Dear Friends,   Happy New Year! We hope that 2015 treated you as well as it did us. I personally spent New Year’s Eve here in town, and opted to forego the craziness of skiing in the Sierra’s, as almost everyone and their mother seemed to be chasing the heavy snow. On the subject of weather, we’ve been getting sufficient rain here in Carmel the last month, plus. We have the AT&T Pebble...

Dear Friends, Summer is almost upon us, and so are the annual Summertime extravaganzas! The annual Carmel Art Festival kicked off today in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, with the main events beginning tomorrow on Mission Street. There will be a painting competition and various tents up and down the street. The events will go until Sunday and bring even more visitors to our little town, many of whom pour...

Dear Friends, One of my two favorite event weeks is upon us! Next week kicks off the AT&T Pro-Amateur Celebrity Golf Tournament. Since I was a kid, my parents and I would help Ron Faia and the gang in the Carmel Youth Center Tent out on the 14th Fairway at Pebble Beach. The wind would be blowing the tent over, heavy showers prompting everyone on the course to seek shelter under our 2 foot overhangs,...

Happy New Year! New Year's Eve kicked off this go 'round with Monterey's annual First Night Celebration on Alvarado Street in downtown Monterey. Pebble Beach Company and Spanish Bay threw their own shindigs, but we opted for dinner at The Bench, the restaurant on the 18th green in the Pebble Beach Lodge. If you ever go there, and you fancy yourself a fan of martinis, I strongly support you in trying the...

Dear Friends, We finally had some rain! Two separate storm fronts in the last month, and even a multi-day storm expected to roll in tomorrow. All I can say is we NEEDED it. With some of our water well tests coming back over the Summer at less than positive numbers, we could use some help with the local water table. Anything to push those raw land deals along! This past Friday evening, Carmel held the...

Dear Friends, As the days grow shorter, the nights colder and the holidays nearer, some buzz persists in our quaint little town. This last weekend was the annual Big Sur Food & Wine festival, and we headed out to the Grand Tasting at Pfeiffer State Park with some good friends to celebrate life and the pursuit of happiness. Back in town, clear Winter skies proved good beach weather for us locals and...

What a month we've had! Some great sales, prime new listings, even better clients and the Summer still shows no sign of slowing down. As some may know and some not, Carmel & Pebble Beach weather gets better as we get out of Summer and into Fall, and better yet as we edge into the holidays. Indian Summer is upon us and the tourists and would-be buyers are still flooding in to join us in our quaint...

As I ran down Bird Rock this morning, in the Country Club West area of Pebble, I couldn't help thinking how fortunate we are to experience such an incredible area. I grew up in Carmel Valley, going to the Beach Club with my mom and dad when sunny days permitted, but as I ran along 17 Mile, watching the waves in the fog today, I couldn't have felt more blessed. What a special place! Each of our magnificent...

Well, Fourth of July came and went without a hitch. Since we have in recent years been without the annual fireworks display, many locals travel out of town to the Bay Area and beyond for their pyrotechnic fix. Others still sneak down to Carmel Beach and Still Water Cove in Pebble Beach in search of an opportunity to set off a few bottle rockets or Roman Candles. I still recall heading down to Carmel Beach...

Dear Friends, The season is upon us! While the real estate season is in full thrust, so is Summer! We all kicked off a week ago (Memorial Day) with backyard BBQ's and Memorial Day parades, enjoying with gratitude the freedoms that so many of us take for granted the other 364 days out of the year. If not for the great sacrifice of those that have fought so bravely over the years, I might not have the...