It is the various tourist spots, shopping arenas, lively arts community, awesome architecture, energetic nightlife, rich culinary delights and lots more that have made San Francisco Bay Area a top tourist destination. The best way to explore the Bay Area is by a limo as there are distances involved and with public transport, which is quite good, it is not possible to cover all the attractions in s
With rates falling to all time lows, people are starting to ask a lot of questions about FHA streamline refinances. Usually they begin with, “Does FHA have a stated income refinance program?” to which I promptly respond “No”. They do however have a streamline refinance program that is designed to refinance borrowers who [...]
I read another great article on the Tulia Blog by Realtor Carl Medford. He outlines the fine print and what you need to know about the housing auctions going on in the East Bay. In my experience some savvy investors can do well at housing auctions but 9 out of 10 [...]
A federal regulator has set the 2009 conforming limit at the same level as in 2008. But a program created in recent legislation temporarily pushes the limit past $600,000 in some areas.
The conforming limit will remain at $417,000 next year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said in a news release today.
Loans purchased by Fannie [...]
BizBen viewers top selections yesterday included a San Francisco Bay Area Car Accessories Company, a Foothills Area Engineering Service, a Sacramento Hair Salon, a Butte County Gas/Wash/Food Mart With Real Estate., a Northern California ICF Healthcare Service, as some of the more popular California small businesses for sale that were added and reviewed by business buyers, business brokers, & busin
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As our trip began to wind down, we decided to close out our wonderful Bay Area Trip by going to The House of Prime Rib. It was a blast! The food, ambiance and service was superb, although we did have to wait a while even with a reservation. It was a Saturday night, so it’s [...]
As our trip began to wind down, we decided to close out our wonderful Bay Area Trip by going to The House of Prime Rib. It was a blast! The food, ambiance and service was superb, although we did have to wait a while even with a reservation. It was a Saturday night, so it’s [...]
California and especially San Francisco Bay Area undoubtedly has more motorcyclists than any other state due to its size and mild climate. Some of the most common motorcycle accidents is where a car turns left in front of a motorcycle at a busy intersection. This is especially likely to happen during the rush hour, at [...]
This was my first trip out to Napa, so I was quite excited about the notion of getting drunk off wine. After all, not being the designated driver is like having a license to drink. During this trip, we made a total of six winery stops, but only sampled four of them. We hit up [...]
BizBen viewers top picks yesterday included a San Francisco Bay Area Mexican Restaurant, a San Diego Used Car Dealership, a High Desert Retail Flooring Co., a San Fernando Valley Transportation Service, a Danville Direct Mail Company, an as some of the more popular California small and mid-sized business for sale opportunities that were added and reviewed by business buyers, business broker interm
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It would seem that buyers are no longer holding back on their decision to enjoy the great opportunities offered by these foreclosure homes in San Francisco’s Bay Area. With home prices declining even further for the month of July, foreclosed properties have become even more affordable.
One of the hardest things to do when you are preparing to sell your home, is to get rid of the clutter. After years of making memories, what appears as clutter to a potential buyer may not be evident to the homeowner. Invite a friend over to help point out the clutter areas [...]
"On Saturday, July 26th, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is hosting its annual San Francisco gala dinner and fund raiser at the Westin St. Francis hotel. They’ll raise money, cheer and applaud their apparent successes in Washington DC, announce a sudden, renewed interest in marriage, and claim that they are advancing the nation’s LGBT agenda.But we in San Francisco’s LGBT community are prepa
We, Pratham Services are a Indian manpower solutions provider, catering to various Indian and Overseas clients in Information Technology, specifically in the BFSI, ERP and ICT domains, operating from Gurgaon, the IT hub of North India near New DelhiWe have been retained by one of the global leaders in the IT and Telecom industry from the US, for their Bay Area, CA offices for recruiting resources
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Craziness! I just finished up an epic trip to California, highlighted by a few days of climbing in Yosemite, followed by Amy and Rob’s wedding in Sonoma, followed by Joanna and Jason’s engagement session all over the Bay Area. It was an exhausting but absolutely awesome week.
