President of San Diego Funding is mother of La Mesa’s Brian Arrington of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty.
One local professional really deserves the time off—Linnea Arrington, president of San Diego Funding and a member of Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
She has been helping buyers in La Mesa for many years. When an agent has a client pre-approved by Linnea, they can relax and concentrate on the job of finding the perfect house and seeing it through escrow knowing that the loan is in good hands.
(Linnea’s son, Brian Arrington, is president of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, with offices in La Mesa. He also owns offices in Point Loma, Mission Hills, Coronado and La Jolla.)
Her motto, “Hold your lender to a higher standard,” is even more appropriate in today’s market. San Diego Funding is a direct lender, and all loans are processed and underwritten in office. Here are a few suggestions she made the last time we talked:
Three things she asks of borrowers during a pre-approval:
•2 most recent pay stubs
•2009 and 2010 W2 income tax forms and federal tax returns
•Most recent bank statement showing funds for the purchase
A full pre-approval is very important because it gives your offer an advantage over others. It also is important that it be strong and show that all documents have been received and reviewed.
Remind buyers that jumbo conforming limits will be reduced at the end of September. No one knows by how much yet.
This week in La Mesa Real Estate
There were 16 new listings in La Mesa since Friday, May 20:
7730 Saranac Pl #13 91942 2 bd 2 ba esf 1236 $159,000
4494 Palm Ave 91941 2 bd 1 ba esf 1411 $300K - $320K
4484 Acacia Ave 91941 3 bd 2 ba esf 1044 $355,000
4579 4th St. 91941 2 bd 2 ba esf 1040 $357,000
4050 Marian Ave 91941 3 bd 2 ba esf 1279 $359,000
10210 Centinella Dr. 91941 4 bd 4 ba esf 1510 $395,000
10745 Anaheim Dr 91941 4 bd 4 ba esf 2557 $424,900
8510 Sunrise Ave 91941 3 bd 2 ba esf 1521 $449,000
10111 Cliffwood Dr. 91941 4 bd 3 ba esf 2275 $399K - $ 450K
9221 Golondrina Dr. 91941 4 bd 3 ba esf 2540 $489,000
9146 Madison Ave 91941 4 bd 4 ba esf 2856 $575,000
4341 Vista Wy 91941 3 bd 3 ba esf 2726 $589,990
8979 Moisan Wy 91941 4 bd 3 ba esf 1808 $595,000
4643 Pomona Ave 91942 3 bd 2 ba esf 1056 $289,000
7730 El Paso St 91942 3 bd 2 ba esf 1836 $359K - $389K
7171 - 7173 Stanford Ave 91942 6 bd 3 ba esf 3840 $ 599,000
18 properties opened escrow
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Coronado beach rated as #4 in the U.S.
Coronado Central Beach, San Diego
This 2-mile stretch of beach -- just over the bridge from downtown San Diego -- has everything families could want: perfect weather (it rarely rains in the summer), spotless white sand (the town even invented an environmentally-friendly rake to clean up the kelp), and warm, gentle water. Plus, there's no smoking allowed on this beach -- or any in California. Tide pools filled with sea creatures form in front of the famous Hotel del Coronado, where you cool off with a cone at MooTime Creamery.
Spend the Night
The only resort along this stretch of sand, the Victorian-style Hotel del Coronado offers family s'mores nights, a drop-off kids' program for 4- to 12-year-olds, and babysitting. (Summer rates in June start at $296 per night for a room that sleeps four when you mention promo code PARENTS; hoteldel.com.) A lower-cost resort: Ten minutes away, the Loews Coronado Bay has a kids' club plus Baby Loves Disco parties, loaner baby equipment, and kids' cooking classes. (Summer rates at the Loews begin at $209 per night for a room that sleeps four; loewshotels.com
This 2-mile stretch of beach -- just over the bridge from downtown San Diego -- has everything families could want: perfect weather (it rarely rains in the summer), spotless white sand (the town even invented an environmentally-friendly rake to clean up the kelp), and warm, gentle water. Plus, there's no smoking allowed on this beach -- or any in California. Tide pools filled with sea creatures form in front of the famous Hotel del Coronado, where you cool off with a cone at MooTime Creamery.
