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Realtor, writer, photographer. . living in, working in and loving life in St. Paul, Minnesota. Author of the St. Paul Real Estate blog and St. Paul Photos.
Only in Minnesota do we include photos of the new furnace when we list a home for sale. The weather has been wonderful these past few days but we know we are living on borrowed time and today is the first day of winter.
I wrote this post in 2008 and it continues to get traffic during the colder months when Minnesotans have to deal with the cold and the beast in the basement.
There has actually been some grumbling about the possibility of what we call a brown Christmas. I say each day we that we don’t have snow on the ground is one more day that we don’t have snow on the ground.
It has been awhile since I have provided a central corridor light rail transit construction update. There are various projects closing streets in downtown St. Paul the biggest is the light rail central corridor project. The rail will run along 4th street. Continue Reading
Federal mortgage giant Fannie Mae is temporarily suspending foreclosure evictions on single family and 2-4 unit residential properties during the holiday season.
One of my favorite Twin Cities groups is SMBMSP, also known as the social media breakfast.
There is a social media breakfast about once a month and they cover a variety of topics mainly related to technology, business and marketing that go way beyond social media.
There is a small area in the West 7th neighborhood that was hit particularly hard by foreclosures and so the neighbors got together in 2008 and started working together to stabilize the neighborhood. Many of the homes were rentals and several of those were larger homes that were split up into multiple units.
The old Schmidt’s brewery has a rich history and every five years or so a new developer comes along with plans for the place. This time it might all work out as the Fort Road Federation is the developer and they have a track record for getting the job done if it can be done. Continue Reading
This is a great time of year for taking pictures. The weather has been warm and dry and the fall colors were at the peak last weekend.
Docks on Harriet Island
It is Friday and Fridays are for fun. Parking on St. Paul streets is very complicated. The part about stopping the car and getting out is the easy part. I often park my car and sit inside and read signs. On the particular block of Grand Avenue where I found these signs there wasn’t any place I could park that would not be in between two signs. Continue Reading
It is Friday and Fridays are for fun. A protest called occupy wall street has been going on for weeks now. I have been watching it with interest. I ususally don’t do politics on this blog but something has to change. I don’t know if the protests that are now sweeping the nation will make a difference but to date doing nothing has not worked either.