Deborah's Beach Blog (Santa Cruz)

I think my current fascination with old hotels probably had its roots in my childhood.Growing up in Los Gatos, I distinctly remember the Lyndon Hotel on the corner of Santa Cruz & Main Streets. When I began high school, the hotel was mysteriously demolished. I had no idea why this occurred & stil...

This blog was inspired by a "members only" post that I can't reference here because this post is public, but it was a post advocating, amongst other things, the use of scripts in real estate. The word "scripts" makes me crazy (okay, i will grant you it doesn't take much sometimes). I don't know w...

The Hook, September, 2007, Pleasure Point, CA September in Santa Cruz is amazing - I can't get over it.Last Saturday, one of my daughters joined me for a walk on East Cliff Drive. There were lots of surfers in the water. A beautiful day, even when waiting for the perfect set. We walked from the p...

 The mouth of Soquel Creek where it meets the Pacific Ocean. Capitola Lagoon, Early Evening September, 2007. Note: The lagoon is shored up in the summer time to provide more beach for tourists. In the off-season, the creek runs naturally to the ocean. September in Santa Cruz County is amazing. Th...

This blog was inspired by Janet Guilbault who asked me to check out some condos on 22nd Ave. At the time, I thought to myself, "22nd Ave. is not on my radar," but I didn't think much more about it until I went to look at the condos. Right away, I realized there was no 22nd Ave. I have no idea wha...

For several years, I have been interested in local history. I have done a bit of research and have written several articles for my newsletter, as well as blogs on AR and Word Press, where I have another blog http://debsbeachblog.wordpress.com (which I hardly use anymore since becoming active on A...

  26 th Ave., Santa Cruz, CA, September 2007In November, it will be 10 years since I moved from Silicon Valley to Santa Cruz County. Living in a beach community is wonderful beyond compare. Yesterday was Labor Day, and instead of sitting in traffic for hours trying to get to a beach, I drove a co...

I have a graduate degree in psychology and I have always been interested in individual human behavior, as well as social and cultural issues. As part of my own educational, emotional and spiritual process, I went through a period of evaluating my values. I found the source of my values mostly to ...

As I was hiking through the mountains with a client yesterday, I realized that my partciular forte in raw land real estate (as in other purchases) has to do with finding properties that will meet my clients needs, facilitating the deal, and seeing that the deal concludes favorably. What's differe...

Because people blog in the safety of their homes, offices, cars, or wherever, I think it can be easy to project out into the ether that everyone in a certain community is (. . . fill in the blank - upstanding, "nice," ethical, smart, etc.) The truth is that this community, just like all others, i...