Spend the Night
The only resort along this stretch of sand, the Victorian-style Hotel del Coronado offers family s'mores nights, a drop-off kids' program for 4- to 12-year-olds, and babysitting. (Summer rates in June start at $296 per night for a room that sleeps four when you mention promo code PARENTS; hoteldel.com.) A lower-cost resort: Ten minutes away, the Loews Coronado Bay has a kids' club plus Baby Loves Disco parties, loaner baby equipment, and kids' cooking classes. (Summer rates at the Loews begin at $209 per night for a room that sleeps four; loewshotels.com
Friday, May 20, 2011
San Diego - Living the California Dream
Living the California Dream
Brian Arrington, owner, Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, San Diego
With more than 300 days of sunshine per year, average temperatures in the low 70s and only about 10 to 20 inches of rain along the coast each year, San Diego is renowned for its idyllic climate, making it is a major destination for global visitors as well as a highly desirable place to live. In addition to having some of the nation’s finest beachfront, ocean view, ranch property and golf course locations, San Diego is unique in that it has incredible palette of industry, activity and culture that defines luxury living. Show full article +
With more than 300 days of sunshine per year, average temperatures in the low 70s and only about 10 to 20 inches of rain along the coast each year, San Diego is renowned for its idyllic climate, making it is a major destination for global visitors as well as a highly desirable place to live. In addition to having some of the nation’s finest beachfront, ocean view, ranch property and golf course locations, San Diego is unique in that it has incredible palette of industry, activity and culture that defines luxury living.
Real estate in San Diego remains a buyer’s market, so now is the perfect time to begin living your own California dream.
Coronado
Connected to downtown San Diego by the arching Coronado Island Bay Bridge and to southern San Diego County by a slender, sandy isthmus, Coronado Island is one of the area’s most beautiful communities, and technically a peninsula, not an island. The historic Hotel del Coronado is one of the city’s most famous landmarks. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is the largest beach resort on the North American Pacific Coast. Coronado’s white sandy beaches seem to stretch on forever and have earned numerous ratings as one of the top ten beaches in the United States. Coronado offers everything for the active lifestyle with the charm of an old-fashion neighborhood.
Mission Hills and Uptown
Just north of the city and overlooking Mission Valley and Presidio Park is Mission Hills, one of San Diego’s oldest and most desirable neighborhoods. Over the years some of San Diego’s most prominent architects designed homes in the area including Richard Requa, William E. Hebbard and Emmor Brooke Weaver. Mission Hills is an upscale, family-friendly community comprised of grand historic homes and quaint craftsman bungalows lining its winding hilltop streets.
Point Loma
Point Loma is a seaside community of San Diego located minutes from downtown. It is known for its impressive bay, considered to be one of the best natural harbors on the western coast of North America. Point Loma is also home to the Cabrillo National Monument and Point Loma Lighthouse, which offers breathtaking views of the city of San Diego and beyond. The monument was erected in honor of Captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to set foot on the west coast. Also on the site is the original lighthouse, which was replaced in 1891 by the one that still steers vessels away from shore. Tidepools and hiking trails delight both tourists and residents alike. Most neighborhoods in Point Loma consist primarily of single family homes. The bayside residential area is called La Playa and includes some of the most spectacular views in San Diego.
Downtown
Downtown is San Diego’s oldest and newest hot spot. With more than 12,000 housing units just built or in the works, downtown is once again becoming the center of San Diego. From the Gaslamp area restaurants, shops and nightclubs to the hip East Village surrounding downtown’s newest addition Petco Park, the new home of Padres baseball, downtown San Diego real estate is booming with apartment and condo housing shooting up into the sky.
La Jolla
Also known as “the Jewel By The Sea,” La Jolla is one of the most prestigious communities in San Diego County, from the grand homes perched high on the hill of Mount Soledad to the contemporary homes that line the ocean view bluffs and sandy beaches. The village is Mediterranean in design and has long been home to several famous residents who could live anywhere but choose La Jolla for its gorgeous coastline, world class restaurants, shopping, art galleries and museums. La Jolla is also home to one of the most well-known municipal golf courses, Torrey Pines, which was the site the 2008 U.S. Open golf tournament.
