If you need a lawn mower repaired in Charlottesville
Be prepared to wait. There’s a business opportunity here. I can smell it. Fewer and fewer people can do stuff. Search the Charlottesville MLS Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you like this...
View ArticleMy house is Getting an Energy Makeover
Thanks to LEAP, my house will be getting an energy makeover. I’ve written about green homes and energy efficiency for years, and now I’ll be benefitting from it first hand. And I’m a bit excited. I...
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What Spiders are in Charlottesville?
Thanks to the UVA Health System Blog for today’s story on spiders in Charlottesville. This is actually one of the more common questions my clients ask me – what kinds of spiders are here? Which ones...
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The Festy Experience 2011 at Devil’s Backbone Brewery
Devil’s Backbone Brewery hosted the 2nd Annual Festy Experience last weekend, and I was hugely impressed, not only because it was perfect weather, great camping, phenomenal music, great food and beer...
View ArticleVeteran’s Day 2011
To all veterans and their families: thank you, from me and from my family. But don’t stop today. Thank them whenever you can. What they and their families have sacrificed for us is immeasurable. Thank...
View ArticleOff Topic, but Not Really – Or: Thanks, Daily Show
Take a few minutes and watch Jon Stewart skewer TARP and then the bill (S.1867 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012) that will allow for indefinite detention of Americans. How very...
View Article“Thinking is Subversive”
I highly encourage everyone to read this article, watch the video and question everything. Personally, I ignore the classifications of “occupy” and “tea party” … Search the Charlottesville MLS...
View ArticleAshamed For UVA and Their “Honor”
If making up a story and lying to the police doesn’t’ constitute an honor violation, what does? * I went to VMI, where our honor and honor code are intact. A cadet “will neither lie, cheat, steal nor...
View ArticleBlue Mountain Brewery has become a job-creating powerhouse
And they make great beer, too. Continue reading → Search the Charlottesville MLS Copyright RealCentralVA.com, LLC. If you like this post, please, visit RealCentralVA.comwhere this was originally...
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Tom Tom Founder’s Festival in Charlottesville
If you haven’t seen or read about the Tom Tom Founder’s Festival, now would be a good time to start. Inspired by South by Southwest (SXSW), it aspires to be something it seems Charlottesville has not...
View ArticleHyperlocal News Manifesto – An Area in Which Charlottesville Excels
Local news reporting matters. Charlottesville is lucky to have great local news and great local blogs that serve to make Charlottesville a better place. I believe local journalism, local government and...
View ArticleDaily Progress Sold to Berkshire Hathaway
C-Ville links to Media General’s non-pay-walled press release. The Daily Progress’ pay-walled iteration of the press release is here. We need local news reporting; here’s hoping the Berkshire Hathaway...
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Caption This
I said earlier this year that one of the things that stinks about living in Charlottesville is choosing what to do. Sugar Hollow remains one of my favorite ways to spend a few hours. Continue...
View ArticlePeople of Charlottesville
An interesting new Tumblr blog – The Cville People Project, a documentary photography project, was inspired by Humans of New York (http://www.humansofnewyork.com/ and...
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A few of My Favorite Hikes around Charlottesville
Hiking in Charlottesville and Central Virginia is one of the biggest “selling points” for those choosing to move to or stay in the Charlottesville area. Even if you don’t hike; the mountains, the air,...
View ArticlePumpkin Patches in Charlottesville
In search of pumpkin patches in the Charlottesville area – * 1) I love my clients who still come to me after closing … 2) This message the other day got me thinking – (My son’s) birthday is coming up...
View ArticleWhat Happened to the Daily Progress’ URLs?
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/article_5885bff4-e808-5ab6-ad42-fcb60512f9b5.html http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/12548-scottsville/ In doing brief research for an upcoming post, I...
View ArticleCharlottesville Loves its Restaurants
Charlottesville is the #14 most "Restaurant-Crazy" City. I like that they qualify "Charlottesville" as "The Charlottesville area" by virtue of their noting that "Charlottesville" has a population of...
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I am the Real Jim Duncan – Reputation Management 101
I am Jim Duncan. The Realtor. The soccer player and coach. Partner at Nest Realty in Charlottesville, Virginia. Friends who have known me for a long time call me Jimmy. I’m glad I have a blog and...
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Hearing Cicadas for the First Time
Ironically, I am hearing cicadas in Charlottesville for the first time on a new construction site. I remember the last time they were out, we were using them for bait. :) A friend told me last week...
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