Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues and Crawfish Festival May 10 – 13, 2018 in San Diego The very popular annual Gator by the Bay Zydeco, Blues and Crawfish Festival will be held Thursday May 10th through Sunday May 13th, Mother’s Day weekend, in San Diego! The Gator by the Bay festival, presented by
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04/29/2018
Who IS That Contact in my Phone? I saw an article on Mashable this morning that got me thinking. That can be dangerous. The article was about cleaning out contacts in our phones. The writer took on the task of texting people in her contacts list that she did not know, or remember, to find out if
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04/28/2018
Buying a Vacation Home in Carlsbad Lifestyle Questions to Ask Yourself Now that you have decided to buy a beach home in Carlsbad, or nearby in one of our other beautiful coastal communities, there are some important lifestyle issues to consider. Presumably you have checked with a lender to deter
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04/27/2018
More Than a Bit of Asia in Solana Beach The David Alan Collection is an amazing store/gallery in the Cedros District of Solana Beach, filled with organic wood furniture and slab wood tables, rare antiquities, artifacts and collectibles, primitive and folk art, accessories, and so much more. It'
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04/26/2018
2018 Chocolate FestivalSan Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas It’s almost May which means it’s time for the San Diego Botanic Garden Chocolate Festival in Encinitas. The 2018 festival will be held on Saturday May 12, 2018, the day before Mother‘s Day (notice how I slipped that little hint in!!) f
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04/25/2018
A Cool Refrigerator I was out touring some new model town homes in Carlsbad and came across this cool refrigerator in one of the kitchens. The Samsung Smart Refrigerator allows you to do all kinds of things, at a hefty cost in the thousands. According to their website you can create shopping li
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04/25/2018
7 Things You Must Know Before Your Listing Goes Live Congratulations. You’re about ready to go live on the MLS and showings are going to start. You must be pretty excited to be at this point. But in order to be as successful as possible, there are some key things you need to know, and do! FOLLOW
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04/24/2018
New Homes at The Preserve in Carlsbad Cypress - Single Family Detached Homes Construction at the new home community of The Preserve in northeast Carlsbad continues, with the newest release, single family detached homes at Cypress and the 4th community being built, now available. Be aware that the
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04/23/2018
Wall Art in Santa Monica We spent the weekend in LA visiting our daughter and their families, and stayed one night at a hotel in Santa Monica. We didn't have much time to explore but enjoyed breakfast on Main Street near the beach at the M Street Kitchen Saturday morning. On the walk back to th
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04/23/2018
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles We were in the LA area for the weekend visiting our grandkids and family, and spent a couple of hours at the wonderful Natural History Museum of Los Angeles with our 2 older grandkids and their parents today. It was something they have been wanting to do
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04/22/2018