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Weekly Photo Challenge: On Top
I was taking event photos for a friend’s art exhibit at the Peninsula Humane Society in Burlingame, California. It was fun to visit and see all the puppies, kitties and bunnies and the walls adorned with paintings by aspiring art … Continue reading
Spring Breakout?
A while ago I asked if employment was going to jump this spring… now median home prices appear to want to jump for joy at the sight of spring flowers and warmth from the Sun. DataQuick News reported Bay Area … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
Colma is a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Last time I checked, the population was just under 1,500 people… if you don’t count the more than one million souls interred there in the twenty … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Area, California, Colma, D7000, graphics, Image, images, Nikon, Photography, Postaday, San Francisco Bay Area, San Mateo County, Tamron, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: Monuments
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold
I’ve lost my dictionary… the hard bound one! What a world! What a world! The weekly challenge is to portray Threshold: a pivotal moment where change occurs (my definition since I’m lacking substantive support from Messrs: Merriam and Webster). Well, … Continue reading
Property Inspection
As an appraiser I get to visit all sorts of properties and see things most people don’t experience in their lifetime. Recently, I got to see the inside of Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Not as an appraiser, but as … Continue reading
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Tagged 49ers, Bay Area, California, Candlestick Park, D7000, Giants, graphics, Image, images, Nikon, Photography, San Francisco Bay Area, stadium, Tamron
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life
I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. That span includes a number of years in downtown San Francisco just west of Union Square. When you live in the center of a region populated by more … Continue reading
What’s At The End Of The Tunnel?
Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area remain stuck in a narrow range. The past nine months has seen the stabilization of the market in price but based on unusually low sales volume. The all-homes median price was $540,000 … Continue reading
Posted in SF Bay Area Housing Trends
Tagged Bay Area, California, D7000, Economics, graphics, Housing, Housing Trends, Image, images, Nikon, Photography, real-estate, San Francisco Bay Area
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Spring Out!
Employment growth in the San Francisco Bay Area has not been stymied by snowfall. Oh, yeah, we didn’t have any. The Bay Area saw strong growth in the labor force and employment in February. The statewide figures are not comforting … Continue reading
Posted in SF Bay Area Employment Trends
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
What makes a powerful image? Content? Color? Tone? Composition? Graphic elements? Luck? I was working in Marin County one day in October of 2012. On my way home, in the late afternoon, I saw that the Sun was going to … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, birds, California, D7000, heron, Image, Marin, Marin County, Marin Headlands, Nikon, Photo Challenge, Photography, Postaday, reflection, San Francisco Bay Area, sunset, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
Okay, so sometimes you have to be an insider to get an inside joke/comment. If you live in or near San Francisco you probably understand the difference between inside the Golden Gate (in the San Francisco Bay) and outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Area, California, D7000, Image, images, Nikon, Photography, Postaday, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, surf, surfing, Weekly Photo Challenge
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