raking, painting, cleaning gutters

October 25th, 2008

my deep thought for the day:
how many hours of beautiful fall saturdays have I spent doing house chores instead of enjoying the days?
i should have a calculation for you later today.
i want to move to a condo/townhouse/loft.


urban life

August 8th, 2008

I sometimes joke that we live in the urban suburb. i love our neighborhood. we can walk to groceries, the bus, restaurants, our local bookstore, coffee shop and movie theatre.
However, it is not dense. Not dense in a chicago or new york way. but it’s city living as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve also been joking [...]


Mixed Use

December 7th, 2007

First off, if you haven’t been reading MinnPost, you’re missing a lot of great stories.
But, I do have one problem with this (otherwise excellent) story about the troubles facing condo owners and potential owners.
There is a lot of discussion given to mixed-use developments, pointing out that lenders are growing wary of these types of developments. [...]