Jeff Leatherwood
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Posterous
March 31st, 2011 Categories: 1
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Top 10 Restaurants in Bryan/College Station
December 13th, 2010 Categories: 1
Top Ten Restaurants In Bryan/College Station You MUST Go to!
1. Hullabaloo Diner
Once featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive-Ins & Dives with Guy Fieri, this diner is one of the only registered diner’s in Texas and the food will have your mouth watering. Around breakfast time the diner is hopping with everyone from college students to families ready to taste their famous pancakes. Check Hullabaloo Diner out online!www.hullabaloodiner.com
2. Christopher’s World Grille
This award winning restaurant is the place to dine in Bryan/College Station. Their 5-star menu features food offerings with “Mediterranean, Italian, coastal French, South Pacific influences with a touch of Louisiana thrown in.” If you’re looking for a delicious meal, we’d suggest trying Christopher’s House Filet! The restaurant’s atmosphere tops off the reasons why Christopher’s is number on the list!
www.christophersworldgrille.com
3. Freebirds
Freebirds opened in the Northgate area of College Station in 1991, as the second store in the chain. Today Freebirds has over 30 locations in Texas and claims College Station as home to their headquarters. A trip to College Station isn’t complete unless you visit Freebirds for your specially ordered burrito. The foil figurines lining the walls of their restaurant just give this spot a little more character and fun!
4. Madden’s Casual Gourmet
“Upscale Cuisine, Downtown Charm.” If you’re visiting the Bryan/College Station area, Madden’s is another stop you can’t miss! Chef Peter Madden has perfected his menu by making everything from scratch, from breads to sauces to mayonnaise. If you’re looking for great dessert, you can’t miss their homemade Toasted Marshmallow ice cream. Madden’s food is great but their service is even better.
5. Layne’s
For a casual dining experience, you can’t miss the Aggie owned and operated Layne’s Chicken. Famous for their chicken strips and Layne’s sauce, this hotspot is perfect for a quick bite in College Station.
6. Café Eccell
Café Eccell is “your casual neighborhood family pizza and wine bistro” located in a popular area of Bryan/College Station. If you’re looking for an amazing gourmet pizza or a Mediterranean dish then Café Eccell may be the place you’re looking for. The décor and atmosphere of the café makes this spot a great place for a romantic date or a business lunch.
www.cafeeccell.com
7. Veritas Wine and Bistro
Winner of Open Table’s Diner’s Choice in 2009 and 2010 , Veritas Wine and Bistro is another fantastic fine dining option in the Brazos Valley. Executive Chef Tai Lee creates amazing entrees like their Broiled Miso Sea Bass and the Blackmore Ranch Wagyu Steak. Veritas also offers a huge array of wines. If you like Chef Tai’s creations at Veritas, try his Mobile Bistro for lunch.
8. La Bodega Baja Taco Bar
Everything at La Bodega tastes fresh and made to order, which is why it makes our Top Ten list! Located near Northgate, this restaurant serves yummy drinks, Caribbean Crab Cakes and even hosts live music some evenings.
9. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
If you’re looking for tacos, try this casual and fun taco shop! This chain recently opened in College Station and has been a hit! Grab a beer or a beer tower and try their delicious tacos! We suggest the Shrimp Tempura!
10. Dixie Chicken
The Dixie Chicken is another famous College Station spot where Aggies like to frequent! It’s one of the U.S’s most celebrated top bars serving chicken and other favorites. The Dixie Chicken is known for having good beer, good food, and good times on Northgate. No visit to College Station is complete until you visit “the Chicken.”
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Jeff’s Weekly Top 10: Cool Home Upgrades
November 3rd, 2010 Categories: 1
Top 10 Cool Home Upgrades
If you aren’t really at a place where buying a new house is an option, just fix yours up! We have created our own List of Top Ten Home Upgrades that’ll have your house looking like the newest and coolest thing.
1. Hidden TV’s
As all the ladies know, men are obsessed with the newest and biggest electronic out there. But there is no reason to fight their urge because now home owners are hiding these massive TV’s behind artwork, mirrors, and even hidden panels when they aren’t in use. Hidden Television carries an array of different televisions.
2. Water Feature with Fire
Fire pits were all the rage a few years ago, but now they are out. Try upgrading your fit pits or waterfalls to an all-in-one package- a waterfall with fire shooting out of it. They are great for family barbeques or even roasting s’mores.
You can find a “Fire Fountain” by visiting Living Water Aeration.
3. Glass Rooms on Patio
If you want to keep up with the times and survive the Texas heat, close in the outdoor kitchen on your patio. Instead of the usual outdoor kitchen, make it a glassed in air-conditioned haven in your backyard. Floor to ceiling windows will make your outdoor room chic and modern. Why build a pool house when you can have a glassed in kitchen?
4. Outdoor Shower
Remember the shower scene from the movie Sex and the City? Luxurious outdoor showers that feel more like a spa are in. This upgrade is a feature that will make your home feel more stylish and up to date. One plus—this upgrade could be a do-it-yourself project that once complete can be your own little oasis off the master bedroom!
5. Control4: Master Control
Get a master controller to control your entire house from lighting to the air conditioner to the pool or sprinkler system outside. Control4 creates a screen wall mount that controls all these aspects in order to control the home’s energy consumption. Go green! Go modern!
6. Pop Up Hoods in the Kitchen
While some top end houses already have pop up hoods in their kitchens, everyone can update their kitchens by installing a new hood behind their burners.
