How To Succeed
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is being presented by West Valley Light Opera at the Saratoga Civic Theater (northwest corner of Allendale and Fruitvale in Saratoga, CA) from November 5-December 3, 2011. Returning to this theater is the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy; an irreverent satire about Corporate America, based on…
Saratoga Mustard Faire March 6, 2011
This year Saratoga’s Mustard Faire is on Sunday, March 6, 2011 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Heritage Orchard (corner of Fruitvale and Saratoga Ave.) and the Warner Hutton House (next to Saratoga, CA City Hall). There will be arts, crafts, hay rides, antique cars, antique equipment, animals,…
Portrait Artist Demonstration in Saratoga, CA
Painting by Ginny Sampson Saratoga Contemporary Artists invite the public to their Sat., Feb. 5, 2011, demonstration at the Care Center of the Federated Church (the Old Saratoga Post Office next to the Saratoga Fire Station) at 10:00 a.m. Prize-winning portrait and figure artist, David Lazarony, will demonstrate the process…
Private Christian School Open Houses in Saratoga
Sacred Heart School in Saratoga, CA is having an open house Sunday, January 30, 2011 from 10 AM to 1PM. The preschool and K-8 school is located at 13718 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070. The WASC accredited school has a K6-K8 one-to-one laptop program, science labs, spanish language program, and Art, Music,…
Parks in Saratoga, CA Add Value to Neighborhoods
Click>here for a link to a map of parks in Saratoga, CA. Rick Bonetti | APR Referral Network | 408-857-8800 | DRE #01237009…
Saratoga 2010 Real Estate Market In Review
Price Trends: Median prices in Saratoga, CA have fluctuated inversely with inventory – they reached a low after the recession in Spring 2009, recovered by January 2010; dropped again and are on the rise again. Buyers Market: As the chart above shows, according to Altos Research, Saratoga CA has been…
How’s The Real Estate Market?
Image via Wikipedia Recent media news reports trumpet that sales of existing homes plunged by 29 percent in July 2009. Is this the whole story… or is this the beginning of election year rhetoric? Further, do the national statistics have any bearing on how the real estate market is doing…
Montalvo Fall Concert Series
Image via Wikipedia Montalvo’s Summer 2010 entertainment season is ending with a bang with three concerts mid-September as they prepare for fall concerts at the Carriage House Theater: September Saturday, September 11, 7:30pm Robert Cray Band Wednesday, September 15, 7pm Chris Botti Friday, September 17, 7pm Creedence Clearwater Revisited October…
SPC Saratoga Community Garden
Summer garden harvests in Saratoga are abundant. Today I harvested 4 bags of tomatoes, one bag of beans and a bag of squash, which were grown specifically for distribution to Family Supportive Housing in San Jose. This first year the SPC Community Garden is being tended entirely by members of…
Bollywood Saratoga
The Indian community in Saratoga, CA is vibrant and growing. August 21, 2010 from 6PM to 9PM the Saratoga Village Development Council sponsored a Bollywood Dance on Big Basin Way, featuring three classsic Bollywood dance performances and a DJ music parking lot dance at Bank of America.…
Saratoga Housing Market Inventory Rises Seasonally as Sales Moderate
People always ask me “How’s the market?” and I usually respond that real estate is very micro-localized and varies with price range. With that qualifier, it is fair to generalize that the real estate market in Saratoga, CA 95070 has been somewhat cooler for several weeks as demand has waned…
Los Gatos Jazz On The Plazz
One of the benefits of summer in Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga is the abundance of great outdoor music. In addition to Los Gatos’ Sunday Music in the Park, I also enjoy Jazz on the Plazz, which starts this Wednesday at 6:30 PM, June 23, 2010: Here’s the 2010…
How Old Are Most Saratoga Homes?
During the decade when I was born in Saratoga, CA there were only 470 homes built. Most of the surrounding land was in orchards. During the 1950′s the boom started, reaching its peak during the 1960′s. The 1970′s were also active home building years, but it tapered off dramatically after…
Saratoga-Monte Sereno Community Foundation On The Move Again
On May 25, 2010 I attended a gathering at the Plumed Horse in Saratoga, CA for the Saratoga-Monte Sereno Community Foundation, a non-profit organization of community and civic-minded, concerned individuals who are working toward improving the quality of life in Saratoga and Monte Sereno, California. My wife Lynne and I…
