Chic vs. Geek: Prep for Profit
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Get your home ready for sale with these fun projects inside and out!
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Shop Small
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While the holidays might look a little different this year, it's more important than ever to support our local communities and small business owners. This year, I'm looking forward to shopping small. Here are some of my favorite local vendors:
Therapy Stores – Let your favorites do the choosing! Send a gift card to a loved one that they can redeem for whatever strikes their fancy at this SF online boutique.
Present – A friendly store in Downtown Los Altos featuring gifts, gift baskets, and gift boxes of artisanal food, chocolates, beauty and spa products, candles, mugs and vases.
Sugar Butter Flour – You can get any kind of cake or dessert you can imagine at this Sunnyvale staple. My favorite is the Princess Cake. It melts in your mouth!
Chic vs. Geek: Life in a time of social distancing
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We’re supposed to stay six feet apart from anyone outside our bubble. But that means we have to entertain ourselves without driving each other nuts. Here’s how we do it!
Read MoreIntroducing: Menlo Park
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Nestled north of Palo Alto, smack dab between San José and San Francisco, Menlo Park is a vibrant and emerging city of charming tree-lined neighborhoods and active business districts.
Read MoreIntroducing: Los Altos
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Tree-lined streets and a “small village atmosphere” characterize Los Altos, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, just 40 miles south of San Francisco and adjacent to Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and other thriving urban centers. Los Altos is primarily a residential community, with boutique retail districts featuring local small businesses a short walk from any home. The city remains an enclave in a sea of development, the perfect spot for a retirement retreat!
The history of modern Los Altos dates back to 1906, when a Southern Pacific Railroad executive and friends purchased 140 acres of land owned by Sarah Winchester, the widow of the inventor of the Winchester rifle. The group planned a new town to serve the new Southern Pacific Railroad cutoff between Mayfield and Los Gatos and named it Los Altos (Spanish for the heights) because the land was the highest on that cutoff.
Learn more in the Neighborhoods section of our website.
