Walmart, Don’t mess with My Harris Teeter!
Now we're usually pretty neighborly and all here in Charlotte...we even like (some) Yankees...you know Bless their hearts and all that! We like Nordstrom, Apple, Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Lily Pulitzer and yes even Walmart! BUT when you start messing with the hometown peeps well... Wikipedia says Arkansas is a a land of lakes and rivers, thick forests and fertile soil. Tell you what you [...]
They don’t call Ballantyne the red hot center for nothing…(New) Providence NC
Nuclear fission reactions are chain reactions, in which the splitting of an atomic nucleus releases neutrons that penetrate other nuclei, causing them to split. OK South Charlotte / Ballantyne hasn't gone 'nuclear' yet ...but it's getting closer. Nuclear as in a chain reaction causing South Charlotte to split into a city of it's own. Providence, NC (at least they get rid of the CH problem...although [...]
Don’t fear the Realtor
In a classic (aren't they all) Modern Family episode real estate agent Phil Dunphy is petrified of clowns....a pretty common fear. But the inside joke is that the clown Phil is most terrified of is named FSBO....that's right the Realtor nightmare...For Sale By Owner! I think we can all chuckle about that...but it struck me the other day when I came upon three gorgeous homes [...]
Buying a home is fun (no really it is)
I stumbled upon this wonderfully poignant (and short) video about the housing market. It reminded me of a blog post I did awhile back Looking for a 1974 Buick Century? Im Your Realtor. I think I'll repurpose that post here later but suffice to say the post was about how in all the mess and gnashing of buying or selling a home we [...]
Charlotte is all that and a bag of chips!
No longer that confused "CH" city or Atlanta's read haired stepchild, Charlotte has arrived! The US census (yeah the big one) reports that Charlotte was the fastest growing metropolitan area by far up 64.6% since 2000...the wonderfully weird (we love) Austin TX came in a distant second at 51% - take that TEXAS! The Charlotte Observer reports ... No urban area with 1 [...]
The entrepreneur in me envies the entrepreneur in her | Groovy Green Glass
Groovy Green Glass | Re purposing with a purpose I want you to meet a super cool entrepreneur - the entrepreneur in me* envies what my cyber friend (and sorta neighbor Myrtle Beach SC) Deana Rohrs Vail has accomplished. Groovy Green Glass is all about re purposing bottles into amazing jewelry, vases, drinking glasses just about anything Deana and her hubby Shawn can conjure up [...]
Charlotte Cash Mob | Local businesses taken over by…CUSTOMERS with CASH!
Charlotte Cash Mobs What will those crazy kids think of next! How cool is this for local Charlotte businesses...a new take on flash mobs where a group of Charlotteans meets up and proceeds to take over a local business...to spend money! I can see this expanding to restaurants and other venues like the Whitewater Park, the NASCAR Museum and other great Charlotte area businesses that [...]
Coming to your Mountainbrook doorknob soon!
Thinking of selling your home in 2012? Ready to try something different? We love cool stuff and and once again our marketing guru Julie blew us away with the design for our new HomeStory doorknob hanger! What do you think? Better then junkmail right? Well maybe not...but we think our HomeStory is a powerful new home marketing tool if you're trying to sell your Charlotte [...]