One of our favorite exotic flower vendors at the Farmers Market in Santa Barbara on Tuesday sells unsusual flowers. When I saw these as pictured above, I was curious. Were there a new type of birds of paradise? "No, I paint/airbrush them with a natural vegetable dye, and they sell out, unlik
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02/29/2012
Today, we were in meeting from one end of town to the other. Luckily, the impending storm did not materialize and we had a beautiful chilly day. I attempted to write a blog in between times, but gave up. Here is a bouquest of cymbidiums and giant phalaenopsis that are grown in Carpinteria. T
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02/28/2012
Author Ernest Hemingway completed For Whom the Bell Tolls while staying in suite 206 of the Sun Valley Lodge in the fall of 1939. Olympic medalists including Gretchen Fraser, Christin Cooper, Picabo Street, and Muffy Davis have all called Sun Valley their home. Today, Sun Valley, known for its
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02/27/2012
The colors of the tulips that are grown here in Santa Barbara, look great in any container We had parked these temporarily in this cachepot. A few hours later, they had formed themselves to it, and looked great! Happy Sunday, Wishing You a Wonderful Week, Cheers, Ron & Alexandra Seigel WATCH
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02/26/2012
This morning during our mastermind meeting, I promised our best friend and partner that I would email our favorite car salesman who works at Santa Barbara Auto Group. This dealership handles several brands and our partner is ready to buy one of them. My Outlook was doing weird things and I cou
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02/26/2012
Last evening as we turned on the TV, we heard that Guy Fieri of the Food Network was going to visit a diner in Santa Barbara. That caught our attention. So we suffered through what seemed to be interminable commercials and found out he was reviewing Norton's for their famous pastrami. We had
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02/25/2012
We are fans of coleus plants. When we lived in Brentwood/Los Angeles, we had a bed devoted to various species of coleus. Today at the Farmers' Market in Santa Barbara, one of the flower growers had an incredible variety. The one pictured above iis one we had not seen before. The combination o
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02/25/2012
The Privacy issue continues to be a hot topic and one that has brought the warring factions of the Congress together. Just yesterday, web firms have agreed to install a "Do Not Track button",and today's headline in the Wall Street Journal is "Tech Giants agree to Deal on Privacy Policies for Ap
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02/24/2012
What are the sweet spots in your business? What are the most fruitful aspects of your luxury real estate marketing practice? What is working to produce results consistently? These are the questions that can get you focused on what works and know what needs to be discarded or pruned from your
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02/22/2012
We enjoy having flowers in our office. As Spring approaches the growing flower fields and greenhouses of Santa Barbara county are producing wonderful flowers for our delight. It is also a welcome place to rest our eyes after concentrating on computer work. This bouquet is comprised of alstroeme
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02/22/2012