I think I’ll work backwards here and post [...]
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CONCERTO MOON from Japan is confirmed for its first U.S. appearance at the second annual Bay Area Rock Festival. Led by guitar maestro Norifumi Shima, the group is celebrating its 10th anniversary as the self-proclaimed leading hard rock band of Japan by releasing a new studio album and a CD/DVD retrospective.
CONCERTO MOON's unique compositional style and fluid guitar...
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I thought this was a really sweet and cute thing to do. Just check out the link below to see what I mean!
Junior High Sweethearts Get Engaged In Bay Area Math Class
For quite a while now heaps of bay area rollerbladers have been meeting at Walnut Creek skatepark every Tuesday night. Everyone is always stoked to be there and get loose after a long day at work or school. The footage you see was captured during three different Tuesday sessions between April and May of 2008. [...]
Late last week lenders began pricing the new “Jumbo Conforming” loans as if they were the same as the usual Conforming loan.
The “Conforming Loan”- Is a loan up to $417,000 that was the standard before the economic stimulus package was introduced earlier this year.
The “New Jumbo Conforming”- is a loan limit that is $417,001-$729,750 scheduled [...]
The United States is a nation of tinkerers. We build, we modify, and we extend. We like to make devices do things that they are not designed to do, just to know that we've done it. This spirit was alive and well over the weekend at the San Mateo County Expo at the Maker Faire Bay Area. The Maker Faire was an absolute blast. I heartily recommend it to geeks of all kinds.
Today, I received my first delivery from Farm Fresh To You (FFTY). FFTY is a local organic family farm delivering fruits and vegetables direct to your door. For $29 (which includes delivery), I signed up for the 'regular' box which contains mostly vegetables with a bit of fruit. They provide many options and are flexible in customizing what shows up in your box (i.e. I never want peas, but
Today, I received my first delivery from Farm Fresh To You (FFTY). FFTY is a local organic family farm delivering fruits and vegetables direct to your door. For $29 (which includes delivery), I signed up for the 'regular' box which contains mostly vegetables with a bit of fruit. They provide many options and are flexible in customizing what shows up in your box (i.e. I never want peas, but alway
Crosby will be in the bay area all of next week, from 4/26 - 5/3.
If anyone is interested in meeting up for coffee, boutique shopping, cupcakes, etc.
Drop a line at crosby[at]prcouture.com
Looking forward to it! xx
Lenders took back 6,579 homes in the nine-county Bay Area during the first quarter, up from 1,493 a year ago and 4,573 in the fourth quarter, according to a report released by DataQuick on Tuesday. Throughout California, 47,171 homes were foreclosed on, up from 11,032 a year ago. The regional and state figures are now at their highest level in more than 15 years. It's just the newest benchmark in a housing crisis that has set one after another. The national real estate downturn reached critical levels last summer as resetting subprime loans and falling home values precipitated growing numbers of defaults and eventually an international liquidity crisis. The big jump in foreclosures will place additional pressure on home prices, which could lead to further foreclosures, economists say.
Numa altura em que a Full Melt Recordings já anuncia para breve a edição do segundo volume da Série Bay Area Dubstep, arranjei, finalmente, tempo para apreciar o primeiro volume, editado oficialmente no início deste ano de 2008. 14 temas de produtores californianos que exploram diferentes caminhos para esta sonoridade urbana, desde aproximações ao dub-techno até à utilização de elementos étnicos em abordagens diversas que atestam a vitalidade deste som e a sua escusa em ceder ao "mais do mesmo" mantendo a sua aura puramente undergound.MySpace Full Melt Recordings
The Bay Area Green Business Program verifies that businesses meet higher standards of environmental performance. Their partnerships, comprised of government agencies and utilities, help local businesses comply with all environmental regulations and take actions to conserve resources, prevent pollution, and...
