Huntsville Ghost Walk Back In Session For Year 10

The Huntsville Ghost Walk is back for its 10th year. While fun and entertaining, the Huntsville Ghost Walk is an ongoing research project about Huntsville's history and its citizens. If you have an interest in local history, these walking tours are a definite must.

Article from WHNT


Huntsville Ghost Walk Facebook page


Maybe we will see you walking these historical paths.

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Halloween Events and Parties for 10/28 & 10/29 of 2017

Just thought we would like to share this with you real quick. Rocket City Mom has a wonderful list of events and parties ongoing for the Halloween season and this weekend in particular. Feel free to read through her article and see what interests you. There are many many events for many many tastes. Have fun and be safe this weekend. Also if you are interested there is a link below on the History of Halloween done by the History Channel.

Picture from History Channel website

History of Halloween by the History Channel

Baseball coming back to Huntsville Metro Area?

If all the articles are to be believed, yes a minor league baseball team could be moving in during the 2019 season. Its new location by all reports is in Madison at Town Madison. Additional information can be found at AL.com and WAFF. Both have been reporting on the ongoing sale of the Mobile Bay Bears to new ownership.  The Huntsville metro area has not had a baseball team since the 2014 season when the Huntsville Stars moved to Biloxi and became the Biloxi Shuckers.

Reminder - Eclipse a few days away

Just a quick reminder that the Eclipse is only a few days away. It will be on Monday August 21st. Jason Simpson and Ben Smith of WHNT say that "Partial solar eclipse begins approximately at 12pm, peaks shortly before 1:30pm, and ends approximately at 3pm. " Local time.  Remember NOT to look directly into the sun as it may cause permanent eye injuries. 

Additional Links for information:
Time and Date
NASA Eclipse Website

Reminder - Eclipse Next Month on August 21, 2017

On August 21, 2017 the US will experience a solar eclipse. As written in the previous eclipse post, Huntsville will experience 97% obscurity, just outside the Path of Totality. Additional eclipse information can be found at Space.com and NASA's website. Both are providing a wide array of information about the event as well as timing and locations. Be sure to check them out and see all the information they have.

Graphic below provided by GreatAmericanEclipse.com

Reminder Aug 21, 2017 - Eclipse

On August 21, 2017 it will be known as the Great American Eclipse as the eclipse cuts a swath from the northwestern states to the southeastern states. A few cities that will experience totality are Salem, Oregon; Lincoln, Nebraska; Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri; Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbia, South Carolina. Here in Huntsville, Alabama, the WHNT article states that the sun will be 97% obscure. Here are a few links on time and duration of the eclipse for those in Huntsville. Here and Here. We will try to put out another reminder about the eclipse next month around the same time.

2017 St. Patrick's Day Parade 3/11/17 Reminder

This year, the Huntsville, Alabama St. Patrick's Day Parade will fall on Saturday March 11th.

More information such as Routes, Grand Marshal, Sponsors, History, and most Frequently Asked Questions can be found on the Huntsville, Alabama St. Patrick's Day Parade can be found at their website in the link.

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Its Going to be a Wonderful Weekend 9/12/15-9/13/15

Its going to be a wonderful weekend with moderate temperatures. We haven't seen temperatures this comfortable in a while. Most everyone as of Friday morning's weathercast from WHNT, WAFF, and WAAYTV, has us around the middle 70s. Will this be the beginning of the break in the Summer heat and usher in the start of Autumn? We don't know, but I am sure our local weather people will tell us soon enough.

This weekend 9/12/15-9/13/15, is the Slide the City event that has been talked about for the past few months. AL.com has put together a good article. Feel free to take a read.

Our Valley Events, has also put together a wonderful primer on Newcomers to Huntsville. Great information and some tongue in cheek jokes local residents know. So anyone out of town that's visiting or moving in, its definitely worth a read.

Its been a very busy week and there's always more to do. We will catch you next time.

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Panoply 2015, April 24-26

Its that time of year again the Panoply Arts Festival is back starting today Friday April 24th and going through Sunday April 26. There is strong weather to be moving in late tonight and into Saturday so we will see how everything holds up. However, local weather has stated that Sundays weather will be great as the Panoply gates will open that day at 12 noon.

