When I was growing up, my mom (Pat Pope) was a hard-working, top producing Realtor and my dad (John Pope) was really her biggest support system. While holding an open house, mom would arrive early to get the house properly set - curtains open, lights on, all of the usual stuff. To do it without p
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05/31/2007
My family and I spend a lot of time on Los Gatos Boulevard, whether it is for grocery shopping, picking up lunch from the salad bar at Whole Foods, doing our banking or getting the car washed. The Boulevard is bustling with activity, but it's a different type of activity then you find in towntown
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05/31/2007
The town of Los Gatos ("The Cats") got its name long before there was a town logo involving animals by that name. Supposedly, they were originally created as distinct from the name of the town - not for the name of the town at all. Officially endorsed, these two cats (Leo and Leona) date from le
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05/30/2007
Recently one of homes in our neighborhood got tented (fumigated) for drywood termites. The owners are people we know. My husband bumped into them at the neighborhood drug store last weekend and one of them said to him "my termite company won't go into my crawl space". He was wondering aloud if it
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05/29/2007
Summer is here - at least unofficially. In Los Gatos, that means that outdoors entertainment is on the horizon. There will be theatrical performances (Shakespeare and others), movies on park lawns, and many festivals. But there will also be music. Lots of free music of varying styles.Saturdays w
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05/29/2007
This was a challenging week as I was both out of town and sick for much of it (I am almost well...). But since I managed to pre-write daily posts before the Boston trip, at least my main blog, Live in Los Gatos (http://liveinlosgatos.realtownblogs.com/), got populated daily. That makes it a succe
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05/27/2007
Before the prohibition, the area we now call Silicon Valley had many wineries ringing the hills especially. They were destroyed in the prohibition years, mostly, but not for good. Today the town of Los Gatos and the nearby hillsides enjoy many vineyards and wineries. If you like wine tasting, let
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05/24/2007
Surrey Farms, offically called Surrey Farm on the county records, is a highly sought after neighborhood in the Kennedy Road area of east Los Gatos. A comforably sprawling enclave (it looks to be gated, but the gate never closes) of low-key but spacious homes reside on large, quarter to half-acr
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05/24/2007
Theater, films, music, paintings all grace Los Gatos: it is a very artsy town. But it's also a down to earth town with lovely murals dotting the landscape. Come take a look at a slideshow I put together from my photos around town of the murals in Los Gatos.To see the slideshow, please visit Live
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05/24/2007
Early in my career, a seasoned agent let me in on a secret: the best way to know how homes are really doing (in terms of appreciation) is to find a particular floorplan in a larger development and simply track where it sells from year to year. (Just take each sale with that floorplan and average
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05/18/2007
