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Gardening Tips

October 28, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

I found this helpful information on theHome Depot Gardening site…

The formula for designing new gardens is simple, and it all begins with a plan. A plan allows you to complete stages as your budget allows and make sure that what you do this season won’t have to be undone next season.

Collect pictures of scenes that please you.
Tastes vary. Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the informal country look.

Take an inventory.

Do a “floor plan” of your property on a piece of graph paper.

Consider your needs and preferences.

Do you want to improve your view? Would you like to increase your sense of privacy? Are there unsightly areas you’d like to screen?

Showing properties 1 – 2 of 300+. See more city of Santa Monica real estate.
(all data current as of 10/27/2010)

$1,899,000 : 162 Wadsworth Avenue, Santa Monica

5 beds, 4 full baths

Size: 3,252 sq ft

Lot size: 4,134 sq ft

Year built: 1905

Parking spots: n/a

Walk Score ® : 83
$1,099,000 : 2113 Hill Street, Santa Monica

3 beds, 2 full baths

Size: 1,430 sq ft

Lot size: 7,000 sq ft

Year built: 1938

Parking spots: 2

Walk Score ® : 82

Listing information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Read full disclaimer.

Strive for convenience.If you plan to grow fruit, vegetables, and herbs, choose a sunny spot not too far from the kitchen so you can visit the garden daily.

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California Government Websites

September 21, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

State Home Page

California State Government

State Directory

California On-Line Directory

Local City and State Resources

Statewide Offices

Legislative Branch

Judicial Branch

Judicial Branch

Executive Branch

Boards and Commissions

Regional

Counties

Cities

Village

Other

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Santa Monica Place restaurant guide

September 11, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

Your Guide to Savoring Santa Monica Place

View, compare and crave Santa Monica Place restaurants and cafes all at once. Depending on what you’re hungry for, you can browse by cuisine or restaurant type. Stay tuned for new openings — the tastes are always expanding.

Restaurants are listed in alphabetical order.

Retailer	Type	Location	Website
Blue Stove	Sit Down	Located on the upper floor of Nordstrom	Visit Website
Charlie Kabob	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
Chicken ‘n’ Ribs	Food Court	Level Three
Forty Carrots	Specialty	Level One
Kings Road Cafe	Specialty	The Market	Visit Website
La Sandia Mexican Kitchen and Bar (310) 393-3300	Sit Down	Level Three	Visit Website
Manchu WOK	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
Ozumo (424) 214-5130	Sit Down	Level Three	Visit Website
Pinches Tacos	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
Pizza Antica (310) 394-4080	Sit Down	Level Three	Visit Website
Sarku Japan (310) 656-7788	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
Sonoma Wine Garden (424) 214-4560	Sit Down	Level Three
Stefano’s Pizzeria	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
Sushi Itto	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
The Curious Palate	Specialty	The Market	Visit Website
Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt	Food Court	Level Three	Visit Website
Ugo Cafe	Specialty	Level One	Visit Website
Wetzel’s Pretzels (310) 451-8003	Specialty	Level Three	Visit Website
Xino Restaurant + Lounge (310) 755-6220	Sit Down	Level Three	Visit Website
Zengo (310) 899-1000	Sit Down	Level Three	Visit Website

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Santa Monica Real Estate Blog – Thursday 09-02-2010 – Twilight Concert on the Pier Tonight!

September 3, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

Thursday, September 2, 2010

An icon of American music born in New Orleans, Dr. John is indelibly linked to the traditions and singularity of the city’s musical and cultural heritage. Mac Rebennack burst onto the rock & roll scene in the late 60s as Dr. John, the Night Tripper, merging the Rhythm and Blues, voodoo rhythms and chants of his native New Orleans to create a persona perfect for the psychedelic era. Over the years he’s thrown Jazz, Classic American Songbook, Zydeco, Boogie Woogie and Rock into the musical mix.

