chrisgriffith on May 31st, 2008

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 adorable, or [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 30th, 2008

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 no dice. My [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 29th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 29th, 2008

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 on so [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 27th, 2008

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 Hyatt [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 25th, 2008

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.

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chrisgriffith on May 25th, 2008

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 night [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 23rd, 2008

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 and [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 21st, 2008

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 what it [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 20th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 19th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 17th, 2008

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 [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 16th, 2008

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 to participate [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 15th, 2008

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 Ohio, but [...]

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chrisgriffith on May 15th, 2008

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 [...]

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