Skelvis is alive and well in Los Olivos!Spider Web Eyes, as Wilbur in Charlotte's Web said, "Who'da Thunk it? And last but not least the Trader Joe's bag lady! Happy Halloween, every body! Written by Ron & Alexandra Seigel-ABOUT: Napa Consultants, International is the leader in brand strategy
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10/31/2015
This beautiful fennel (finocchio) caught our attention!Here is Kim, Quincy's best friend when we are out of town. She also also for BD. Trine, whose niche is growing all kinds of herbs and other interesting vegetables. The cauliflower was really purple today!And look at this pomelo, what a bea
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10/31/2015
One of the loveliest places to have lunch or enjoy Happy Hour in Santa Barbara is at the Santa Barbara Biltmore Hotel. Just getting there after you park in the self park area is a joy as you walk through gardens with specimen trees and bushes.And then you enter the restaurant with a view of the
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10/30/2015
Yes, for whatever reason our little hamlet of Carpinteria is Halloween and Pumpkin Challenged. We admit it. We even headed to Montecito and found next to no reference to the orange squash, just a mylar witch on a door.. We checked out the Biltmore Hotel, whose exquisite Christmas decor is alway
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10/30/2015
We have often heard the expression, "There Is No Such Thing, As A Free Lunch!". Invariably, there are some kind of strings attached to the free lunch. Today, we had a free lunch, no strings attached! We had lunch at our favorite eatery in Montecito/Santa Barbara, The Honor Bar. We enjoyed our u
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10/29/2015
In marketing luxury real estate, you do not have to be as wealthy as your clients to be very successful. You just need to be equal to them in self-esteem and not feel puny. Self-esteem a measure of your intrinsic value and it is the immune system of your soul. Most high net worth consumers ar
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10/28/2015
This is one eye-popping sunrise to wake up to! Good morning Active Rain Friends!A few minutes later...Happy Tuesday, Prepare to Reset Your Expectations for Luxury Real Estate Website Design (Click Here) Discover Which Niche Can Make You Rich (Click Here) Written by Ron & Alexandra S
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10/27/2015
In order to stand out and be top of mind in your marketplace as a luxury real estate marketing professional, one of the avenues to be memorable is to use humor as part of your brand strategy. Humor is humanizing, because it is a universal language. Humor in marketing if done right can catch atte
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10/26/2015
I had a difficult time identifying the name of this tree/bush/shrub that brightens our days and makes a great butterfly perch. It also attracts many hummingbirds. After an exhaustive search on Google, I found it! Duranta is a genus in the Verbena family. It is native from Southern Florida to
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10/25/2015
With all the warm weather we had, I did not realize that cymbidium season has begun! There are one of our favorite orchids in the fall, and they are partial to cooler weather. Now that the weather has cooled a bit, our growers are releasing them to our area! Written by Ron & Alexandra Seigel-AB
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10/25/2015
