You know how you can live in a place and still not take advantage of all that there is to offer? For years I lived in San Francisco, but other than the first trip to Alcatraz when I was a freshman at USF I never went there again. Well, this past weekend I took a walk for the first time on the Haul Road in Fort Bragg. What a beautiful place to walk! I highly recommend it the next time you want to go to the coast. We took three dogs with us and there were many others also being walked on Sunday. The weather was stunning and you could see the bigs waves rolling in and smell the salty tang of the ocean; so refreshing. You can walk or bicycle - we saw lots of those as well. My new pooches are very frightened of them but by the end of the walk they were no longer as afraid.
The other thing I've been doing is taking swing dance lessons, which has been an incredible amount of fun. This has gotten me out to the Caspar Inn for a couple of bands as well and that is another venue that is really not to be missed. They get some great music there and it's fun to dance to it. For years I've heard about the Caspar Inn but it's only recently that I've been really taking advantage of that.
Real estate is still picking up. There are several escrows in the Century 21 offices. A recent statistic from my broker is that Century 21, between the two coast offices, has over 30% of all the listings on the coast. That's pretty amazing and a good reason to list with us - we're getting more traffic because of that. I've been getting several inquiries on my listings and have had several other showings as well. It feels good to be busy again. The funny thing is that I've had several inquiries in just the last couple of days - just as I head out of town; everyone always says, if you want to get busy, try to go on vacation.
So I'm headed to New York City! I leave tomorrow, Friday, morning and return the following Friday, although I'm actually not home until Saturday as I've a bridal shower to attend in St. Helena on Saturday afternoon. I'm very excited to go back to New York - it's probably been 15 or 20 years since I was last there. I did a semester at Fordham University and I'm going to see several of my old friends while I'm back there. I'm also going to see Mamma Mia and Memphis - and I might even get in some swing dancing while I'm there. I will try to write a blog entry while I'm there just to tell you what it's like. I'm prepared for cold - I'm bringing lots of boots and scarves and clothes to layer.
Don't forget it's the whale festival on the coast this weekend and next - and the subdudes are playing at Cotton Auditorium. I'd be there if I weren't going to be in New York. See you in a week!