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2019
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As the colorful month of June draws to a close, what could be more appropriate than to focus on all the rainbow colors seen around The City.We see the rainbow hues in shop windows, like the shoes store in the Fillmore District, on the wall at Batch! (where Russian Hill meets Nob Hill) and in mosa...
06/28/2019
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Barry Owen, our colleague in Tennessee, is a great thought leader. His post today reminds us to remember what is important and not overlook it in the busyness of the day. Early this week, I got a text from my daughter asking if I was free for lunch. I seldom (if ever) decline an invitation to di...
06/28/2019
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Celebrate the Japanese cultural heritage of Japantown at the Japan Day Festival. Experience an afternoon of Japanese cultural arts and music (drums, harp, dance, poetry, calligraphy, origami and more) in both outdoor and indoor venues. Outdoors, on the Peace Plaza stage near the pagoda enjoy musi...
06/25/2019
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While exploring San Francisco, especially on foot, one has the opportunity to really focus on small things, like the color red. Once you start to focus, you see red everywhere.Sometimes it's hard to miss, like the red dress of the White Crane Troop of musicians welcoming in Chinese New Year, or t...
06/21/2019
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This is a post that should be, and hopefully will be, featured. The quotes by Dale Maxwell and Jim Rohn shared by Carol Williams should be posted on every bulletin board, and her insightful comments taken to heart. "Never give up what you want most for what you want in the moment."- Neal A. Maxwe...
06/19/2019
We've been sensing a change in the real estate markets in many of our local towns in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, the counties south of San Francisco that make up the Silicon Valley. Not every property listed gets multiple offers; not every property sees sale prices far exceeding list pric...
06/19/2019
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As some of you know I love walking throughout the neighborhoods of San Francisco. When on foot, walking between property showings or previews, to appointments or on errands, I have the luxury of a few minutes of time to enjoy some of the sights along the way.Today I am focusing on the color purpl...
06/14/2019
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June is National Home Ownership Month so what better time to give thought to what home ownership means to me, and to my clients. In some of my clients' words:"We raised our family here. The kids used to have so much fun in the back yard, digging forts, rigging up swings and playing for hours. Oh,...
06/12/2019
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Exploring San Francisco, it's hard not to spot accents of orange. You'll find orange in the natural world; in a sunset at Ocean Beach, above, or in gardens throughout the city, like the poppies at Fort Mason Community Garden and the other flowers brightening Holly Hill Park on a cloudy day.Orange...
06/07/2019
FAQ: I think condo/townhouses appreciate a lot less than single family homes. Is that true?That's a question I hear from time to time, most recently two days ago. While it might be true in other parts of the county, in the towns of Belmont and San Carlos California, mid-way along the Peninsula be...
06/04/2019