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Had a drink with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee last night

August 31, 2011 in Uncategorized

They don't call Mayor Ed Lee Mr. Mid-Market for nothing. Good times Mr. Lee.

In album Mayor Ed Lee event at the Soma Grand in San Francisco (27 photos)

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This picture has already made the rounds, but I'm still going to share it:

August 31, 2011 in Uncategorized

1. Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, 1886/87
2. Van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1887
3. Renoir, Young Girl with Long Hair, or Young Girl in a Straw Hat, 1884
4. Cézanne, Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1875/76
5. Van Gogh, Portrait of Joseph Roulin, 1889
6. William Segal, Self Portrait in a Yellow Hat
7. Gabriel Hervé, Portrait de jeune femme au chien, 1868
8. ? Impressionist Girl With Hat Painting / Sunday, author: grittyjane (http://www.etsy.com/transaction/15079161) or is it a copy, I don't know
9. Kees van Dongen, I couldn't find the title
10. August Macke, Portrait of the Artist's Wife with Hat, 1909
11. Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Maria with Hat, 1910
12. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Self-portrait with Straw Hat, 1937
13. ??
14. Theo van Doesburg, Self-portrait with hat, 1906
15. Matisse, Woman with a Hat, 1905
16. Kees van Dongen: Lady in a Black Hat, 1908
17. ???
and again Van Gogh – Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, 1886/87

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What was that about hats again?

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Does anyone notice a more receptive audience at different times of the day? Can…

August 30, 2011 in Uncategorized

Does anyone notice a more receptive audience at different times of the day? Can this be factored into advertising =]

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That was short but I felt it

August 30, 2011 in Uncategorized

Anyone else's building shake?

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David Baker’s ZeroCottage Rising

August 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

The goal, to build the first “Net Zero Energy, LEED Platinum, Green Point Rated, Living Building Challenge Certified, PassivHaus Certified Residence in San Francisco.” The approach, a three story addition designed by David Baker + Partners and dubbed the…

The Gutterson Designed Kitchen Was Gutted A Decade Ago

August 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

The Henry Gutterson designed home at 1495 Monterey Boulevard was purchased for $1,200,000 in 2001 at which point its original kitchen was demolished and rebuilt. Soon thereafter, the English Tudor home sold for $1,528,000 in June of 2002. In…

No New Stimulus For You! (At Least Not This Month)

August 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, although problems still exist (think unemployment and sagging home prices), “the growth fundamentals of the United States do not appear to have been permanently altered by the shocks of the past four years”…

A Forty-Four Percent Hit For 1825 Webster

August 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

As we wrote this past May: Purchased for $1,500,000 in June 2006 with two loans and $225,000 down, a year later a third mortgage for $200,000 was added to the property at 1825 Webster. Taken back by the bank…

311 Marina Boulevard Sells On The Steps For Half What Was Owed

August 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

A perennial favorite which plugged-in people have been keeping an eye on since we first featured it back in 2006, yesterday 311 Marina Boulevard sold to a third party on San Francisco’s courthouse steps for $1,845,000 cash versus an…

Scheduled Auctions Flat As Pre-Foreclosure Activity Ticks Down

August 28, 2011 in Uncategorized

Pre-foreclosure activity in San Francisco has dropped from 576 properties in the pipeline in June to 549 today, 32 percent of which are in District 10*, down from 34 percent in January but up from 30 percent in March. That…