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HullaBowloo 2 - Chattanooga Area Food Bank Fundraiser
Categories: Chattanooga Community Events, Flavors of Chattanooga, Things to Do in Chattanooga
By David Israel, Business Manager
How do you “HullaBowloo”? With an “unbelievaBowl” party benefiting the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
“HullaBowloo” will be a night for “Bowlicious” food, “enjoyaBowl live music, “applaudaBowl” performances and a chance to be part of a most “admiraBowl” cause, filling the bowls of Chattanooga’s hungry.
Saturday, January 17, the Chattanooga Area Food Bank will be transformed into a festive, urban scene, alive with street dancers, an outdoor cafe, roving musicians, a local “watering hole”, a park, and even a community garden. As you roam through the streets of the city, learn more about the many programs supported by the Chattanooga Area Food Bank while being “bowled” over by all the wonderful food and entertainment offered at every turn. Imagine yourself singing karaoke, break-dancing in the street or even shooting some hoops. The evening will come to an end with dancing to the “Bowldacious” music of “Peace, Love and Happiness”. So how do you “HullaBowloo”?
$45 per person, call 622-1800 to reserve your seats!
If you would like to hear about this spectacular event, call Andy Hodes at 423-664-1818 he will be attending and can tell you all about the event or give you some great real estate information on the Chattanooga real estate market. Your call to him will be “enjoyabowl”!
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Jay Serves You Some Million Dollar Secrets in Chattanooga - Part 3 of 4
Categories: Chattanooga Real Estate News, Flavors of Chattanooga, Things to Do in Chattanooga
Jay Zuckerman - Guest Blogger
(Third in a Four Part Series)
*Please note that I am not compensated for any product mentioned*
“Squeezin’ every nickel
Pinchin’ pennies ’til they holler
That’s the way you live on a blue collar dollar
Blue collar dollar.”
Kevin Gordon - Blue Collar Dollar
#5 Grocery Store Savvy
When I’m at the grocery store check-out line, I feel like Fred Sanford when I see the final price for my groceries. I just want to grasp my heart and yell, “This is the big one, Elizabeth!”
Even though prices are increasing at the grocery store for most products, you will save money if you follow these tips.
If you don’t read anything else in this piece… please take the following to heart. Buy store brand!
I will admit, I once was an elitist when it came to store brand food. Cheap generic ketchup? Why would I give up my Heinz for something that would probably taste like watered-down vinegar with food coloring? I figured any kind of store brand maple syrup was Mrs. Butterworthless.
However, my budget started to tighten in the current economy. My local Publix and Kroger started advertising cheap prices on their own products. Guess what I found? Most of their products are equal to, if not better, than name brands.
Not only can you save on basic items at these grocery stores, Kroger now offers premium store brands. They make great meals. Publix’s prepackaged microwavable meat products, canned vegetables, and condiments are more cost-effective and taste better than comparable corporate brands.
While not every store brand has comparable taste to corporate products (I’m not leggo-ing my Eggos), try some store products. Your taste buds won’t notice the difference and your wallet will thank you.
Also, this should go without saying. Always buy store-brand for non-edible products. There’s no difference between corporate and store plastic utensils and napkins other than price.
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Jay Serves You Some Million Dollar Secrets - Part 2 of 4
Categories: Chattanooga Real Estate News, Flavors of Chattanooga, Things to Do in Chattanooga
(Second in a Four Part Series)
Guest Blogger - Jay Zuckerman
*Please note that I am not compensated for any product mentioned*
Hard times, in the middle of your road
Hard times, creeping up on the good folks you know
Hard times, living down where the rest of you know
Hard times, from the California Hills to the Cumberland Road
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times
#3 Your Local Library
Is the cost of $25 hardcover books or $15 for paperbacks at bookstores becoming a burden on your wallet in this current financial environment? Remember that building you would go to in the 1980’s to gather information for an essay and inevitably get distracted by the latest issue of Sports Illustrated? Yes, it’s your municipal library. In Chattanooga, we have the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library with a large downtown library and five satellite and branch locations.
