CRAIG’S BLOG

If you own a lake home or lake lot and are consider selling, my advice is don't sell before exposing your property to the Multiple Listing Service. A scenario is possible where ...
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OpenAI is an AI (artificial intelligence) "research and deployment company". Their mission is "to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity." For free, you can use their ChatGPT model which ...
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The USPS has had challenges lately but they deserve two thumbs up for a service called Informed Delivery that was made available to most of the United States in 2017 after a ...
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Since 1964 the fairways and greens of the Lake Miltona Golf Club have been pleasing, unless your golf game is similar to mine, golfers that visit or live in Douglas County. Located ...
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Pantone has announced that Viva Magenta is their color of the year for 2023. To some, this annual announcement may elicit an eye roll. But if you are a homeowner in Alexandria, ...
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The colors of the leaves in Douglas County are at their Fall peak right now. So pretty. I am frequently out on the Central Lakes Trail and the portion of the trail ...
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Have you noticed the proliferation of walking videos on YouTube. If there is anywhere you haven't been and are thinking of a visit, search the location with "walking" on YouTube and you ...
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Today there is a new MLS listing of an HOA property for sale at Lake Minnewaska and three "coming soon" lake home listings. The three listings that are "coming soon" are at ...
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They aren't inexpensive but the string lights I bought at the beginning of summer have already paid for themself. No mosquitoes on my patio when the Tiki Brand BiteFighter is turned on ...
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South of Voyager Elementary School and north of City Park in Alexandria on the east side of Lake Henry there are the 'Explorer Streets'. I don't think that is an official label ...
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Until July 15th or until the lake levels have decreased there is a no-wake zone 300 feet from the shoreline. The new rule is for the following lakes; Brophy, Burgen, Carlos, Cowdry, ...
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Before I bought the first consumer drone in 2011 (primarily out of searching for a solution to show off great lake lots to buyers because the lots were so thick with trees) ...
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If you see me on a paddleboard it will usually be out on Darling, Carlos or Le Homme Dieu. But I keep one of my boards locked into my roof rack so ...
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Passing by the Legacy of the Lakes Museum in Alexandria you might notice a small pontoon outside the front entrance. Here is the story about one of the first pontoons on Alexandria's ...
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Earlier this week Alexandria added four to its population. A couple and their two kids will be living and working remotely from the home I helped them purchase on the east side ...
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KARE11 has aerial footage of some of the damage from Thursday's storm. The aerial video shows the east end of Lake Darling's Casa Marina Lane and the southern end Casa Marina Road ...
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Sun starved Alexandrians were outside in force yesterday, myself included. The ice is off the lakes and everyone's spirit was brightened. I was glad to be outside doing yard work in the ...
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58 years ago on April 22, 1964, the New York World's Fair began on 646 acres of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. There were two six-month seasons at the fair, April 22 - October ...
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If you aren't in Alexandria and are wondering about the status of the ice at our lakes, here is a photo of L'homme Dieu looking towards L'homme Dieu Bay, Zorbaz, and Lure ...
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The screenshot to the left is of an app on my iPhone that I use and if you aren't familiar with it I am confident you will want to use if you ...
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Over the past two decades, there have been many instances where buyers or sellers that I am assisting need to find a notary public. Usually, it is because they aren't going to ...
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The old post office building on Broadway in Alexandria was renovated by my dad back in 1977. He owned Crown Realty (now Crown Realtors Coldwell Banker, a friendly competitor of yours truly) ...
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I've been around the Common Loon for a long time but learned something new about them this week. At the beginning of summers, I will often see Loon babies with their parents ...
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A friend and classmate that grew up a few blocks from the Alexandria home where I was raised on Douglas Street bought a church in 2016. Yes, a church. The church is ...
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