Anne Fashauer Anderson Valley Real Estate

Last year at this time, my beau and I took a wonderful road trip to the southwest.  This year we are doing it again, with a couple of twists.  Last year we spent a couple of days at the Grand Canyon, a week in Sedona, AZ, then a few days in Death Valley.  This year we are going to spend just one night in the Grand Canyon; we've ...

We've been home from Cabo for about two and a half weeks now and it seems worlds away.  We came home just before Christmas to a bit of madness - last minute shopping, a few delayed meetings and decorating the Christmas tree.  We did that last on Christmas eve itself!  We had family here for the holiday which was really nice, ...

It seems as though Mother Nature wanted us to make sure we knew that the season was changing as she brought in a slight rain storm just as we passed through the autumnal equinox.  The air and the light have changed; the mornings are cooler, crisper, the afternoons filled with a golden tint and the last warmth of the year as the sun moves away ...

It's Fair time again!  Boonville has been flying the banners for a few weeks and I have seen the carnival people arriving over the past week as well.  Entries are starting to be due for judging - my mom dropped off her needlework a few days ago.  My beau is entering some of his vegetables this year (Ok, so I filled out the forms ...

I've been thinking about summer and what that means to me.  For many years summer was a period of time defined not by the equinoxes, those floating dates in the latter half of June and September, but rather by my school year.  Most of my school years that meant early to mid-June until the day after Labor Day.  I think towards ...

This Saturday, the 20th, is the Great Day in Elk.  For the past few years I have been on the board of the Greenwood Community Center and have been the board president for the past three years.  The Greenwood Community Center is a wonderful community gathering place.  About 40 years ago, give or take, the community built a building ...

According to a recent article in Fortune magazine, the answer is Yes!  Shawn Tully, in an article entitled "The Return of Real Estate" in the April 11, 2011 edition of Fortune, calls real estate "The most attractive asset class in America."  The article focuses on the shortage of new home construction but he also ...

The last question of my survey was What are your favorite things to tell friends and family about Anderson Valley?  The two standout answers were the community and the beauty.  Comments about the community included "people are positive and welcoming," "we have supportive friends and community," "it's a pretty ...

I'm going off topic a bit today to talk about something near and dear to my - head.  Actually, it's no longer near my head after listening to an informative and provocative program by the Commonwealth Club of California originally aired last November and which I listened to in a podcast.  I strongly recommend your listening to ...

The last couple of weeks of the year - should I ask where did it go?  How did it go so quickly?  No, I know where it went and why it went so quickly.  It has been a very full year.  I am very thankful for the experiences I've had and how much I've learned this past year. January I started to learn East Coast Swing ...