Wicker Park
Snow on the Horizon (Unless it Doesn’t Come)
Puffy cheeked angels are hurling ever-damper spitballs earthbound as Chicago gears up for its first substantial snow of the season. Sitting in my North Shore perch, a Starbucks near my sons’ school, I ease from one task to the next, observing the gathering expression of wintry nature. From the voices weighing in on the radio [...]
from the morning’s darkness a voice emerged
Amid the early morning dark a single voice emerged from the darkness, a spring-boding bird whistling its plaintive song for my ears to hear, helping me to chart my course of hope toward the arrival of warmth and green. Now mixing metaphors and the like from Casablanca and Disney I go to the rest of the day imitating the feathered friend, whistling as I work.
Where Do I Want to Go Today? Showing Chicago Listings and Beyond
Where do you want to go today? The centerpiece of Microsoft’s 1994 ad campaign this question has rested well in my mind since. It conjures hope because the response is of my making.
Will January Beget a Warm Spring Real Estate Market in Chicago?
What does Chicago’s spring real estate market hold? Historically January is robust though the last three years have been slow. And this year? There’s plenty of pent up deman and inventory as well. The question is whether lenders will perform their role and lend or if they will continue to stand on the sideline with their hands in their pockets. Let’s hope they make loans. Time will tell.
Online Safety Whether at Home in Chicago or on the Road
Trolls will always seek their gain at your expense. Which is why it’s important to exercise discretion wherever trolls gather – like the online campfire of your facebook and twitter accounts. Like living in the city where personal safety is enhanced by informed behaviors, the same is true when making posts at your social accounts.
