Sunday is Mother's Day! It is a great time to do something special to celebrate the mom in your life. At a meeting yesterday, someone shared with me that they were going to make their wife a delicious breakfast with grilled asparagus, which got me thinking about how to celebrate mom with a fresh, delicious breakfast from the Farmer's Market. I've been going w...
If you know your way to San Jose (if you didn’t sing it the first time, let’s hear it now), you know that it hosts some of the best entertainment in the Bay Area.  Below are some great (read: only 21+ allowed) places to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and if you need a little more than luck this week we’ll also show you how to win $100. ...
Okay, so if you're not cooking up your own corned beef, here are a few fun ideas to find your own pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day in San Francisco plus a very special Peninsula restaurant (check it out below). Â And be sure to check out Elissa's post on Friday about San Jose fun spots! (more…)......
Happy Chinese New Year that is! The 2010 Chinese New Year began on February 14th with the new moon and involves a host of festivities lasting approximately 2 weeks. Welcome the Year of the Tiger (see a traditional chinese papercut version of the tiger below). The Tiger is a sign of bravery and brings protection, courage and power. Sounds to me like a much needed sign ...
Or at least have an excuse to unglue your eyeballs from NFL.com and media day to enjoy some home town sports news.  And so it is with eager anticipation of this year’s 44th Annual Super Bowl that we look at the success of our local community high school sports teams as 2010 kicks off at great year. Redwood Gate in Palo Alto funnels to Gunn High School w...
We work in the Real Estate market and the headlines make even my head spin. Many of the stories can be spun in different directions and the trend seems to pull out the negative facts for a catchy title that gets clicks. The facts are often buried in the story. (more…)......
When a market is undergoing change, there is a time where the changes starts happening before we fully recognize that they are happening. The past 6 months have been full of change. We are the first to say we are astonished by the activity levels that we've seen and continue to see with our "Mrs. Hill" live chat service seeing significant increase in activity since ...
During a planning meeting yesterday morning, our ceiling started to shake as if the financial corporation upstairs were having an astro jump party without us. My co-worker asked, “Hey, what IS that? Is it an... an earthquake?†to which someone quickly responded, “You think ONLY the roof would shake if it were an earthquake- oh come onâ€. Little ...
Below is a real letter from a real homeowner at Village Square- We have the best homeowners EVER! Dear Diana, I wanted to thank you again for helping me with the purchase of my first home here at Village Square. As you know I am in the "Residence 4" plan, the 3 BR/3 BA house. The house is so perfectly suited for my lifestyle and I am enjoying every minute of living ...
Do you envision it as a spa in Sonoma? Picture this as a calm, serene place, with neutral colors, shades of white, gray, beige, popping with colors of nature in variations of green. Â Â Â Smooth tiles with movement, glass tiles, dark smooth woods, Berber carpets. [caption id="attachment_631" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Perfect Retreat - a soaking tub ...