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My son and his family drove up from San Diego to visit with me and with our very special friends (who went to UCSD with Evan and Erin). These are the same folks that took us out on the Duffy electric boat.  We also went to Alameda's newest park (not so new now): the…

This building sits on the former Alameda Naval Air Stationaka Alameda Point.I wonder what/how this will be in its second life!From the Real Estate headlines this week: (note- I didn't change any of the wording and/or the punctuation in the following.)-Large 4 bedroom…

The photo was taken from Ballena Bay, today, looking towards foggy San Francisco. We call it instant air-conditioning!And it's climate-friendly...(until it's not)!Below are some of the headlines/emails that have been sent to me in the past week, by unknown Realtors/agents,…

Two things that I've learned in this life....1. Never buy a colored appliance. The color falls (literally) off. For me, it was 'red.' Stick with white.2. I had a friend ask me a couple of weeks ago about my timeshares. I told him I deeded them back to Marriott, and to…

I have 2 full-sized American flags that I can hang outdoors. This is one of them. I think I got it from a friend's estate. It has 13 stars on it, signifying the 13 colonies. It looks like it's 200+ years old. The other flag is very current and has 50 stars.I've always…

I took this photo today, near the Ballena Bay marina, looking towards the South Shore beach. Here's another photo that I took this week featuring lenticular clouds from the same location.It was perfect weather (to me). These past few weeks I've been changing my clothes…