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Real Estate Agent - Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - 01338415
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Ok...  For those iPhone and iPad users, you will now be able to blog and comment on ActiveRain using your apple gadgets!  So no more rushing to a computer to post...  You can do it with your WiFi or Cell connected devices! Good stuff! -Chris With the highly anticipated release of iOS5 finally arr...
10/11/2011
Columbus Day...  We all learned this poem growing up.  I forgot most of the words, but for Columbus Day I thought I would post the words to the poem.   By Jean Marzollo In 1492 In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through...
10/09/2011
By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. Christopher Columbus  I thought in honor of Columbus Day I would use a quote from him, to help inspire and motivate.  I know the Vikings probably came to America before him.  And maybe...
10/09/2011
Every year, my son and I go to get pumpkins in Half Moon Bay, CA.  I have been heading over there ever since I was a kid.  Even though it is bigger and has far more people than back in the day, it is still an amazing place to go! It had just rained a few days earlier, so we put on our boots.  Me ...
10/09/2011
I was sitting in my kitchen having a snack and I saw big bird having field day down at my pool!  Chasing whatever seemed to catch it's fancy.  There are lizards, field mice, bunnies, gophers and other stuff down there so I still wonder what it was chasing! He (she?) landed on one of the recliners...
10/09/2011
I spent the morning in Half Moon Bay at Pastorino's and Lemos Farms...  You have to go early at this time of year, as the crowds get pretty big later in the day. This first picture was from Pastorino's farms.  I have been getting pumpkins at this patch for over 35 years! And this one is from Lemo...
10/09/2011
Okay, so I was driving over to Half Moon Bay to get my pumpkins on Saturday...  This white car passed me up and it looked quite peculiar...   The dude driving was loaded down with tons of loaves of bread!  I mean stacked to the brim!  I had to step on it to get a better picture...  I wonder if it...
10/09/2011
Los Gatos High School had it's annual Glass Pumpkin Fundraiser reciently on the front lawn of Los Gatos High School... It was held the weekend of Oct 1st and 2nd, and the weather was perfect! Thousands of Glass Pumpkins to choose from, and it seems it has become a yearly tradition to purchase one...
10/09/2011
I have to say, this is some awesome time lapse photography at work here! I came across this, and thought I would share. Sometimes we have to take a break from real estate and just have a bit of fun! Or in this case, awe! Landscapes: Volume One from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo. What do you think? It m...
10/08/2011
Strange huh?  Or is it that strange? We tell (or we are told) to lead generate, lead generate, lead generate...  Day after day after day.  The more we lead generate, the more likely we will increase our business.  Get to that yes, yes, yes...  That we have to go through no's to eventually get to ...
10/06/2011
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