Local Business Review: Ramco Window and Screen Services
Anyone who knows our house knows that we have a lot of windows. In particular, in the combination living room/dining ...
Field Trip and Review: Kennedy’s Restaurant & Lake Williams Floating Boardwalk
I decided to surprise Jay with dinner reservations at Kennedy‘s Restaurant and Market in Marlborough, on the recommendation from a friend, two ...
Thoughts on Choosing your Realtor Based on Perceived Obligation
In life there are lots and lots of small to medium sized financial decisions to be made, like can we ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: July 2024
As anyone who’s paying attention has noticed, the market trends are unchanged for about a year, keeping the housing supply ...
Outdoor Dining in Princeton: Double Down on Mountainside
We recently met with Christian McMahan, former Wachusett Brewing Company president, and now co-founder of Double Down Brewing Company– –to have ...
My Hydrangeas are amazing this year, and I don’t even have any!
It’s hard to discuss gardening around here without commenting on how tremendous the Hydrangeas look this year. This year has been ...
My Teen Years in Puerto Rico: Second in a Series of Jay’s Memoirs
After a very inauspicious start into the world of being missionaries (see the previous story: Even in 1962, It’s a Miracle ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: June 2024
As counterintuitive as it seems, the trends we’ve been seeing here in Central Massachusetts are accelerating rather than moderating. Housing ...
Our New Dog Shadow is Relentless
Here’s something you may not know: The state of Massachusetts has the lowest rate of dog ownership in the entire ...
Even in 1962, it’s a Miracle that Jay’s Parents didn’t end up Divorced
My father was a minister in Litchfield, CT when I was very young. Our family moved to Puerto Rico after ...
Observations on Grocery Shopping: Market Basket and Vincent’s Country Store
What do Market Basket (an 88 store chain of supermarkets across New England, with 25,000 employees) and Vincent’s Country Store ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: May 2024
This state of the market article is different, because it’s more specific to my recent experiences, and looks at how ...