Summer may not be officially over for another week or so but in my mind it does end with Labor Day here in the States. And Mother Nature didn't waste anytime in reminding us in the Bay Area that it was drawing to a close. Saturday morning the alarm via thunder and lightning awoke most of us just before the crack of dawn and what a show as it seemed to stall over us for about half an hour, maybe more. It was a drizzly weekend to say the least.

 Luckily Nancy and I were able to make a quick escape earlier in the week up to the Mendocino coast to Gualala to end our summer. Nancy's sister had booked a two bedroom cabin at Serenisea, cabin five to be specific. It was relaxing and had a view you would not believe. The deck off the bedrooms was literally on the edge of a cliff. I mean standing at the fence line and two feet out you looked 100 feet+ down to the ocean. A little unsettling knowing this is earthquake country; but what's wrong with a little gamble? Thursday morning I woke before everyone else, threw my swimsuit on and headed over to the hot tub which was set up much like our deck but just a few yards away and sipped my coffee at the cliffs edge listening to the ocean. Now that's the way to start a day. After breakfast Nancy and I headed into town to see what there was to see in a few galleries and shops and decided to head back. While heading back we decided to pick up the others and drive up to the Point Arena lighthouse and took a foggy tour of it. It was interesting even without a view that day just to think of its history by looking at all the pictures on the walls. We were all a little tired after climbing the 100+ stairs to the top. So we returned to the cabin and lounged around until dinner at Cove Azul in Gualala. After dinner we lit a fire in the outdoor pit built into the deck and roasted marshmallows until it was time to call it a night. Friday morning we packed up and called an end to our summer travels.

 An update to our business back home is that 737 Haight Avenue is now on the MLS and will be open tomorrow Tuesday 9/15 for Broker's tour followed by the public open houses this coming Saturday and Sunday. Our pre-MLS marketing has stirred a little interest in the home and we expect to see busy open houses this week. I'll keep you apprised of its status.

 Our Buena Vista properties are still in escrow and are scheduled to close at the end of the month if I can keep the buyers agent on track with what he still needs to do. Its been tedious enough just working with all the tenants but then to have to continue to bug the buyers agent to do his job just builds upon any frustration. But I'm assured they will close at months end, cross your fingers, toes and eyes for me. Rarely is there a smooth escrow I keep reminding myself, and this one would take the prize hands down.

 We also checked in Sunday with the progress being made by our sellers in the Gold Coast and have a tentative date of 9/22 before it will come on the market.

 So what's new in the market for the past two weeks? Just click on the headings below.

 BROKER'S TOUR

 NEW

 PRICE CHANGES

 PENDING

 SOLD

 ALL AVAILABLE

 Ciao for now, Chuck