Wendy and Polk Stewart have lived a few blocks away from us in Berkeley's Thousand Oaks Neighborhood for many years. I sat down with them a few weeks ago so they'd be able to tell you what makes their home ... and our 1000 Oaks Neighborhood so special. Carol and I have Continue Reading
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I love exploring Berkeley and seeing new things ... and I'm not alone! My friend Jim Corr created a web site Hidden (and not so Hidden) Gems of Berkeley dedicated to what he's dubbed “private public art”—i.e., art that is displayed in the front yards or on the walls of Continue Reading
Click the image to view the video It was a dark and stormy night in Berkeley on Fri 18 Mar 2011 - lightning, thunder and hail. We see hail about once a year in Berkeley, but never for this long ... and it's the first time I ever remember being able to walk on a carpet of Continue Reading
Berkeley has changed a lot since I moved here in 1974 ... and I often go by places and think "that used to be ..." I went to Looking Glass Photo (Great Customer Service) tonight, then took Carol to dinner at Looney's Smokehouse at 2190 Bancroft Way She asked "what did this Continue Reading
Every year research Berkeley California single family home prices using data from the Berkeley East Bay Regional Data Multiple Listing Service - MLS. The MLS doesn't include every home sale in Berkeley, but it's a large enough data set that I feel it gives a very good Continue Reading