This is a blog about St. Petersburg.
I imagine that my thoughts on what this blog should look like will change over time, and I’m sure that my ‘blog voice’ will change, too. But my idea, at least for now, is to create very casual entries that give you, the reader, some idea of what it’s like to live in St. Petersburg. If you’ve never been to St. Petersburg, I hope that my posts will introduce you to our city and will entice you to come and visit. Or maybe even come and live.
If you’re already living in St. Petersburg, maybe you’ll enjoy reading about your city from someone else’s perspective. Maybe you’ll read about something that you didn’t know existed and you’ll try it out or visit it. The nice thing is, it’s free to read what I write. If you don’t like it, you can decide not to read it – no big deal. If you do like it, maybe you can make a comment to let me know. I’m likely to keep writing anyway, but I’ll be much happier about it if I know that someone, somewhere, is reading and enjoying what I write.
Although the URL for my site is StPeteRealEstateBlog.com, I’ve decided to give the blog itself a shorter, crisper title – thus, Assignment: St. Petersburg is the name you see in the header. I like the sound of that, as it fits the way that I’m thinking about this blog. I’ve given myself an assignment to go out and grab bits of St. Petersburg and share them with you. I’ll tell you, as it says in the blog header, about places and people, about St. Petersburg city life, about events and happenings, and more. Sometimes, I’ll throw in some history, if I think it’s interesting. I’ve lived here since I was four, so I know a lot about the city and I have certainly seen a lot of change!
To add some visual interest, I will always include a photograph with my posts. I think that it’s much more engaging to have a nice photo to look at, along with the reading. And besides, I love taking pictures. So all of the current photos that you see will be pictures that I, personally, have taken. But, from time to time, I might include a historic photo, to show something cool from the past and/or to give some perspective – for those ones, I can’t take credit, but I’ll certainly give credit if I know the source of the photo.
So, yes, this is a St. Petersburg blog and it’s a Real Estate blog, but it’s a Real Estate blog with a twist. I will never post listings on this blog. I will never try to sell you anything on this blog. Rather, I will try to get you to fall in love with St. Petersburg, or to fall further in love with it. If, along the way, you decide that you’d like to consider buying or selling a home, then I’d love to help you with that – I am a St. Petersburg Realtor®, and you can always find a link to my Real Estate business web site over in the right hand column. What I will do, in regards to it being a Real Estate blog, is include occasional posts about St. Petersburg Real Estate and about Real Estate topics in general – maybe some educational bits, maybe some statistics to keep you abreast of how the local market is doing, some interesting facts. But I promise to try to keep it light and at least a little fun, as I don’t want to chase anyone away.
In my posts, there will be a lot of what I write that is coming right out of my head – thoughts, memories, visions, opinions. But I’ll always endeavor to clearly differentiate between statements that are my opinions and those that are actual facts.
I hope that you enjoy reading my posts and that maybe you’ll learn something you didn’t know or discover a place that you weren’t aware of. Please comment on my posts, to let me know what you think. Or email me directly – my email address is always easily accessible on the home page of this blog, in the ‘Contact Information’ section. Thank you for reading! — Bob Horn
