It's January 1st, 2009, and keeping with my New Year's resolutions, I am starting this long-considered blog today. It is my first foray into the blogosphere and done with trepidation: Will I be able to keep the content fresh (this concern kept me from writing any content in 2008, though I created this account exactly a year ago today)? Will I be able to keep the content engaging? Will my subjects be useful? Will my musings resonate?
I hope this blog will combine two of my great joys in life -- real estate and food. I am a licensed real estate broker in Pennsylvania selling primarily residential real estate in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania suburbs. I sell properties (single-family suburban homes, urban townhomes, condominiums, multi-family buildings, etc.) and enjoy representing both buyers and sellers. I also love to eat -- pretty much everything except mushroom pizza. I love eating in restaurants wherever my travels take me and love cooking at home for my wife and kids. I hope that I can share the tastes of the neighborhoods I visit with my readers and in doing so provide additional comment about the community in which I work and play.
On New Years Eve, I showed homes in Philadelphia in the morning -- some great rowhomes in Overbrook and Wynnefield (West Philadelphia almost bordering the Philadelphia Main Line), and then ventured into Center City for some last-minute provisions from DiBruno Brothers for a New Years Eve meal. I combined my two favorite foods last night making vegetarian sushi -- maki made with Shitaki mushrooms (sauteed with teriyaki sauce), avocado, roasted red peppers and cucumbers -- and cheese, the result of my trip to DiBrunos. The cheese plate featured Fromage Dauphinois -- soft and buttery, an aged cows milk gouda and a hard Alpine cheese. We rounded out the dinner with a brie baked in puff pastry with apples, walnuts and rum mounded upon hunks of sourdough or pumpernickel baguette.
I hope that I have whet your appetite and look forward to sharing more in the days ahead.
- About Me
- Alec Schwartz is an Associate Broker and owner of the Alec Schwartz Team at Coldwell Banker Preferred, specializing in residential real estate sales and marketing in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania suburbs. Alec Schwartz, Stacy Olkowski and Joseph Cotumaccio, III, are ready to serve all your real estate needs.
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