A Big Small Town
Locals often refer to San Diego as one of America’s biggest small towns, which is pretty amazing considering that San Diego is California’s second largest city and the United States’ eighth largest. San Diego has a population of close to 1.3 million residents within its City and more than 3 million residents within the County.
In addition to being known for its idyllic climate, San Diego is home to several thousand cutting-edge software and computer and communications companies and the biotechnology industry is ranked the third largest in the country. There are more than 26 accredited hospitals ranking San Diego in the top three cities for quality and costs of healthcare. San Diego is home to the largest military concentration in the county bringing in close to $20 million in defense spending each year.
The City offers a tremendous variety of things to see and do. Museums abound in San Diego, focusing on history, technology, culture and art. Annual music and stage festivals in the City include the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe Theatre and San Diego Street Scene. San Diego’s theatres also regularly create Broadway hits such as “Jersey Boys,” “Memphis,” “The Who’s Tommy” and seven others in the last 10 years.
The City of San Diego alone has 34,260 acres of developed and undeveloped open space including three regional parks, 190 community and neighborhood parks, seven open-space parks, 26 shoreline parks and 25 miles of ocean and bay beaches. Balboa Park is a national treasure, housing museums, theatres, and the San Diego Zoo.
Whether it’s the dream of a larger residence, a second home, vacation or investment property, or even the perfect place to retire, opportunity abounds in San Diego.
Source: San Diego Regional Development Corp.
Brian Arrington, owner, Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, San Diego
With more than 300 days of sunshine per year, average temperatures in the low 70s and only about 10 to 20 inches of rain along the coast each year, San Diego is renowned for its idyllic climate, making it is a major destination for global visitors as well as a highly desirable place to live. In addition to having some of the nation’s finest beachfront, ocean view, ranch property and golf course locations, San Diego is unique in that it has incredible palette of industry, activity and culture that defines luxury living. Show full article +
With more than 300 days of sunshine per year, average temperatures in the low 70s and only about 10 to 20 inches of rain along the coast each year, San Diego is renowned for its idyllic climate, making it is a major destination for global visitors as well as a highly desirable place to live. In addition to having some of the nation’s finest beachfront, ocean view, ranch property and golf course locations, San Diego is unique in that it has incredible palette of industry, activity and culture that defines luxury living.
Real estate in San Diego remains a buyer’s market, so now is the perfect time to begin living your own California dream.
Coronado
Connected to downtown San Diego by the arching Coronado Island Bay Bridge and to southern San Diego County by a slender, sandy isthmus, Coronado Island is one of the area’s most beautiful communities, and technically a peninsula, not an island. The historic Hotel del Coronado is one of the city’s most famous landmarks. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. It is the largest beach resort on the North American Pacific Coast. Coronado’s white sandy beaches seem to stretch on forever and have earned numerous ratings as one of the top ten beaches in the United States. Coronado offers everything for the active lifestyle with the charm of an old-fashion neighborhood.
Mission Hills and Uptown
Just north of the city and overlooking Mission Valley and Presidio Park is Mission Hills, one of San Diego’s oldest and most desirable neighborhoods. Over the years some of San Diego’s most prominent architects designed homes in the area including Richard Requa, William E. Hebbard and Emmor Brooke Weaver. Mission Hills is an upscale, family-friendly community comprised of grand historic homes and quaint craftsman bungalows lining its winding hilltop streets.
Point Loma
Point Loma is a seaside community of San Diego located minutes from downtown. It is known for its impressive bay, considered to be one of the best natural harbors on the western coast of North America. Point Loma is also home to the Cabrillo National Monument and Point Loma Lighthouse, which offers breathtaking views of the city of San Diego and beyond. The monument was erected in honor of Captain Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to set foot on the west coast. Also on the site is the original lighthouse, which was replaced in 1891 by the one that still steers vessels away from shore. Tidepools and hiking trails delight both tourists and residents alike. Most neighborhoods in Point Loma consist primarily of single family homes. The bayside residential area is called La Playa and includes some of the most spectacular views in San Diego.
