"How does having a mall close to your neighborhood impact RE values?" I asked the question below in a previous post right after this past December's "Black Friday" and was surprised to realize how many folks were relatively Pollyanna and/or indifferent about what is starting to look like a looming reality.   "I'm seeing the numbers coming in from Wall street already about this holiday's sales numbers. Black Friday had over 2 billion in online sales and they hadn't even tabulated what on-site store sales were but it wasn't looking too good. The reality is that this is nothing new. In house store sales have been suffering for the past decade or so while online sales i.e. Amazon have been soaring along with the stock.  What would happen to RE values in your particular neighborhood should m... 01/06/2017

The Glass Ranch Thanksgiving Weekend Sale in Escondido CA 2014   It’s time again for The Glass Ranch’s annual Open House Sale on Thanksgiving weekend, just in time for holiday shopping.   The Glass Ranch Sale takes place this Saturday and Sunday November 29th and 30th.   Forget Black Friday and enjoy a wonderful opportunity to visit The Glass Ranch in Escondido, tour spectacular gardens filled with plants, flowers and abundant art glass, watch glass blowing demonstrations, and of course do a bit of shopping.   You can watch the glass blowing demo video on my YouTube Channel that I created a several years ago   Enjoy the slide show below from one of my many visits!   Garry Cohen’s Glass Ranch Experience is a very popular art glass venue, located in the beautiful rural Del Dios area of E... 11/25/2014

The Glass Ranch Mother’s Day Celebration at their 20th Semi-Annual Open House in Escondido CA It’s time again for The Glass Ranch’s annual Open House Weekend, Mother’s Day Weekend, Saturday and Sunday May 10 and 11. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit The Glass Ranch in Escondido, tour spectacular gardens filled with plants, flowers and abundant art glass, watch the glass blowing demonstrations, and of course spend some time shopping.       Watch the glass blowing demo video on my YouTube Channel that I created a couple of years ago Enjoy the slide show below from one of several visits!   The Glass Ranch Open House is a very popular event and a wonderful celebration of artistry merging with nature, and a chance to see talented glass artist Gary Cohen and his glass creations, especi... 05/08/2014

The Glass Ranch in Escondido April 2012 Pre-Mother’s Day Celebration at their  18th Semi-Annual Open House   It’s time again for The Glass Ranch’s semi-annual Open House Weekend, their 18th, on April 28th and 29th just in time for Mother’s Day. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit The Glass Ranch in Escondido, tour spectacular gardens filled with plants, flowers and art glass, enjoy the glass blowing demonstrations, and of course shop.   If you have not been to The Glass Ranch in Escondido you are in for a treat. If you have, well, you already know.   The Glass Ranch Open Houses are very popular events and wonderful celebrations of artistry merging with nature, and a chance to see two very talented glass blowers, Cherrie LaPorte and Gary Cohen and their glass creations including Che... 04/25/2012

The Glass Ranch in Escondido Celebrates Black Friday November 25th through the 27th, 2011   They may not be opening their doors at 10 pm or midnight tonight as some stores are, but the semi-annual Glass Ranch Open House (their 17th) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving (the other is before Mother’s Day), is a wonderful experience for art lovers.   The Glass Ranch in Escondido CA, delights in so many ways, from stunning hillside gardens filled with glass creations, to glass blowing demonstrations, to tables filled with all sorts of blown and fused glass art – jewelry, vases, bowls, garden sculpture, and so much more. Talented glass blowers and Glass Ranch owners Garry Cohen and Cherrie LaPorte are a delight and you will enjoy chatting with them about their love of glass blow... 11/24/2011