If you have a blog and have ever been contacted by a reporter from the real media, head over to Calculated Risk and read Media Inquiries Policy. It’s so brilliant, I have it bookmarked and will just email the link to reporters and tell them to read it.
My own story. Way back in [...]
One year ago, I explained in the post Renters Lose Money why I was renting and not buying.
I choose to rent rather than own because it’s A LOT cheaper today. Yesterday I got our building’s newsletter. It lists 9 properties for sale at an average price of $554 per square foot. If we extrapolate this [...]
Just returned from a quick trip to just north of Los Angeles. Met up with former San Diego bloggers Joe and Leah and had a good chat about web stuff.
Afterwards we went to Ventura, which was quite nice. National Geographic Adventure had a story about Ventura last year which sold me on visiting [...]
Saturday was a great day to head out to the San Pasqual Valley and visit the Wild Animal Park.
Wild Animal Park 2007
It needs to be said that people on the West Coast are awful when it comes to being on time. Meetings never start on time. Vendors never show up when they are suppose to and people also underestimate how long it takes to get somewhere. I don’t know what it is about Pacific Time that [...]
Today I went for a 2 hour hike in Mission Trails, but ended up hiking for 3 hours when I got lost. The photo below is from May 2006.
Here are 3 tips I’d like to pass onto anyone considering buying or renting downtown.
Avoid low-floor corner units - Being low means you get to hear a lot of street noise. Having that unit on a corner means you get to hear it from 2 different streets.
Quiet intersections Never Are - There is something peaceful [...]
