A Sunday Stroll, A Singing Choir, Songza, and a Chicago Open House - 06/14/09 01:33 PM
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Sunday emerges superbly this day, shining on the denizens of this metropolis we call Chicago. Hallelujah. And as Jackson, Lucas and I took a spin around the block before I head to my open house in a contemporary single family home in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago - Jackson on his brilliantly beautiful blue bike and Lucas with feet propped up on his Kettler trike, me pushing with one hand and balancing a cup of Metropolis coffee in the other - we heard the congregation lifting their voices … (0 comments)

A Wonderful Compliment and Page One google for "chicago real estate" - 06/12/09 09:44 PM
[See this post in original format at The Real Estate Lounge Chicago] I received a great compliment a few days back. A few weeks ago my phone rang. A nice young man had seen me online. Originally searching in the Wicker Park area he told me I was the top listing agent in the area. Based on that he took a deeper look and the looking led to a phone call. Without delving too much into specifics he said he was calling real estate professionals working in the Chicago market to figure out who he wanted to represent him with his … (0 comments)

White Noise, Common Sense and The Chicago Real Estate Market - 06/10/09 04:28 PM

White noise. It's there. And there. And over there. It's the radio playing in my 4-Runner as I veer down Lake Shore Drive to show listings of The Real Estate Lounge Chicago. It's the music seeping out of my laptop from the "scrobbler" at Last FM or random selections at Pandora or selected singles at Blip FM or something I liked and wanted to find at Songza. For years and years it has been the ubiquitous tv, growing ever bigger and larger to dominate living rooms, family rooms, great rooms and what rooms have you in Chicago and wherever your … (0 comments)

Real Coffee, Dead Outlet, Blank Screen - A Day in the Life - 06/08/09 11:23 PM
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So the lances have been drawn and the steeds mounted as the coffee battles are being waged.
 
In billboards and full-page ads in income-deprived dailies like the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times we are witness to the skirmishes as grinding teeth of corporate titans have been supplanted by grinding coffee and lots of lattes that are being tipped to and from Starbucks and the cafe of the masses simmering under McDonald's Golden Arches and the double "d" of Dunkin' Donuts.
 
And while I will be the … (1 comments)

The Hanging Bike - A Real Wake Up Call in Chicago - 06/04/09 07:57 AM
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This is my bike.
Standing against the garage behind our Edgewater home, this bike is but a suggestion. It is a suggestion of what might be if it were being ridden. Coasting along the Chicago lakefront, dodging pedestrians, slowing down when need be and speeding up to chase down imaginary Lance Armstrong competitors trying to outpace me.
I love the idea of a suggestion for if properly placed it serves as a reminder to be more fully what we aspire to be. And so as I aspire to be a … (1 comments)

 

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