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Green Chile Recipes from New Mexico ...Tell Me More...

Most people don't understand green chile or red chile...but to good New Mexican foodies the question is always GREEN Chile or RED (CHILE OF COURSE!)

chili (sxc)I want to live in a state that has a question as a motto...Green or Red! (My always choice is green chile!)

Hello to all my New Mexico friends and soon to be friends! I'm born and raised in New Jersey, but had the pleasure of attending New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, graduating in 1976!

Woof, older than dirt right! (Young enough to say...GO AGIES!)

I was lucky enough to meet so many great people at college, some with old time family recipes (and family chefs)...ummm homemade corn tortillas (with green chile)!

I even got to spend a semester in Mexico and live with a family there...umm storefronts with homemade corn tortillas (umm with green chile, the green chile, not as popular as in New Mexico) !

My love of the food of New Mexico lives on! I want real green chile recipes...tomatillos, pork and green chiles, with not a tomato in sight.

I have perfected a pecan pie (I can't always gaurantee the pecans are from the Mesilla Valley) as they were when, with little regard for small business, we'd take what we wanted.

But my Pecan Pie is still a college Pecan Pie, with a little Jack Daniels for the Pie filling and a little (and a little more) for the cook!

Hey,at this point I've even stooped to canned enchilada sauce...if it's Green Chile Enchilada Sauce!

I'll make my own if you'll give me green chile recipes!

Now help an old lady out, I'm looking for a great GREEN Chile recipe. I think it's really more a pork, tomatillo, chili stew., that what it tastes like!

But heck I'm an American-Italian, so ask me about tomato gravy, meat balls, braciole, osso buco or saltimbocca and I'll tell you whats in it just by taste.

So help me out and I'll share what I know...You first!! Post Green Chile recipes from New Mexico!

OK, I'll even listen to Texans!

(And before you comment on the spelling, chile is the Mexican spelling!)

Laura Giannotta

Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com

The 'New' Manahawkin Flea Market...Shopping at the Jersey Shore

Shop the Manahawkin Flea Market…You’ll find something for everyone!

The Manahawkin Flea Market burned to the ground in 2007, but it’s back and shopping in Manahawkin is better than ever!

Manahawkin Flea MarketOutside shopping from Friday through Sunday is from 10 til 5, but Manahawkin Flea Market’s inside vendors are open daily. You have to keep coming back…the outside weekend vendors change!

The Manahawkin Flea Market now has a new name (since the 2007 fire)…It’s called the Manahawkin Mart, but it’s still as good as you remember.

Want sun glasses, try the Manahawkin Flea Market, how about some beach towels, sun dresses, a new handbag or something to replace that pottery you smashed in your rental?

Find it all at the Manahawkin Flea Market!

If you have stuff to sell, rent an outside table and someone will take it off you hands at the Manahawkin Flea Marketat located at 657 E Bay Avenue in Manahawkin, just across from the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Find something for everyone at the Manahawkin Flea Market. I always stop for the Jersey Fresh! What's for dinner?

. Jersey Fresh .

Single Family Homes Sales in Barnegat, NJ - July, 2009

Single Family Homes Sales Report, Barnegat, NJ
July, 2009
Barnegat, NJ Housing Market Report

The July, 2009 housing market in Barnegat looks promising, home sale prices are up and so is the number of homes sold in Barnegat! 

 Barnegat, NJ
08005
New
Listings
Under
Contract
Expired Sold Days on
Market
Median
Sold Price
January, 2009 46 14 27 7 114 $160,000
February,  2009 72 28 23 8 111 $237,250
March, 2009 59 23 29 17 123 $240,000
April, 2009 78 35 24 19 106 $220,000
May,  2009 51 31 23 14 113 $250,000
June,  2009 70 28 24 21 115 $232,000
July 2009 77 30 32 26 115 $269,000

  Compare this to Barnegat single family home sales in 2008, and you'll see some interesting changes.

Barnegat, NJ
08005 
New Under
Contract
Expired Sold Days on
Market
Median
Sold Price
January, 2008 79 14 36 13 91 $235,000
February, 2008 71 24 33 11 91 $340,000
March, 2008 66 29 30 18 114 $320,282
April, 2008 63 27 27 17 101 $205,000
May, 2008 88 26 57 31 104 $260,000
June, 2008 66 24 12 20 92 $245,000
July, 2008 50 36 33 24 106 $276,250

While sale prices on single family homes in Barnegat increased in July, 2009 they're still well behind sale prices one year ago.  But year to date statistics for single family homes in Barnegat are encouraging.  In, July 2008 there were 364 single family homes for sale in Barnegat.  This year, the single family home inventory is down to 226.

If you're looking for a single family home in Barnegat and need an accredited buyer's agent, give me a call!

Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore
Laura Giannotta, ABR, e-PRO

609-384-6121
Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com

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Lucky's B & B Takes Pet Care in Manahawkin to the Next Level!

Lucky’s Bed and Biscuit in Manahawkin has taken pet boarding and pet day care to the next level!

Lucky's B & BLucky’s B & B pampers its canine guests with what you’d expect, pet grooming and boarding.

But Lucky’s kicks it up a notch offering an indoor salt water pool, a full room service menu, all spa services (massage, pedicures and facials), indoor and outdoor activities, one on one time with humans and for those social canines, Yappy Hour.

You can even check in on your pooch via a live webcam on the Lucky’s B & B website.

There are 76 suites available for dog vacationers, and 25 suites available for our feline friends. In the VIP suites, your dog can watch his favorite TV shows. Not to worry if TV’s not his thing, there’s always soothing music playing and 24/7 human supervision.

Lucky’s Bed and Biscuit also offers half and full day pet day care services. They recommend at least a half day of pet day care before leaving you best friend for an extended stay.

Transportation is not a problem for Lucky’s patrons. Lucky’s B & B provides a bark n ride service!

. Bark n ride .

This new 15,000 square foot facility is owned by Leslie Lorah and Roger Schmidt. It is located at 508 East Bay Avenue, Manahawkin.

So if you can’t take your dog on vacation with you, take him on his own vacation at Lucky’s B & B.

Laura Giannotta
Keller Williams Realty- Atlantic Shore
609-384-6121
Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com

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Homeownership at the Jersey Shore...Isn't It Time?

The New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) has been promoting homeownership in New Jersey through its website RealStoryNJ which has been online for about a year now.

But NJAR didn’t stop with a helpful website, designed to reinforce the fact that even in a state as small as New Jersey, real estate is local!

If you live in NJ, you know there’s a difference between north Jersey and south Jersey, and there’s definitely a difference between living down the shore and anywhere else.

Check out this NJAR YouTube short on the Jersey Shore!

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Keller Williams Realty Atlantic Shore
Laura Giannotta
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