Scenes from the Berkeley/Albany Solano Stroll
TweetThis year’s Solano Stroll was a lot of fun. I spent the day with my brother Bruce, the same one who got a hole-in-one yesterday at Tilden Park Golf Course. We staffed our booth in front of the...
View ArticleWe will never forget… never, never, never forget
TweetOn 2 Sep 2001 Carol and I took my mother Adele to Marcy & Bob’s wedding in Scotch Plains, NJ. I asked my mom what she wanted to do, and she said “take me for a ride through Manhattan”. I love...
View Article"Dreams become reality in Thousand Oaks"
TweetThat’s a direct quote from the marvelous article Strolling Down Solano Avenue in the Berkeley Daily Planet! Marta Yamamoto does a great job of capturing the essence of Berkeley’s wonderful...
View ArticleOur Buyer Brokerage System In Action
TweetAfter careful research and analysis, have discovered that buyers are involved in 100% of the real estate closings! Yet.. if you’ve ever attended a real estate seminar, the vast majority of...
View ArticleSelling your Berkeley home? Here's what you need to know about Berkeley's new...
TweetIt goes into effect on 1 Oct 2006, which means that just about everyone who has a Berkeley home on the market as of September 2006 must be in compliance with Berkeley’s Sewer Lateral Ordinance....
View ArticlePoudini & Puddy Maximus
TweetThose are the names of our two kittens we adopted from the Milo Foundation at 1575 Solano Avenue in Berkeley. They’re now 5 months old and growing in leaps and bounds. And leaping and bounding. We...
View ArticleFriday & Saturday Radio Shows
TweetWe always enjoy Friday night and Saturday Mornings. That’s when our favorite radio shows are on! They each have streaming audio, so just click on the station link to listen live… and be sure to...
View ArticleTimes Of The Signs
TweetWhen you’ve lived in Berkeley awhile, you’ve learned to calendar the UC Bears Football Days. Sunday morning I was putting up Open House signs for 47 Canyon Road and came across this interesting...
View ArticleBerkeley Events – Walking Tours/Spice of Life Festival
TweetIt’s almost fall… and that means more events in Berkeley Berkeley Historical Society is sponsoring a series of walking tours this fall. Steven Finacom wrote Historical Society Hosts Fall Walking...
View ArticleWalking The Streets Of Berkeley!
TweetI happened across an interesting blog today…. Walking Berkeley by Jen who decided to walk all the streets of Berkeley. The “About” section says “In 2004, I moved to Berkeley, California. In 2005 I...
View ArticleBerkeley West
TweetIt was a beautiful day, and we decided to visit Berkeley West. We often blog about our favorite Berkeley neighborhoods, and 4th Street in West Berkeley, is one of our favorites. This time we...
View ArticleSunday In Berkeley With Ira
TweetGot up early to put out lots of Open House signs for 1711 San Lorenzo in Thousand Oaks, one of our wonderful Berkeley Neighborhoods. It’s a completely updated 3 bedroom 2 bath home for $925,000....
View ArticleBusby Berkeley
TweetPut Berkeley into a search and you’ll come up with UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, City of Berkeley, Elizabeth Berkeley (nuff said), Real Estate Berkeley CA, Berkeley Parent Network.. and...
View ArticleAnother Berkeley Nobel Prize!
Tweet Albert Ghiorso at the Berkeley’s Saturday Farmer’s Market The phone call came early this morning! I’d heard the rumors, but was thrilled to find out that I received the 2006 Nobel Prize for Real...
View ArticleSelling your Berkeley home? Here's what you need to know about Berkeley's new...
TweetIt goes into effect on 1 Oct 2006, which means that just about everyone who has a Berkeley home on the market as of September 2006 must be in compliance with Berkeley’s Sewer Lateral Ordinance....
View ArticleAnother Berkeley Nobel Prize!
Tweet Albert Ghiorso at the Berkeley’s Saturday Farmer’s Market The phone call came early this morning! I’d heard the rumors, but was thrilled to find out that I received the 2006 Nobel Prize for Real...
View ArticleDoes 2 x Thousand Oaks = 2,000 Oaks?
TweetDoes 2 x Thousand Oaks Berkeley Neighborhood = Two Thousand Oaks? Time will tell! We just sold a Thousand Oaks home at 1711 San Lorenzo… and put another home on the market at 1837 San Lorenzo… so...
View ArticleThe Groucho Effect
Tweet Amongst the words of wisdom attributed to Groucho Marx is the quote “I would not join any club that would have someone like me for a member.” We’ve noticed the same effect in real estate. A home...
View ArticleHave a nice trip… see you next fall!
TweetAnd that’s what happened to me at Sunday’s open house of our new Berkeley Thousand Oaks Neighborhood home at 1837 San Lorenzo. I was opening up the house, and getting flyers to give to a visitor,...
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