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Summit Crest, Lake Forest: Plan 1

Posted on April 6th, 2010 by Lane Meyer

Today I am going to review the plan 1 of Summit Crest in Lake Forest. This was a great plan for so many reasons. It was efficiently designed, and had some major BK approvals. For those that don’t know, BK is our resident architecture expert when it comes to home designs.
I liked the front porch [...]

Forget World Cup, How About Some Real Football

Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by Ari Gold

World Cup is the most watched sports event in the world. However, it is definitely not the most entertaining and exciting event. Watching Brazil play against China is the equivalent of the Dream Team playing against Angola. Game’s over pretty much when it was announced.
As far as the best football event (soccer is now a [...]

Your tax dollars reside on Maiden Lane

Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by Lane Meyer

“It looked like AAA to me. How was I supposed to know that it was a steaming pile of crap when we took it on? I mean — I had no idea that there were bets against the crap pile in there. To me — it looked like a good idea, and some of those [...]

Pizza and the Park: A Lovely Afternoon

Posted on March 26th, 2010 by Lizzie Bennet

With the days getting more and more pleasant folks may be wanting to spend time with family and friends outdoors, enjoying the weather us Southern Californians pay a premium to experience. Orange County has many options available, what with all the parks, beaches and even the outdoor malls people use as an excuse to leave [...]

Versai Wine Bar in Yorba Linda

Posted on March 1st, 2010 by Lizzie Bennet

A while back I signed up for a website, Groupon, which offers daily discounts on local businesses.  (I will not go into an explanation here as it is not the topic of this post, but I recommend checking it out). Recently a Groupon for $40 worth of food and drinks at Versai Wine Barin Yorba Linda [...]

Anyone Can Cook!

Posted on February 26th, 2010 by momopi

Part four of a series to run each Friday in February.
Links to Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
Hello and welcome to Part 4 of “Anyone can cook!”  In the last segment, we went over some basic food safety topics and how to use the knife.  In this installment, we’ll continue with basic kitchen skills [...]

Case Shiller Index for Costa Mesa

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by FreedomCM

January 2010, finally a drop?
Sales were down and most of what moved was distressed.  Are the banks starting to clean out the closet?
Case-Schiller for Costa Mesa all SFR , and nicer condos and PUDs

Month
Sales
Price
SE
CS=
SEM
Equivalent
Date

JFM
15
479
22
182
8
(limited dataset)
Feb 2004

April
10
491
14
188
7
(limited dataset)
March 2004

May
27
532
15
184
5
March 2004

June
26
548
21
181
5
Feb 2004

July
37
516
17
184
5
Mar 2004

Aug
47
548
15
191
5
Apr 2004

Sept
37
548
23
177
4
Jan 2004

Oct
39
538
20
180
4
Feb 2004

Nov
29
518
25
180
6
Feb 2004

Dec
40
460
16
162
3
Aug 2003

Jan
20
516
27
161
4
Aug 2003

Feb
28
553
33
167
4
Sept 2003

Mar
43
510
43
179
5
Jan 2004

Apr
45
520
19
172
4
Dec 2003

May
47
535
28
176
4
Dec 2003

June
59
550
17
176
3
Dec 2003

July
58
525
22
176
3
Dec 2003

Aug
60
560
30
170
4
Nov 2003

Sept
53
556
21
180
5
Jan 2004

Oct
40
604
25
176
5
Dec [...]

Anyone Can Cook!

Posted on February 19th, 2010 by momopi

Part three of a series to run each Friday in February.
Links to Part One and Part Two.
The first lesson in Culinary School usually starts with knife skill. But since this isn’t a school and I can’t demonstrate in person (my knife skills suck anyway), you’ll have to settle for on-line videos.  Knife skills are something [...]

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