Last month, we talked about the calm before the storm. Well, we wouldn’t ring the alarms just yet, but November gave us a bit more drama than October with some decent rises and falls across the Greater Los Angeles area. It’s a surprising amount of absorption rate activity for a time when the market is […]
Featured image credit: Carol M. Highsmith Anyone from Las Vegas can agree that sometimes you need to make your own luck. That’s what the city accomplishes as a spectacularly flashing beacon attracting people from around the world despite its remote desert locale. It recounts a tale from Paul Bowles’ classic novel The Sheltering Sky in […]
Featured image credit: Carol M. Highsmith The speed of architecture may not be exactly whiteknuckle. Especially from our point of view in modern Los Angeles where construction for even a modest building can take ages. But an offshoot of Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, was all about architecture in motion. Streamline Moderne architecture pared down Art […]
Featured Image Credit: LV Wedding Connection Up until now, our Home Spotlight blog series has covered properties that still exist. Unfortunately, we can’t say the same for the subject of this Home Spotlight… the granddaddy of all Las Vegas mansions: Hartland Mansion. Up until 2022, it was a looming piece of vibrant Las Vegas history. […]
Sometimes, it’s not enough to have a song in your heart. Or even on your lips. You need it in the ears of your closest friends… and maybe even a barful of inebriated revelers. That’s why we’re compiling a list of the best spots where you can go to sing the karaoke Los Angeles crooners […]
Here in the delivery age, it’s hard to communicate how vital the great American shopping malls felt during their heyday. Perhaps it’s a testament to capitalism, but for a teenager growing up in America, a visit to the mall was actually an emotional experience. It went beyond the dopamine rush of consumerism. It was a […]
Now that we understand that the storyteller is the most powerful person in the world, how can we use some of that same juice to expand our minds? By feeding stories (or information) to ourselves through daily reading. Whether you’re reading fiction or non-fiction, eBooks or physical media, newspapers or blogs, regular reading is a […]
Featured image credit: Polylerus You could be forgiven for double-taking when you first notice a stone spire towering above the sun-scorched shingles of suburban rooftops in a tranquil Glendora neighborhood. After all, the shores of the United Kingdom are over 5,000 miles away. Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. There is a bonafide castle, […]
While the real estate industry is still reeling from a federal jury’s decision to rule against the National Association of Realtors, October’s absorption rates may be feeling like the calm before the storm. There may be candy wrappers blowing gently off the streets on November 1. But October brought no tricks or treats to the […]
Pasadena is one of the most popular areas to live in the Greater Los Angeles area. When you look at its suburban splendor, you’d never guess that it hides at least one tale of cosmic horror to rival any true story you’ve ever heard. Pasadena’s occult history can be traced back to one man who […]
