Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Last Saturday I attended an intriguing and beautiful Tahoe Music Alive concert – The Musubi Trio.  Founder Haruka Fujii is a nationally acclaimed percussionist and marimbaists, one of the most prominent of her generation.  She is the Professor of Percussion and Percussion Ensemble at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a performing artist with Grammy Award winning Silkroad Ensemble founded by Yo-Yo Ma.  Rayo Furuta, known as “The rockstar of the Flute”, and Beni Shinohara, Assistant Concertmaster of the San Francisco Balley Orchestra since 1990, complete the

Trio.  These artists are top of their game!   The last TMA concert for this year will be on October 11, the Yamazalde Trio of violin, cello and piano, at the Olympic Valley Chapel.  www.Tahoemusicalive.org   

Had a lovely lunch at Thunderbird Lodge this week with Bill Watson, Chief Executive of Thunderbird Lodge, and a couple of friends who plan to join the Thunderbird Preservation Society. Incredible Tahoe history lives at the ‘Castle’.  Then I attended Tahoe Forest Hospital’s “Spirit of Giving” award celebration for Marie Cluckey, a Truckee local who has given 9,000 hours of volunteer work to the betterment of patients and the hospital in general.  Can you imagine? 9,000 hours? The award has definite parameters and is not given every year…just when someone rises to the top – and certainly does not require 9,000 hours of volunteer work.  One of the recipients you probably know is Billy McCullough – owner of fab now-gone 13-year Dragon Fly in Truckee – who has given so much of his talent to the Hospital starting with Best of Chef’s, a fund-raiser for the Cancer Center, that he continues to support for the Hospital. So, on to no-food news and what took place in real estate this week.

Residential Real Estate – week 9/13 – 9/19  

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 28; Escrows – 27; Solds – 25
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 11; Escrows – 13; Solds – 7
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 1; Escrows – 7; Solds – 4
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 122; Escrows – 124; Solds – 98

For Tahoe Sierra, a West Shore split came on for $4M with Chase, a West Shore lakefront on the market for 440 days, originally listed at $6.5 now $4.95M, finally went to escrow, and the three top sales were at Martis Camp, highest $16.73M.  For Incline/Crystal Bay, Chase listed a beautiful Elise Fett, AIA home on the Eastern Slope for $13.2M, and a lakefront listed at $8.249 on the eastern reach of Lakeshore Drive went to escrow along with a $4.4M Lakeshore Terrace condo – both listed by same agent!  South suburban Reno had a nice new build on 7+ acres, listed at $6.8M go to escrow. 

North/West Shore Single Family Lakefront Count for year:  11 Active from $2.595M – $45M, 6 in escrow, 13 closed so far.  The low-priced active is a charming small North Shore home with lakeside deck, 20’ on water and a buoy.  

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Albion River Bridge, Mendocino County, built in 1944, is the last timber truss superstructure owned by the state of California still carrying traffic. This historic landmark has been given a death sentence that the locals are trying to fight.  Beyond its useful life with failing integrity, Caltrans considers it beyond repair and potentially dangerous.  
• Manet & Morisot – the “must-see SF Art Exhibit of 2025” per SF Chronicle.  Opening Oct 11, Legion of Honor. Berethe Morisot’s subject, colors and open brushstrokes had a big influence on her good friend, Edouard Manet’s work.
• Mooring Lottery:  October 1 – November 14 TRPA will accept entries for the annual Lake Tahoe mooring lottery. For information:  www.LakeTahoeInfo.org/moorings  Also, TRPA replaces mooring tags year-round; be sure yours is in place! 
• Tahoe’s water:  Lake Tahoe holds 39 trillion gallons of water.  Deep waters are around 39-42 degrees F. There are 18+ fish species found and lived in the lake, most living between 1 – 300 feet deep. No, there are no elephants at the bottom of the lake.  Tahoe Fund
• Fall foliage:  Hope Valley is one of the most popular areas to see vibrant color.  Martis Valley, between Truckee and Kings Beach, offers a network of trails as well as viewing from Hwy 267.  Vikingsholm Trail is another colorful walk along with quiet Fallen Leaf Lake. Page Meadows, just south of Tahoe City, is another spot for viewing, and Spooner Lake on the East Shore offers easily accessible trails for all ages. Lake Tahoe This Week
• Last outdoor music – Truckee:  Downtown Park, Wednesday, 9/24 6PM – 8PM.
• Golden Visa back in New Zealand:  Minimum home purchase of about $3 Million to qualify. Prices have softened and Americans are encouraged to explore.  Mansion Global

Entertainment

• What’s My Line?  1953.  Eleanor Roosevelt.  Start at 14 min.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ew82Ae_N9g

TidBits

• 5 of 9 Important Facts:  9) Death is the number 1 killer in the world.  8) Life is sexually transmitted.  7) Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.  6) Men have two emotions: hungry and horny, and they can’t tell them apart.  If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich. 5) Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day.  Teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.  
• Don’t worry about old age; it doesn’t last that long.
• Four worms were placed in four separate test tubes:  1 in beer, 1 in wine, 1 in whiskey, 1 in mineral water.  The next day teacher shows the results:  worm in beer, dead; worm in wine, dead; worm in whiskey, dead; worm in mineral water, alive and healthy.  Teacher asks class, ‘what did we learn from this experience?”  Child responds, “Whoever drinks beer, wine and whiskey doesn’t have worms.”
• Someone asked me if I was ready for the fall, and it took me a second to realize they meant autumn and not the collapse of society.
• Boredom is a filter.  Common ideas come before it.  Uncommon ideas come after it.  Sit with a project long enough to get bored with it, then sit a little more.  The most useful insights bubble up after you get bored.  James Clear
• Paraprosdokians:  1) Change is inevitable, except form a vending machine. 2) Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.  3) Finally: I’m supposed to respect my elders, but it’s harder and harder for me to find one now. 4) I’m not arguing with you, I’m simply explaining why you are wrong. 
• Life appears to be too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.  Jane Eyre
• We need much less than we think we need.  Maya Angelou  (You’re probably right, Maya, but that’s no fun.)
• Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.  Martin Luthner King, Jr. (Good one for now.)
• I wish I had a twin so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery.  Joan Rivers
• Even if you’re on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.  Will Rogers
• The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.  The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.  Winston Churchill
• I followed a diet, but it didn’t follow me back, so I unfollowed it.
• If you think your dog can’t count, put three treats in your pocket and only give two of them.  Phil Pastoret
• 1) How much do you love me?  Well, look at the stars and count them.  That’s how much I love you.  2) But it’s morning. 1) Exactly.
• When life shuts a door, open it again.  It’s a door.  That’s how they work.
• It’s OK to look at the past and the future.  Just don’t stare. Benjamin Dover
• When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day.  Ella Woodward
• Workout in the morning before your brain figures out what you’re doing.
• God created sleep and the devil created the alarm clock.
• A day without laughter is a day wasted.  Charlie Chaplin

So, keep on laughing – not a moment to waste!  Have a beautiful week and see you next time! 

Best wishes,

Trinkie