Here are a few links to help you along the way for wonderful entertainment and excellent works of art.

Arts Council information

Arts Council Panoply Stages information

AL.com information

Local Station WHNT 


Everyone have a fun time and look forward to seeing you out there.

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Thanksgiving or How We Learned to Love it All!

Thanksgiving is quickly coming upon us and we have multitudes to be thankful for.

First our family and friends who have supported us as we have supported them.  You bring great memories and fun times with any occasion and brighten our moods when we are down and add that extra sunshine on fantastic days.

Our clients, without our clients we are nothing.  We can only hope that we can continue to provide you with the best of service as we have in the past.  May your Thanksgiving be full of warm memories and bountiful food.

And our coworkers including other agents, attorneys, inspectors, loan officers, and home warranty specialists. We thank you for being there and working together to help all of our clients as they work through the real estate world.  We lift our glasses to you.

Thanksgiving Tip: Always remember to save room for dessert.  You don't want to overstuff yourself with food when there's more goodies left to come.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone from The Carol Jacobs Team!

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Stumbling Across A Fantastic Recipe - Nutella Brownies

We know this is outside the realm of real estate however...this week we found a fantastic recipe for Nutella Brownies.  We tried them out and could not believe how good they were.  Very light and fluffy!  We urge all Nutella lovers as well as Brownie lovers to give this recipe a try!

Ingredients:
1 Cup Nutella
1/2 Cup all purpose flour
1/5 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla flavoring
1/4 cup of melted butter (salted)
OPTIONAL: Choco chips, coconut, pecans can be added to mixture if wanted.  We did plain.

Directions:
Gather materials and ingredients. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease baking pan (MUST DO).

Combine flour, baking soda, salt in bowl. Set aside for now.

Beat eggs, Nutella, butter, vanilla, and brown sugar together until forming a smooth mixture.

Add flour mixture gradually into the Nutella mixture. Combine well.

Move batter from bowl into greased 8 inch pan and bake for 30-35 min.

Wait for brownies to cool for at least 20 min before cutting.

Let us know how your batch went!  Ours was fantastic and its about to be gone by the end of today!

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Everyone have a safe and Happy Halloween

For an event that has been celebrated in one form or another for at least over 400 years,  Halloween and its variants have brought untold amount of fun, mischief, mystery, awe, solemness, and fright.  It is a unique mix of religious, secular, remembrance, costume, and food.

This time, Halloween looks to fall on a Thursday and possibly have showers and thunderstorms so many will go early for trick-or-treating to try and beat the weather.

So whatever you plan on doing or how you're spending your time have fun and be safe.  Happy Halloween everyone!

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Last Weekend's Roundup

Just a quick post on last weekend.  The Team went out last weekend and popped in at several spots around Huntsville in the many events which were ongoing.  (And thankfully for the good weather)

Friday, the Team strolled Bridgestreet in the morning for a few hours before settling in the afternoon at The Gem, Jewelry, & Mineral Show at the VBC.

Saturday, it seems everyone was at the Huntsville Ghost Walk to hear the stories and see the historical homes during the 2.2 mile trek.  When our group led by Robert Reeves came back to the starting point, there were many more people on the four corners waiting for their turn to go for the 8PM Start.  The amount of people that came out was overwhelming to see.

Sunday, we enjoyed ourselves immensely at the Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll.  Like the Huntsville Ghost Walk on the previous day, Maple Hill Cemetery was completely packed full of people.  The crowds which surrounded the Huntsville Historical Figures where bustling at the seams.  The Black Widow of Hazel Green, Elizabeth Dale Gibbons could even have her pick of any of the multitudes of men in attendance.
We even managed to take a nice picture of Mary Bibb as she talked about herself and her tomb behind her.

Mary Chambers Bibb 

(Photo by Carol Jacobs Team)

All in all it was a very fun weekend but exhausting to try and make all the wonderful events.  Going to all the events was well worth it for both self enjoyment, involvement in the community, as well as interacting with other people we met along the way.  So if something like these events comes again we'll go again, and we can only hope you will as well!