If you are a Scenic City denizen, You can become a member of the Chattanooga library for free.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has a terrific online interface which allows you to check out a book from the convenience of your own home. Live in East Brainerd and don’t want to drive downtown to pick the book up? You can choose where you want to pick up the book at no cost. It takes at most two business days for the book to arrive at your preferred branch.
If someone else has the book you want checked out, you can place a hold online. You will receive a postcard in the mail when it is available.
But wait there’s more: The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library has many best sellers (usually fiction) available at their front entrance. For a nominal donation, you can check the book out for a week.
But wait there’s even more: You can apply for courtesy cards at many University libraries. At UTC, you can obtain a University Library Card even if you are not a current student. Alumni, dependents of faculty and staff, Hamilton County teachers, and students at the University of Tennessee or any Tennessee Board of Regents school can also receive a UTC Library card at no cost.
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Jay Serves You Some Million Dollar Secrets - And You Can Keep the Tip!
Categories: Chattanooga Real Estate News, Flavors of Chattanooga, Things to Do in Chattanooga
(First in a Four Part Series)
Guest Blogger - Jay Zuckerman
*Please note that I am not compensated for any product mentioned*
“Circumstance has forced my hand
To be a cut price person in a low budget land
Times are hard but we’ll all survive
I just got to learn to economize”
Low Budget - Kinks
Economic times are tough right now. I can no longer keep up with the Kardashians. I tried to buy my girlfriend a new Lexus for Christmas, but I could only afford the giant red ribbon. I now have to cut holes and overbleach my $25 jeans rather than buy the $90 pairs at the mall where the designers have kindly taken the time to do it for me.
In all seriousness, I want to pass along some wisdom over these next four blog posts to help save you some money during this tough economy without making you look cheap.
Hopefully, by the time you’re done following my advice, you’ll have enough money in your pockets to buy your dream house through Andy Hodes & The Scenic City Team.
Without further adieu:
#1 Gym memberships
A common New Year’s Resolution of course is the ole’ “I’m going to get in shape this year” or “I’m going to get a gym membership.”
How serious are you about keeping your New Year’s Resolutions? If you’re like me, you probably give it up by the third week. So the gym has at minimum $700 of your hard-earned money.
As a weightlifter who owns a gym membership (though I’ve been lazy myself lately), I can tell you that gyms become packed right after New Year’s Day with clients who rushed into a gym membership purchase. Within two weeks the gym attendance returns to the same it was before the new year.
Gym managers understand this. They generally offer special rates at the start of the year. You might see ads that read “Just $39 a month” or “$1 a day.”
Here’s the catch. These are for one or two-year memberships and likely include other additional fees as well. Some of those catchphrases are their lowest rates, which usually just apply to students or senior citizens. Most have no opt-out fee either.
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Happy Thanksgiving from your Chattanooga Real Estate Agent
Categories: Chattanooga Real Estate News, Flavors of Chattanooga, Things to Do in Chattanooga
Thanksgiving - A Time to be Thankful!
During this special season of reflection, it is a time-hornored tradition to take a moment and think about what we’re most grateful for.
I want to thank you my friends, family and especially my Chattanooga and out-of-town clients for your support.
I wish you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving!
Andy Hodes & The Scenic City Team
423-664-1818
423-664-1820 Fax
Andy@AndyHodes.com
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Chattanooga Market - Fireman’s Chili Cookoff
Categories: Chattanooga Community Events, Flavors of Chattanooga, Things to Do in Chattanooga
By David Israel, Business Manager
If you are a fan of home cooked Chili, this event is a must see in Chattanooga! For the past five years at the Chattanooga Market, our fire fighters get together for a Chili Cookoff. If you are willing to taste the fire produced by these brave men and women of Chattanooga, then head on down this Sunday for a tasting. They are raising money for the MDA and the cost to taste all the contestants chili is only $7.50 for the first person and $5.00 for any additional person in your family. Have no fear the fireman have the equipment to put out any fire that might erupt on your tastebuds.
This great fundraiser taking place not only goes for a great cause, but we the locals get to vote on the winner. So, not only do you get to taste some fantastic Chili, but you get to vote on which firehouse in Chattanooga makes the best Chili.
I have attended this event the past couple of years, this is one event you do not want to miss. If you have no plans this weekend in Chattanooga, this event should be placed on your calendar. Your tastebuds will thank you!
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