As I mentioned in my last Lake Arrowhead post, the husband and I went for another visit on Tuesday to check out the house we loved one more time. We wanted to see if we would get the same great feeling for it that we did initially and to make sure we really wanted to …
Actual House Hunting in Lake Arrowhead… & a Find!
When we were contemplating living in Lake Arrowhead and looking at real estate online, the concept of living by the actual lake and having lake rights, didn’t really rank high on our list of must-haves. We are not boat people and weren’t interested in becoming boat people or being part of the lake community. In …
House Hunting: Lake Arrowhead
If you’re following my House Hunting Series, you’ll already know that in our quest to find and buy our dream house, the husband and I have begun looking about an hour or two outside of LA. We really, in our heart of hearts, don’t want to leave LA {A. we both grew up here B. …
And now more than ever . . . we want to live by the beach
We stayed at The Oceana Hotel in Santa Monica and it was glorious. It’s a small boutique hotel that looks as if it used to be an apartment complex converted to luxury hotel suites. It was far enough from the major areas to be quiet but close enough to walk everywhere which is just so …
Spring Cleaning // OLD Home Office
{THIS IS MY VERY OLD OFFICE …in the first place the husband and I lived in together} Above is the street we live on …Palm Tree lined …I love it really. But we don’t actually own property here because we refused to buy when the market was inflated. However, it hasn’t bottomed out yet and …
Prefab & Kit Homes, Modular Houses, Mobile Homes in Malibu
In our ongoing quest for reasonable real estate in Los Angeles …and the possibility of beach front property, husband and I have recently been pondering The Heathercliff Estates in Malibu. Now, by “estates” I mean a gated community of pre-fab {mobile} homes at the top of the cliff …above the ocean. Right, not as luxurious …
Beneath the Palms ~ Pasadena Town
In our quest to find an idyllic yet affordable place to live in or around Los Angeles, which in itself is an oxymoron, husband and I have been pondering Pasadena for the last couple of weeks and decided to take a drive there Sunday afternoon. After a quick stop in Toluca Lake, walking through a …
My Grandpa, Dick Shanahan, on the Drums
It is strangely hot for January right now in LA. Is it hotter where you all live too? My guess is yes, but I’m not willing to do the research and would rather just get answers from you 🙂 This random photos is from January 2007 at a little bar in the Valley called Charlie …