This past week, James Beard Foundation announced their nominees for the 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards. Like last year, the Bay Area food community is well-represented. Boulevard and The Slanted Door, two perennial San Francisco favorites, are up for the Outstanding Restaurant Award. While not a clean sweep like last year, four of the five nominees in the Best Chef in the Pacific Region (California and Hawaii) are from the Bay Area: Douglas Keane of Cyrus, Craig Stoll of Delfina, and Michael Tusk of Quince are repeat nominees from last year, with David Kinch of Manresa joining them on the list of nominees.Nate Appleman of A16 and SPQR is a repeat nominee in the Rising Star Chef of the year. Nicole Plue of Yountville's Redd and Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson of Tartine Bakery
When Paula and Arnie Celick moved into their Auburn, CA home with a new phone number, they didn't know a previous user of the number was being pursued by collection agencies.
The collection agencies refused to honor the Celick's requests to stop calling. The phone company and others were powerless to restrain the insistent bill collectors who kept calling the wrong people. Finally, the Celick's
Yeah, well not really breaking news if you live in San Francisco. This happens all the damn time around here. I just heard on the news that “peace activists” plan demonstrations across the nation today to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. More than 600 events are planned nationwide and [...]
The Bay Area's rich are still snapping up high-end properties for record sums. On Friday, a mystery shopper agreed to buy the unfinished penthouse at the Millennium Tower for $11 million. That's $2,288.81 for each of the San Francisco property's 4,800 square feet, a range rarely exceeded even when the space is built out - that is to say, when it actually includes walls and finishes.The buyer, who wasn't identified per the building owner's policy, put down $1 million to begin the escrow process.
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Said to be an 833 billion dollar industry in 2006 and is planned to be the next big job boom since the dot com era, Clean-tech industries is coming to the East Bay to what’s named the “Green Corridor”. Future job numbers are estimated to reach 40 million jobs and a 4.5 Trillion dollar industry by 2030. Oakland, Richmond, Emeryville and Berkeley Mayors gathered with the Chancellor of U.C. Berkeley, Robert Brigeneau, at his private residence to help inspire a collective approach for the wave of Green Construction, Green Conservation and Green Programs in the East Bay.
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One of the most sought-after tourist destinations in USA has to be the city of San Francisco, which, like New York, is termed as the city that never sleeps. A beautifully designed city on the Bay at the western coast of US, this place has something interesting, exciting and fulfilling to offer to every individual; whether you are a nature-lover, a water-sports person, love architecture and history, are an avid shopper, an adventurer or a foodie like me, you will never be disappointed in SFO, and will always come back for more too! But 2 days is a very short time to capture the essence of the city; ideally, you at least need a week to revel and appreciate what SFO has to offer. But not many of us have the luxury to spend more than a weekend for short getaways. So as a resident of this area who loves travelling and blogging, I am honored to play a guide to your San Francisco Bay trip, guiding you through the must-see places and tourist attractions in and around the city, and making sure
Do you want to give a special client the red carpet treatment at a NHL Tampa Bay Lightning Home Hockey game? Do you live in the Tampa Bay area? These tickets come with ALL, and I mean ALL, the amenities? I have pairs of season tickets (2 tickets to each game) to all their home games, which includes FREE parking right next to the stadium, first class service in the AFS Club (formerly the XO Club two years ago) which includes all you food, beer, wine, soda, and deserts. If you smoke, there is a cigar lounge in there which has full visibility of the ice and action. (BTW, no misprint - ALL, the beer, wine, etc included - within legal reason of course - IE- they cannot serve you if you are visibly intoxicated) How would you like to treat your client to this very special red carpet treatment of a night out? Just feel free to email or call me! Here is the rest of this months, November, and December's schedul
