Gold Coast
22 Quarters for 105 Minutes of Parking in Chicago
Chicago real estate professional Tom McCarey had to turn his truck upside down today to find quarters to feed the meter as he conducted his business. Usually a credit card in the kiosk is how he pays for parking. But having left home today without plastic he turned to coins and realized that 22 quarters paid for only an hour and 45 minutes of parking. Ouch!
Daylight Savings Ends – Home Buying Savings Extend and Expand
Daylight savings ends today marking the start of a different savings for Chicago area home buyers. Tom McCarey talks of recent market activity as he represents buyers and sellers in the Chicago real estate market.
Triple Tens on Marathon Sunday in Chicago
If ever there was a day to stop on a dime, today would be that day. Three of them in a row. Ten / ten / ten. A few years back, when the days lined up in a sequence of sevens, we traveled to Vegas. Like droves of others I figured that since numbers don’t [...]
A Fall Chill Beneath Blue Chicago Skies
Today Chicago. The boys and I returned home to Chicago Monday evening, an unfurling bit of ribbon that traced the sky from Dallas to Austin and from Austin home to Chicago. Jackson and Lucas won the admiration of surrounding single-flying adults for their big-boy behavior and smiled heartily in the momentary celebrity of praise. Nicole [...]
What is New? My Pneumonia for One and Two
One door closes, another opens. I’ve always loved the symmetry of those words and the belief they establish. My only admonition is don’t have your fingers inside either door jamb when those doors close. In one instance last week I didn’t take my fingers out. I had been off kilter with who-knows-what since the previous [...]
