Century-old farmhouse? Check.
"Air Conditioning" provided by windows and Mother Nature? Check.
Audible train travel down the block, once an hour, like clockwork? Check.
Lack of overhead lighting in the master bedroom? Check.
Random small room attached to one bedroom, with no conceivable modern purpose? Check.
One bathroom for three (gentle)men? Check.
Franklin Stove (kind of like this) for heating purposes? Check.
Creepy, crawling, buzzing, six-legged housemates? Check.
Strange creeks in the night? Check.
Blazing fast DSL WiFi? Checkmate.
Seriously, who needs the 20th century when you can have the 19th and 21st?
18665 Pleasant Street is located in the heart of the historic Town of Brookfield, which, in the 1950s, was incorporated into the City of Brookfield. Basically, we live in a 19th-century used-to-be-farming neighborhood surrounded by extremely modern development. It's a really great situation, with a rural feel at home with suburbia nearby and a city a quick drive away on the expressway.
Fun Brookfield trivia: Past residents include Al Capone (the site of his former house now sits on Capone Court) and Caroline Ingalls, the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Legend has it that Caroline was the first person to be born in Brookfield, pre-Wisconsin statehood, in 1839.
Enjoy your second day on the job; Tom and I will be spending it at the beautiful Miller Park to watch the National League Wild Card-leading Brewers take Houston House's pitiful Astros. Bwahahaha. Not a bad spot for a "staff retreat," and Tom's lucky my staff is extra nice and invited him along. Too bad Isaac's mentor has the rest of his life booked already. Isaac insisted he wanted to be married in the Basilica, but Sue has already reserved St. James for the summer of 2010.
The Brookfield 3 wish you all the best.
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2 comments:
That stove is sweeeeet.
Miller Park... impressive!
The house sounds great, and by great, I mean I won't be visiting. just kidding guys!
how's that bathroom waiting room?
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