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Illinois Realtor Magazine Praises LaurasLocal.com

Wow! We were so excited to be featured in Illinois Realtor Magazine’s July issue on blogging. LaurasLocal.com was highlighted for great local information and real estate news. Thank you to Stephanie Siever’s for a terrific article.

If you look closely, you can see my picture (Laura) in the middle and to the left. Our friends at [...]

Comments Off Laura on Jul 12th 2009

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Barrington Garden Walk is in Two Weeks!

Get ready!  With all the rain we’ve been having, it should be a spectacular year!
If you buy your tickets by June 14, they are just $40.00.  After that, they are $50.00. Proceeds from the faire support Hands of Hope initiatives to combat poverty and illness in Africa.
There are a lot of activities and events at [...]

Comments Off Laura on Jun 2nd 2009

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Summer Fun in Barrington and Palatine

Here is a little taste of how I enjoy summer in the Barrington-Palatine-Inverness area.

Skipping through the tulips at the annual Barrington Garden Walk.
Checkin’ out the cool cars on Thursday evenings in downtown Barrington at Cruise Night.
Walkin’ the dogs through the quiet fields and woods of Penny Road Pond.
Slurping shakes and inhaling dogs at Kookers.
Enjoying wings and drinks on the patio of Wool Street.
Listening to [...]

Comments Off Laura on May 7th 2009

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Palatine’s Farmer’s Market Opens

Palatine’s Farmer’s Market opens this Saturday for its 18th year.  The Farmer’s Market is open every Saturday during the summer from 7:00AM until 1:00PM.
The market features fresh, seasonal produce.  All the produce is grown and harvested at farms in the Midwest and sold by the farmers. This week’s seasonal specials include strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, mushrooms, [...]

Comments Off Laura on May 1st 2009

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Gender Differences in Home-Buying, or “Come on, Honey!”

A recent email I got from a client reminded me of a gender difference I consistently find among home-buying couples. Frequently, the wife is far more eager to buy a home than the husband.
I find that the wife is almost always one chapter ahead of her husband; or the husband is one chapter behind, [...]

2 Comments Laura on Mar 24th 2009

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Recession Buster Menu at Kookers

I am a long-time Kooker’s fan, so I was delighted to see their Recession Buster menu. They have the best Chicago-style hot dogs and wickedly good French Fries in all of the Northwest Suburbs.
I always get the Chicago-style with everything on it, hold the peppers, but Jeff says the char-dog can’t be beat.  I like [...]

3 Comments Laura on Mar 11th 2009

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Mac Hall

This is a picture of Inverness Village Hall, affectionately called “Mac Hall” for the founder of Inverness, Mr. Arthur T. Macintosh.  I love the architecture of the building and couldn’t resist the winter blue sky the other day as I drove by.
Inverness began as a community for young couples who wanted to raise their families [...]

Comments Off Laura on Feb 25th 2009

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Header Photos

I’ve gotten a few emails lately asking where a particular header photo was taken.  I love getting emails from readers; it lets me know people are out there reading.     So, always feel free to email me.
But, I thought I would let everyone know that I post the location of the header photos [...]

1 Comment Laura on Feb 23rd 2009

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Gretchen and her Oldenburg Horses

Barrington began as a farming community, and one of its most  distinctive and endearing characteristics today is its horse farm community. The rolling prairies and woods of Barrington Hills is a little known treasure of Illinois, and a sanctuary for nature, wildlife, animal lovers, and especially horse lovers.

This afternoon I was driving along Plum Tree [...]

2 Comments Laura on Feb 9th 2009

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Recent Photo Set

I’ve gotten several emails over the past couple weeks about where the last few header photos have been coming from.  Just about all my pictures are taken in Barrington, and this particular set comes from Oak Knoll Road in Barrington Hills.  I think Oak Knoll is one of the most beautiful streets in the area.  [...]

1 Comment Laura on Dec 17th 2008

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