Downtown
Downtown is San Diego’s oldest and newest hot spot. With more than 12,000 housing units just built or in the works, downtown is once again becoming the center of San Diego. From the Gaslamp area restaurants, shops and nightclubs to the hip East Village surrounding downtown’s newest addition Petco Park, the new home of Padres baseball, downtown San Diego real estate is booming with apartment and condo housing shooting up into the sky.
La Jolla
Also known as “the Jewel By The Sea,” La Jolla is one of the most prestigious communities in San Diego County, from the grand homes perched high on the hill of Mount Soledad to the contemporary homes that line the ocean view bluffs and sandy beaches. The village is Mediterranean in design and has long been home to several famous residents who could live anywhere but choose La Jolla for its gorgeous coastline, world class restaurants, shopping, art galleries and museums. La Jolla is also home to one of the most well-known municipal golf courses, Torrey Pines, which was the site the 2008 U.S. Open golf tournament.
A Big Small Town
Locals often refer to San Diego as one of America’s biggest small towns, which is pretty amazing considering that San Diego is California’s second largest city and the United States’ eighth largest. San Diego has a population of close to 1.3 million residents within its City and more than 3 million residents within the County.
In addition to being known for its idyllic climate, San Diego is home to several thousand cutting-edge software and computer and communications companies and the biotechnology industry is ranked the third largest in the country. There are more than 26 accredited hospitals ranking San Diego in the top three cities for quality and costs of healthcare. San Diego is home to the largest military concentration in the county bringing in close to $20 million in defense spending each year.
The City offers a tremendous variety of things to see and do. Museums abound in San Diego, focusing on history, technology, culture and art. Annual music and stage festivals in the City include the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe Theatre and San Diego Street Scene. San Diego’s theatres also regularly create Broadway hits such as “Jersey Boys,” “Memphis,” “The Who’s Tommy” and seven others in the last 10 years.
The City of San Diego alone has 34,260 acres of developed and undeveloped open space including three regional parks, 190 community and neighborhood parks, seven open-space parks, 26 shoreline parks and 25 miles of ocean and bay beaches. Balboa Park is a national treasure, housing museums, theatres, and the San Diego Zoo.
Whether it’s the dream of a larger residence, a second home, vacation or investment property, or even the perfect place to retire, opportunity abounds in San Diego.
Source: San Diego Regional Development Corp.
Coronado - Pacific Sotheby's Realty agent, Scott Aurich
Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board
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Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board
Earlier this year, Coronado Realtor Scott Aurich was named to the Board of Trustees of the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation for a three-year term. Aurich and his wife Wanda were co-chairs of the 2010 Miracle Makers Gala, which recognizes philanthropic support for the hospital. Photo by David Axelson
.Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:19 pm
Updated: 2:23 pm, Thu May 19, 2011.
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Scott Aurich, a Coronado resident since 1987, has been named to the Board of Trustees for Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation. His three-year term started at the first of the year and Aurich provided a brief overview of the foundation and the hospital. “They raise tens of millions of dollars each year and they cover an area from Riverside to the Mexican border.”
Aurich’s interest in the work of Rady Children’s Hospital actually had its genesis in Houston, Texas when his wife Wanda delivered their son Scott into the world. “He was born at six months and weighed 1 pound, six ounces,” recounted Aurich. “He spent four months in intensive care at Texas Children’s Hospital. Scott had eye surgery, heart surgery and came out fantastic. The combination of technology, prayers and everything else worked. He was so sick and little when he was born. For him to come out the way he has is incredible.”
Fast forward 24 years and Scott the Younger has graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University. He is now working on a teaching credential that will allow him to teach special needs children.
Scott the Elder’s story also starts in Houston and includes a stop at Baylor University, where he majored in “Physical education and football,” Aurich said, smiling while recounting his college days. “I was a walk-on at Baylor and I went there because Baylor had the worst secondary in the Southwestern Conference. I played on the kickoff and punt return teams, traveled with the team and we had an incredible year. The next year they recruited six defensive backs and I red-shirted my sophomore year. Then I transferred to Stephen F. Austin State University. I graduated from there and got a degree in education. I did my student teaching at an elementary school with a broken neck.”
