Monthly Archives: April 2013

Meet SAGE Sponsors and Ambassadors

Posted on April 18, 2013 by | Leave a comment

The SAGE (Sustainable and Green Environments) Expo on April 20 and 21 is an opportunity for environmentally responsible businesses to share their products and services with the South Bay community. Among the numerous sponsors and ambassadors at the event, look out for the following people and businesses:

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Realtors and “Green Renovators,” Carol Glover and Dave Salzman,  will speak at the SAGE expo on Sunday April 21 at 1 p.m. Their talk is entitled “Adding Value to Your Home: What Works: What is a Waste of Money,” and contains important information for current homeowners looking to increase the value of their property. Aside from  having extensive experience and knowledge in Real Estate, Carol and Dave are extremely active in the Manhattan Beach community and love to give back. They volunteer for various organizations including the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan Beach Women in Business, Manhattan Beach Mayor’s Youth Council and Boy Scouts of America.

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Well-known photographer, John Post will display his latest project at the SAGE Expo. Check out photographs of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach over the course of almost 50 years!

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In the spirit of celebrating local business, esteemed writer Heidi Butzine, author of “Shop Local, A Practical Pain Free Guide to Shopping with Purpose,” will be at SAGE, signing copies of her book. According to an article posted by Online PR News released earlier this month, Butzine explained how shopping local can reduce everyone’s “carbon footprint”: “An important step towards leading a green lifestyle includes sustainability and taking steps towards conservation. Shopping local is directly related not only because it means less driving thereby reducing harmful exhaust emissions but more money spent locally stays within the community supporting the sustainability of our local economy. Following the tips I offer in my book, in some cases I’ve actually spent less at independently owned local businesses and had less waste by getting better quality products that last longer.”

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Learn from Kimberly, “The Rain Goddess” how to recycle rain water and simultaneously hydrate your plants in an eco-friendly way!

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And last, but certainly not least, “Two Guns” Coffee Shop located on Sepulveda will be serving their coffee at the Sage Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Two Guns is a local hangout that proudly supports local vendors such as Cake Bake Shop and Bread Bar.

Sources:

Online PR News (2013) Respected author and “shop local” specialist Heidi Butzine brings her expertise to the SAGE Expo.. [press release] April 02.

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Manhattan Beach to celebrate the planet!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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On Earth day, Saturday April 27, Manhattan Beach will celebrate our beautiful earth. Volunteers and Organizations Improving the Community’s Enviroment (VOICE), alongside Sustanible Manahattan Beach and Parks Make Life Better present a concert and celebration that will take place in Polliwog park and be fun for the entire community. The event will commence at 11 a.m.  and  end at 4 p.m. The event will feature eco-friendly shopping, gourmet vegetarian food trucks, live music and dancing, alternative fuel vehicles and even eco-waste and paper shredding. Below is a brief schedule of the events as outlined on the VOICE website:

Activities in the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden

  • 11AM – 4PM Tours of the MBBG

Entertainment – Ampitheater Main Stage

  • 11:15 – BlueZones Project Walk Week Winners
  • 11:30 – Yoga in the Park by YogaWorks bring a blanket or mat
  • Noon – Kid’s Music – Stephen Michael Schwartz
  • 1pm – Environmental Hero Awards and MB Green Business       Awards
  • 1:30 – 4PM live Music – Pretzel Logic Steely Dan Tribute       Band
  • 2:30PM – Dolphin Call Calling Contest finalist
  • Eco-Education (located near Red Historical Building)
  • 11:30 Vertical Gardens – Enviroscape
  • 12:30 Sharing the road bikes and cars – SBBC
  • 1:30 Water conservation phone app
  • 2:30 trash free living presentation – Grades of Green
  • 3:30 Non-GMO foods – labelgmos.org

Food:      A taste of the Green Life. Gourmet food trucks serving delicious and      nutritious vegetarian food that’s earth friendly 11-4pmKid’s Activity Walk:      free art and games

  • Food Vendors to be announced
  • Eco-friendly shopping: Everything from gifts to solar panels are      good for you and our environment
  • Eco Quiz:      win prizes and have fun learning
  • free bike corral provided by SBBC

The event will not only aim to educate the Manhattan Beach Community on environmental issues, but also work to create change and to inform people on opportunities on how to live “greener lives”Local Sponsors of this event include: Yogaworks, 100.3 The Sound, BodyGlove, Union Bank, Blue Zones Project, Manhattan Beach Toyota, and the Green Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. Come on down for the Earth Day celebration and  participate in the festivites. Until next time the Dave Salzman team would like to wish you and your family a wonderful spring season. For information on how we help people from all over find their dream homes please visit the Dave Salzman website and Facebook page.

