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2008 

Cities nearly everywhere have some concerns about construction of cellular towers to carry signals to all of us hopelessly addicted cell phone users.  Irvine California has now extended its ban on cellular towers, recently extending the moratorium on cellular towers for yet another year by unanim...
09/28/2008
Huntington Beach hopes to use Talbert Lake (now an 8 acre dry bed) as an opportunity to gather run-off water before it hits our ocean.  The plan would creatively capture about 1 million gallons of urban polluted run-off water per day and the natural filtration system of the lake would cleanse th...
09/28/2008
I love having plants at my office and in my home.  I'll admit that I have a few silk ones too.  And silk plants require some work...cleaning them.  They look real and they add a nice touch but the real plants are cool...and they are a living thing.  But, we're all busy people and I like indoor pl...
09/28/2008
A recent Martha Stewart article had a light go for me and I wanted to share several tips...  One topic discussed coffee grounds going down a sink drain and the advice was never to do this.  Coffee grounds are course and gritty (no matter how fine they've been ground down) and can get stuck in the...
09/28/2008
There was a fascinating story in our local newspaper recently about a 10 year old 65 pound girl who is barely 4 feet tall and enjoys boxing.  Not watching it...actually boxing in the ring.  In fact, she is nearly undefeated in competition that boasts a 10 -1 record. In recent years we have seen M...
09/27/2008
For many years Monday Night Football has brought people all over this country together.  From pubs in Boston, to bistros in Miami, to bars in Chicago, San Francisco and LA. Monday Night Football was and is something everyone looks forward to at the end of that famous 1st working day of the week. ...
09/21/2008
There are many homes for sale in California and it's important to remember that so many other things can be negotiated besides price.  If a home is priced right there are still other items to consider negotiating such as closing cost credits, inspection fees, repairs, and even the length of escro...
09/20/2008
Does moving to a smaller home always have to do with growing older?  Let's talk about some of the reasons to downsize... Sure, some people downsize to save money but what about the following:  1)      Less stairs to climb 2)      Single level living 3)      Life style change 4)      Shorter commu...
09/20/2008
I'm pretty good with math.  But when it comes to gas prices I'm pretty sure that everyone is pretty good!  And for me, the numbers don't add up.  Let's take a look... When oil was $147 a barrel, gas prices at the pump were about $4.59 in Orange County for regular grade fuel. Now, oil is at about ...
09/19/2008
By now most people know there is no perfect ride in the real estate market.  There are up's and down's in real estate, some more protracted than others but overall, the average "market" moves in approximately 4 year cycles. NAR (the National Association of Realtors) has tracked statistics and tel...
09/19/2008
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