Category Archives: Los Angeles Lifestyle

Ocean View… You Gotta Dream Sometime

Santa Monica Condo

Every once in a while it’s OK to take at look at something you probably won’t have, y’know? The fastest car, the biggest diamond, the nicest suit, etc. And it’s important to keep things in perspective and be mindful that you don’t need those things to be happy. But… I think living here would make us all that much happier…

Sigh. Fireplace, Pacific breezes, over 1,500 sqft….
We can always dream, right? Here’s the listing, a Santa Monica palace of a condo:
Ocean Park Blvd.

The Americana at Brand — Why Would You Ever Leave Home?

The Americana

The development company Caruso paid exactly $1 for the land that makes up The Americana at Brand development. From what were four city blocks in relative decline in Glendale, California — “The Jewel City” — Caruso created a pristine, charming and, perhaps above all, successful lifestyle destination.

With homes for purchase (price tags range from $500,000 to well above 7 figures) and rentals, home hunters with a wide range of budgets can call the beautiful residences here home.
The resort-quality pool, the concierge service… well… let’s let them speak for themselves:
AMENITIES

Private fitness …

West Hollywood — In the Middle of it All

Today West Hollywood — “The Creative City” as it proudly dubs itself — is a vibrant, eclectic city, known for great restaurants and bars, retailers ranging from high-end couture to the decidedly offbeat.
Famous boulevards and avenues pass through the neighborhood — Melrose, Sunset and Santa Monica, to name a few — bisected by little streets lined in charming homes and apartments.
The makeup of this city-within-a-city (a feature common to Los Angeles; unique to the area) has much to do with its neighbor, Beverly Hills, immediately to the West. There are …

Koreatown, Chinatown and Little Tokyo

Chinatown

Nestled next to or within downtown, these 3 neighborhoods offer a great value for the location. All close, all charming and all selling! With the vibrant Latino community and culture embedded in LA, people sometimes forget the other rich ethnic communites; Glendale has more Armenians than anywhere else in the world outside of Armenia.

Koreatown is seen as a “mini Seoul” boasting a huge Korean population with a posh nightlife that has upscale Karaoke studios and pool halls. But it’s the location that makes it’s real estate so desirable. As quoted …

Decoding Residential Market Trends in Los Angeles

Residential Market 01

Los Angeles Rentals
Navigating the real estate market in the current economy can be a daunting task for seasoned real estate professionals yet alone the average American.  Making prudent decisions in the current market can often mean the difference between what is fiscally responsible or what is financially ruinous, and distinguishing between the two is not always apparent.
When the stock market gains and loses 300 + points from day to day, uncertainty abounds in virtually every quadrant.  Luckily, academics are studying the markets to make sense of the chaos.  According …

High Culture; Low Cost — An LA Weekend on the Cheap

If you live in Los Angeles, you know things in this town can be pricey. From dining to entertainment to merely finding a place to park your car in many neighborhoods, it ain’t cheap to be an Angeleno. Assuming you want to go out and do things, that is. And most LA types definitely want to be in motion.
There are always a hundred festivals, gallery shows, farmer’s markets, arts and crafts events, etc, popping up in LA, and all those things are interesting and amusing. But they’re also fleeting: here …

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