August 21, 2009

Grand Opening of New Jack Conway Office- Marshfield

Posted to Kim Herget-Jardim

Well, at times we thought we would never see this day, but I can now say the Marshfield office of the Jack Conway Company is officially OPEN FOR BUSINESS. The building is beautiful and the location is ideal – right at the intersection of Rte 139 and 3A. We share a parking lot with a brand new Walgreens and thanks to them we have a whole lot of potential customers walking right by our building every day. I can’t wait to finish our window display so I can get photos of all my listings out in the open for everyone to see. A few weeks ago we had our Grand Opening party at the office and it felt so good to share the space and share a drink with our friends from the surrounding Conway offices and our top executives from Conway Headquarters in Norwell.

If you’re thinking about a career in real estate, we’re always looking to expand our team. Conway is a great company to work with. I’ve been with Conway since I attended licensing school at the Hanover campus back in 2003 and I’ve never been happier to work with Jack Conway than I am right now.

My manager can be selective about who she chooses to accept on the team; we’re looking for honest, energetic and ‘eager to serve’ agents! If you have any questions about joining our new office, you can contact my manager, Grace Alvey, at 781.837.2877.

Posted by:Kim Herget-Jardim


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August 19, 2009

The Third Annual PMC Baggo Summer Classic

Posted to Kim Herget-Jardim

One month later and I’m finally able to write about it. It’s been a busy summer, but I must say I was especially fond of this event. Was it the people? The cool vibe of getting together for charity? The weather?

At first it was about the baggo. I thought, how cool is that? An organized baggo tournament. Then I realized it was for charity. People pay $50 to enter and all the money goes to funding cancer research. I was totally sold.

But then I got there. And I must say, it surpassed every expectation I had in mind.

We started the day promptly at 10:00 with a short but powerful address by the event’s coordinator, Michael Evans. He explained that this day was all about having some fun in memory of a couple of particular friends who had passed away from cancer. He talked about how good it felt to ride in the Pan Mass Challenge and how it felt like he was fighting back for his friends. Then he introduced a young dude (probably a family member or a friend) who played a very 16-year-old Hendrix-esque version of the Star Spangled Banner on his electric guitar.

It all felt very grass routes – ish. Like we were a very small but very authentic group of people. I can see this event growing and growing until some day there will be enough people to fill the whole park. But for this day we were forty teams of two plus maybe an extra fifty or so that just came to linger and watch.

The brackets were pre-determined at the draft the previous Wednesday (teams were paired at random) and once the National Anthem was finished it was a free-for-all to find your partner and your court (many people met their teammates for the first time that day). Bragging rights was really the only prize for the winner… but don’t underestimate the value of bragging rights among this group of people. Emails were sent out for weeks prior to the event hyping up the reign of last year’s champions. I was told that the core group of guys who organized the event started talking trash back in February.

And talking trash must have been easy since most of the guys who run the event work together at Rockland Athletics. The Marshfield Mariner wrote a nice piece on John Medlin, proprietor of Rockland Athletics, PMC rider, and coincidentally the man who knocked me and my partner out of the baggo competition. To read it, click here

Its activities like the PMC Summer Classic and people like John Medlin and Michael Evans that make our area South of Boston such a cool place to live. If you’re contemplating a move into or out of the area, call me at 781.424.9097 or email me at kjardim@jackconway.com and I’ll do whatever I can to help.

Posted by:Kim Herget-Jardim


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August 19, 2009

LOBSTER: FRESH FROM SCITUATE’S WATERS

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As I have written before, I am totally prejudiced about my town of Scituate. There are long list of reasons for this prejudice, but fresh lobster figures high on that list.

Wednesday my son Christopher arrived home from work, changed his clothes and told me he was off with his friend, Ryan to check their traps. For the uninitiated, “checking traps” means jumping into your boat, locating your pots (hidden at your “special spot” off of the Scituate coast), hauling them up, pulling out the “keepers,” re-baiting the traps and dropping them back into the water. We townies, born and brought up in Scituate, enjoy using our non-commercial lobster permit to grab an occasional lobster dinner, all for the cost of the yearly permit fee.

