Dorie's Canyon Creek Blog

It’s that time of year again a chance to save money before school starts!! Don’t forget it’s this weekend!! The Legislature sets the date for the official sales tax weekend holiday. This year your shopping spree is planned for August 5-7th, 2016! The tradition of exempting most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced under […]

Homes in the Canyon Creek Subdivision are getting lots of attention and move quickly due to the low inventory in NW Austin. It was wonderful working with past clients to sell their home as they were relocating out-of state because of an attractive job opportunity. They had not considered moving so made many fabulous updates in […]

What a great Birthday week-end! Lunch with girl friends on Friday and special private dinner Friday night for family and friends at our favorite restaurant Trulucks! Brother and sister-in law drove in from Houston to spend the night..always good to spend time with our traveling buddies. Pool time and relaxing..even heard from buyers who had inspections on […]

August 2016 Austin Texas Events ~ Here’s what’s going on! July is coming to an end and school is just around the corner! Take advantage of all that Austin has to offer this month, there are some exciting activities. Don’t miss the Austin Ice Cream Festival, August 13th at the Fiesta Gardens. Then make your […]

Independence Title is a wonderful business partner that supplies us with incredible forecasts from their economist Mark Sprague, State Director of Information Capital. Mark presented our office an excellent program outlining the Mid-Year Economic Forecast for 2016 for Austin. He stressed 44% of the nation recovered from the economic downturn. What is normal for us […]

“There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings”…Wilbur Wright, 1905 Grandson Trey took his first flying lesson this past Saturday in Georgetown, Texas.  He was so excited, he even got to land the plane himself!  Three more lessons this week…he is more than excited […]

Austin is always opening something new and innovative so why not try something different this weekend? Did you know about the Seaholm Power Plant downtown that was turned into a restaurant/bar? This is so cool! You have to love living in Austin…..so many creative entrepreneurs…..   BOILER NINE BAR AND GRILL   https://www.facebook.com/boilernineaustin/ The Boiler Nine Bar & Grill used to […]

What a week-end! There was a fire on the third floor of our office building late Friday afternoon and the power went out!! We made our way from the 6th floor down the fire stairs as the elevators were not running. No phones all week-end and the city has been working all week-end to restore power! Glad […]

NW Austin: Craftsman style home JUST LISTED in Apache Shores 78734 “Solitude and Peace in a tranquil setting” www.14514hunterspass.com   Buyers, act decisively and  you’ll have the best opportunity to buy this home as quality deals sell fast in Apache Shores!   Click on the link above to view the exclusive website of this craftsman […]

It’s going to be hot..hot..hot this week-end in Austin. Why not get up and go out for breakfast before the day heats up? Treat yourself to have someone cook your breakfast and then enjoy a day at the lake or pool!  This pancake house in the Scofield Farms Market on West Parmer Lane is a great way […]