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Welcome to the VALE OF PARADISE …Valparaiso, Indiana - Home Sweet Home…Especially IF you LOVE POPCORN !

Yes that's right the name Valparaiso translates to Vale Of Paradise ! Valparaiso, IN Established 1836

With Interesting Historical meaning to the name, Valparaiso is located in Porter County, Northwest Indiana, about 50 minutes from Chicago's Loop !

But For Popcorn Lovers around the country....Valparaiso was once Home Sweet Home of the late famous Orville Redenbacher and

This Upcoming Week, September 8 th, 2007

Sign annual pocorn fest

the town's population will grow with visitors from

all over who will be in town to attend the annual

POPCORN FESTIVAL !!!

Roads around the town square will be filled with arts, & crafts booths, food, music,

& lots of people not to Downtown Valparaiso Courthouse Squaremention a PARADE and Races also!

For the WEEK - LONG SCHEDULE of EVENTS

CLICK HERE !

The hand painted artistic benches on every corner will be resting spots for those with tired feet

or those who just got stung by the bumble bees that also attend the fest every year!

hand painted benches downtown Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso makes ice cream also- Valpo Velvet Ice Cream Shop at
55 W. Monroe St. (pictured below) i

s a must stop by & have - our favorite is

Cappuccino-Chocolate Chip- Frozen Yogurt!

Valpo Velvet Ice Cream Shop

Besides the famed popcorn fest, terrific ice cream,

and many fine dining establishments, (some of which

offer outdoor seating in season along the main

street named Linclonway), the City of Valparaiso is also

know for its renouned University !

Valparasio University in Indiana

Valparaiso University has been a top notch private college in town since 1859.

GO V.U. !!! - We love going to the

Crusader Basketball games and plan to BLOG more

on this when the Season starts in November !!

Kelsey' s Steak House has been a landmark on US Highway 30 in Valparaiso, IN for as long as we can remember... BECAUSE IT HAS THIS HUGE COW ON DISPLAY. Cow in Front of Kelsey's Steak House in Valpo

There was a BIG controversy that prompted the

Mayor to even SING to save the Cow!

Yes HOWIE the COW Remains a Valpo Landmark!

With lovely neighborhoods, great schools and variety of ways to commute to Chicago ....

"Valpo " (as we call it) ....is worth careful consideration to be your next home sweet home!

Just look at the following links:

Affordable Condo SOLD

Spacious Affordable New Listing

New Townhome/ 1/2 Duplex Great Northside Location!

ABERDEEN Affordable Patio Home

Liberty Township Best Price in Fox Chase Farms SOLD

5 Acres, Pole Barn, Stocked Pond, Big Home-Union Township SOLD

Picturesque Wooded Setting SOLD

Spectacular Custom Home SOLD

Private Gated Community

A Very Fine House on 4.7 Acres

Aberdeen Beauty !

What a wonderful World - Valparaiso Ranch on Prime Location Acreage !

Jeff and Grace Safrin REALTORS

Valpo has something for every price range - Give us a call @ 219-405-1232 to help you relocate here

- and

make this Vale of Paradise your Home sweet Home as well!

For more Homes For Sale in Northwest Indiana, please visit our website.

Notice: The Photos in this BLOG are Property of Jeff Safrin of F. C. Tucker Advantage Realty and are protected under copyright laws-they may not be copied, reproduced or re-transmitted without the express written consent by Jeff Safrin.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by The ActiveRain Network and it's members and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of Jeff and Grace Safrin of F.C. Tucker Advantage Realty. Jeff and Grace Safrin and F.C. Tucker Advantage Realty are not responsible for the accuracy or content provided by The Active Rain Community.

Posted Saturday Sep 01
(09/02/07 08:45AM) — Carole Provenzale Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York

Jeff & Grace, I love your pictures and wish I could be at the fair.  I love going to different fairs and events.  I enjoyed this post very much and I hope if you get to the fair, you will have a terrific time.  Btw, I loved the condo, I had to go and look at it; after pricing a few here, recently, what a difference in prices!  Have a wonderful rest of the weekend.

(09/02/07 08:48AM) — Karen Kruschka - Fairfax Prince William Stafford County VA Real Estate Service

Great pictures.  As a Rotarian I was glad to see the Rotary sign, but am not surprised that your city has active Rotarians

(09/02/07 02:05PM) — Jeff & Grace Safrin-SpousesSellingHouses REALTORS, F.C.Tucker Company, Indiana

Hello Carole, Yes We visit the POPCORN FEST early when the arts & crafts booths are just finishing setting

up ( like 7am) at that time there are no huge crowds and we can take our black lab Buddy for a walk as well .

Yes the Condo's in Valpo are very affordable compared to New York!

Thanks for your kind comments - you have a great weekend as well!

 

Hi Karen, Thanks for dropping by, Yes Valpo has alot of very active organizations!  Jeff took the pictures yesterday (we did stop in for ice cream at Valpo Velvet- coundn't resist :)

(09/02/07 11:11PM) — Chuck Dellorto "Talk To Chuck"

Jeff & Grace - Great job on all the info and pictures about Valpo. I even learned something...lol. I did not know it meant Vale of Paradise. Great links and pictures. Very informative for the consumer to read.

(09/03/07 07:48AM) — Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont.

Good morning Grace and Jeff,

I enjoyed reading this post so much....and the pictures are wonderful.  I was wondering if you would consider reposting it and including it in the Heritage Properties, Historic Sites and Antiques group.....it would be perfect there and I would love to feature it !

thanks so much for writing this interesting and lovely post about your area and sharing it here...

Jo 

(09/03/07 11:00AM) — Jeff & Grace Safrin-SpousesSellingHouses REALTORS, F.C.Tucker Company, Indiana

Thanks for stopping by Chuck !

and for your kind remarks - yes we think Valpo is AWESOME, but then we live here :)

HiJo-anne,

As always, you are a Plethora of information, I will post it there today (we have another property listing - a replica of a Williamsburg Colonial that may fit there as well)?

 

(09/03/07 12:03PM) — Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont.

Hi Grace,

Thanks for posting  this lovely  post in the Heritage group.  Yes, please do submit your Williamsburg Colonial replica as well.....any heritage type or historical listings may be posted at the Heritage Properties group...

thanks !

Jo 

(09/03/07 12:06PM) — Jeff & Grace Safrin-SpousesSellingHouses REALTORS, F.C.Tucker Company, Indiana

Hello Jo-Anne,

I did post the Colonial home, but since I wrote it awhile ago - it shows up on page 3 or so, not sure how to re-post blogs to make them current yet? LOL

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