Discover Spring Texas

September 24, 2010

Water Towers – Do you have a favorite?

The water towers of Spring Texas: Water towers come in all shapes and sizes. The most popular shape being the Pedesphere which is the familiar “golf ball-on-a-tee” design. You will find water towers all across the United States. As they serve an important function of providing reliable water pressure to homes and businesses. The photos above […]

September 17, 2010

Is it true? Are Texas skies bigger?

The other day I asked one of my sellers who was going to be moving to New Jersey after her house sold … “What are you going to miss about living in Spring Texas?” Her response was “the people and the sunsets”. I wasn’t surprised she said the people because […]

September 8, 2010

Under construction – What’s being built at I45 and Louetta?

The ground is being leveled and dust is a whirling from the additional development occurring at the northwest corner of I45 and Louetta in Spring Texas. As the extremely popular and the seemingly always busy or at least it is every time we go, Cheddars Restaurant will soon have a new neighbor […]

August 30, 2010

Shopping in Spring Texas

One of the many things I LOVE about living in Spring Texas is the variety of available shopping options. Located within a 20 minute drive of my house are the regional malls of Willowbrook Mall and the Woodlands Mall, the shopping centers of Champions Village, Champion Forest Plaza, and Market Street and the specialty […]

July 21, 2010

Spring Texas on Money Magazine’s most affordable places to live

Listed at #5 on CNN’s Money Magazine’s list of most affordable places to live is our very own Spring Texas. The fact that our little city of Spring Texas made it on Money Magazine’s list of Top 25 most affordable places to live came as no real surprise to me. As I […]

July 12, 2010

Where’s the best Pizza?

There are numerous criteria in which you can judge pizza including its … crust, style (NY, Chicago, deep dish, brick oven), toppings (variety, quality, quantity, distribution, proportion), value, and the atmosphere its served in. Where’s the best pizza in the Spring Texas area? In my opinion, the best all around pizza is served at Grotto’s. Grotto’s […]

July 7, 2010

Are people moving in or out of Spring Texas?

In 2008, over 10 million people moved from one county to another. Movement into a city creates demand for housing driving real estate prices up. Dramatic movement out of a city can cripple real estate markets causing housing prices to free fall which is what happened to the Detroit MI real estate market. The interactive mapping tool […]

July 2, 2010

A tour of HEB Vintage Market

Discover Spring Texas shopping with a tour of HEB Vintage Market located at the intersection of HWY 249 and Louetta. Click the photo below to view a short video on HEB Vintage Market. Discover the produce, bread, prepared meal offerings, sushi as it is being made fresh in the store, […]

June 28, 2010

Farms Stands in Spring Texas

For as long as I can remember my father has had a garden. During the summer months, what we had for dinner was based on what was ready to be picked and eaten from his garden. As a kid eating fresh from the garden vegetables was not a treat and […]

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