Dorie's Canyon Creek Blog

If you’ve just moved to Austin, you must check out Zilker Park!  As a resident you might not be aware of all Zilker Park has to offer! In case you didn’t know in 1917, Andrew Zilker donated 350 acres to Austin!! That was a lot of land to give to Austin and we are all […]

Our granddaughter Hailey is now officially off the ship on her Semester at Seas study program! They disembarked in Hamburg Germany and she and some friends made sure they made the Fruhlingsfest (Spring Festival) in Munich and saw Prague making sure to pose in front of the John Lennon Wall. They made Amsterdam and then […]

Where everyone knows your name!     When we were in Boston for the Boston Marathon we had to make a stop at Cheers!   You remember the Cheers Theme song: Sometimes you wanna go…..where everyone knows your name And they’re always glad you came You wanna go where people know People are all the same […]

May 2017 Austin Texas Events ~ Here’s what’s going on! What an exciting month of fun activities in store for Austin this month! Many favorites that people love: May 6-7 is the Pecan Street festival that you don’t want to miss! Looking to participate in a run?  Then May 7th is the date you’ll want […]

Austin TX – Just cruising along as the 10th fastest growing metro I just read the latest CenTex report. Yahoo!! Austin just added 32,700 net new jobs resulting in Austin’s ranking as the 10th fastest growing major metro area out of 50! Dallas took the #1 spot with 4.1% job growth. Austin finished #10 at […]

Happy May 1st!t’s hard to believe these past months have gone by so quickly! It’s been a busy week-end with repair negotiations going on and backup offers coming in but still made time for date night with Geno, going to Hudson’s soccer game and keeping up with Maggie’s volleyball tournament in Houston! They played well ending up in the […]

This month Kathleen Daniels is hosting a challenge about our pet peeves in our business. We all know what we love about our jobs but the challenge is to write about what annoys, irritates, angers, irks, exasperates, tries patience, gets on nerves ……you get the picture the definition of peeve!! This includes agents, brokers, lenders, stagers, […]

Sold! Another set of happy buyers in Canyon Creek Subdivision Homes are selling quickly in our low inventory levels! It is critical for buyers to be prompt with a firm offer if they find a property that suits their needs. Another home sold in the Canyon Creek Subdivision in NW Austin, TX, courtesy of Dorie […]

Last Monday son John Dunham ran in the Boston Marathon. He trained with Gilbert’s Gazelles and one of his running mates was totally surprised after she finished the race. Her boyfriend told her he wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t come to Boston to cheer her on for the raceL. Little did she know he flew […]

My Niche is Canyon Creek Subdivision in NW Austin This month in Active Rain the membership has been offered some excellent challenges! It’s good for us to examine our business concepts and take stock if we’re practicing the type of business best suited to our talents and gifts. In real estate we run our own […]