Sources: http://www.greenervoice.org/earthday.htm

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New Manhattan Beach Restaurant, Circa

Posted on April 10, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Manhattan Beach has welcomed another Restaurant, Circa, into the downtown Manhattan Beach, on Manhattan Ave. Circa, is a  warm, vintage, industrial space that has 130 seats. Circa serves global cuisine that is tapa style, or meant for sharing. Award-winning chef Octavio Becerra, created the menu items, and made sure to include global flavors in his cooking. The global flavors  coupled with the cozy nature of the decor gives restaurant goers, the ultimate restaurant experience. Dishes that are recommended to try at Circa include the steamed buns / crispy pork belly / quail egg / spicy scallion relish and Korean beef short ribs with spicy root vegetables.

Sample Menu items include:

• basturma = Turkish cured salmon / caraway potato latke / shaved cucumber
• steamed dumplings / lamb / goat cheese / black olive / marjoram
• raviolo en “brodo” / “in broth” / ricotta cheese / porcini custard / kale / parmigiano
• black olive gnocchi / dungeness crab / nettles / English peas / meyer lemon
• charred octopus / gigande beans / chorizo / wild brocolini / purple mustard
• crispy pork belly / gnarly carrots / bok choy / citrus-salsa verde
• Asian fried chicken / Seoul slaw / herb + lettuce cups

The menu at Circa is diverse and packed with flavor! The drink menu at circa is just as impressive, and offers a wide range of craft cocktails created by Executive Beverage Directors Julian Cox and Josh Goldman. Circa is  also open on the weekends with music until 2 a.m.

Thank you for reading the Living in the 90266 blog! Stay tuned for more and make sure to check out the Dave Salzman team website!

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Can’t Find the Right Home? Maybe You Need a New Search Button. . .

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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We have come to rely on the Internet for. . . well, for just about all our information! We search for  friends, family, restaurants and REAL ESTATE.  As Realtors,  we search and search for the perfect new home for our Buyers and for the perfect sales price for our Sellers.  However, what we cannot do is touch and feel the real estate market through the internet.  The search buttons just don’t do house hunting justice.  We often hear Buyers discarding properties because the pictures are bad – or they are just boring.   You just can’t tell from the internet how a home “lives,” which is why we spend a tremendous amount of time going to the Broker previews.  It is the only way that we know how to provide valuable information and input to our buyers and sellers.  We are sometimes very disappointed by the actual feel of a property  — often we are pleasantly surprised.

So what’s the point of this blog?  A great Realtor is an extremely effective “Search Button.”  Find someone who will really listen to you and then share with them what you want. . .  not just the number of beds and baths but how you want your new home to LIVE. We love it when clients describe their lifestyle and how they want their home to feel day in and day out.   The Realtor then becomes an incredibly useful and time-saving tool and not just someone who can just unlock the front door.  Wouldn’t you trade endless hours of internet house hunting – for hours curled up with your IPAD in a cozy chair in your new home, spending your time searching for friends, family, and oh, those great restaurants!

Let us know how we can help you achieve your real estate goals! Call us today!

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Paint the Town Green!

Posted on April 5, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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On April 20 & 21 Manhattan Beach will go green. The 2013 SAGE (Sustainable and Green Environments) will host a free event at the MB National Guard Armory from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This expo is designed to promote the “green lifestyle,” environmentally friendly services, and nutrition. In addition, SAGE emphasizes the importance of eating locally grown foods, the various ways one can incorporate green technology into their daily lives and green practices that will reduce one’s “carbon footprint.”

According to a press release on the SAGE event, Angela Silverman, one of the event organizers, explains the objectives of the environmental expo. She states: “Sage Expo offers goods and products to help make our lives greener so we can enjoy a healthy life while also sustaining our beautiful beach communities and its environment. Mark Lipps, another organizer for the event adds: “Sage has a mission to our community on what local business and organizations have to offer so consumers can lower their monthly utilities and develop a healthy, sustainable lifestyle.”

There will be local vendors at the event including: Pages a Bookstore, Shop Local, doTERRA Essential Oils and Food Truck Connection. Aside from the local and environmentally sound goods and services, Spyder Surfboards will be hosting a fashion show, displaying some of their latest fashions including board shorts that are made from recyclable materials including plastic. Ambassadors for this event include Dave Salzman and Carol Glover from Estate Construction  & Development, LLC, Beach Business Bank, All Yellow Taxi, Beach Cities Web Design, Body Glove, Costal Creations Architecture, DDS Plumbing Inc, Beach Cities Cycling Club Inc,  and more! This event serves as an opportunity for Manhattan Beach locals to come together and learn ways in which they can enhance their lives and simultaneously, save the planet. If interested in becoming a vendor or volunteering for the event please visit the SAGE website! Stay tuned for more blogs from the Dave Salzman Real Estate Team.

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