When traveling, we often use Yelp to find a fun local coffee shop with great reviews to get a flavor of the local vibe. It is fun to explore a town and not stick to the typical Starbucks for coffee.  While visiting Portland and Bend recently, we discovered two fun new cafes Bean and Tree in Portland (serves a delicious Lavender Latte) and Backporch Coffee Roas...

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about The next frontiers of technology.  Technology and what is new in technology is particularly relevant to the homes that we build and our prospective home buyers, so I thought I would make this a regular piece to highlight what is out in the market place.  As always, we want your input, is there something that you want...

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SummerHill has gone mobile making it easier for you to get directions to our communities when you are out and about plus community phone numbers and quick info like bed, bath, square footage, and price. We decided to launch the mobile site a few months ago after noticing the trend for mobile sites from companies like Facebook, Twitter, Trulia, Yelp, Open Table...

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