What’s Better Than Cheap?

After the holidays you may find yourself with a few items that you don’t really want. What do you do with that gag gift that made everyone laugh when you opened it but you don’t want in your house? You can keep it in the basement until your next garage sale, clog the landfills with […]

Top 5 Places to Stay When Visiting South Bend

South Bend may not have a Park-Hyatt or a Hilton, but it has a variety of accommodations from no frills to plush. These are among the best: The Mariott – One of South Bend’s signature buildings with a glass elevator and impressive lobby. It is connected to the Century Center by a skywalk, and adjacent […]

Oak Hill Hits New High

Oak Hill Condo unit 1532 recently sold for $180,000. That makes it the condo with the highest sales price in the Oak Hill complex (based on the data available in the Greater South Bend-Mishawaka MLS). The 1 bedroom + loft, 2 bath condo was well decorated, but lacked space at 1,080 square feet, and appealing […]

South Bend Never Looked So Good

Google Maps has updated its imagery for the state of Indiana. You can now read the numbers from the football field at Notre Dame, or check to see if your car was parked in front of your house when their photo of your block was taken.  Based on the shadows, most of the photos were taken early afternoon, […]

Top Ten Things To Do in South Bend

editors note: This article was written 12/20/2006. While most of it is still relevant, you might want to check the Facebook page 365 Things to do in South Bend for more ideas and an ongoing discussion Visit Notre Dame: Go for the tailgating and a football game. Or go for another sport “ many are […]