Who I am, outside of Real Estate

This is my family. When I'm not working (rarely). We spend time together. Traveling to http://sangres.com/places/laveta.htmLa Veta, Colorado to visit family in the summer or spending time on the Vineyard with friends. We live in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, surrounded by the Arnold Arboretum http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/. We love JP. We wouldn't think of leaving. We have an abundant network of friends and families that live here with us. There are festivals and opportunities to get together often and we do... My average week consists of taking turns with my husband, David, getting the kids to school and back and sharing in the managing of a home. One of the things I love about working as a Real Estate Agent is that I am at work just by having my blackberry with me. I'm available all the time and with the technology the way it is- I can completely live around appointments, phone calls and computer work. If you call my cell- I answer, unless I'm in a rotary. If you email me I answer, unless I'm meeting with a client.

I'm a poet married to a musician. I worked at the MFA for 7 years and have a deep appreciation for Fine Art. Music, Art, Writing are my outlets.

Community involvement has been a large part of my experience in JP. I was an elected member of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council for 4 years and I have been a member of the JPNC's Public Service Committee for the last 8 years, a group that makes recommendations to the Licensing Board of Boston and works on public Safty for Jamaica Plain.

In November I host a women's event up in New Hampshire. It is a weekend retreat to Purity Spring Resort. There are about 20 women who participate and we have a wonderful time relaxing, laughing and forgetting about all our responsibilities. Most of us wish we could spend every weekend on our retreat. We affectionately call it Beaver Weekend - It happens in November (the full moon is named the Beaver moon), there are abundant signs of Beavers on the lakes and trails at Purity Spring, and of course we are industrious women. I hope to continue to create blogs for the various events. My good friend, Robin Maxfield, started a GNO (Girls Night Out) event monthly at her house - almost 10 years ago. We all congregate at her home the fourth Friday of the month - typically- and it is open to any and all women. Sometimes we have 10 and sometimes we have 50 women. A great place to meet up and enjoy good food (potluck) and libations(byob). So outside of Real Estate (if there is such a thing) I manage to keep busy enjoying life and all that it brings.