Tuesday, December 08, 2009

LPNA Home Tour huge success!


Sunday's Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association Home Tour was a success as far as I was concerned. I don't know how many folks participated but there were crowds at each home we visited. I took several hundred pictures and many of them can be viewed on my Shutterbug website at: http://dsdigitals.shutterbugstorefront.com/g/brinkerhoff__lpna_christmas . You will need to log in with your e-mail address and then you can look at all the pictures of the tour and the Brinkerhoff Christmas party photographed Saturday night. If you look carefully, you can even see a picture of a ghost in one of the staircase pictures. I will post more about that later. I have set up the gallery so you can right click on a photograph and copy the picture to your computer to share with others. There is also a download option that will provide you with a non-watermarked photo. The cost for that is only $.99.

One of the delights of the tour was a little girl named Cloe. She wanted to be a photographer when she grew up. Her sister, Emma was equally enchanting. She gave us a tour of the upstairs. We even saw the "off limits" play room and an in depth tour of the bathroom. *chuckle* The home was located at 1434 N. Sixth St.

Best cookies were provided at 1501 N. Fourth St. We were tempted to go back for a second "look" make that taste. Best Memorabilia was provided at the Bed and Breakfast at 1317 N. Third St. It could definitely make for an interesting stay. I liked the Captain's quarters. My favorite office was at Clark's Computing at 401 E. Keys. The best presentation would be the 1331 N. Third house. I considered both inside and out for this award.

It goes without saying that The Brinkerhoff won the Best of Show but then I am a bit biased as their official photographer. Every time I go through there, I see something different to picture. It is a great place for parties or an intimate wedding. It exudes class!


You will find a link to the LPNA on the our web page.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Lincoln Park Historic Home Tours


This Sunday, the Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association will present it's annual Historic Home Tours from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM. The Brinkerhoff Home is only one of the six homes to be on display. I have seen the home on several Christmas Tours and if this is anything like the other's it will be spectacular! You can see pictures of the Christmas decorations at: http://www.brinkerhoffhome.org/ and go to Picture Gallery then click on the Christmas '06 album.


The Brinkerhoff home is sponsored by Noonan's True Value Hardware. Your support of this family owned business is unappreciated.


I took a preliminary tour of the other homes the other day. I was only able to see them from the outside but I am assured that the true beauty is on the inside. I plan to take the tour on Sunday and will take pictures to share on the blog after the tour. I highly recommend your participation in this neighborhood event.


Other homes on the tour:

401 E. Keys

1317 N. 3rd St.

1331 N. 3rd St.

1434 N. 6th St.

1501 N 4th St.


If you see a guy with a couple camera strapped on and sporting a full grey beard, that will probably be me. See you on Saturday