7. Smart Appliances
Soon you will be able to upgrade all your appliances from your dishwasher to your washing machine and other home appliances that will all “talk” to each other and the home’s electricity grid. The appliances communicate in order to reduce energy use.
8. Cooling Drawer
High tech renovations are always a plus when it comes to reselling your home, so why not add a cooling drawer to your kitchen? A kitchen is a place for entertaining and when the refrigerator is full a cooling drawer can come in handy. They have multiple settings to store different items from wine to fruit to sodas.
9. Microwave Drawer
Today many companies are making different appliances to be installed in drawers. It’s a sleeker, cleaner way to use appliances while keeping the counters clutter free. Check out Kitchens.com to discover more modern updates for your kitchen.
10. High Tech Toilet
Get a talking toilet for your house! They are all the rage in Japan and some companies are bringing them to the U.S. market. There are several different kinds of high tech toilets. For instance Toto makes a toilet that flushes itself and shuts the lid all with a wall mounted control panel. Talk about high tech.
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The “Mini” Jersey Shore
November 1st, 2010 Categories: 1
The second best selling costume this year was the Snooki costume from MTV’s Jersey Shore , but adults weren’t the only Snooki’s or Pauly D’s out there.
These kids dressed as the entire cast of the Jersey Shore; the miniature versions of Snooki, Pauly D, The Situation, JWOWW, Sammy and Ronnie.
Halloween 2010
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What’s Going On in the Big 12
November 1st, 2010 Categories: 1
It’s always a good weekend when the Aggies win and the Longhorns lose.
Texas A&M started Quarterback Ryan Tannehill in the game on Saturday against Texas Tech. He set the school record of 449 yards passing, breaking the previous record set by Jerrod Johnson in 2008. Other outstanding players for Texas A&M were Jeff Fuller and Ryan Swope.
The Baylor Bears aren’t the Bad News Bears this season having beaten the Texas Longhorns. This was their third consecutive home loss. (WHOOP!) The final score was 30-22.
The major Big 12 upset of the weekend was the undefeated Mizzou’s loss to Nebraska on Saturday. It definitely wasn’t their best game allowing six sacks and having only allowed seven sacks in all previous games. So where does Mizzou stand now in the BCS standings?
A snapshot of the Big 12 after this weekend:
- Baylor (7-2, 4-1)
- Colorado (3-5, 0-4)
- Iowa State (5-4, 3-2)
- Kansas (2-6, 0-4)
- Kansas State (5-3, 2-3)
- Missouri (7-1, 3-1)
- Nebraska (7-1, 3-1)
- Oklahoma (7-1, 3-1)
- Oklahoma State (7-1, 3-1)
- Texas (4-4, 2-3)
- Texas A&M (5-3, 2-2)
- Texas Tech (4-4, 2-4)
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Harry Potter in Aggieland?
October 28th, 2010 Categories: 1
Harry Potter in Aggieland?
Harry Potter may not be coming to town anytime soon but his sport, Quidditch, sure is! The game of Quidditch is featured in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, where the students fly around on broomsticks wearing their team robes.
Flying Aggies? No, but a group of Texas A&M University students have adapted the game, where their feet remain on the ground! The Aggies plan to attend the 2010 Quidditch World Cup in New York City on November 13th and 14th.. They will face 50 other teams from around the world.
The newest Harry Potter film premieres on November 15, 2010.
To read more about the game of Quidditch, visit www.internationalquidditch.org/worldcup.
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Team Bryan versus Team College Station for Century 21 Beal Retreat
October 6th, 2010 Categories: Community Events, Real Estate News
Century 21 Beal Annual Retreat November 2010 has a “know Bryan College Station” theme this year. The real estate sales agents, sales staff and participating vendors have been divided into 2 teams.
- Team Bryan
- Team College Station
I am sure they will come up with clever team names shortly to make it even more fun!
Each team was asked to declare 10 landmarks for their area – Bryan or College Station. After declaring their landmarks the teams are to take photographs of their landmarks and take photos of themselves at the landmarks.
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The Importance of Good Pictures When Marketing Your College Station Home
September 3rd, 2010 Categories: The Realtor's Life
As a Realtor, I employ various marketing strategies when selling a listing. I consider marketing to be the absolute essential way to get the word out about your home. This can be anything from putting up a webpage dedicated to your home, establishing a virtual tour for it, to listing ads for it in the local home classifieds. The main factor that all of these various marketing strategies have in common is the photo. Without exceptional pictures of your home and property, none of these strategies will fully impress the potential buyer.
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College Station I.S.D.’s rezoning for the 2011-12 School Year
August 31st, 2010 Categories: The Realtor's Life
As I recently reported, College Station will be opening two new schools in the district in the near future. Greens Prairie Elementary is set to open its doors in August 2011, and College Station High School will open in August 2012. To accomodate the opening of these new campuses, the school district has been hard at work on the daunting task of redrawing attendance zones. Not only do these attendance zones affect the new schools, they affect all College Station I.S.D. campuses – elementary through high school.
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David Bottenfield
August 28th, 2010 Categories: 1
I suppose it would help if I gave you David Bottenfield’s contact information!
David F. Bottenfield
Broker/Owner Premier Properties
939 N. Augusta St.
Staunton, VA 24401
540-885-6708-Office,
540-480-4003-Cell
540-885-6637-Fax
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