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June 2008

June 14, 2008

Media Exposure Raises Awareness Of The Classic, Retro, and Mid Century Modern Homes Of Las Vegas

I was interviewed this week for an on line talk radio show at ALLTALKRADIO. We discussed the fact that historic preservation is in its infancy in Las Vegas. He was curious why we jokingly use […]
June 13, 2008

One Of The Most Interesting Weeks Ever In Uncle Jack’s Real Estate Career

I learned more about how computers work than I ever wanted to. I didn’t realize or perhaps willingly ignored the fact that I’m totally dependent on the computer for so many aspects of my business, […]
June 13, 2008

The Mid Century Modern Decorative Sunscreens That Are Found In The Retro Neighborhoods Of Las Vegas

We’ve covered a lot of ground in our series. No one caught the mistake of a pattern that got repeated twice. I’m not going to re-number them, since no one else noticed. There’s only a […]
June 13, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – We’re Back And Functional Again

Seems like a month now, that I’ve been in the dark….at least about how computers work.             Even if I lighten it up (as a test for the new newly re-installed Irfanview […]
June 12, 2008

Has The Huntridge Theatre Been Saved?

Many of us in the “historic preservation movement” have been working for months now, to keep the political pressure on the owner of the Huntridge. Our goal was to get him to find an adaptive use that saves […]
June 11, 2008

Does The Rebirth Of Urban Living Fortell The Demise Of The Suburbs?

Geoff Shumacher, one of the regular columnists for The Review Journal posed that question last week. I’m astounded that I missed it, as so many of you send me links to items such as this. […]
June 11, 2008

I Should Know By Morning If My Computer Survived The Surgery

It’s been touch and go all day. Re-installing the operating system is like a triple bypass. You just can’t tell tell the outcome till it’s all over. The patient is in the recovery room. I’m […]
June 11, 2008

Agave Is My Favorite Desert Plant

You can depend on an agave to flower, unlike depending on the technology that runs my life. The printer problem spread to the computer itself, and Scott from “Geeks On The Go” is busy fixing […]
June 10, 2008

Smooth Real Estate Transactions Do Happen –

We did the walk thru yesterday at my 1400 Manzanita listing. I met the buyer for the first time, and she raised an interesting point. I’m paraphrasing a little but basically she said: “I’ve been […]
June 10, 2008

Retro Las Vegas Neighborhoods Have Decorative Block Walls

Pattern 46 in our series was installed over a solid stuccoed surface on this home in Paradise Palms. So technically, it’s not a sunscreen, it’s just decorative.     I love it’s simplicity, and I […]