THE BEST DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS FOR YOUR FALL GARDEN FALL IN LOVE WITH WATER-SAVING CALIFORNIA PLANTS   Looking to give your garden a summer makeover? Giving your garden an updated fall feel is as easy as opting for colorful, drought-tolerant and California-native plants. With longer, warmer days, summer is the perfect time to introduce new plants into your garden. &ldq...

• calendar_month June 25, 2024
• category Tips
• post 2024, Community, Garden, landscape, landscaping, Misc., Summer, Tips

Back in May, we published a blog about the forthcoming death of restaurant service fees. But it looks like we spoke… err, wrote too soon. Normally, we’d just update the original blog to reflect this, but since lawmakers are pushing through a complete “about face” at the 11th hour, we felt this deserved its own blog. Yes, due to the frenzied efforts of sev...

• calendar_month June 28, 2024
• category Misc., RE News
• post 2024, Misc., Restaurants

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… if you’re a stargazer anyway. That’s because the Perseid meteor shower 2024 season has officially begun. And though we can’t expect peak conditions until August, it’s still a great time to start planning. After all, you’ll need to find a spot much darker than any afforded by the sprawling Greater Los Angeles ar...

• calendar_month July 19, 2024
• category Local news, Misc., Tips
• post 2024, Local News, Misc., Tips

Las Vegas, often dubbed “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” is known for its live shows, party atmosphere, and of course, gambling! Millions of people flock to Vegas each year in hopes to live it up and hit it big. But have you ever wondered how some of the most iconic casinos we know and love came about? Let’s delve into the juicy history of some of Sin City’s mos...

• calendar_month July 30, 2024
• category Misc.
• post 2024, Casino, Entertainment, family fun, Las Vegas, Las Vegas Attractions, Las Vegas Events, Las Vegas NTE, Las Vegas Strip, Misc., Vacation

Photos credit: Janie Bruce Enjoying the warmer weather, chances are that you’re already spending time in your backyard. Here are some simple do it yourself (DIYs) ideas you can do to improve your backyard’s appeal. 1. Light up your backyard Photo credit: Janie Bruce Did this tip just make a light bulb pop up over your head? It should have, because this genius...

• calendar_month August 11, 2024
• category Community, JANIE BRUCE
• post 2024, Anaheim, Backyard, Backyard ideas, Bike Friendly Community, Buena Park, California, Community, Cypress, decor, Home Decor, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Janie Bruce, Janie Bruce real estate insights, Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Misc., Orange County, Rossmoor, Seal Beach, South Bay Torrance, Tips, Torrance

  Photo Credit: Envato Is it better to rent out or list homes for sale in California? You’d be surprised how much this question comes up. There’s no denying that property is a solid investment. But when you’ve generated enough wealth to consider retiring your primary residence to an investment property, it’s time to make that crucial choice. Is it more lucrati...

• calendar_month August 15, 2024
• category Current Real Estate, Holiday Safety Tips, Industry, Misc.
• post 2024, California, California Evictions, California Landlords, California Law, California Real Estate, Capital Gains Tax Exemptions, Current Real Estate, Eviction Restrictions, Landlord, Misc., Organizing tips, Spring Cleaning, Tenants

We take the people we do business with very seriously, and if you ever need the services of any of these fine people we've listed on my site, know they will do amazing work. If you know someone amazing to be included on the list please let me know.   Check out - 1) Fence - Straight Gate Fence Company - (562) 882-0759 2) Rain Gutters - Coastal Rain Gutters, Owner Mike Laub...

• calendar_month September 5, 2024
• category JANIE BRUCE, PROFESSIONALS
• post 2024, Anaheim, Bike Friendly Community, Buena Park, Community, Cypress, Home, Home Design, home renovations, Huntington Beach, Janie Bruce, Los Alamitos, Misc., professional photos, Professionals, Rossmoor, Seal Beach, South Bay Torrance, Tips, Torrance

Photo credit: Envato Remember those skull-and-crossbones style warnings printed on record sleeves that ominously warned that “home taping is killing music”? If only they could have foreseen the digital grim reaper that’s descended on physical media over the last decade or so. Streaming still hasn’t taken enough of a shape for us to reliably know for sure where it&...

• calendar_month September 8, 2024
• category Entertainment, Misc.
• post 2024, Entertainment, family fun, Los Angeles, Misc., Orange County

Feature Image Credit: Janie Bruce The fall season comes with a surge of pumpkin, gingerbread, apple crisp, caramel, hot chocolate, and other delicious fall-themed flavored drinks. Here is our list of popular fall drinks and where you can snatch them up for your slurping pleasure. 1) Pumpkin Spice / Pumpkin Fall Specialty Drinks The Pumpkin Spice Latte and Pumpkin Spice Cold Brew fa...

• calendar_month September 22, 2024
• category Misc., Tips
• post 2024, autumn, fall, Misc., pumpkin, Pumpkin Fall, pumpkin spice, Tips

  Photo credit: Stuart Guest-Smith If you’ve visited Exposition Park in the last hundred years or so, you may have overlooked one of LA’s most unassuming luminaries. Yet, just in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stands the oldest of the palm trees in Los Angeles. Or perhaps we should clarify the oldest known palm tree in LA. If age ain’t not...

• calendar_month October 4, 2024
• category Misc.
• post 2024, Misc.