Please stop by a Sereno Group office listed below to take part in a FREE e-waste, e-recycling collection event on Sunday April 21, 2018 9:00AM- 1:00- PM.
A FREE e-waste collection event is being held in 3 area Sereno Group offices on Sunday, April 21, 2013 from 9:30am to 1:30pm:
Where to go to drop off the approved items?
PALO ALTO Corner of Emerson and Lytton Avenue
LOS ALTOS * SHREDDING AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION * 369 S. San Antonio Road (Sereno Office Parking Lot)
LOS GATOS * SHREDDING AVAILABLE AT THIS LOCATION * 214 Los Gatos – Saratoga Road (Sereno Office Parking Lot)
WILLOW GLEN 1425 Lincoln Avenue (WG Elem. School Parking Lot)
SANTA CRUZ 2407 Porter Street (Sereno Office Parking Lot)
What to Bring, what’s accepted:
Computers / Laptops / Servers
Televisions / Monitors
DVD / CD Players
Fax Machines / Printers
Copy Machines
Toner Cartridges
Speakers / Stereo Equipment
Rechargeable Batteries
Telecome Equipment / Telephones / Cell Phones
Wire / Cabling / Printed Circuit Boards
Aluminum / Scrap Metal
Microwave Ovens
Items NOT Accepted:
Alkaline Batteries
All Lightbulbs
DLP TV’s
GreenMouse Recycling shreds and Grey Bears reconfigures all hard drives so no one can access your personal information!
I’ve been selling real estate since 1993, full time, in Silicon Valley. Until recently I had never seen dampwood termites in this area, but a few months ago I caught sight of a dead one at the Almaden Winery neighborhood (on the Cambrian and Almaden border) when our pest inspector, Miguel Torres from Thrasher Termite, noticed it and gave me an education on them. Luckily there were no live dampwood termites to be found! I thought it was a weird fluke.
Fast forward a few months, and again this week I saw first the much smaller, immature dampwood termites (so I didn’t recognize them, but suspected that they were termites of some kind as they were coming out of rotting wood) and a few days later saw the large and now mature dampwood termites swarming in the same location in Belgatos Park, Los Gatos, close to where my family and I live. Initially I thought they were strange moths as there was a lot of flapping motion, but on closer look I could see that they were indeed termites and they were big!!! (more…)
Santa Cruz is just 30-60 minutes “over the hill” but in many ways is an entirely different world than Silicon Valley. I spent a lot of time there while growing up in Santa Clara and Saratoga, mostly because my grandparents lived in Pasatiempo (a lovely neighborhood centered on a golf course) in Santa Cruz and later in retirement communities nearby. Jim and I lived in Santa Cruz ourselves for three years when we were newly married. [I taught first at Marello Prep in Santa Cruz (now closed) and later at Notre Dame High School in Salinas while living at the coast, in life before real estate.]
We have a lot of wonderful memories & experience with the Santa Cruz – Capitola – Aptos – Soquel area. Today I wanted to share a few general tips and food tips for those who may be new to this part of California and spending some time by the coast.
Some general tips
Weather: always, always have layers available as the shore is unpredictible. It might be 100 in Willow Glen but cold and windy with the fog rolling in at the wharf. The coastal communities have varying degrees of fog, sun and wind: microclimates are the norm. If it’s sunny and toasty at the lighthouse, it may not be that way at Seacliff Beach. Don’t rely on webcams!
Restrooms: know where the restrooms are before you visit. The city of Santa Cruz has a list of public restrooms and a map online. It’s pretty awful if you spend a lot of time shopping on Pacific Avenue (downtown Santa Cruz), only to find no bathroom when you need one. Your visit will be happier if you plan ahead!
There’s more to do than just the beach: the coastal communities near Santa Cruz have loads going on with festivals, shows, musical productions and more. Check out the online roster of events near the Monterey Bay.
The Boardwalk has no admission fee and is a great place to people-watch and get tasty junk food, even if the rides don’t appeal to you. In summer there are free music concerts on Friday nights (check the website for info) and on Monday & Tuesday evenings after 5pm they celelebrate 1907 nights: rides and hot dogs, cotton candy and most fountain drinks are just $1 each. This is a bargain! (more…)
Helping nice folks to buy and sell homes in Silicon Valley
Mary Pope-Handy, Realtor ABR, CIPS, CRS, SRES
Christie's International Real Estate Sereno, Los Gatos, CA 95030 408 204-7673 Mary@PopeHandy.com License# 01153805
Clair Handy, Realtor
GREEN
Christie's International Real Estate Sereno 214 Los Gatos-Saratoga Rd Los Gatos, CA 95030 ClairHandy@sereno.com License# 02153633
Mary & Clair sell homes throughout Silicon Valley: Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, and Santa Cruz County. with a special focus on: San Jose, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Campbell, Almaden Valley, Cambrian Park.
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Mary Pope-Handy, Realtor ABR, AHWD, CIPS, CRS, SRES Christie's International Real Estate Sereno DRE License #01153805 408-204-7673 mary@popehandy.com “Helping nice folks to buy and sell homes in Silicon Valley since 1993”
Clair Handy, Realtor, GREEN Christie's International Real Estate Sereno DRE License #02153633 408-721-6160 clairhandy@sereno.com “Helping nice folks to buy and sell homes in Silicon Valley”
This is the Valley of Heart's Delight blog , covering Silicon Valley real estate - Santa Clara County, San Jose, Los Gatos, Cupertino, and nearby communities in the South Bay Area and lower Peninsula. Find info on neighborhoods, disclosure issues, buyer and seller tips, and housing market conditions in the west valley and most of the county.Please also see my other websites and real estate market statistics site, which are listed in the sidebar, above.
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