Where the buffalo roam. Ted’s Montana Grill

Okay, I may not always eat “out of the perverbial box” but every now and then I throw caution to the wind and mix things up a bit.  It must have been a full moon, that’s about the only reason I can explain for my spontaneous “yes, let’s try it” when my husband Rick suggested Ted’s […]

October mid-month Naples real estate report

In an effort to keep you current on the local real estate market here in Naples, the following are statistics from Oct 1st to Oct 15th from the local MLS.

121 total units sold with an average price of $641,852.
58 condo sales with an average price of $626,574.
63 single family homes with an average price of […]

Mortgage market improves, housing to follow

In a report out of Washington, NAR, The National Association of Realtors®, is suggesting the the conditions in the mortgage market are improving. They believe this will stimulate pent-up demand early next year.
Quoting from Lawrence Yun, NAR senior economist…
“Conforming loans are abundantly available at historically favorable mortgage rates. Pricing has steadily improved on jumbo mortgages […]

Immokalee and I-75 interchange construction

Construction is scheduled to begin on October 28th on the interchange at I-75 and Immokalee Road. They are resurfacing the ramps and two new bridges will be built over Immokalee Road. These bridges are part of the iRox expansion project and the widening of I-75 to six lanes for 30 miles between Naples and Ft. […]

Calling all boaters

The date has been announced for the 22nd Annual Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce Holiday Boat Parade. This years event will take place on Saturday, December 8th on the Imperial River. The parade will begin at Fish Trap Bay and finish at the Fish House restaurant.
The cost to enter the parade is $30 and […]

New Aquarium Store

Artistik Aquariums have announced the opening of their new aquarium store in the Bay Crossings Shopping Center in Bonita Springs off of route 41.
Their speciality is marine aquariums. They will have everything from live coral and supplies to, of course, exotic fish.
For more information give these guys and gals a call at 239-949-4443.

Naples fly fishing expo

Sport Fishing Magazine announced that Everglades Angler, in Naples, will hold the Second Annual Fly Fishing Expo on Saturday October 20th at it’s store from 10-4. They are located at 810 12th Ave. in downtown Naples.
Everyone is invited from all levels of experience to attend the seminars and demonstrations thru out the day. Learn to […]

New park opens in Ave Maria

 
We received an email from the good folks out at Ave Maria this morning. They are announcing the opening of South Park this Saturday from 1-4. Have a picnic, watch a demonstration of bocce ball and listen to Bob Zottola and the Expandable Jazz Band.
Also announced was their Fall Festival on Saturday, October 20th from […]

RuthBethem.com in neon lights!!

Well, it never ceases to amaze me what you can find on the internet. This is a cute little gadget from Gaxed.com that you can put in your text and then choose a photo and then somehow this little software program with insert your text into the photo. I inserted RuthBethem.com and this is what I got. […]

Report spam mail to the FTC

Don’t know if any of you were aware of this site - I wasn’t:
The FTC owns spam@uce.gov. You can forward fraudulent spam to this address. You might get messages promoting weight-loss, credit repair and pyramid schemes. If they make misleading or false claims, the FTC wants them.
The FTC uses the spam to find and stop fraudulent spammers. So, […]