We’ve got good news for local foodies! It’s Peninsula Restaurant Week, and the Peninsula Foodist blog is giving away $500 gift cards to some swanky establishments in exchange for a little social media love. Visit their Insta to find out more and get eating!
It’s almost eight billion light years away, ten times brighter than anything in the galaxy, and it’s lasted for three years. AT2021lwx could be the largest explosion ever detected by astronomers, and it happened when the universe was just six billion years old. CNN has more numbers.
We don’t know about you, but we felt a little behind the curve on Monday. Maybe it was all the mimosas and See’s Candies for Mother’s Day! How did you celebrate Mom?
Every woman will tell you that flowers are a waste and chocolates are bad for their diet. But the truth is, every mom loves flowers, and every mom likes chocolate, especially when it comes from their babies — no matter how old those babies get!
I’m the kind of guy who celebrates Mother’s Day every day. Whenever I’m in the neighborhood, I’ll stop by to see if anything around the house needs fixing or if mom needs a grocery run. At the end of the day, it’s the little things that make mom happy!
Our friend and client Bhek Morton bought a house with us a year ago. She also runs a home baking business based in San José. The other day, we placed an order, and Bhek brought us our fresh-baked bagels herself. They were still warm from the oven! We highly recommend the Bhekery for a unique Mother’s Day treat.
Over the past 40 years, the Bay Area housing market has seen at least four major booms. Every time, experts said the good times would never end. Every time, they were wrong. Economists call this “irrational exuberance”.
Each of these booms – or upcycles – have been followed by market corrections, sometimes with devastating consequences, such as the Great Recession. Every time, experts predicted an endless downward spiral. Every time, they were wrong.
Like any industry, housing markets run in cycles. But despite all the booms and busts, our local market has always come back stronger than ever.
Whether it’s our status as a financial, innovation, and cultural center, spectacular natural beauty and open space, and diversity, inclusion, and opportunity, Silicon Valley continues to be one of the world’s great metropolitan areas.
