Ordinary Durham

My brother was born in Albany, New York and I was born in Richmond, Virginia where we grew up. He would play the Yankee and I would play Johnny Reb in our own war games completely oblivious to the nature or causes of the Civil War. Neither of my parents had deep roots in the … [Read more...]

Here a few shots from my new listing which happens to also be one of the first listings I had when I began my real estate career a few years ago. Like Durham itself, it was tired and old but the current owner has made it something special. It also happened to be a beautiful … [Read more...]

Elizabeth Winetraub writes about real estate and is a broker herself. Her advice regularly appeared on a section of About.com devoted to real estate. More recently some of her stuff has been recycled on a site that I believe is a spin-off of About.com called TheBalance.com. … [Read more...]

I’ve lived in Durham since 1984 when I took a job as the marketing director at the hometown bank. My office Downtown was in the building that is now the 21C Museum and Hotel. Back in those days the Downtown had not hit bottom yet, but it was close.  Both Liggett and American … [Read more...]

Will Rogers was an American humorist who died in 1935.  One of the quotes that he is most remembered for is “I’m not a member of any organized political party…..I’m a Democrat.” On Saturday, April 1, I attended my first Durham County Democratic Party Convention and I saw what … [Read more...]