Nice things are problematic for me. If I have one nice thing, say, a really nice drill, then I should be pretty content. After all, I have a…
Regrets
Some people say you should live your life with no regrets. Some of those people tattoo the phrase on their bodies, to serve as a reminder to…
Improvement City
I wrote an article earlier this year about my vision for the City of Lake Geneva. It was a pretty simple vision, really, one where the city…
Lake Geneva Fall Colors
They’re here. It’s now. They snuck up on me, even though I knew they were imminent. I told you a few weeks ago that they’…
Mountain Towns
I spent the weekend in Bachelor Gulch, that little enclave in the narrow draw just to the west of Beaver Creek. The Aspens were at their col…
Lake Geneva Fall Colors
Yesterday, it was August. Earlier today, it was Labor Day. Tonight, it’ll be October, and I couldn’t be happier about it. Sure I…
Yerkes Observatory Development?
I write that title with a question mark because it deserves one. The community, it seems, would have preferred I place a period there. As in…
Independence Day Weekend
I’d like to take a moment to give June the credit that June deserves. Typically, June deserves very little credit. Take last year, f…
Force
Years ago, I wrote often about the need to carve out time and dedicate that time to the enjoyment of this place. It was the time of our live…
May
Corona is everywhere and no one should leave their homes. If you do, you might get it, which is to say we’re all going to get it, beca…
Close the Lake Geneva Boat Launch
I don’t write often about local politics. If I did, I would have something new to write about weekly, as the local governments churn a…
Vacation Home Markets
During periods of growth and expansion it’s easy to superficially judge the health and supposed underlying strength of a particular va…
Wednesday
I took a walk yesterday. The last time I took a walk in the middle of the day was so long ago that I cannot remember it. Of course there hav…
Monday
Why do we even bother giving the days names? I read this in a tweet over the weekend and I thought it was funny. But then I also thought abou…
Reminisce
What an odd time to be alive. I’m glad to be alive during it, because the alternative seems worse. I think all of this social distanc…
Lake Geneva Quarantine
I’ve been contemplating what, if anything, to write about the current state of things. Things, as a point of fact, are bad. Individual…
Lake Geneva Farms
My wife and children were to be out of town for a few days, and my job was simple. In the morning, let the chickens out and be sure they had…
Lake Geneva Videos
It’s gray again. The snow has melted, so we have that going for us, but the white has been replaced with the grays and browns of Novem…
High End
What is it that makes a house appear high end? Is it the color palette? If we gray out a house in the most modern style, will that make it h…
Lake Geneva Water
I see the world in black and white. I see it in wrong and right. I see the people who dwell in the gray and I wonder why. Packers fans see B…
November
If I were the sort of person who was forced to spend sixth months in a more tax advantageous state, it would be a struggle for me. In order …
Elevated
I spent last week in the south of France. It was a nice week, although it could be successfully argued that sitting at this desk watching th…
Cancel The Boat Parade
There are things here that we do exceptionally well. Things we do better than anyone, at any place, during any point in history. An evening …
The Test
It is true that not everyone is cut out for this thing. As a point of fact, this is the case for nearly every thing. For instance, I am not…
This Day
This day is too nice to type at this computer. I sat down to type, and I wondered what I was thinking. Who could type on a day like this? I …
Lake Geneva Fireworks 2019
During this time of considerable political tumult, there is just one thing that binds Americans together. Liberals and conservatives disag…
Lake Houses
Certain phrases elicit certain reactions. For instance. If I tell my wife to “calm down”. The reaction is something I can predic…
Lake Geneva Winter
This is the time of year when social media feeds are filled to the brim with mockery. Mockery of our place, of this place, of the cold. The …
New Construction Lake Geneva
We know the trend. It’s not just here, but it sure is pronounced here. It’s not just a trend on Geneva, it’s a trend on o…
Lake Geneva Boat Slip
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when the piers are unceremoniously disassembled and stacked along our shorelines. That …
Lake Geneva Winter
I think it’s cute that the city of Lake Geneva is installing an ice rink this winter. The ice rink will complement the ice castles tha…
Lake Geneva Ski Season
I write with disappointment today. Today is opening day at Alpine Valley, the ski hill near Lake Geneva where my family spends considerable…
November Swim
There’s a thing about my dad that you wouldn’t otherwise know. He’s a quitter. Sure, he’s been married for a long ti…
Lake Geneva Video
It’s been three years since I had my homepage video filmed. That was a terrific video, if I do say so myself. But this last week’…
Emagine Theater
I’d like to become the sort of person who only spells theater theatre. I’d like to place emphasis on the A, while I’m at i…
Happy Independence Day
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Summery
My calendar said spring turned to summer last week. The first day of summer, it said, capitalized with an exclamation point. The hardware st…
Lazy Patience
It was good to be a buyer in 2011. And in 2012. 2013, too. We know that now. What a time! We think. If only I could have been a buyer then, …
Geneva National Vs. The World
If you think the vacation home market at the lake is active, you should check out the market for sub-$350k single family and condominium res…
Process
There’s a process to this whole thing. This is something the buyers who wish to be here on these shores, but lack either the financia…
Of Houses
I have a good friend who has found himself in the middle of a housing conundrum. It’s a geographic conundrum, really. It might be a d…
The Hunt
I kill animals every year. Or at least one animal every year. It’s a right of passage, a tradition, something I do, annually. I’…
Off Season
It was January. Maybe February. The snow had piled up and the lake had frozen. It was winter, but not like last winter, it was real winter. …
Fall Rules
I have several different sets of rules pertaining to several different disciplines. My real estate rules are well known. Don’t buy a h…
The Why
It was windy. It hadn’t rained yet, but the clouds had overtaken the moon and everyone knew the rain was near. It wasn’t warm an…
Sell The Lake Geneva Riviera
In a recent Lake Geneva Regional News article, City of Lake Geneva Alderman John Halverson, when discussing the state of the Lake Geneva Riv…
Saturday Mornings
A short video of some summer ski times on Geneva Lake.
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Summer’s End
The streets are quiet now. The excited conversations of summer are now just a murmur, fading like the green in all of these leaves. There wa…
Summer Night
There is some thought, rampant among those who cannot yet know, that a night is a night is a night. The night it dark here, just like there,…
Lake Geneva Farmer’s Market
The thing about summer in Wisconsin is that as summer we know it starts on Memorial Day weekend. That’s when we’re first ready t…