Derek Lanning - Realtor

I’m hosting an open house this Sunday from 12-2pm. Stop in and check out this beautiful home.

I’ll be hosting an open house on Saturday June 13th from 1pm -3pm. Stop in and check this home out.

Time for a history lesson. Anytime someone uses the phrase "plain vanilla," as if it somehow means boring or unoriginal, I kind of laugh to myself. Apparently, most don't know the real history of vanilla.

For starters, it's the second most expensive spice in the world ( #1 is saffron). Vanilla is the only edible fruit out of 35,000 species of orchid. Frankly, it's a statistical miracle. It requires a special tropical climate to grow, and each flower blooms for, wait for it... one day.

Pound for pound, vanilla seeds are worth more than silver.

Historically, only kings could afford such a rare delicacy as vanilla.

Not to mention the invention of ice cream itself, which would have required sending an expedition to the mountains to bring back ice during a hot summer. And yet here I am, casually enjoying this frozen dessert flavored with one of the most miraculous spices in the world. 🍦

You may call it "plain vanilla." I call it a miracle.

Modern life is pretty amazing if you have an attitude of gratitude. 🙂

- Derek

P.S. Is there anything better than an ice cream cone from Wally's Frozen Custard? Rhetorical question... no, there's not.

I’ll be hosting an open house tomorrow from 1pm - 3pm. Come check out this beautiful home.

46349 Coachwood Dr, Shelby Township, MI 48315 - For Sale Listed for sale at $580000. Beautifully updated 4-bedroom Colonial located in an award-winning Utica school district! This spacious home offers a br...