In 1972 he recorded “Dr. John’s Gumbo,” an album covering several standards with one original, considered a cornerstone in New Orleans music. “In 1972, I recorded Gumbo, an album that was both a tribute to and my interpretation of the music I had grown up with in New Orleans in the 1940s and 1950s. I tried to keep a lot of the little changes that were characteristic of New Orleans, while working my own funknology on piano and guitar.” The next year, with local legend Allen Toussaint producing and The Meters backing, Dr. John released the seminal New Orleans funk album “In the Right Place.” In the same way that “Gumbo” began his career-long reputation as an esteemed interpreter of New Orleans standards, “In the Right Place” established Dr. John as New Orleans’ preeminent ambassador.

On this closing night of our 26^th season, we promise you that you are in “The Right Place” for “Such a Night!”

Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Eddie Baytos can be said to be from N’Wahlins via Hollywood. A staple of the Southland’s music scene, Baytos is both musician – accordion, piano, keyboards, frottoir (washboard) – choreographer, composer and producer. Grounded in Zydeco, New Orleans Funk, Blues and Tex-Mex, the Nervis Brothers incorporate Cumbias, Cuban, Forro’ and Ska to “…bring the world closer through music and dance!” Eddie Baytos & the Nervis Brothers clearly play “World Mardi Gras Music” for your dining and dancing pleasure!

www.eddiebaytos.com

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Santa Monica Real Estate Blog – Friday 08-20-2010 – Westside Weekend Happenings

August 20, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all have survived the week and are now gearing up for an exciting weekend in Southern Cali. I am looking forward to my 20-year high school reunion tomorrow night! Cant believe it’s been two decades already…wow! Here are just a few of the weekend activities:

Santa Monica High School Alumni “Reunion Afterparty” – THE WATERFRONT AT ORGANIC PANIFICIO RESTAURANT, 4211 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey. 10:30pm-close.
Turn of the (Last) Century Party: Muse ‘til Midnight at LACMA
Folk and steampunk collide with Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, a vaudeville show, and a homegrown (and homemade) moustache contest.
Drink in pre-Prohibition style: It’s open bar.
Sat 8p-midnight. LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. (323-857-6010). $25 for Muse members, $40 for the public. Nearby: Busby’s; Molly Malone’s; Shine Gallery
Date Move: Petrossian’s Caviar-Tinis
Stop by Petrossian for a pre-dinner drink of their new cocktail: vodka, vermouth, bitters, and a caviar-stuffed olive — don’t try this at home.
Full gourmet: The boutique has gift baskets filled with pate, caviar, and fancy-pants chocolates.
All weekend. Petrossian Boutique and Restaurant, 321 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood (310-271-0576). Nearby: The Bazaar; Comme Ca; Chado

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We work as a team and combine our extensive real estate experience, powerful resources and connections to benefit you whether you are looking you buy or sell a home in today’s exciting and lucrative real estate market.

Call us now to get started on the road to buying or selling your next home.

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Santa Monica Real Estate Blog – Thursday 08-12-2010 – Twilight Concert on the SM Pier tonight!

August 12, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Not many bands can say they’ve recorded with such diverse artists as Chaka Khan, Dave Matthews, Talib Kweli and John Scofield. Nor can many, if any, bands lay claim to opening for The Rolling Stones on one tour and having Stevie Wonder sit in with them on the next. The enduring musical relationships Soulive has developed, from the aforementioned artists to Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Joshua Redman, Robert Randolph, Kenny Garrett, The Roots, Fred Wesley, Ivan Neville and so many others, speak volumes about both how versatile and popular these talented musicians are.

Brothers Neal Evans, Hammond B3 organ, and Alan, drums, along with guitarist Eric Krasno have built a body of work known for its grooves and catchy, upbeat tunes while incorporating their brand of jazz, hip-hop, rock, soul, funk, R & B, blues. Soulive signed with legendary jazz label Blue Note Records in 2000. Six years later, Soulive would be the first band signed to the new Stax Records, home to the soul tradition built by Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers and Sam and Dave. Ever forward looking, Soulive has launched Royal Family Records, giving them full artistic control over their own recordings and making it possible for Soulive to discover and develop emerging artists and talent. Dig this: they have just released a brand new studio recording of Beatles covers, entitled “Rubber Soulive!”