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Do you live in the Tampa Bay area? Would you like to go to a NHL Tampa Bay Lightning home game, with ALL, and I mean ALLthe amenities? I have pairs of season tickets (2 tickets to all games) to all their home games, which includes FREE parking right next to the stadium, first class service in the AFS Club (formerly the XO Club two years ago) which includes all you food, beer, wine, soda, and deserts. If you smoke, there is a cigar lounge in there which has full visibility of the ice and action. (BTW, no misprint - ALLthe beer, wine, etc included - within legal reason of course - IE- they cannot serve you if you are visiblyintoxicated) How would you like to treat your client to this very special night out? Just feel free to email or call me! Here is the rest of this months schedule, and I will post more in a few weeks, but as I said, I have the ENTIRE season of these awesome great seats!Day Date Visitor Home Time October Thr Sat W
On Friday 28th September Sekhar Kammula’s Happy Days created a new record with the biggest ever attendance for a telugu movie in USA. Dallas telugu movie market is typically about 50% of the NJ and about 40% of Bay area markets. On Friday 500 watched Happy Days in bay area and about 700 in NJ. 1157 people watched it in Dallas, which means almost the number which is equal to NJ and Bay area put together( 500+700=1200). It is just unprecedented and happened on the same day the hyped ‘Chirutha’ got released.
These guys are located right across from our mattress store. I’ve talked to the owners and they are kinda cool. Anyways, you gotta check out buildasofa.com for your next custom sofa you are going to build if you live in the SF Bay Area. They used to have this 2 story sofa outside their building. (I think someone bought it)
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On Friday We went to the De Young. I like the building. I even like the mesh now. There was one flaw, the top viewing deck is “elevator only”, ridiculous. We met a friend of Amy’s Joe Mangrum. Does ephemeral art. I liked the Hiroshimo Sugimoto exhibit, the suble siplicity of the seascapes and the art about art idea is present in his long warrior photo.
The best for me was learning from Amy about the Bay area Figurative school. (Good summary, More NYT)
I liked the Richard Diebenkorn I saw.
DQNews.com has an interesting list of residential resale values for each zip code in the Bay Area. The table compares June 2007 to the prior year and shows absolute and percentage changes in sales volume and median price. I'm glad to see this data, since it confirms my earlier hunch about the flight to quality in a downward trending market. In Contra Costa county (my neck of the hood), the better school district zip codes of Lafayette, Moraga, and Orinda are worlds apart, and are faring much better, compared to the eastern part of the county (Antioch, Pittsburg, Oakley, etc.). This is not to say that the 'good zips' won't get hit later -- and I think they will -- but it shows the importance of buying in the right areas to decrease market volatility risk exposure. There is still money to be made in these market conditions, but it is critical to stick to the fundamentals and make sure you are making money on the purchase of the property rather than hopin
Anyone who's spent even one day in India knows what "chaat" means....The first drops of rain would send people flocking to the chaat places, and now the craze has reached such a crescendo that be it any season or any time of the day, chaat-mania never dies!!! The mouth-watering taste of the "chutneys" (tamarind and green chilly sauces) and the mind-boggling smell of the entire concoction is sure to leave its mark on anyone, not just an indian!!So here's an ode to one such eating joint called Chaat Paradise, located in a small corner of a huge complex in mountainview. The restaurant is hardly noticeable from outside, yet it draws huge crowds during lunch and weekends simply based on the word-of-mouth of its delighted and satisfied patrons like me. Its menu is pretty extensive with a large variety of appetizers and chaat dishes, and you'd be happy to pick out any one of them from the list. but my favourites are the "Hara-Bhara Sprout Bhel" and the "Dahi batata sev puri". The paneer pa
This weekend, many people will be going here and then heading towards the gulf for some R&R. For those that are from up North or in the Mid-West or from any part of the country without beach access, this is what you are missing.
My wife and I will just have a simple walk at the beach. Perhaps visit Hurricane restaurant & bar to catch the sunset. By the way, they have the best calamari around (believe me, we have ordered calamari from all the restaurants we’ve visited in the Tampa Bay area. Enjoy your weekend.
