Closing Ceremony today, at 5:00 p.m. (PST)...Olympic thoughts....

Feb 28, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

The 2010 Winter Olympics finish today, as far as the Games / Events go, and the Closing Ceremony begins at 5 p.m. (PST), in Vancouver. The media coverage has been excellent, and for those unable to be in either Whistler or Vancouver, they have had the "flavour" of the Games delivered to their living rooms.   

Lakefront retreat for you, on Salt Spring Island!

Feb 27, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

Here's an opportunity to enjoy a peaceful lakefront property, on special Salt Spring Island! Recently renovated/upgraded, this level entry home offers open plan living (vaulted ceiling, stone feature fireplace), dining with sliders out to spacious deck (expand summer living pleasures), country kitchen. Three bedrooms (master ensuite), full bath, old growth wood flooring, tile bathrooms. Lower garden level offers family room, bedroom, bath, laundry/mudroom (could be a separate suite, if desired). Sunny decking, patio, separate workshop/studio space. Fruit trees, meadow area leading to lake and dock. St. Mary Lake offers swimming, canoeing, freshwater fishing (trout and smallmouth bass). The rural ambiance and privacy of this property is immensely appealing -- sunny, quiet, yet close to all amenities. Retirement? Summer/weekender? The choice is yours!

Fox News Reports Martis Camp #1 selling subdivision in United States for 2009

Feb 26, 2010 — Larry Lawrence, Lawrence Realty

Here is a link to the report that Martis Camp, Truckee, CA luxury development had sales for 2009 exceeding $35M.  http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/million-sales--martis-camp-defies-economy-making-tahoes-season-family-retreat/ We are working with Martis Camp as buyers agents and can pay you a referral fee on the selling side of the comission.  Please let us know if you have any buyers for this luxury subdivision with ski in ski out access to Northstar and a Tom Fazion golf course. http://www.lawrencerealtysquawvalley.com/Martis-Camp-Developer-Lots.php

NBC Olympic Zone Broadcast features Clip for Chiara Lawrence Gajar Past Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winner at Winter Gravity Games and X Games

Feb 26, 2010 — Larry Lawrence, Lawrence Realty

Hello all, I hope you are enjoying the Vancouver Winter Olympics.  I wanted to pass along a piece of fun information.  Chiara was interviewed on NBC Affiliate KCRA (the Sacramento News station) earlier this week, the day of the women’s ski cross event at the Olympic Games.    Chiara was a gold medalist at the Winter Gravity Games and Silver and Bronze in the X-Games in 2000 and 2001.  The link to the interview is posted on our blog.  Check it out here.

More early Spring events choices, on Salt Spring Island!

Feb 26, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

February 26, 2010. Mark your calendars! Be at Mahon Hall on March 6th, from 1 to 5 p.m., for the "Let's Grow More Food This Year!" -- a community action dialogue on making Salt Spring more food reliant. The event is sponsored by Transition Salt Spring, Island Natural Growers, and the Salt Spring Seed Sanctuary. Salt Spring Film Festival at GISS and The Fritz, starting tonight and through to the 28th. Tonight, at The Harbour House Hotel: live music with Paul Mobray. Tomorrow it's Ramesh Meyers. Richard Wood, one of the most highly regarded fiddlers from Canada's East Coast, plays Moby's on Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. Catch The Two Daves Show every Monday, 2 to 5 p.m., on Salt Spring's community radio station (107.9 fm or streaming audio at www.cfsi-fm.com). Bubba's Blues on Sunday afternoon. My show on Monday's 7 to 9 a.m. (Music, interviews, this and that -- not about real estate). Bobby B Cool plays 50s/60s rock on Tuesdays. Solar Heat focuses on Jazz on Fridays. Check out the program roster on the website! The Olympics fervour and pride has been felt on Salt Spring, too -- Islanders have been involved in many behind the scenes volunteering aspects, in Vancouver and in Whistler. The excitement of the Games is drawing to a close, and the knitting together of the fabric of this country is an outcome that wasn't forseen. Meanwhile...Spring continues!

NBC's Olympic Zone Interviews Lawrence Realty's Chiara Gajar

Feb 26, 2010

By Chiara Gajar of Lawrence Realty So the Olympics have been ongoing the last two weeks.  Ron and I have been getting much less sleep than usual as we can’t seem to turn the TV off during the late evening coverage.  I just love seeing the athletes fulfill their dreams by being at the Olympics.  Some of the events I really look forward to, mostly the skiing ones and others I enjoy seeing because I just to get to see them except for during the Winter Olympics.  The Olympic spirit has been high here in Squaw Valley as quite a few of the athletes are from Squaw Valley, Tahoe and Truckee.  It is especially exciting that our home town girl, Julia Mancuso, won two Silver medals.

Salt Spring Island "early Spring" events....

