There’s something about The Town of Hampstead development in Montgomery that feels, well . . . not at all like Montgomery.

In a good way.

Like maybe a it’s little more hip than the typical central Alabama neighborhood?  (What is Hampstead? Read more here.)

I love that I get these emails every now and then from “Events@Hampstead” letting me know what’s going on there.  You can get them, too, by going to the Town of Hampstead website and subscribing to their newsletter.  The emails don’t come often, and usually have something pretty interesting to say.

For example – the latest one announces the opening of The Tipping Point coffee shop and bar AND the upcoming opening of Ham and High restaurant on April 30th.  See what I mean?  Two cool new places to gather, eat and drink in Montgomery!

My neighborhood emails usually announce the due date for HOA dues and dates of neighborhood work parties.  Not nearly as exciting!

Even if you choose another River Region neighborhood to call home, Hampstead still invites us all to join in on the fun.  For help with your Montgomery-area house hunt, contact us at the number above.  We’re local Realtors who would love to work for you!

It’s a high of 80 degrees today and my kids want Nancy’s  Italian Ice – blue Italian ice to be exact.

I do too!

If you haven’t been to this great little sweet shop in the Winn Dixie/Sturbridge shopping center on Vaughn Road, you need to go.  Nancy’s passes our test for 3 reasons:

1) It really tastes good (the kids will eat all of it).  The Italian ice comes in fruity flavors, plus, there’s gelato (like a dense ice cream), soft serve ice cream, and baked goods like cookies and cupcakes.  Someone under 6 at our table immediately ate the icing off the cupcake we bought (imagine that) so I didn’t get a lick of icing, but the cake was more like a pound cake than a regular cake = excellent!!  The baked goods are made in the store each morning.

2) It is reasonably priced.   We don’t like taking out a loan to go to the ice cream shop.  At Nancy’s, the kid’s “little owl” cup is $0.99.  The servings are huge. You get a lot of mileage out of a trip with prices like that.

3) It’s a locally owned, family business.  It’s fun to support them.  And from what we gathered on our last trip, a lot of Montgomery families are also having fun supporting them!  The after-school traffic was steady, and it was nice to gather and visit with friends.

Thanks, Nancy’s, for adding some more local flavor to east Montgomery!

If you’d like to find a home near great restaurants and shops like Nancy’s, give us a call.  We can show you any property in the Montgomery Area MLS, and it costs buyers nothing to have a Realtor on your side!