Peter Greenberg’s website posts my write-up of Christmas at Washington, DC’s Willard

A recent post on Peter Greenberg’s website, Holiday Celebrations and Winter Wonderlands Around the World, included my write-up of Christmas festivities at the Willard in Washington, DC.

Greenberg, of course, is the travel editor for CBS News, appearing on its Early Show, as well as an editor and contributor for several other travel publications.

Examiner.com publishes my first post as the Louisville Budget Travel Examiner

I just started a gig as the Louisville Budget Travel Examiner for Examiner.com. My first article was posted yesterday:

A budget survival guide to Washington, DC, for Barack Obama’s inauguration

It was a fun piece to write, and I enjoy the flexibility I have in writing about budget travel—I can pretty much write about any location I want.

And my upcoming trip, driving from Louisville to Las Vegas and then flying to DC for the inauguration, should provide ample fodder for this new job.

I’m starting a few other writing gigs in the upcoming weeks too, but I’ll post more about them once I have something published.

My new office: Heading west, but stopping short

I am moving to Louisville, KY, on Nov. 18. My wife accepted a new job and we bought a house out there, so I figured it’d make sense for me to move to Louisville as well.

This move, however, won’t impact my ability to help my clients. I am confident that I’ll still be able to help you from my new home office in Louisville. I also will be returning to Washington, DC often.

I’ve been a huge fan of Louisville since I first visited it four years ago. My wife and I, while sure to miss DC, are thrilled to be relocating there.

(And, of course, we used Brandon Green Companies to help us find a real estate agent in Louisville.)

Parlaying DC’s hipster-preppy feud into cash

My post about Late Night Shots, a preppy, invite-only social network, had the most traffic of all of Gridskipper’s Washington, DC, updates last month, thereby earning me a nice little monetary bonus.

The dynamic of Late Night Shots is pretty interesting—it’s essentially an extension of a southern college fraternity lifestyle.

Brandon Green Companies launches new real estate website with blog

Brandon Green Companies a top-tier real estate firm in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, just relaunched its website. I helped write and edit the text, create the site’s architecture, and decide on the design.

While the whole site was rethought, the most significant additions are the capabilities to search all market listings and get a free comparable market analysis of a home’s value, and the blog.

I’m especially excited about the latter—Brandon and his team have an interesting and informed perspective on the real estate market in Washington, DC; Northern Virginia, and Maryland; now it’s available to everyone.

(And Brandon Green Companies isn’t just a client of mine; I’m a client of his. Brandon helped me sell my condo a few years ago. If you’re looking to buy, sell, or invest in real estate, you can’t do better than Brandon and his team.)