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Next weekend activities, for Oct 11-13

It seems like there are many events which fall on next weekend of Oct 11-13 and because of the team's busy schedule we may not get a chance to get the information out.  Here are just a few of them to go to.  The team will try to hit at least three of these wonderful events.  If you see the team show up with new jewelry, pictures, fresh vegetables and looking full of food, you will know what happened.  Best thing that can be said about these events that people don't realize that these events are mostly local with a possible exception of a few vendors at the Gem and Mineral Show.  A few vendors might come from the edge of the Tennessee Valley or outside of it.

Huntsville's Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll  10/13/13 from 2-4:30PM
Usually more than 80 historical figures among the 80,000 dead tell their story throughout the afternoon in a delightful experience of walking, listening to stories, and listening to music.

2013 Gem, Jewelry & Mineral Show Oct 11 & 12 10AM-6PM & Oct 13 Noon-5PM
A great experience for finding great jewelry, loose gems, and fun table and corner placements.  With many vendors and possible combinations of jewelry, this visit is definitely worth it.

Huntsville Ghost Tour 6PM on weekends Fri & Sat
Fun stories of Huntsville's first residents, intrigue, murder, and scandal.  These walks make you go back for weeks on end to hear something you may missed.

Madison City Farmers Market 10/12/13  9AM-1PM
1282 Hughes Road, next to Discovery Middle School.

Inaugural Downtown Street Food Gathering Oct 11th  6-9PM
Complete with Food Trucks and Music by Goat Hill String Band, Parking behind Regions Bank.

Today's Tidbit: Get out with friends and family and enjoy the fall harvests and parties.

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Absurd, Crazy, and Interesting Design Ideas

Recently we had a client come and ask about possible ideas for their new house.  They wanted it to be special and not look like every other house that was out there.  We could only give so much information such as go to antique stores, specialty stores, and regular discount stores.  You never know what might pop up and by using what you see together it could make something that was specially unique for their home.

Now another suggestion we had besides brick and mortar businesses was to get a few ideas from online.  A few websites specially called out to them, but one in particular they took an interest in.

This one in particular had them asking us a multitude of questions that really should be answered by builders, architects, and gymnasts.  Buzzfeeds' 36 Things You Obviously Need in Your New Home was an web article that came out in July of this year.  Now not everything pleased them, but they did find a few thoughts from the site to spark their imagination for their kitchen and backyard.

Check out the article yourself and see if you can get anything that sparks your imagination!

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Video Game Real Estate - What are those Castles going for?

Quick post with lots of fun included:  Recently and ongoing, another real estate website Motovo decided to jump into video games and do some pricing of some of the gaming world's most famous real estate.  Its an amazing read of location, amenities, and distressed properties.  Certain properties that stand out are Zelda's Hyrule Castle, Dracula's home in Castlevania, and Princess Peach's castle in Super Mario Bros.  While these guesses are full of silliness and taken tongue in cheek, its still great for everyone to see what the logic process goes through to get the actual price.

Take a look for yourself:

Castlevania                   Hyrule Castle            Super Mario Bros: Princess Peach's Castle

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A Little Fun for Today: Summertime Treats and Kitchen Toys

Today's post pops into some Summer fun: treats and toys.  Treats as it for picnics and parties and Toys as in kitchen gadgets we love to play around with and experiment with.  These were found on the websites of Southern Living and Better Homes & Gardens.  There's quite a few of these recipes we might try out, including the hand pies, fudge pops, and key lime cheesecake bars.  A few of these cool treats sounds just right for some of these warm days.  If anyone has tried these recipes out before or does try them out, comment below and let us know how they turned out.

Southern Living Picnic Food Recipes

BH&G No Bake Desserts!

BH&G Kitchen Gadgets

Today's Tidbit: Sometimes one of the easiest things to make during summer can also make you feel better.  Make yourself a tall glass of lemonade loaded with ice.  Let sit until the glass really has cooled with the ice before drinking.  Not only refreshing, but also can put a smile on your face with its tart and tangy taste.

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