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Meet What Many Believe to Be the Oldest Palm Trees in Los Angeles

  Photo credit: Stuart Guest-Smith If you’ve visited Exposition Park in the last hundred years or so, you may have overlooked one of LA’s most unassuming luminaries. Yet, just in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stands the oldest of the palm trees in Los Angeles. Or perhaps we should clarify the oldest known palm tree in LA. If age ain’t not...

Pet Owners Are Buying Homes More Than Ever

Our furry friends (or scaly friends, for you reptile owners) bring immense joy to our lives. In fact, according to a 2015 Harris poll, 95% of owners think of their animal as a member of their family – especially Millennials. However, living with pets in your home can also be a burden, especially if you’re renting. Many pet owners have been motivated to purchase a home to avoid ...

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Protect Your Home from Deed Theft - A Simple Step you Can't Afford to Miss

Keeping you informed and protected and making sure you have your grant deed on hand. I wanted to bring an important issue to your attention that has been making headlines recently: deed theft and title fraud. Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated methods, including AI, to target homeowners and steal properties through fraudulent documents. To make sure you're protect...

Southern California Adores Its Giant Pumpkins

Featured image credit: Jim Heimman from his book California Crazy & Beyond – Roadside Vernacular Architecture It’s understated to be sure, but there’s something special about the autumn in Southern California. You wouldn’t think our arid, sunny, and often sweltering atmosphere would be particularly welcoming of cinnamon and spice. And, sure, you won’t f...

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Tips to Spruce up Your Living Spaces

This list of affordable home décor updates will surely get you inspired! Here are a few tips to spruce up your living space without breaking the bank. 1. Bring on the Metallics One quick way to modernize your home décor is to add a little shine!  Pick up a new shiny silver vase or even a beautiful gold side table.  Swap out your plain pot stands for nice metalli...

Ranking the Las Vegas Cirue du Soleil Residency Shows

Featured image credit: Hermann Luyken Cirque du Soleil has become such a fixture of the Las Vegas experience that it’s hard to recall that the first permanent venture was a major risk. Up until then, the expectations of Las Vegas nightlife were drastically different. While most will agree that Siegfried and Roy did the heavy lifting of the Vegas entertainment revolution,...

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Rock Star Professionals For You

Hello all! I take the people I do business with very seriously, and wanted to write a blog & if you ever need the services of any of these fine people I've listed on my site, know they will do amazing work.  Check out - 1) Greg Hilgen, Ultimate Window Cleaning and Solars - 714.209.2057 2) Carpet Cleaning - Day-N-Nite Dave Owner - 562.860.4808 3) Financ...

The Capital Records Building Christmas Tree

Featured image credit: Amé Kali LA’s transition into a winter wonderland is subtle when compared to a lot of other U.S. cities. Maybe it’s all that year-round California sunshine. Sure, we have the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, falling on the first Sunday after Thanksgiving since 1928. Then there’s the more recent tradition of the Pershing Square Ice Skating...

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Love Our Furry Friends

Our furry friends (or scaly friends, for you reptile owners) bring immense joy to our lives. In fact, according to a Harris poll, 95% of owners think of their animal as a member of their family – especially Alpha and Gens. However, living with pets in your home can also be a burden, especially if you’re renting. Many pet owners have been motivated to purchase a home to avoid th...

Tips For Organizing

Photo credit: Getty Images It’s probably time to revisit your junk drawer. Not to grab your go-to tube of lip balm or a piece of gum, but to finally organize it. Before we move forward and tackle your junk drawer, let’s do a little historical rewind. References to a junk drawer date as far back as 1901, when a short story in The Michigan Alumnus mentioned &l...