July 23rd, 2008 Categories: About Us, Entertainment & Lifestyle, Just for Fun, Keller Williams
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Scott Montgomery
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July 3rd, 2008 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle
It’s the 4th of July in our Nations Capitol and with that good times will certainly be had. The fireworks show is setting up, the people traffic guard rails are being installed and cop surveillance’s are being enhanced. Come one come all down to the Potomac River’s edge just across from the Washington Monument (Virginia side) for the best seat in the house. You are sure to be awwweed by a spectacle of colors and amazing snap, crackle, pop!!!
Enjoy the celebration..and be proud to be an American!!!!
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May 7th, 2008 Categories: Arlington, Entertainment & Lifestyle, Mclean
For those Sushi lovers out there, we’re always on the prowl for new places to frequent to try some new Tuna Rolls, Spider Rolls, Crab Salad Rolls…you get the picture. We LOVE Endo Sushi, even more so because it’s got 2 locations - one in McLean across from our new office, and the other in Arlington (right in Clarendon). Their special rolls are the reasons we keep going back - their Caterpillar Rolls and Tempura Lobster Rolls - Yum!! We had lunch there today and I could go back for more!!
Anyone have other good recommendations for Sushi places?
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January 30th, 2008 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Falls Church, Keller Williams
In search of something new and healthy, a friend recommended I try Elevation Burger on Lee Highway in Falls Church. Let me tell you - I loved it! I also noticed a lot of parents feeding their children at this local burger joint. Why?? Elevation Burger only serves Organic meat! Their menu is full of healthier versions of your favorite fast food.
Organic Kobe beef patties piled as high as you want, 2 choices of veggie burgers (1 that tastes like meat, and 1 that tastes like veggies), grilled cheese, fresh fries cooked in Olive Oil, and real, creamy milk shakes
I get hungry just thinking about it!! For the complete menu, click here.
Need additonal incentive to try it? It was even Zagat Rated.
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December 18th, 2007 Categories: Arlington, Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams
Celebration time!! This time of year reminds me of getting together with old friends (back in my younger days!!) so I put together a list of my favorite hot-spots around Arlington for you guys to check out! Some favorites in Clarendon include Sunday brunch at Whitlows, appetizers and wine at Tallula’s, and a beer and a game at Mister Day’s. My favorite bars in Clarendon were Clarendon Ballroom and Whitlow’s. The new restaurant on the corner of Garfield St, “3,” is a great new spot for us older folk! It’s a nice place to go for food and a glass of wine. If you’re looking for a good sports bar, Ballston’s best is Carpool and Crystal City’s own Sports Pub has been Zagat rated! Let me know if i’ve missed any Must-Sees! Happy Holidays!!
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December 17th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams
Scoping out a new city to move to? Looking for great stats on your potential new home? ZipSkinny.com provides Census data by zip code in an instant. For example, Arlington (Clarendon area - 22201), McLean, or Reston can all be found on this website. Trying to decide which town in Northern VA has more married couples or singles? Neighboring town income levels? Almost any stat you could want about a city or town can be found on this website. It’s a great tool for out-of-towners trying to get a better idea of a neighborhood. Please feel free to share other good resources with me!
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December 5th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams, Reston
Tacky Christmas light shows? Reston just ranked #7 in the Fairfax area.
11303 Stones Throw Drive, Reston, VA
If tacky christmas lights are your thing, you might want to check out the address above! Visit Holly’s Tacky Christmas Lights for more information on local homes with crazy Christmas lights!
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December 1st, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Great Falls, Keller Williams
Adding to the list of honors already received,
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November 19th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Fairfax, Keller Williams
Keller Williams explores the International Country Club at
A larger Clubhouse
A Gourmet Kitchen to cater the:
Ball Room
Banquet Room
Grill Room
Dining Room
Sports Complex fully equipped with:
A Heated Pool
18-Hole Golf Course
Tennis Courts
Full Service Gym complete with Exercise Classes
For the kids:
Multiple Pool Fountains
A large tot pool
A diving board
For the adults they offer:
A multi-jet bubble seat
Men’s and Ladies locker facilities
A Snack and Tiki bar (with a full service bar)
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October 24th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Just for Fun, Keller Williams
Its that time of year again where the summer starts to fade along with the vibrant green of the leaves. the days start to get shorter and the nights longer and most importantly the obligatory trip to the pumpkin patch for some warm apple cider and hay rides. and of course the perfect family photo ops! Hopefully youll get to enjoy the same in your neck of the woods or come to ours in Ashburn Virginia’s Pumpkinville.
Big Farm animals and little people! A great day with great friends!!!!!
