Were you aware of Manhattan Beach's tendency towards sustainability? Do you know what sustainability means? Sustainability and green living is a lifestyle that reduces the impact humans have on the environment and the Earth's resources so that human life can be better in the future. Sustainability can include changing the way we use transportation, energy consumption, and…
Do you know what a "Green" home is? Green home features reduce pollution, waste, and look to long-term solutions for energy and environmental issues in the community. There are numerous green homes in the South Bay, and homes that have some green features are almost everywhere in the Beach Cities today. Green features include technology…
Did you know that the South Bay and the Beach Cities have some of the best surfing in the world? Cities like Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Palos Verdes have some of the most pristine shorelines and best waves for hanging ten in Southern California. Hermosa Beach near the Hermosa Pier is known for…
Sand Dune Park is one of my favorite parks in Manhattan Beach. It’s just one of many local public parks maintained by the city for the enjoyment of residents, but the Sand Dune, as it is known, is home to a very rare colony of a flower called Orcutt’s Yellow Pincushion, and the city has…
It must be spring fever that is affecting everyone in the South Bay, because the new design trends for home interior are bold, bright, and warm. According to Realty Times, the trendsetters are picking vibrant paint colors this season. The website Pantone says that their Color of the Year for 2014 is Radiant Orchid, which they describe as "an…
There are some wonderful new methods of making properties more appealing to buyers these days. Aside from staging a property so that it looks its absolute best, some real estate agents are using the ancient concept of aromatherapy (using smells to elicit feelings from a person) to maximize the potential of a property. While you…
Manhattan Beach is already a really affluent, beautiful, and desirable place to live, so calling it an up-and-coming neighborhood is not exactly accurate. However, it is booming in a big way just like many up-and-coming neighborhoods are. There are some tell-tale signs that a neighborhood in the South Bay is taking off, big-time, which means…
South Bay’s 2014 Woman of the Year is Leanne Huebner, the Vice President of Communications for the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation and Co-Founder of the mentoring non-profit Minds Matter. Congrats, Leanne! Since 1987, California State Senators and Assemblymembers each honor one woman in their respective districts for their accomplishments when the Women’s Caucus hosts the “Women of…
I just put together this video introduction so you can get to know me, Alison Clay-Duboff, a bit better and find out what kind of real estate agent, and person, I really am. This video is now on my home page of my website as well, but I wanted to share it with you here…
Did you know that Hermosa Beach has a very interesting past, and that the Hermosa Beach Historical Society is behind the push to preserve historically important buildings and sites? Founded in 1987, the organization has a website (www.hermosabeachhistoricalsociety.org) and is busy recording the stories and images of this small beach city's past so that those…