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Live In Los Gatos
Jan. 31, 2008
Categorized in: LG Lifestyle
.jpg) Travel is the undisputed passion in my household. It trumps almost everything else: remodeling, artwork, new furniture, you name it. (OK, not education. We pay a lot of tuition here and have never regretted it.)When I learned that Sellabration, the annual educational conference of the Certified Residentail Specialists (CRS, of which I am a member), was being held in Hawaii rather than the usual Vegas in January of 2008, I knew I had to go. Late last night I returned from 5 days on O'Ahu - first with my family and then later with my Realtor colleagues as I took classes in real estate - working with buyers and sellers in this challenging market. It was a great trip, from start to finish. (Even if I did bring the rain with me!) We had a few sunny patches that were ideal for visiting the Polynesian Cultural Center, the beaches, the pineapple plantation, snorkeling, or just being out in the cherished sun. At other times, the rain came down in buckets, to our surprise. "It's unseasonal" they kept insisting. No matter, we were on vacation and we were having a great time. .jpg) The amazing thing that I wanted to share, though, is that our small town of Los Gatos seems to have an amazingly big presence on the national scene. I kept bumping into Realtors who were not from Los Gatos, but who were familiar with it."How'd you get so lucky that you live in Los Gatos?" said one woman to me at a booth there. Over and over, I met agents who had wonderful experiences of living or visiting here in Los Gatos - even if their homes were no where near our fair abode. One gal even told me about renting a room in a house in Los Gatos, only to discover it was haunted. I happen to collect stories of haunted homes - what are the odds? So I return home, an ambassador Realtor, to tell you this: Los Gatos is not so much of a secret after all. .jpg) That's both good news and bad news, isn't it? On the one hand, we want people to know and savor our town. On the other, we don't want to be overrun with so many enthusiastic visitors so that the town becomes more like a mega-mall. No Hilo Hattie's for us. No Westfield Los Gatos, please. My friends in Seattle joke, "tell everyone there that it rains here constantly". They don't want any more Californians to move there. Perhaps we should take that approach. "It is a great town, but it costs an arm and a leg to live here." Maybe that would do the trick? Probably not. I don't think there's a way that we could make it a secret anymore. So go ahead, tell people it's a great town. Tell them to visit. The cat's out of the bag already. |
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