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October 20th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Just for Fun, Keller Williams
My wife decided we needed to get out for a night out on the town so we decided a few weeks ago to take advantage of our friends Maroon 5 tickets (they couldn’t go so we bought their tickets). Last night we hired a babysitter and took the town by storm…
To start, we enjoyed some good conversation on the car ride in. We went to Zatinya for appetizers where we enjoyed hummus and a cool house special, apples/raspberry ‘balls’ (I wasn’t quite clear what they were but they tasted pretty darn good) both washed down by cranberry and soda drinks…Afterwards we walked over to the Verizon Center and found our way to our seats. Surrounded by mostly 18-24 year old girls with Adam Levine envy, my wife and I sat back and enjoyed the show. We left a few minutes before their closing act completely satisfied by a great night out… Below are pictures I took with My iPhone. I was surprised when Adam asked everyone to hold up their cell phones for the light..I guess what was once a lighter everyone had in their pocket has now been replaced with cell phones…amazing the times!
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June 24th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams, Reston
Below is a synopsis of what Wikipedia says about Reston Virginia. There is an abundance of history and while I am affiliated with Keller Williams Arlington- I undoubtedly support the growth associated with Reston Virginia too. To learn more feel free to contact me!
“Reston was conceived as a planned community by Robert E. Simon. Founded on April 20, 1964, Simon’s 50th birthday, and named for his initials, it was the first modern postwar planned community in America, sparking a revival of the new town concept. Simon’s family had recently sold Carnegie Hall, and Simon used the funds to create Reston. Simon hired Conklin + Rossant as master planners to incorporate higher density housing to conserve open space, as well as mixed use areas for industry, business, recreation, education, and housing.
The first section of the community to be built, Lake Anne Plaza, was designed by James Rossant (who studied under Walter Gropius at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design) to emulate the Italian coastal town of Portofino. Lake Anne village was designed with modern architectural themes that extend to a nearby elementary school, a gasoline station, and two churches. Lake Anne also has an art gallery, several restaurants, the Reston Historic Trust Museum, shops, and a senior citizens’ fellowship house. All are local businesses, as there are no chain stores or restaurants allowed in Lake Anne. Close by are the cubist townhouses at Hickory Cluster that were designed by the noted modernist architect, Charles M. Goodman, in the International Style. Other sections of the town, such as Hunters Woods, South Lakes, and North Point, were developed later, each with a neighborhood shopping center and supermarket.”
Hickory Cluster townhouses, Reston, Virginia, designed by Charles M. Goodman, circa 1964. A variety of residential architectural styles can be found in Reston.The careful planning and zoning within Reston allows for common grounds, several parks, large swathes of wooded areas with picturesque streams (called runs in Northern Virginia), wild flower meadows, two golf courses, nearly 20 public swimming pools, bridle paths, a bike path, four lakes, tennis courts, and extensive foot pathways. These pathways, combined with bridges and tunnels, help to separate pedestrians from vehicular traffic and increase safety at certain street crossings. Reston was built in wooded areas of oak, maple, sycamore, and Virginia pine.
The growth and development of Reston has been monitored by newspaper articles, national magazines, and scholarly journals on architecture and land use. In 1967 the First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, came to Reston to take a walking tour along its pathways, as part of her interest in beautification projects. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have visited Reston elementary schools that were named in their honor. The Washington Post featured a road trip to Reston in January 2006 and a relatively new website “Beyond DC” has a page devoted to Reston with almost 150 photos.
Reston is the location for a regional government center serving citizens in the northern part of Fairfax County. The Reston Regional Library, Reston Hospital Center, and a modern homeless shelter are located nearby. The Reston police station is also the office headquarters of the locally elected supervisor of the Hunter Mill District within the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
The Paramount Condominiums, a residential building at the Reston Town Center.Reston experienced increasing traffic congestion as it grew in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This was a time when Reston’s population was growing but the Dulles Toll Road had not been built. Commuter traffic between Reston and Washington created serious traffic congestion on the roads that connected Reston to Washington DC. In 1984 the toll road opened and in 1986 the West Falls Church Washington Metro station opened. Most recently the Fairfax County Parkway, a major north-south artery, was opened.
Reston is one of just a handful of communities in the U.S. that has been designated a backyard wildlife habitat community. Usually this designation is for single homes.
Reston has grown to a point where it now fits the definition of an edge city. While Reston takes on the statistical properties of an edge city, its tightly controlled design averted several problems they typically face, such as hostile pedestrian situations and lack of mass transit. Many of the homes in Reston were designed to be medium density, which again is atypical of an edge city. In other ways it is a textbook example, with a majority of medium rise office buildings, and some citizens opposed to the expansion of its high density core.
