Et tu, Angie’s List? [Editor’s Note: The views expressed here are solely those of Ross Kaplan, and do not represent Edina Realty, Berkshire Hathaway (“Berkshire”), or any other entity referenced. Edina Realty is a subsidiary of Berkshire.] You don’t usually notice something that doesn’t happen. So, after paying an annual membership fee for Angie’s List...Read More
“Buy By the Acre Ton, Sell By the Square Foot Ounce” No, I’m not calling the housing bottom. But, I’m willing to predict that Yogurt Lab, the new self-serve yogurt shop on Excelsior Blvd. near Uptown, is going to be a hit. How do I know? It was mobbed — on a recent weeknight! —...Read More
“Top Ten” Signs How do you know you’ve stumbled across a “too-trendy” neighborhood? My list of “Top Ten” signs follows (below). Any resemblance to certain (unnamed) Twin Cities neighborhoods is purely. . . intentional. For the record, though, the neighborhood in question was The Marina in San Francisco, near where my family was staying the other week. 10....Read More
