with three entries, one for each … (71 comments)

 

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