Just read in the Daily Cal that Mabel Bolton left $150,000 to neighborhood's Thousand Oaks Elementary School. There once were several liquor stores on Solano Avenue when we first moved to the Thousand Oaks Neighborhood. Bolton's liquors was one of them. The article talks Continue Reading
We've always felt that our buyers first "buy" neighborhoods, then purchase the nicest home they can buy there.What better way to show which homes are for sale in the Berkeley Hills, Albany, Thousand Oaks, Rockridge than by mapping them?Carol told Mimi, a long-lost cousin Continue Reading
North Berkeley Library Image from Jana Bouc's Flikr Page and used with permission I happened across Jana's Journal and Sketch Blog this morning.... and clicked on it to see a charming sketch Jana Bouc did of the North Berkeley Library. It's a lovely sketch, and captures Continue Reading
Carol recently wrote:We’ve been in business since the 80s and at this time of year, it’s always pretty much the same….. slow with short brokers’ tours for us on Thursdays because there isn’t much that’s new on the market for us to see and report on. It’s frustrating for us Continue Reading
The Cody's Books Bulletin BoardWhen I first came to Berkeley in 1974 I lived on Dwight Way, and frequently strolled up to Telegraph Avenue to visit Cody's Books at Telegraph and Haste.10 years ago, Cody's opened up in Berkeley's 4th Street Shopping Neighborhood... and I was Continue Reading
There's a lunar eclipse coming soon... though it was rainy today!I took this beautiful copper red moon eclipse when I lived in a beautiful home on Buena Vista Way in the Berkeley Hills. The eclipse was sometime between 1975 and 1977, and as best I can recall (actually, Continue Reading