Archives
May, 2009
Easy Being Green: The Leap Frog House
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
This special home is on the cutting edge of green features in Portland, and that’s saying a lot. The Leap Frog House is practically “off the grid”, that is to say it supplies a large part of it’s electricity, water, and heat through photovoltaic solar panels and rain catchment and filtration systems. Energy generated to [...]
Nel Centro: Portland’s Riviera
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Usually one would never associate Portland with a town that probably smells like sunscreen year round, but David Machado’s newest restaurant, Nel Centro is influenced by the cuisine of the French and Italian Rivieras. I really can’t say if they nailed what they were going for with Bain de Soleil being the closest I’ve ever been [...]
April Market Action Report
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Excellent news- market inventory has dropped markedly from January where we started our at a whopping 19 months. Our current rate is at 11 months, which means if no other homes were put on the market, at the current rate of sales all properties would be sold- or absorbed, in 11 months. It is generally [...]
Mother’s Day Coupon
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
When my kids were little, my favorite mothers days usually involved a breakfast, somewhat made by the kids, and a day in the garden- undisturbed. Times have changed and now that they’re older I concoct ways to spend time with them, this year trading in that valuable mothers day coupon for a hike in the [...]
Bridge Meadows Promises Hope
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
He told us he tried to commit suicide at age ten, in the softest, calmest voice you can imagine. Mark Mathabane, author of Kaffir Boy, held us in his storytelling grip at a benefit for Bridge Meadows, a future community for foster children in the Portsmouth neighborhood. One might wonder what a South African author [...]
« Previous Entries