mi five star real estate: Richard Avedon-Larger than Life- an amazing exhibit of photos from this iconic artist at the Grand Rapids Art Museum
- 10/02/08 09:44 PM
Last evening I had the pleasure of attending the Member Opening for theRichard Avedon exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Nigel Barker- (a judge on America's Next Top Model and Photographer) delivered a very insightful lecture about the life and work of Avedon, who was a mentor and inspiration for Barker. The exhibit was sponsored by the generous patrons who have put Grand Rapids on the map with other cultural events, and GR was out in force. The exhibit runs through January 4, 2009 and features 80 amazing photos of the famous and the unknown. Daughter Kirstin is a (5 comments)
mi five star real estate: Newspaper Ads and Open House Ramblings
- 10/31/07 12:18 PM
Never say never! We hold open houses fairly regularly, but with (self fulfilling?) expectations of low results. That said, this past weekend I held an beautiful new listing open for the 2nd time. The first time, with a fairly large ad in the local paper for 5- of our listings, the most recent, just off web advertising. Both open houses were quite busy. Both days were lovely. But the no newspaper week outdrew by 3 groups (12 vs. 9), and more importantly drew a couple who have a buyer's agent, but were not aware that my listing was available. They came to visit (11 comments)
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