Category Archives: Miscellaneous Stuff

Founder of ForSaleByOwner.com Uses Broker To Sell His Condo

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Elaine

There’s a great article in the Wall Street Journal that will enlighten all who try to sell their property themselves. The article states that Colby Sambrotto, a founder and former COO of ForSalebyOwner.com, spend six months trying to sell his … Continue reading →

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I Could Be Wrong…About the Barclay Center

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Elaine

I have to admit that I’ve not been a fan of the Barclay Center. I love my quiet (OK basically quiet) Clinton Hill neighborhood and one of the things I fear will happen when the Barclay Center opens is that … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Flowers & Fences

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Elaine

This beautiful flower was one of many planted along a chain link fence at St Joseph’s College in Clinton Hill Brooklyn.

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To E-Sign or Not To E-Sign in New York State

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Elaine

I recently attended a RISMedia event where were a number of vendors demonstrated their products that was promised to save realtors money and time.  One product that really caught my attention was an iPad app called “Sign My Pad”. Sign … Continue reading →

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The Museum Mile Festival – Not in Brooklyn, But Great None-The-Less

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Elaine

I love museums.  Art museums, natural history museums, native American museums, museums about television, museums about trains, whatever the museum’s focus, I love it.  Each year, we musemophiles (not a word I made it up) get a treat in the form of The … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday – Pink Roses in the Brooklyn Sunshine

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Elaine

If you’ve been following my Silent Sunday Posts you’ve realized by now that I’m obsessed with flowers. The obsession continues. Just look at those roses!

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Silent Sunday – A Brownstone Block in Brooklyn

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Elaine

I love this picture.  Its from the steps of a 210 Madison Street, a wonderful brownstone on the market for $550,000 in Bedford Stuyvesant, taken by an equally wonderful Dmitri Gibbs, a local photographer.

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Herkimer Street from Bedford to Nostrand in Review

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Elaine

One of the reasons I like the New York Times is that there are often very interesting non-newsy type articles to read and enjoy.  Today I found one that is really intriguing.  Its called “A Hike Down Herkimer Street” in … Continue reading →

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