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June 24th, 2007 Categories: Arlington, Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams
Northern Vrginia has one of the hottest Real Estate Marklets in the country- I thought it was appropriate to share (from commuterpage.com) the different neighborhoods that make up this “happening” area. Check it out for yourself. Anyone interested in learning more feel free to contact me!
When you’re in Ballston, you can’t help but feel like you’re “downtown.” Ballston-MU Metrorail station is a major transportation hub, connecting Metrobus and ART buses with Metrorail’s Orange Line.
Upon exiting the Metro, you’ll notice taller buildings here than in most parts of Arlington. Ballston is indeed a very busy place, as more than a few nationally-known organizations, both public and private, are major employers within blocks of the Metro station. The National Science Foundation, Qwest, and the Nature Conservancy are among some of the more prominent. Other signs of a big-city downtown are apparent here as well: multiple bus routes, designer coffee shops, and delicatessens that cater to the 9 to 5 crowd, to name a few.
But Ballston is more than a few big office buildings. A few blocks from the Metro is a 4-level shopping center, the Ballston Common Mall, complete with 12 cinema movie theatre. Stylish restaurants within walking distance are abundant, offering varied fare from Lebanese to Tex-Mex to Thai. Apartment buildings and condominiums complement the skyline. Add to that a few churches, Arlington Central Library, and Marymount University Business School - all within a quarter mile of the Metro station.
Stacy Arshadi, owner of the Eat’n'Run Deli, has seen a lot of development in the area since she and her husband opened shop across from the Metro station 12 years ago. And though the bulk of the changes have been the construction of the large office and apartment buildings, she says that they do a fair amount of business for dinner as well, noting that the area “stays pretty happening at night”, with some lively nightlife. She adds that it is an area that feels very safe, with people always out and about, even late at night.
And it really should come as no surprise - once you get away from the few blocks where Ballston resembles a busy little metropolis, the area blends into a nice little hamlet, as the high density growth tapers off to residential neighborhoods with parks, schools, and single-family homes. This community feeling is also evident in such local activities as tai chi classes and community garage sales.
John Wilcox and Lora Strine lived in the Ballston area for three years before they decided to buy a house here last year. The neighborhood appeals to the married couple because of its proximity to public transportation and the shopping and other perks of the Ballston “downtown”. Yet their home is in an area that’s “like a little oasis” where “you can’t hear anything” of the bustle only a few blocks away. With two large parks within walking distance and activities like outdoor theater in the summer, “It’s a fun area.”
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May 13th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams
According to Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ “Realtor Update” Magazine, recent statistics show that the D.C. Region is the “Place to Live, Learn, Thrive.”
The report points to the 2006 Regional Report by the Greater Washington Initiative which states that the Washington Metro area was among the best in the nation in 2005 in terms of job creation, economic growth and quality school systems. Greater Washington is now the fourth most populous metropolitan region in the nation, trailing only New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago!
The article details that “unlike those areas, the Washington D.C. metro population is expected to increase 8.5 percent by 2010.”
Greater Washington generated 270,800 jobs during the past five years, more than any other major meto area, with an unemployment rate of 3.4% in 2005, far below the national average of 5.1%. Thirteen of the area’s high schools are in Newsweek’s Top 100 ranking. Greater Washington has a higher percentage of PhDs than any other metro area.
Ours is also a region of great diversity. Fairfax County has a higher density of foreign-born residents than Chicago, New York, or San Francisco. Minorities will comprise 46 percent of the population in Greater Washington by 2010. Twenty percent of area residents speak a language at home besides English.
Greater Washington’s 2005 median household income was $72,799 — the wealthiest of any large metro area.
All those statistics confirm what many of us already knew — Northern Virginia is a great place to live. That’s why owning a home here is a great investment!
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May 11th, 2007 Categories: Entertainment & Lifestyle, Keller Williams, Reston
The Reston Town Center in Northern Virginia boasts many enjoyable restaurants and shops. If you’re planning on coming to Reston,VA make sure to stop by and soak up the ambiance.
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Did you know you could find KW Mclean on ActiveRain.Com too? July 23rd, 2008
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Read MoreNorthern Virginia Real Estate Prices continue to FALL… July 23rd, 2008
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Keller Williams Mclean Virginia Realtor Scott Montgomery pledges…. July 23rd, 2008
We will never do this to your listing….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNSWccfdO3Y
Give us a call today to learn more about how we can help you sell your property the right way.
Scott Montgomery
703-283-4524
scottmontgomery@kw.com
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