November 9, 2009 Dear Carol and Ira, It is the eve of the closing of the sale of my house and I am reflecting back on the past 5 months – the length of time it took me to prepare both myself and this beautiful, unique structure for the transition. I had, as you will surely Continue Reading
There are several prerequisites for Berkeley home buyers to be able to take advantage of the new First Time Home Buyer Extended Tax Credit. Income First time (or move up) buyer status Home Purchase Price - It must be $800,000 or below. I wondered how many of the Continue Reading
Carol and I visited the John Lautner Retrospective at UCLA's Hammer Museum last year. You've seen many of Lautner's works, but might not have known his name. Julius Shulman is the amazing person who photographed his work, and the work of many other modern architect since Continue Reading
We've got our eye on fun things for you to do on Halloween There are lots of events on Friday 30 Oct. Friday morning the Thousand Oaks School has a parade at the top of Solano Avenue - there's no parking 9 am to noon, but I'm not sure of the parade time Friday evening Continue Reading
I received a notice that the history center will "celebrate the completion of Kenneth Cardwell's oral history" Sounds like an interesting person - the letter notes he was a UC Professor, fighter pilot, and friend of Bernard Maybeck. Visit the Berkeley History Center at Continue Reading
We negotiated an inspection contingency removal for our seller, so decided to treat ourself to another nice night out.. the second time we've been to Berkeley's Hillside Club in a week. BAHA - Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association - sponsored a talk "A New Deal for Continue Reading