Tahoe Update October 18th

Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

Has this happened to you?  I had this Update done – and saved I thought - except for the stats, and the entire thing vanished so here we go again.  Gorgeous weekend before temps drop as we head toward winter.  More socializing this week with another dinner at Savoie, this time the scrumptious hamburger along with those amazing fries and a special salad.  Then dinner at The Lodge (Tahoe Donner) that got a new chef this summer…delicious fish tacos and a little crème brulé. Saturday was the annual Knights of the Vine dinner at excellent Sierra Street Kitchen in Reno where we had the restaurant to ourselves. Special game selection and fabulous wines from a small family winery in Calistoga.  Saturday also had a showing on one of my lakefront listings – perfect day for it.  Real estate is a bit quiet, tho not dead.  Interest rates aren’t helping and I’m seeing available properties increase.  Let’s see what the week did.

Residential Real Estate – week 10/10 – 10/16

North Shore had a lakefront come on at $10.6M and Martis Camp had a $12.65M go to escrow.  East Shore had a lakefront listed at $23.988M sell for $19.9M.  And Reno’s prior Pennington home, listed at $13.95M, sold for $12.75M.

Entertainment

• David Letterman – Elon Musk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WNYscQK9b4  Start of Tesla.  Fascinating and fun.

TidBits

• Never seek revenge.  Rotten fruit will fall by itself.

• I gained a little bit of weight recently. In my defense I had a lot on my plate.

• Don’t let someone ruin your peace because they can’t find theirs.

• You haven’t really lived until you’ve had to push a car with a dead battery, then sprint, jump in, slam it into first gear, and pop the clutch like a seasoned getaway driver.

• God will steer but you must row.

• With all due respect, I’m still working on my tan.  Take a seat pumpkin spice people.  It’s still summer.

• I’ve never been over Niagrar Falls in a barrel, but I’ve fallen off my couch while in a blanket while reaching for a beer on my coffee table.

• I try to be a good person, but then someone pulls out In front of me going ten below the speed limit, and I have to try again tomorrow.

• At McDonald’s they asked if I’d donate to charity. I said, “No”.  The asked, “Don’t you care about kids’ health?” I said, “I’m eating here – I don’t even care about mine.”

• Half of me wants to sit around for hours and do absolutely nothing.  The other half wants to clean out every closet and reorganize the entire house.  They meet for coffee every morning.

• 30 seconds of Dolly Parton cures a bad day.

• A woman with a salad walked past Grandpa in the restaurant and said, “You know a cow died so you could eat that beef burger.”  Grandpa replied, “If you weren’t eating its food, it might have lived.”

• At 80 I’m still playing with a full deck.  I just shuffle slower.

• I misplaced my favorite ring. I searched high and low for it. You know what I did find?  It’s much more fun searching high. Mother of Heathens

• So let’s get this straight.  It’s illegal for me to use my cell phone while driving but I can use the giant iPad that’s built in the car to flip through 50 apps to control the AC and Navigation.

• I don’t expect my body to work like it did in my 20s.  I’d just like one week where it doesn’t give me something to Google.

• A fine is a tax for doing wrong.  A tax is a fine for doing right.  Mark Twain

• Good Morning.  I was gonna take over the world this morning, but I overslept.

• Dear Algebra:  Please stop asking us to find your X.  She is never coming back and don’t ask Y.

So much for today’s math lesson.  Have a great week – bundled up a bit – and see you next time!

Best wishes,