The library provides a comforting respite amid the stress and pressures of work or just the boredom of one’s daily routine. And so it was with much anticipation that drove a few blocks down to the local Centerville Library, not so much as to seek quiet – since most of the library patrons were kids whose energetic voices filled the small library with a delightful buzz.   But instead, my purpose in going to the library was to sit, relax and watch a DVD movie which I have borrowed from this same library last week. The movie, “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” a Filipino Indie film nominated for Best Foreign Film during the 2007 Annual Academy Awards), was now going to be due in two days, and what better way to avoid late fees than to watch it and return it at the same time, while you’... 02/10/2011

There is an awful lot of new construction going on in Fremont near Washington Hospital on Mowry Ave. The hospital itself is under somewhat of a facelift just north of the main building. Furthermore, BART has undergone a massive project not near Washington Hospital on Mowry Ave but off of Stevenson, just across from the Fremont Police Station. Apparently BART is digging the tunnel for the new line. In addition, there is one building in particular that I pass by every day on my way to my office here http://tricityhome.com/fremont-office-visit.html. You may know it. It is on the corner of Stivers and Mowry, a brand new medical building. I'm sure there must be some harried individual or two, being that workers are getting pressure to meet deadlines. The image above was taken one morning rig... 05/01/2010

For someone who is suppossed to know Fremont, I fell short recently. I had heard about Kristy Yamaguchi's Always Dream Play Park in Fremont CA, but I had never seen it. One day while driving on Stevenson towards Mission on my way to the Soccer part of Central Park, there is was, Always Dream Play Park. Kristy Yamaguchi is from Fremont, and I was glad to see she still has vision for achieving not just for herself but others. In this case, the vision was to have a park where children with disabilities can enjoy a colorful play park here in Fremont. It has ramps, and the grounds are both colorful and fun--even parents like to walk on the ultra squishy foam rubber that surrounds each play area. Maybe after a hard day at the office http://www.tricityhome.com/ , I can sneek a bounce or two o... 03/25/2010

A week and a half went by after the close of escrow on the cat pee house in Fremont CA. I went over my turn in sheet for my lock boxes and found that my combo box was still listed as being on the house with the cat pee. Well, I had to go get it. I was a little apprehensive about going to the house because I new the cat pee was going to be there in part. What if the new owner was there? I drove to the house and saw some activity at the front door. The new owner was discussing something with what it looked like to be a contractor of some sort. Was I going to just butt in and say, "Oh, excuse me. I was the one who warned you about the cat pee issue? I just came for my lock box. Oooh! Is that cat pee I still smell?" I made my way up to the walkway, and--Oh My G*d--I was hit all over again h... 08/12/2008

Most of us I'm sure have somewhat of a working knowledge about what to do about cat urine smells. Many good products are now available to help rid us of the ammonia smell that gives can pee it's notoriety. But what I am about to share with you here was so devastating that it had to become a matter of "material fact." And, for your amusement, this is how it all unfolded.Some months ago, I got a call from a homeowner who needed to sell her home in Fremont CA and move out to Modesto. I arrived at the home in my suit and tie, and I was on my way to the front door when I was  greeted by  the Mr. "T" of cat pee smell. I hesitated, then knocked on the the door with the light-hearted (rat tatta-tat-tat tat tat). I thought perhaps the cat pee smell was from a stray cat lingering around the front... 08/12/2008