About a month ago I wrote a story about wanting to use my bicycle more for real estate. We have many regular readers who are bike enthusiasts, who were all very supportive of my effort … thank you for that. I’m happy to report that I’ve made good progress on my goal. Most importantly, I’ve eliminated some of the physical and mental barriers that I felt were keeping me from truly embracing the bike. The
It would be great to be able to bike to work. Amy almost had to do it on marathon day because of road closures, but we found an open route from our house to the office so it was unnecessary. That’s the most recent time it’s come up, but by no means the only time. We know lots of people in the area who use their bikes for transportation, so this isn’t breaking new ground
Note: This post is written by the Luddite, Amy. I’m of the generation that started using computers in grammar school. I died more than once from dysentery while playing Oregon Trail. I’m sure many of you fine readers suffered similar fates. After college I worked for IT consulting firms. Again, surrounded by technology. I used to transfer data from legacy computer systems to whatever new, spiffy software my company was installing. Thrilling, I know. Today
We had some company visiting us this week and I thought it would be a good idea to go get some fresh Connecticut peaches that we could all enjoy during their stay. Most of the South Glastonbury orchards open at 8am so I hopped in my car bright and early, with the kid, and headed across the river. Traffic was light and we made very good time. The farm stand at Belltown Orchards wasn’t open
June activity in the Hartford County single family market fell slightly from May of this year, but remained much stronger than June of last year. This year’s data shows that May will most likely be the peak of the 2011 spring market. Buyers continued to be out in force through June, though the number of deals has begun to trail off. Our next data milestone will be to see how activity holds up through the