Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Just received my invitation to ‘Treat A Bear To Dinner and Dancing’, The Bear League’s 16^th annual fund raiser.  The invitation details the extensive menu of Appetizers, Soup and Salad, Entrees, Deserts and All You Can Drink Open Bar.  This year the theme is Hawaiian Style with music by the Woodland Band (talented porcupine, two squirrels and a raccoon).  Cost is $25 per bear, so you can treat one, a couple, a family or two or three!  The other nice invitation received today was from Julie and Mike Teel who host Tahoe Forest Hospital’s two Foundation Boards (Incline and Tahoe/Truckee) for a Board Mixer at their Raley’s O.N.E. Loft.  In addition to lovely drinks, the food is always fabulous, all prepared in-house by their talented chefs. So, now let’s see what fabulous things transpired in real estate this week.

Residential Real Estate – week 11/9 – 11/15

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 18; Escrows – 26; Solds – 11
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 3; Escrows – 6; Solds – 5
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 4; Escrows – 2; Solds – 5
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 98; Escrows – 118; Solds – 101

Tahoe Sierra had a lakefront last listed at $8.55 Million (started just under $10 Million in July 2021) now listed at $7.3 Million go to escrow.  Also, Martis Camp had a $13.995 Million listing go to escrow.  Incline Village had a Crystal Towers condo, listed at $5.5 Million sell at $5.25 Million.  Reno had a beautiful, gracious 2.7-acre estate in the southwest list at $5.7 Million. 

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Friday, Nov 22 – 4:15 – 6:00 PM – Downtown Historic Truckee: Annual Holiday Festival and Bud Fish Tree Lighting Ceremony   Time to kick off holiday shopping! 
• Saturday, Dec 7 – 10:00AM to 1PM – Tahoe City Winter Sports Park:  Breakfast with Santa. Free
• Fun Fact:  American Black Bears can eat up to 25,000 calories per day – hyperphagia- as they prepare for their winter slumber and search for food up to 20 hours a day.  Tahoe Fund
• Tahoe Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus:  Messiah presentations:  Minden, Reno, South Lake Tahoe, and Incline Village.  www.tahoe-philharmonic.com  765-862-2282 
• Invasive plant removal completed!  17 acres of Taylor and Tallac creeks and marshes in South Lake Tahoe were cleared after the installation of large tarps 3 years ago.  Barriers to block all sunlight and starve invasive plants were a success, removing the Eurasian watermilfoil infestation.  Tahoe Fund
• Fashionable Scaffolding.  Louis Vuitton’s statement at the corner of East 57th St and Fifth Avenue in NYC is over the top!  Its 15-story stack of six louis Vuitton trunks is covering the demo of an existing store to make way for Vuitton’s new flagship store.  Six months to complete, the stack measures 108 feet deep by 70 feet wide and 230 feet tall and has garnered throngs of delighted tourists and New Yorkers alike to the sidewalks. WSJ Magazine
• New take on logos.  Fashion has shifted from blatant logos to quiet branding that’s subtle but evident enough to subtly show label allegiances.  However, not all fashion insiders are sold.  Sarah Hoover, 39, an art historian and writer in New York, prefers ‘big flashy logos’ because they remind her of her 1990s youth.  “I also like them because I’m tacky”, she said.  “I’m here for a fun time, not a calm and elegant time.”  WSJ
• Pathway to UK citizenship.  Malta is the place!  Golden Visas are available along with residency-by-investment.  Not inexpensive, but an opportunity for deep-pocketed Americans and other nationals looking for EU residency. Mansion Global

Entertainment

• Adopting a baby rabbit:   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/swr5T8hVfNk?feature=share

TidBits

• It takes 2 years to learn to speak and 60 to learn to keep quiet.  Ernest Hemmingway
• I chased my dreams once and now I have several restraining orders against me.  Mother of Heathens
• And he respects Owl, because you can’t help respecting anyone who can spell Tuesday, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything.  There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.  Rabbit, “The House at Pooh Corner”
• I was smart enough to go through every door that opened.  Joan Rivers
• I’d love to stand here and talk to you, but I’m not going to.  Phil Connors, ‘Groundhog Day’
• I’m sick of following my dreams, man.  I‘m just going to ask where they’re going and hook up with ‘em later. Mitch Heberg
• My husband and I fell in love at first sight.  Maybe I should have taken a second look. Halley Reed, ‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’ 
• I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.  Mae West
• Death is nature’s way of saying, “your table is ready”.  Robin Williams
• The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.  Oscar Wilde
• The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.  Vince Lombardi
• Crying does not indicate that you are weak.  Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. Charlotte Bronté
• Don’t spend your life with someone you can live with.  Spend your life with someone you can’t live without.
• Sometimes I use words I don’t understand so I can sound more photosynthesis.  Mother of Heathens
• Knock, knock.  Who’s there?  Avenue.  Avenue who?  Avenue heard this joke before?  Charles Keller
• The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.  ‘The Divinity College Address’, Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Q: According to the IRS, out of every 10 Americans audited, how many end up paying more taxes.?  A: 11 Paul Lynde
• Q:  Paul, how many fingers in the girl scout salute?  A:  Gee, I don’t remember.  The last time I saw it was when I didn’t buy their cookies.  Paul Lynde
• I think one reason they call them “Relaxed Fit” jeans is that “Ass the Size of Texas” jeans would not sell very well.  Jim Rosenberg
• Guys I’ve been meeting have the worst pickup lines.  Like, “Hey, what’s your friend’s name?”  Melanie Reno
• After the ship has sunk, a consultant knows how it might have been saved.  Newt Hielscher

Sounds like ‘Monday morning quarterbacking’ to me!  Enjoy all the games, stay warm as we move into winter (I think the end-of-year days are the coldest ones) and see you next time!  

Best wishes, 

Trinkie