Solar Eclipse Sidewalk Shadows Combine a little luck (with the weather) and an almost 200 mile drive that began at 4 a.m., and #2 son and I were treated to a dazzling solar eclipse under a brilliantly sunny, cloud-free sky in Rexburg, Idaho** earlier today. Less exactly 2 minutes and 29 seconds, that is. The...Read More
Perspective is Everything OK, so the accompanying caption on MLS helped explain things: “A massive wood burning stone fireplace graces the living room.” But, it would’ve helped even more if the listing agent had rotated the photo 90 degrees to the right . . . 🙂Read More
Slim Silver Linings Call me a slow learner (at least on this one). But, I just figured out that — when someone says, “I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some bad news” — the bad news is always way worse than the good news is good. No? P.S.: Good agents deliver good news...Read More
Just West of Cedar Lake Where: 2508 Joppa Ave. South just west of Cedar Lake. What: Sprawling 4 BR/3 Bath Rambler with over 3,500 finished square feet on a gorgeous, 80′ x 147′ lot. How Much: Just reduced $20k, to $569,900. When: listed May 11 (11 days on market). Who: represented by Ross Kaplan, Edina Realty...Read More
Analog vs. Digital Parking Meters The bad news about parking at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market? (open since late April, if you weren’t aware): you’ll have to pay for it. The good news: you won’t have to pay very much, at least on a Sunday in late May. I was about to dump additional quarters in...Read More
Four Easy Steps; Total Cost: < $250 “Untitled Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Auctioned for $110 Million, a U.S. Record.” –headline, nbcnews.com (5/18/2017). For those without the means — or acquired taste(?) — to drop $110 million for an abstract painting (by Jean-Michel Basquiat), I have a much cheaper alternative. Step 1: buy the recent New Yorker...Read More
