Tahoe Update

Greetings Fellow Life Travelers:

And just like that, Thanksgiving Day is over! Had a beautiful dinner with friends at a fabulous Clear Creek residence. Lots of good cheer along with beautiful food and great adventure stories shared. It feels a bit strange not to have snow on the ground, and predictions aren’t very encouraging for the next while. For those who know Reno, Perenn Bakery has a new restaurant – Claio – in the shopping center at Mayberry and McCarran, where I had dinner on Wednesday. Interesting cocktail specialties and a fun, different menu. Let’s see what was on the real estate menu this holiday week.

Residential Real Estate – week 11/22 – 11/28

Kinda wimpy numbers for this short week. Only big deal was Crystal Pointe, listed at $43 M, that went to escrow.

Local/Real Estate/Luxe

• Truckee Ice Arena – open weekends: Friday – 3 – 7PM; Sat – 12 – 8PM; Sun – 12 – 6:30PM. Skate rentals available. https://www.tdrpd.org/161/Ice-Rink
• Rising prices are giving rise to the popularity of leftovers. What used to languish in the fridge and then get tossed is now part of creating a whole new recipe. WSJ
• Teens are diving into markets, with some encouraged by their parents who wish they’d started investing earlier. (Smart move!) WSJ
• Five best wines to bring to the party this holiday season – https://tinyurl.com/y8cnuny3
• For locals: Glenshire Holiday Open Studio Tour – Dec 5 – 7, 10am to 5pm. https://tinyurl.com/3yhhrvmw
• Tahoe City – Holly Jolly Strolls – Dec 5, 12, 19 – 4 – 8PM. https://visittahoecity.org/event/holly-jolly-strolls25/
• Give Back Tahoe – Dec 2 – 31. 80 local non-profits participating this year’s collective generosity . Check it out – www.givebacktahoe.org

Entertainment

• The tree – Michael McIntyre: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wyQB9IMAzvI

TidBits

• Do not drink and wrap presents. If anyone gets a remote control for Christmas, I’m gonna need that back.
• Let’s all take a moment to recognize the true heroes of the season. Elastic waistbands.
• Peace is not the absence of power but the most disciplined expression. Chris Voss
• The best type of risks to take are the ones where 1) the worst outcome is manageable and 2) the best outcome is life changing. James Clear
• Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Simone Weil
• Did parents just let their kids roam the neighborhood all day lone without phones or water bottles and say, “be back before dark”?
• Loyalty is about people who stay true to you behind your back.
• Wife texts husband on a cold winter morning, “Windows frozen, won’t open.” Husband texts back: “Gently pour some lukewarm water over it and then gently tap edges with hammer.” Wife texts back 10 minutes later: “Computer really messed up now.”
• Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. Phyllis Diller
• I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, but if the white runs out, I’ll drink the red.
• Three stages of man: believes in Santa Claus, does not believe in Santa Claus, is Santa Claus. Bob Phillips
• My favorite holiday workout is lifting cookies to my mouth.
• The forecast calls for 100% chance of pajamas.
• Let it snow, but not on my street.
• I love giving homemade gifts. Which one of my kids do you want?
• I’m not high maintenance. I’m precision-tuned for luxury.
• I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, “Well, that’s not going to happen.”
• If you were dating an FBI agent and you broke up, he/she would be your FedEx.
• We have enough youth. How about Fountain of Smart?
• You don’t need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a parachute to go skydiving twice.
• Life’s like a bird. It’s cute until it poops on your head.
• Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars but check when you say the paint is wet?
• When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the fire department uses water.
• Time may be a great healer but it’s also a lousy beautician.
• Smoking will kill you and bacon will kill you. But smoking bacon will cure it.
• I went on a date with a blonde woman last night. “Do you have any kids?” she asked. “Yes, I have one child that’s just under two.” She said, “I might be blonde, but I know how many one is.”

Enough nonsense for this week. Enjoy the lovely weather and see you next time!

Best wishes,

Trinkie