Break: As in “breakbeat.” That ten second slice of percussive magic in the middle of a funk song that, when looped together by progressive South Bronx DJs in the 1970s, became the basis of the hip-hop movement. Arkestra: Out-there jazzer Sun Ra’s funkafied concept of the stuffy classical orchestra. Flip the script and you wind up with a unique definition of the Los Angeles based ensemble known as TheBreakestra.

Formed by Dr. Miles Tackett, “Musicman,” in 1996, they began as the house band for the legendary club called the Breaks. The band is rooted in deep funk, soul, jazz fever and musical friendships. A Breakestra show is about dancing and swinging, musicians on stage getting loose and playing serious grooves. Breakestra has a way of invigorating breakbeats, paving the way for the funkily naïve to embrace the rhythmic revolution that James Brown kicked off more than thirty years ago!

We ask you: “What are the first three letters of FUNK?”

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Santa Monica Place Grand Opening Today! – Video

August 7, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

I figured to share this. I drove by the mall on my way to the office and let me say that it was a madhouse!! Cars flooded everywhere, people filled the sidewalks…everywhere! Good news for Santa Monica’s economy!! Unfortunately the weather is forecasted to be cloudy, drizzly and overcast for the weekend. But it’s not stopping the tourism and shopping.

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Santa Monica Place Grand Opening Today! – Parking information

August 6, 2010 by Westside Home Finder Leave a Comment

Happy Friday everyone! I hope your week has been a fast and productive one.
Today, Santa Monica will experience a very high spike in traffic! Us locals are very familiar and have acclamated to the usual surge in Summer beach and tourism traffic. But, today will be very different….The Santa Monica Place will have it’s Grand Opening this morning at 10am. The entire area will be a madhouse! I drove by yesterday and quickly realized that I should have driven around the madhouse because I was averaging 1mph and got home a half mile down the street in about a half hour

I snapped this picture yesterday as I was stuck in the madness. Those guys in the blue shirts are your valet attendants. I would suggest using their service today!
Here is some information I retrieved from the SM Place site:
Getting Around Santa Monica Place – Opening Weekend and Beyond
Grand Opening Weekend (8/6 – 8/8)
During Grand Opening Weekend, Santa Monica Place is providing special parking and transportation services for guests:

Shuttle Service: Ongoing shuttles will be provided for guests parking in the Civic Center Parking Structure on Civic Center Drive.
Bike Valet: A special, free Bike Valet is available on Aug 6, 7 and 8 at Santa Monica Place, with two drop-off locations at the intersection of Ocean and Colorado, directly opposite the property. In addition, bike racks are available in all City parking structures.
Special City Parking Rates: The City is making the Civic Center parking structure on Civic Center Drive, the Civic Center lot and the North Civic lot (accessible from Main Street) available for a flat rate of $5 on Aug. 6, 7 and 8.

City Parking
Parking will be available in the City’s eight public parking structures, including Structure 7 and Structure 8, immediately adjacent to Santa Monica Place.
All City-owned parking garages offer paid parking at the following rates:

Parking is free for the first two hours
$1 for each subsequent half hour with a cap of $9
After 6pm, parking is a flat $5

Valet Parking
Valet Parking at Santa Monica Place is available at two locations – on Broadway and on 2nd Street.
Valet pricing is at the following rates:

$12 for Santa Monica Place guests with a receipt
$8 for Santa Monica Place guests with a restaurant validation
$20 for those who do not shop or dine at Santa Monica Place

More Options

City Website: A website with the City’s real-time parking information is available here.
Library parking is available at a discounted rate on weekends and holidays. The pricing is $0.50 per half hour with a max price of $3. Library parking is located at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard. More information is available here.
The Santa Monica Mini Blue Tide Ride: Runs every fifteen minutes on Saturdays (noon-10 pm) and Sundays (noon-8 pm), and travels between the City’s numerous beach parking lots: The Pier, Main Street, Santa Monica Place/Third Street Promenade and the Main Library. The fare is $0.50 each way ($0.25 for Seniors 62+/Medicare/Disabled). The Mini Blue Tide route map and other information are available here.
Big Blue Bus: Santa Monica Place is also readily accessible via many other Big Blue Bus routes. Get the full online schedule and route information here.