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Unless you live in a city sprawling with Filipinos such as San Diego (Chula Vista or National City) it’s rare to find a Filipino restaurant in a your neighborhood.

If you live in Denver, it’s been very rare ever since the Nipa Hut closed almost a decade ago. Enter the Tropical Grill, located in the outskirts of Denver on Iliff and Peoria in Aurora.

Tropical Grill
12203 East Iliff Avenue
Aurora, CO
303-369-2677

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If you decide to check it out, get the chicken adobo and the turon. You won’t be disappointed!
Check out the review on Westword: http://www.westword.com/2007-09-27/dining/tropical-grill/

Being of Roman descent (Alfedena for those who like geography) I prefer Caesar to Czar:

Susan Foley, recently appointed “foreclosure czar” for the city of Denver, has seen firsthand the impact of people losing their homes.

According to the article, Susan Foley has been a planner for Denver’s economic development office for 20 years and also works as a real estate agent.

Read the full story: Why homes are lost studied

Another story about moving up to the condo in the sky:

Erik Osborn is planning to transform a nondescript office building in downtown Denver into a luxury residential tower with condos priced at more than $1 million.

Read the full story: Downtown tower makeover to offer luxury-size units

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The Colorado Association of Mortgage Broker’s (CAMB) mission is to provide education, advocacy and networking opportunities to its members. This will result in members who are recognized service professional and will increase consumer awareness of and demand for the services provided by CAMB members.

Every September the CAMB holds a convention:

• To register, click here.
• To review the schedule, click here.
• To review the cost(s), click here.

Locations:

The Curtis Hotel
1405 Curtis Street
Denver, Co 80202
800-525-6651

Colorado Convention Center
700 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-228-8000

Driving down Broadway the other day I did a double take as I passed what used to be a 7-11. It was turned into a Kwik-E-Mart as a promotion for the upcoming Simpsons movie. You can get your fix of Buzz cola, Krusty O’s and Squishees.

Denver is just one of handful of cities selected, the other cities are New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Burbank, Los Angeles, Henderson, Orlando, Mountain View, Seattle, and Bladensburg, Md.

It’s on 3rd and Broadway check it out today!

Interesting links from the web:

The Denver Post has a great article, Sales surge for digs over $1M, on why the upper end homes are selling like hot cakes. Denver homes in the million dollar range are doing very well because move up buyers have done well with their investments in the stock market. Moving up like George and Weezie!

Speaking of luxury properties, I ran into my friend Dan at the Denver based real estate and mortgage blogger meet up last week. He now works for LuxuryProperty.com, a site that specializes in million dollar homes nationwide. Look for their launch very soon.

Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel discusses when prices rise, people remodel. Anyone who links to a Roxy Music clip is pure genius in my book!

Just like every kid, I grew up playing soccer. It’s the premier sport in the world. Somehow it just doesn’t have mass appeal in America. Consider that Denver just hosted the Major League Soccer all-star game, did anyone care?

Chinatown real estate is hot according to CBS. This begs the question where is Chinatown in Denver? My best guess is Alameda & Federal area with their wide array of Chinese restaurants.

Here’s the concept:

1. Buy a bungalow in the Observatory Park area of Denver
2. Scrape the aforementioned bungalow
3. Build a million dollar home
4. Sell the aforementioned million dollar home
5. Have the proceeds of the sale benefit someone else

Here’s the story:

A brand new custom home located at 2511 South Garfield Street with an appraised value of more than $1.15 million will be sold with all the profits going to the University Park Elementary School, the neighborhood elementary school, and the Rise School, a preschool that focuses on the needs of toddlers and preschoolers with developmental disabilities.

Here’s the house:

Home builder won 11 of 12 1st Place awards at 2006 Parade of Homes. Custom 4 bedroom 4.5 bath home that includes Brazilian cherry floors, cherry cabinets and wainscoting, Sub Zero and Wolf appliances, custom built ins, over sized 2 car garage and more. On quiet street with no through traffic.

Here’s the contact info:

The open house is slated for March 10th, for more information contact Jonathan Power 303.994.8930

Check out this neat site: www.housingmaps.com

It combines two internet favorites: craigslist real estate and google maps.

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