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…
The Old Town Music Hall in El Segundo is one of the most charming local landmarks in the South Bay. Just north of Manhattan Beach, it has been a non-profit organization promoting solent and classic films and local artists for the past 46 years; before that it was the El Segundo State Theater until two locals,…
Valentine's Day in the South Bay is one of my favorite times of the year. It is a very romantic place to walk on the beach, have a glass of wine at a first-rate restaurant, or just sit on my roof deck and watch the sun set on the ocean. For Valentine's Day 2014, several…
Everyone knows, or knows as of this post, what a huge dog lover I am. I have some wonderful pooches of my own and I enjoy spending time with them all over the beach cities. Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Manhattan Beach are three of the most dog-friendly cities I have ever been to. I…