Convert your garage to a granny flat, and travel the USA! Might be a good way to start your retirement - do this for a few months or years after you sell and downsize. You'll get the idea in the first couple of minutes:
Year: 2019
Prince and Cee Lo
I need to double up on the Wednesday Rock Blogging to get in every best concert this decade. We saw this Prince show at the Honda Center (with low expectations), but he rocked it. Not sure of the year!
Hottest Markets in 2020
Forget Seattle, Denver and San Francisco. Boise, Idaho, is poised to be the hottest housing market at the start of the next decade. A new report from Realtor.com identified the housing markets that are expected to see the most notable home sales and price growth in...
Carlsbad Oceanfront
Thanks to Garrett for letting us look around this 1940s bungalow at the beach:
Sharing a Bedroom
Worried that your kids who have to share a room might suffer? I shared a bedroom with my brother until I went off to college, and never thought anything of it. But these days every kid seems to deserve their own bedroom - but not every house is equipped. Here are a...
Carmel Valley/PHR Update
What will it be like when there are no more new homes to buy in Carmel Valley? Pardee has been building houses steadily for 30+ years, and they will be down to their last 103 lots, once they are done here - and they've sold 33 of 44 so far. These are priced from $1.8...
Sea Level Rise
Thanks to the OCR for this article - link at bottom: Sounding the latest alarm over the devastating impacts sea level rise is expected to have on the California coast, a new report from the state Legislative Analyst’s Office details the critical need for action over...
Del Mar Bluff Collapse Train
This reminded me of the time Bruce Springsteen said, "Blind faith in your leaders will get you killed."
Sade
We're winding down the decade - what were the best shows we saw? We had seen Sade before but were still blown away: P.S. We were born two weeks apart.
More 2020 Predictions
Here are the Zillow predictions for 2020 (higher sales and prices): With the housing market stabilizing from the drama of the early years of home price recovery and the subsequent slowdown during 2019’s home shopping season, we have a rare moment of calm to reflect on...