Crab Cove Timelapse

The friday after thanksgiving was beautiful here in Alameda. I have been exeperimenting with doing some timelapse imagery. Timelapse is a sequence of stills taken at intervals then put back together in software to create the video sequence. In this case it was photos I took from 2 - 5:30pm 5 seconds apart. I created the sequence in Photoshop then brought it into Final Cut Pro for final editing and to add the music and sound effects.

Prices... are they at the top already?

Article in recent SFGATE Blog on SF prices. As goes San Francisco the rest of the bay area follows... more or less.http://blog.sfgate.com/ontheblock/2014/12/01/san-francisco-buyers-starting-to-think-twice-on-high-asking-prices/

Alameda Open Homes weekend of Nov 8th & 9th

$895,000 | 632 GLENWOOD ISLE | 4 BR | 2 BA | HOUSE | OPEN SUN 2 – 4:30
Kate McCaffrey | Pacific Union

$289,000 | 1726 Main St | 1 BR | 1 BA | | Open Sun 1 – 4
FSBO

$388,000 | 226 Brush St | 3 BR | 1 BA | Townhouse | Open Sun 1 – 4
Realty One Group Allure

$479,000 | 495 Eagle Ave | 2 BR | 1 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4:30
Alain Pinel Realtor

$595,000 | 2 Redondo Ct | 2 BR | 2 BA | Condo | Open Sun 2 – 4
Kane & Associates

$639,000 | 201 Santa Clara Ave | 2 BR | 1 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$649,000 | 834 HAIGHT AVE | 2 BR | 1 BA | HOUSE | Open SAT & SUN 2 – 4:30
Kate McCaffrey | Pacific Union

$655,000 | 1121 Grand St | 2 BR | 1 BA | House | Open Sun 2 - 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$660,000 | 1535 Pacific Ave | 2 BR | 1 BA | House | Open Sun 2 - 4
Gallagher & Lindsey

$679,000 | 201 Santa Clara Ave | 2 BR | 1 BA | House | Open 2 - 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$668,000 | 1911 Chestnut St | 3 BR | 2.5 BA | House | Open Sat & Sun 2 - 4
Coldwell Banker

$739,000 | 1207 Central Ave | 2 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$749,000 | 67 VISTA RD | 3 BR | 2 BA | HOUSE | OPEN SUN 2 – 4:30
Kate McCaffrey | Pacific Union

$759,000 | 1032 Auburn Dr | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$768,000 | 152 Brighton Rd | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 - 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$849,000 | 4 Chatham Pt | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$859,000 | 1431 Eastshore Dr | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4:30
Carol Burnett

$890,000 | 107 Anderson Rd | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4
Harbor Bay Realty

$895,000 | 632 GLENWOOD ISLE | 4 BR | 2 BA | HOUSE | OPEN SUN 2 – 4:30
Kate McCaffrey | Pacific Union

$899,000 | 1622 Versailles Ave | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sat & Sun 2 – 4
Gallagher & Lindsey

$950,000 | 1500 Gibbons Dr | 3+ BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sun 2 – 4
Kane & Associates

$950,000 | 504 Tideway Dr | 4 BR | 2.5 BA | Townhouse | Open Sun 1:30 – 4:30
Bay Sotheby’s Realty

$2,199,999 | 516 Central Ave | 3 BR | 2 BA | House | Open Sat 1:30 – 4
Re/Max Gold of Fairfield

Jackson Park Clean Up day!

SAT NOV 15th at 9am I am sponsoring a clean up Jackson Park day. I walk my dog to Jackson Park prob 3 times a week and am getting sick of seeing how this park is literally trashed. I took these photos over the last 2 days. There are tons of cigarette butts, swisher sweets wrappers, suace packets and all other manner of GARBAGE everywhere. Especially around tables. There is a very nice gentleman caretaker City employee who cleans up most of the egregious stuff but he can't keep up. I will bring bags, gloves and be there to clean up what should be a beautiful park. Also because of some of the unsavory characters who hang around and some of the nefarious things that I have read about going on in the park, directly after the clean up I will teach a basic self defense class. It will be fairly easy and age/gender appropriate for everyone. I have been studying Martial Arts for over 30 years. I hold a Black Belt in Aikido and recently have been taking classes in Krav Maga (Israeli Combat Martial Art favored by the Mossad) so I actually have some skills. Come out and help me TAKE BACK JACKSON PARK! Well clean up a little and have some fun.

East End Project

I live in the east end of Alameda. I have created a special album on my flickr page that has photos from my neighborhood. As well as being a real estate agent I have been a professional photographer for over 25 years. Of course I take photos everywhere I go I just happen to spend a lot of time around here. Click here to check out my east end project page.

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Rainy day monday... finally!

The rain finally made a brief appearance here in the bay area.
A few lawns will be happy however I dont think it will make much of a difference in our drought.

Click here to learn 15 easy ways to save water

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Alameda Open Homes weekend of October 18th & 19th

214A Cypress Street	$279,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
2515 Central Ave.	$449,000	Sunday	1-4:00pm
507 Centre Ct.	$459,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
3323 Cook Lane	$459,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
1703 St. Charles Street	$495,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:00pm
1032 Trellis Lane	$499,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
1049 Armitage Street	$550,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:00pm
1042 Verdemar Drive	$599,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
2 Redondo Court	$600,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
1550 8th St.	$619,000	Saturday and Sunday	1-3:00 | 2-4:00pm
3360 Fernside Blvd.	$619,000	Sunday	2-4:30pm
701 Ironwood Rd	$650,000	Sunday	1-4:00pm
1912 Buena Vista Ave.	$690,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:00pm
2837 San Jose Ave	$699,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:30pm
1105 Pacific Ave.	$699,000	Saturday and Sunday	1:30-4:00 | 2-4:30pm
160 Capetown Dr.	$725,000	Sunday	2-4:30pm
211 Inverness Court	$739,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:00pm
1133 Versilles Ave.	$749,000	Sunday	2-4:30pm
1306 Broadway	$749,000	Sunday	2-4:30pm
805 Portola Ave.	$795,000	Sunday	2-4:30pm
2121 Glenview Street	$835,000	Sunday	2-4:30pm
8 Wellfleet Bay	$889,000	Sunday	1-4:30pm
1712 Everett St.	$925,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
620 Lincoln Ave.	$940,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
542 Taylor Ave/ 543 Palace Ct	$949,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:30pm
543 Palace Court	$949,000	Saturday and Sunday	2-4:00 | 2-4:30pm
46 Killybegs Road	$995,000	Sunday	2-4:00pm
838 Cedar Street – 8 Units	$1,795,000	Sunday	2-3:00pm