Feb 25, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

February 25, 2010. Green -- it's beyond mainstream! Locally, Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands are in the forefront of the "green revolution". Salt Spring is also a "foodies" paradise -- organic opportunities, and it's definitely possible to do the 10k diet, never mind the 100k diet! Bruce's Kitchen is a pivotal shaper of the organic movement! Find him in Harbour Centre, adjacent to Centennial Park. The Harbour House Hotel is another option. Salt Spring Woodworks is in their final Sale week. Check this out, and ask Celia about the Sculpture Garden. Something very unique! Don't miss The Juicy Amazing Goddess Woman Event, March 5 to 8, at Salt Spring's Farmer's Institute. Silken Lauman speaks on the 8th -- schedule and tickets online at www.BestAbundantLife.com (be there!). Mark your calendars: Darryl Chonka plays at The Treehouse, March 5th. This is talent, not to be missed! March 1st (yes, unbelievably, that's this coming Monday!) be at Fulford Hall, to enjoy the Salt Spring Folk Club's presentation of traditional folk songs and cutting edge bluegrass! Show starts at 7 p.m., at Fulford Hall. Tickets at Salt Spring Books, Acoustic Planet, and Stuff and Nonsense. Tonight: catch Blues: Soul Shakedown and Friends at Moby's (8 to 11 p.m.). Saturday, catch Auntie Kate and The Uncles of Funk (8 to 11 p.m.). Catch my live radio show this coming Monday -- interviewing the new owner of the former J.Mitchell Gallery (now called Gallery 8), at 8 a.m. Drop by this dramatic and eclectic gallery, (in Grace Point Square), to enjoy its new "look". Enjoy some artistic flair from this Gallery 8 at Calvin's Bistro, too! It's already Spring -- maybe not according to the calendar, but our weather pattern this year has blossoms, bulbs, and enthusiasm erupting into our daily lives! Enjoy! And, have you planted your garden yet? Get with the program!

Radio show continues....people now asking to be interviewed!

Feb 23, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

Don't forget to tune into my weekly live radio show, Monday mornings, from 7 to 9 a.m. (PST). If you're within range, it's at 107.9 fm (otherwise, it's via streaming audio, off the website: www.cfsi-fm.com). It's not about real estate! I love what I do, connecting buyers and sellers on Salt Spring Island, on the Southern Gulf Islands, and on Southern Vancouver Island, and have been very lucky to have met so many lovely and interesting people during my 20 years in real estate. They all have their story to tell. That's what my show is about -- Island charms, "happenings"/events, and, of course, interviews of the Islanders! For a taste of some previous interviews, check out the podcasts on my website (www.liread.com/radio.htm). I also get to play music I like, and I hope my listeners share my taste-buds! My signature opener is always Elvin Bishop's "Let It Flow" -- seems to sum up my philosophy. Comments are always welcome, plus suggestions about ideas for the show/people to interview. What an eclectic and "electric" Island we dream on. Lucky us!

Evers & Company Real Estate Launches Unique "Agent Resource Center" To Maximize Realtors' Success

Feb 23, 2010

Courtesy of: Evers & Co. Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 30, 2010 -- Evers & Co. Real Estate (www.eversco.com), the largest woman-owned and-operated residential real estate firm in the Washington, D.C. area, launches the first-of-its-kind Agent Resource Center for its more than 70 licensed real estate agents. As the realtors compete for property listings and buy and sell the area's finest properties, Evers & Co. has assembled a team of on-site resources to support its agents to ensure they are the most effective for their clients.

Olympic Fever....all Canadians have caught it...big time!

Feb 21, 2010 — Liane ("Li") Read, Sea to Sky Real Estate

February 21, 2010. Canadians have been typically typecast as the "quiet North Americans", it seems. Traditional English Canadians that is -- Francophone Canadians have always understood la joie de vivre! With the Winter Olympic 2010 Games, in Vancouver and Whistler, something seems to have happened...in its quiet Canadian way, naturally! An explosion of enthusiasm has occurred! It is very "un-Canadian" to paint the flag on cheekbones, to wear red and white clothing, with a flag motif, if possible, to break into spontaneous and slightly off key renditions of the national anthem (O Canada...we stand on guard for thee...), and it's very strange to see a happy meshing of strangers into a club called Canadian! And yet...there it all is! What did the Manitoba winner of the Gold Medal for skeleton racing say? It's the point of sport, to engage in friendly rivalry, with equals -- the best of the best go to the Olympics, and mere seconds separate the first place finish from the fifth place. Sadness and Joy coexist in an Olympic venue...in life, we are in the midst of death, as the great philosophers remind us. The tragedy of the death of the luge racer, from Georgia, on a practice run, before the Olympics had even opened, and then the wild enthusiasm for Alex Biladeau, Gold Medal for Men's Mogul race, with the heart-warming story of his inclusion of his brother, a Cerebral Palsey victim, in his life...it created that yin/yang story of real life events. So many stories, and all of them linked with this unexpected and whole-hearted bonding with the Olympic experience, right across the country. It started with that Canada-wide Torch relay, and built into the euphoric pride being expressed in Vancouver and in Whistler.... Does this mean we've finally grown into ourselves? I suspect we're going to see a lot of media reporting about the deep inner meaning of it all, in the Canadian psyche. For the time being, enjoy! Value the passion and the perseverence that delivered these athletes to the Games. They are the best of the best, and in some way, we're all "winners", as they carry us all along with them. Inspiring, eh?
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