Santana Row is an upscale shopping, residential, dining and entertainment complex. It offers a mix of high-end and mid-tier retail shops, ranging from luxury brands like Gucci and Burberry to casual brands like  Diesel and H&M. Also on the row are restaurants ranging from local concepts like Left Bank Brasserie and sister restaurant&n...

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A recent trip to Mexico highlighted to me the cultural differences in homes.  The homes that we visited often had the kitchen tucked away in a corner of the home meant not to be a focal point of the home rather a place to cook delicious meals.  Often there was a door to the kitchen to be able to separate the kitchen when entertaining people. (more&hellip...

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Did you know that SummerHill's very own Redwood Gate is located in Palo Alto? CNN Money.com Top Earning Towns article reports: Median Family Income (Per Year): $153, 615 Palo Alto is awash in high tech prosperity.  Stanford professors, Facebook engineers, and venture capitalist are all neighbors in the Silicon Valley Town. Natural beauty is anoth...

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It was so easy to get to San Francisco from San Bruno's Merimont last week – twice! I parked my car at the South San Francisco BART station (only a $1 for parking!) and took the train on Monday to the Embarcadero station and on Wednesday to the Powell Station. Both times I checked the schedules online at BART.  It was fast, easy and on time. (more&h...

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How to Bring Spring Home.

Who doesn’t love Spring?  This year for certain will be much anticipated.   Although we needed the rain and we are grateful, we are now truly looking forward to the promise and beauty of Spring.  One way to welcome in Spring is to do it through your decorating.  Happily, you can bring Spring into your home now, even if Punxsutawney Phil the gro...

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Following up on Allison’s great blog on sweet getaways and restaurants for Valentine’s Day, here are some unbelievable deals for you and your Valentine. Flowers... the veritable Santa Clause of Valentine's Day. So it's a good thing FTD is having a super sale! If you haven’t seen the tv ads they are pushing this big and for a good reason....

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The Holidays are a great time to live on the wild side of your style personality.  Red, green and blue are not the only colors for the season anymore. You could be a minimalist and choose a monochromatic palette of a wintry white- candles can help with this theme, PotteryBarn.com has a great example. (more…)......

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One?! That’s it?! That’s right… 15 months and 74 happy homeowners later, only one home remains at Echelon in Palo Alto. Think back to June of 2008. What were you doing? Finishing up the school year? Planning a summer camping trip with the family? I distinctly remember June 2008 because it was hot… very hot. (more…)......

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Three and a half years ago, I’d never been to Union City.  My first visit to Talavera was right after I started at SummerHill.  For Talavera’s 1st sales release, there was a tent set-up in the parking lot to announce the release.  The homes were just barely started and the models hadn’t even opened yet. Well, Talavera has com...

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Community Spotlight this week is on Parkwood! The Parkwood community in San Jose has two types of homes... the Redwoods, a single family home and the Gardens, a townhome style condominium. A couple great advantages to this community? (more…)......

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