CLOSED: Victoria Crossing In Wildwood

Nothing says "Happy Friday" like handing a Buyer the keys to their new home!  Charming Victoria Crossing closed escrow yesterday...  

A warm congratulations and sincere thank you to the S family. Wonderful family, beautiful property, flawless transaction, and a terrific kickstart to the weekend!

Just Listed: #2545 Grover Ridge Drive in Wildwood

Just listed!   #2545 Grover Ridge Drive epitomizes pride of ownership and boasts a fabulous West County location just minutes from the eateries, shopping, and amenities of the Wildwood Town Center...

It is also in close vicinity to some of the most lovely state parks in the St. Louis area like Babler State Park and Rockwood Reservation... 

This meticulous ranch boasts an open floor plan, updates galore, and a desirable fully-fenced lot that backs common ground. 

Home features: 

• 3 sizable main floor bedrooms including a private Master Suite with an enormous walk-in closet and handsome double-door entry.
• Master bath with an oversized vanity, his-and-hers sinks, a separate shower, an enormous soaking tub, and natural light galore.
• A large main floor laundry mud room with ceramic tile flooring, a separate closet, and plenty of hanging space.
• A sunny great room with vaulted ceilings and a handsome woodburning fireplace.
• An updated eat-in kitchen with a separate food pantry, an oversized working island with storage galore, and brand new Cambria quartz counter tops (16).
• A separate dining room with a walkout to the deck to increase dining and entertainment space.
• A finished walkout basement with oodles of storage, brand new carpet, a full bath, and a separate office thus DOUBLING your finished living space! Plenty of room for a pool table, bar, home gym, or theater.

Complete with a 2 car garage, newer roof (15), fresh paint (16), new flooring - carpet and wide-plank wood (16), new windows (15), new stainless steel appliances included (16), and maintenance-free living from the inside to out... this home is a complete package! This home has been beautifully maintained and is move-in ready.  It has been loved and it shows!  Property is offered for $284,900.

For more information or a private tour, contact me!  The full listing can be viewed HERE.

Hidden Gem: A dinner at Claverach Farm in Eureka

A few weeks ago, Steve and I enjoyed our 1st (of many) experiences at Claverach Farm, located just west of St. Louis.  As I stay fairly in tune with local "foodie" resources, Feast and Sauce Magazines, I have known about Claverach's notoriously amazing farm-to-table barn dinners for some time.  It just so happens that Steve and I chose to reserve our first farm experience on one of the most lovely Midwest evenings we have experienced this Spring thus far.

 

As far as Claverach goes, locals either RAVE about it or don't even know that it exists.  Dinner in a "100 year old refurbished barn on 300 acres in the rugged Ozark Hills" initially spoke to me, though the experience is so much more than that.   It's funny, as typically when I partake in something phenomenal in our city (and take a gaggle of photos with the intention to blog it)... I cannot wait to get it on screen and press "publish".  These photos, however, have been sitting in my draft folder for 2 weeks.

 

Blogging about a Claverach dinner almost feels like kissing and telling.

 

The fact is, Claverach touched me in a way that few local places have.  It is such an incredibly intimate experience that you truly feel lucky to have even been able to partake.  It is a place where animals roam free.  A place where you can taste the earth, love, and artistry in the food.  A place where you can sense and share the passion of the talented people that make it all happen.  For a few short lovely hours, Mama Nature and the Claverach staff wrap their arms around you and hold you tight,  heightening each and every one of your senses with the food, aura, and space of the farm itself. 

 

There is a beautiful marriage between sophistication and simplicity on that farm, and a partnership between humans and nature that touched both of us in a profound way. For a few short hours every weekend, they truly bring out the best in one another- humans and nature- at Claverach Farm.  The meal is a perfect symphony of sights, smells, sounds, and flavors- the direct result of the perfect harmony that the staff has made with the grounds of the farm itself.  Simply, magic is happening on that farm.  Magic. 

 

There are numerous reviews online (like THIS) that give a terrific overview of what you can expect.  I, myself, have chosen with my personal overview of the experience to just allow my photos to do the talking...