WWMPD? - What Would Marlin Perkins Do?
Grown men have been driven to madness by a one ounce bird. There is a street in a little community in Bonita Springs, Florida with twenty two homes. Some of the homes have Styrofoam faux flower boxes on the front of them. These cottages are just [...]
May
31
May
30
Sandy Hollow & Bonita Golf and Country Club Mail Call
Category: Around Town, Bonita Springs Communities, The Mailbox Series |
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The Bonita Springs Mailbox of the Week
With any luck nobody held their breath for this. As expected another fish mailbox. Bonita Springs definitely has their share of mailboxes in the form of fishes, that’s for sure. I thought I’d get a golf theme mailbox in Bonita Golf & Country Club but [...]
May
29
The Little Condo That Could
Category: Bonita Springs Golf Communities, Bonita Springs Real Estate |
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Spring Run - Another Happy Golfer Finds a Home
Has hell finally frozen over in Bonita Springs, Florida? My Gardenia model in Spring Run at the Brooks has sold! That one was like lugging a 100 pound bag of bricks up a mountain. This little Bonita Springs condo was just a collateral damage of the [...]
May
29
Gee, a special thanks goes out to Matt Rathbun for throwing me under the meme bus. For those who don’t know, a meme is a way to share more about yourself on the web in a “tag, you’re it” kind of fashion. For people like me it gives the Jackals something to pick [...]
May
27
The Fish Streets and Spring Creek
Category: Around Town, Bonita Springs Communities, The Mailbox Series |
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No Fish Mailboxes to Fry in Spring Creek
A few days ago, after I checked on a listing I have in Eldorado Acres I cruised up Spring Creek to hunt for mail boxes on the Fish Streets. If you don’t know what the Fish Streets are: When you head up Coconut Road toward the [...]
May
25
Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend and don’t forget those who have served our country. If you don’t see the video viewer below CLICK HERE for the video. This is a calendar of current and future Memorial Day observations.
May
25
Saving Photos of Bonita Springs For History
Category: Around Town, Bonita Springs Real Estate, Support Local Businesses |
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Muvico vs. Regal What if they both lose?
Years ago, long before I became a spinster, I raised my kids in Bonita Springs, Florida. I recall the day The Prado shopping center was built and the day the new movie theater came to town. Regal Cinema opened it’s doors and most Friday and Saturday [...]
May
23
The Original Bonita Springs Real Estate
Category: Around Town, Bonita Springs Communities |
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The Plan of Riverside in Bonita Springs, Fl
Here you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the mailbox of the week in lovely downtown Bonita Springs, Florida. I stumbled onto it driving through an area called “The Plan of Riverside” in the legal description. The “legals” if you will. You find the Plan of Riverside [...]
May
21
The Grass Really is Greener Next Door
Category: Bonita Springs Real Estate, For The Home |
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Bonita Springs Lawn Abuse
These homes are located in Bonita Springs, Florida. I’ll spare one of the home owners the indignity of mentioning which of the Bonita Springs communities it is located in. For months I’ve watched in horror and amazement as the exterior of the house on the left has “evolved” to [...]
May
20
A Gray Day in May
Category: Around Town, Support Local Businesses |
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Not Every Day is Sunny In Bonita Springs
Even Mini-Me said, “Isn’t this the strangest day in May, it’s so gray”. We do get those gray days here every once in a while. I came back with, “Funny you should mention that, I took a picture of a Poinciana tree and the sky was so gray, [...]
May
19
Storm Preparedness In Bonita Springs
Storm season in Bonita Springs is just around the corner. By storm season, I mean the “H” word [Hurricane]. It’s kind of like the “F” word but windier. On special occasions, you may hear a combination use of both of those words.
The fact of the matter is if you [...]
May
17
Bonita Springs Home Selling 101
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is never more true than when purchasing a Bonita Springs home.
No one needs to remind sellers that today’s market is a challenging one. In fact, there are on average more than 11 months of inventory on the market at any given time.
So it [...]
May
16
Friday’s Mailbox is Not in Bonita Springs
Category: NOT seen in Bonita Springs, The Mailbox Series |
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Somewhere Between The Wardman Marriott & The National Zoo
This mailbox is not in Bonita Springs. I’ve taken a fabulous trip away to Washington DC. I was offered an awesome opportunity to be on a forum/panel on social networking and blogging in the real estate marketplace. I was incredibly flattered to be able [...]
May
15
Trading Your Bonita Springs Real Estate
Category: Bonita Springs Real Estate, Buyer Tips, Seller Tips |
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Do Trades Have to Appraise?
The story was stumbled across in a Google news alert. I follow Google alerts for the term “Bonita Springs” and “Bonita Springs real estate“. The story is a “trading places” sort of article about a property owner in Bonita Springs that would like to purchase real estate in [...]
May
15
Utilities and Services for the Bonita Springs Florida Area
Category: Buyer Tips, Seller Tips |
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Helpful Bonita Springs Phone Numbers
Utility
Phone Number(s)
Cable TV
Comcast
Time Warner Cable
(239) 992-8823 or (239) 432-9277
(239) 574-2020
Chamber of Commerce
Bonita Springs
Estero
(239) 992-2943
(239) 948-7990
Drivers License
Department of Motor Vehicles
(239) 278-7190
Electric
Florida Power & Light
To report an outage
(239) 334-7754
(800) 226-3545
(800) 468-8243
Fire Department of Bonita Springs
(239) 992-3320
Hospitals
Healthpark Hospital
Lee Memorial Hospital
Naples Community Hospital
(239) 433-7799
(239) 332-1111
(239) [...]