This weekend, many people will be going here and then heading towards the gulf for some R&R. For those that are from up North or in the Mid-West or from any part of the country without beach access, this is what you are missing.
My wife and I will just have a simple walk at the beach. Perhaps visit Hurricane restaurant & bar to catch the sunset. By the way, they have the best calamari around (believe me, we have ordered calamari from all the restaurants we’ve visited in the Tampa Bay area. Enjoy your weekend.
* Picture shown is around Land’s End Marina in Apollo Beach.
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Berkeley (CA) Police are seeking a man and woman in connection with thefts from Open Houses across the Bay Area. Police allege that 30 yr old Paul McCLung (pictured below) and an as yet unidentified caucasian woman thought to be about 50 yrs old visit open houses and realty offices posing as potential buyers. Whilst the woman distracts the realtor McClung steals items like wallets, credit cards and cash. In one such incident a Santa Barbara Police Dept badge was stolen and McClung is now believed to be posing as the former police officer from whom the badge was stolen. Police said McClung drives a dark blue four-door late model Jaguar with a light-colored interior. Police urge anyone who spots McClung not to approach him but to call 9-1-1 or 981-5911 from a cell phone. Oakland police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $2,500 in reward for information leading to McClung’s arrest. Anyone with information about McClung is asked to call Oakland police at 238
1. Wineries are all over the place. You can drive to the north, south, or east, and within 2 hours, explore Napa, Sonoma, Russian River Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains, Livermore, Monterey, and those are just a few. Plus, the vineyards make for great scenery, as you drive along highways and backroads alike, charting the progress of the grapes.
2. Tastings are always going on somewhere. The big ones like ZAP, Rhone Rangers, and the SF Chronicle Wine Competition gather hundreds of wines under one roof, all for the spitter to enjoy at a vigorous pace of tasting. On a smaller scale, many wine shops and restaurants conduct tastings on a regular basis. Stores such as BevMo and K & L allow the shopper to sample certain wines prior to making purchases, thereby taking some of the uncertainty out of the equation.
3. Wine-focused restaurants abound. Whether it’s wine bars (check out 750 ml in San Mateo or Vino Locale in Palo Alto) or restaurants with impressive wine lists (favorites f
This week - it's back to back west coast, and east coast - with a red eye in between.
Monday, Presidents Day, Chris Foss and I had lunch at Boccadillos - a really wonderful tapas restaurant. Chris is the designer whose work you seen on the new Magnify.net home page, logo, and a number of the interior pages. Though we've been working together for months, we'd never met face to face. I
San Francisco Bay Area fans of The Police finally got their wish - the world famous rock band added the second new date this week for their Reunion Tour 2007 - a June 13th performance at the Coliseum...
Check the website for more links, updates, photos and more!
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What? The Bay area market is crashing? Seems so. "You have just got to price it right.....great time for buyers...market slowing to its lowest level in ten years....housing market is changing......"
San Francisco, California - Allied Cash Advance has relocated its corporate headquarters from the Bay Area to Miami, citing the high cost of doing business in California, the company said Wednesday. The fast-growing company was founded in 1999 with a single location in Northern California.
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There must be a few PatternReviewers here in the Bay Area. Let's chat and share resources. I'm so jealous of those who live in the Boston area. They even got together for a potluck!Calling all Left Coast sewing enthusiasts and fabric collectors.Last post by fiberfanatic at Tue 24 Jul 2007 09:57:00 PM Total posts: 1019
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Snoop Dogg has reportedly been named as a witness in the murder trial of Bay Area rapper Mac Minister.
Mac Minister, born Andre Dow, is accused of killing Kansas City rapper Fat Tone and his friend Jermaine Cowboy Akins in Las Vegas in 2005.
Authorities claim Fat Tone and Akins were last seen leaving a Las Vegas [...]