I waited at home hoping we might have a fresh lobster dinner. That was not to be; Christopher came home with just one single lobster. Necessity is the mother of invention: I grabbed a steak out of the freezer to thaw, and pulled out my ancient recipe for “Elegant Lobster Dip”. This recipe has never failed to impress in the 30+ years I have made it, so I will share it with you:

Steaming the lobster : Use a good size kettle, fitted with a cover, filled with about one inch of water. Bring the water to a rolling boil. Take the live and kicking lobster (if it’s not alive, discard the lobster and forget about lobster for dinner) and drop it into the kettle. Steam until the water boils up and the lobster is red. This is a fairly quick process; less than 10 minutes. Keep an eye on it! Do not overcook; if you do you will have rubberized lobster meat that will taste bland.

Shell the lobster: tail, claws, and the all the little legs (leg meat is tender and delicious and worth the effort!). Dice all the meat.

Elegant Lobster Dip
  • Diced, cooked lobster meat
  • 1 c. sour cream
  • 1/4 c. mayonnaise
  • 3 tbsp. Sherry
  • 1 tsp dry mustard
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp. Grated onion
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice


Mix all ingredients, pour into an oven-proof dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Serve with Melba toast rounds.

I hope my posting and my never-fail recipes entices you to think of Scituate as a place you would like to call home. It is a great place to live, whether you eat lobster or not! Our real estate market has picked up (I’ve had two closing within the last three weeks), but prices are still extremely reasonable and mortgages rates are terrific. Come see me at the Jack Conway office at 80 Front St., we have lots of properties which may interest you. Or give me a call at 781-545-4100; I would love to show you any of these properties, as well as give you a “native’s” view of the town; I will walk you down to Mullaney’s Fish Market and you can buy a lobster or two (priced today at $7.99 a pound, so one average chix lobster will cost about $9.99).

Posted By: Mary Dean


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August 19, 2009

No time for summer vacation?

Posted to Kristen Morse

It can be a bummer, especially on those perfect sunny days, but living on the South Shore of Boston allows me to take a mini vacation here and there to make it feel like I’ve been far, far away.

On any given day I can show beautiful homes (or even a tear down shack) in a variety of beach settings, and breathe in the ocean air to smile, if only for a moment. On route to my next appointment, I stop at my local blueberry farm to pick those beautiful blues along an Ocean Spray Cranberry bog edge and satisfy my childhood farm day memories. Granted, it is not my sister’s blueberry farm looking onto Mt. Hood in Boring, Oregon, but it’s quiet and quaint, nutritious and delicious!

When time permits, I steal a couple hours to Nantasket Beach where I watch 2-year old Liam, my surrogate grandson, play in the waves and sand, and then he, Mom and I walk to the vintage Carousel for a nostalgic ride, followed by ice cream. A couple of hours and you feel like you’ve been far away, plus no need for the gym that night, chasing Liam on the beach is enough for one day! And on those days when I’m super busy, longer daylight hours permit me to stop at any number of public golf courses for a free chip and putt tune up. If it’s Widow’s Walk, I then walk across the street to the Driftway to see painters at their easels and just look at the beautiful view for a moment.

If I have a whole day, it’s Falmouth, Cape Cod to visit friends to swim or we walk to the ferry from their house and have a Martha’s Vineyard day. Or, we can have a day in Boston for shopping and museum and strolling taking the commuter rail which is 4 miles from my house. It’s all here on the South Shore, a lifestyle that allows much right in your own surroundings. Day trips are becoming very popular with the economy tightening budgets. Take a day to tour with me and see what we have to offer you! Call 781-799-7651 or email kmorse@jackconway.com. I hope to hear from you and meet you!

Posted By: Kristen Morse


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