Jim's Musings

If you missed it..you missed a great day! No real count of the number of attendees as the City Park ebbed & flowed all day, but from the response of the participating artists, "This has set a new standard for arts festivals", and "This validates my art, I sold the most & highest priced art ever i...

Is your impression of Paso Robles all cowboys,& wine geeks? Well think again! The City of  Paso Robles, together with the new non-profit, Studios on the Park (www.StudiosonthePark.org) is putting on an Arts Shindig on Saturday May 23rd! This first ever Festival of the Arts has come together in re...

Annual Study Ranks RE/MAX as No. 1 Real Estate Franchise RE/MAX is the United State's No. 1 real estate franchise - and the nation's No. 44 franchise overall - according to Entrepreneur magazine's 30th Annual Franchise 500 survey. The survey appears on the magazine's Web site and in its January 2...

  Friday, February 20, 2009 I Hate Yellowstar! And So Should You! If you've ever tried to walk through a field of mature yellowstar thistle I know you already share my feelings! Even cows I've seen eat the sawtooth leaves of pampas grass, or the spiky heads of Russian thistle, will not touch matu...

Monday, February 16, 2009 City Council to Set Goals; Be There on February 21st! The Public was not well represented last Wednesday night when the Paso Robles City Council had a special workshop to set goals to help them through the upcoming budgetary process later this Spring.After a review of wh...

Monday, January 19, 2009 My Trip To The SWCB  Last Thursday my daughter & I drove 3 1/2 hours to Malibu to be present at a "workshop" being held by the State Water Control Board regarding the recently released Draft EIR & Statewide Regulations for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) or sep...

   Almost 900 Northern San Luis Obispo County homes sold in 2008 and well over 1000 homes will sell in 2009.  The bottom in velocity, number of sales, has happened and pricing is stabilizing. This report reviews NorthCounty sales for 2008 with a view into 2009.     Almost one third of the home so...