Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Beautiful fall weather at Tahoe!  Attended two impressive real estate tours this week, one a $25 Million home in Martis Camp that has an entertainment pavilion as well as a substantial guest house along with the main house containing a very impressive wine room with ladder two stories high to reach the collection.  The other was an invitational VIP tour of Shakespeare Ranch, Chase International’s historic listing in Glenbrook.  Being offered in four separate parcels or all together, it includes 3 lakefront parcels with improvements along with the magnificent ranch that includes Shakespeare Rock itself. The 5,111 sq. ft. entertainment barn built in 1873, visited by President Bush who said, “They don’t make barns like this in Texas”, is tripped out with commercial kitchen, game center, bar and wine room.  Next to it is a grand pool house with numerous amenities plus guest homes and cabins.  Visit www.shakespeaereranchproperties.com for all the fabulous details.  Local news includes two nice lakefront sales – one on the West Shore that closed at last asking price of $15.8 M and my North Shore $22 M listing that closed at $19.5 M.  So now, for the rest of the story.

Residential Real Estate – week 9/21 – 9/17

• Tahoe Sierra MLS – North/West Shores & Truckee.  New Listings – 25; Escrows – 16; Solds – 16
• Incline Village/Crystal Bay MLS.  New Listings – 10; Escrows – 15; Solds – 3
• East Shore, NV MLS.  New Listings – 3; Escrows 7; Solds – 3
• Reno/Sparks MLS.  New Listings – 128; Escrows – 144; Solds 118

For Tahoe Sierra, an off-water estate originally listed at $10.2 M, reduced to $7 Million, went to escrow, along with the two lakefronts that sold for $15.8 M and $19.5M.  Incline had nice activity with 15 escrows, and East Shore had a nice lakefront escrow originally listed at $24.5 M and reduced to $17.85 Million. 

Lakefront Report – single family homes:  North and West Shores – 19 Active; 2 Escrow; 12 Sold to date 2024.  Incline/Crystal Bay – 5 Active; 1 Escrow; 1 Sold.  East Shore – 9 Active; 1 Escrow; 3 Sold.  South Lake Tahoe – 2 Active; 1 Escrow; 1 Sold.  Highest sale so far – $47.5 M in Incline Village.  Highest for North and West Shores – $19.5 M (Both Chase listings!)  

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Biophilia:  Improving the health of clients through architecture and design.  Attended a fascinating zoom on the subject describing the proven benefits of how environmental forces impact our wellbeing.  This is increasingly a big focus for businesses, hotels, hospitals, restaurants and homes.  Check out this resource:  www.terrapinbrightgreen.com 
• Tahoe Fun Fact:  63 rivers and streams flow into Lake Tahoe; only one flows out!  Tahoe Fund
• Sky Guide.  For iPhone – download this app to identify the stars and planets in the sky!  For Android it’s Stellarium.  
• Truckee Wine Walk and Shop:  Saturday, October 5:  Noon to 4PM.  www.truckeewinewalk.com
• Tahoe Music Alive.  Next performance – Insight Chamber Players – will be Sunday, Oct 13 from 4 – 6PM, Olympic Valley Chapel.  www.tahoemusicalive.org
• North Tahoe Historical Society:  Watson cabin TC has been brought back to life and now houses the gift shop of the Gatekeeper’s Museum along with introducing new initiatives at the museum. Presence of the summer and fall open Watson Cabin…oldest log cabin in Tahoe City…has stimulated renewed interest in Tahoe history and the cultural heritage of North Lake Tahoe.  The beautiful Indian Basket collection alone is worth the trip to both the Cabin and the Museum.  
• Tahoe Basin Land:  78% of land within the Tahoe Basin is managed by the US Forest Service, representing a total of 156,335 acres.  Tahoe Fund
• Lift Truckee.  Interesting contribution to the community – Cowork, Conference and Wellness Center offering various spaces for rent by the hour, activities, classes.  www.lifworkspace.com
• Books:  Fun to read my sorority magazine and see the amazing accomplishments of some of the sisters.  Fiona Davis is one – great author who focuses on interesting buildings in New York City, creating historical novels in those places.  I read The Spectacular (not realizing who she is), and it’s about life as a Rockette in the ‘50s set at Radio City Music Hall.  Fun read, as I’m sure her other five books are too.  Another impressive sister is Dawn Judkins, now the Fire Chief in King County, Washington.  

Entertainment

• Space Station Photos:  See attached .pdf
• Amazing dance number:  https://www.facebook.com/reel/416475574768351  (sound upper right corner)

TidBits

• Strive not to be a success but be of value.  Summit Funding
• I was married by a judge.  I should have asked for a jury.  Groucho Marx
• Tough times never last, but tough people do!  Robert H. Schuller
• Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.  Anonymous
• Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it — and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.  Wilma Mankiller.
• Imperfection is beauty and madness is genius.  It’s better to be ridiculous than to be boring.  Marilyn Monroe
• Where am I taking a bigger risk by not taking the risk?  Matthew Ferry
• Knock, knock. / Who’s there? / Adore. / Adore who? / Adore is between us. Charles Keller.
• There are three ages of man – youth, middle age and ‘you’re looking wonderful”.  Cardinal Francis Spellman
• Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself – like, for instance, he can’t find any clean socks.  Jean Kerr
• Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.  Frank Lebowitz
• Laughter is the best medicine, but in certain situations, the Heimlich maneuver may be more appropriate.
• Never take a cross-country trip with a kid who has just leaned to whistle.  Jean Deuel
• The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.  Abe Lemons
• If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.  Claude McDonald
• The fat lady hasn’t started to sing yet, but she has a mic in her hand.  Ian Holloway (when in escrow!) 
• It’s useless to try to hold a person to anything he says while he’s madly in love, drunk, or running for office.  Shirley MacLaine

Decisions. A lot of thinking to do and choices to make over the next several weeks.  And, life will go on just fine after it’s over.  Enjoy the beautiful weather and see you next time! 

Best wishes,

Trinkie