As you might guess, the problem with the broken neck didn’t slow down Aurich too much. Out of college, he got a job in site sales for a condo conversion in the Houston area. The financial backers of that project were investors in a project called Real del Mar in Mexico and Aurich was named marketing director for the development.
“We came to Coronado Thursday and stayed at the Del,” Aurich recounted. “Friday I saw the property, which was located seven miles into Mexico and Saturday we rented a house. We moved out here two weeks later. It was the second smartest thing I have done, after picking Wanda as my wife. I met Wanda in real estate when she was working with a real estate attorney. I do believe Coronado is the best place to raise a family or retire in the country. But we have roots in Texas and it was hard to leave.”
As a side note, the Aurich family’s first rental was the first of 15 residences they have had in Coronado. Scott has designed the family’s last three homes himself and says that their new house currently under construction is meant to be his last move. I got the impression that notion was negotiable.
Aurich has focused on real estate sales since 1998, when he found out that real money in real estate was found in sales, as opposed to construction. “I have had Sun Isle Realty the whole time. We recently merged with Pacific Sotheby’s, which is truly an international real estate brokerage. They have offices in 42 countries around the world. They have a lot of really significant and trophy-type properties. I like to stay close to Coronado. Ninety-nine percent of my sales have been in Coronado and I’m primarily focused on the Village, but have some listings in the Shores.”
Aurich has a long list of community interests including coaching 16 seasons of youth sports in Coronado. He also coached the defensive line in for one season for the University of San Diego football team under then Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. “I had a great time doing that for one year. It was like a fantasy football camp for me.” Aurich has also served on the Coronado Schools Foundation Board of Directors, was the president of the Coronado Board of Realtors in 1997 and served a stint as chairman of Sandicor, the regional real estate multiple listing service.
But his current involvement with the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation clearly is important to him. “Wanda was a roving ambassador at the surgical care unit and volunteered doing that. The she was able to be a neo-natal cuddler in the neo-natal intensive care area. When parents couldn’t be there during the day, she held babies and cuddled them. She did that for a number of years and after her initial involvement, we were asked to be the Co-chairmen of the Miracle Makers Gala last year. Then they asked me to be on the board.”
The Gala is an important annual event for the foundation, according to Aurich. “It’s an appreciation dinner for all of the people who work during the whole year to raise funds for the hospital. It includes people from all walks of life. The attendees range from Costco employees to construction company owners. They have the common goal of trying to help the hospital run well.”
Aurich has communicated with the Top 300 realtors from around the county, inviting them to participate and several have responded that they will attend the function. The 2011 Miracle Makers Gala will be held June 11 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. The cocktail hour commences at 6:30 p.m., with the event running from 8:30 p.m., to midnight.
“It’s not a typical auction,” Aurich explained. “It’s just a gathering. You have the opportunity to make a pledge, but there is no pressure to do so. People can just come for a night of fun. They have a video about things that are going on at the hospital. It’s a ‘thank you’ from the hospital for the volunteers.”
If anyone from Coronado is interested in attending the Gala, contact Scott or Wanda and they can coordinate seating in the same area with them and other local residents. The black tie event is $250 per person, which relatively speaking is light on the pocket book as far as major fundraisers go. Aurich added, “It’s a real community-wide event. The Gala is about raising money and awareness.”
For additional information regarding the 2011 Miracle Makers Gala, contact Rady Children’s Hospital at 858-966-5988.
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Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board
Earlier this year, Coronado Realtor Scott Aurich was named to the Board of Trustees of the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation for a three-year term. Aurich and his wife Wanda were co-chairs of the 2010 Miracle Makers Gala, which recognizes philanthropic support for the hospital. Photo by David Axelson
.Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:19 pm
Updated: 2:23 pm, Thu May 19, 2011.
Coronado’s Scott Aurich Named To Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation Board 0 comments
Scott Aurich, a Coronado resident since 1987, has been named to the Board of Trustees for Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation. His three-year term started at the first of the year and Aurich provided a brief overview of the foundation and the hospital. “They raise tens of millions of dollars each year and they cover an area from Riverside to the Mexican border.”
Aurich’s interest in the work of Rady Children’s Hospital actually had its genesis in Houston, Texas when his wife Wanda delivered their son Scott into the world. “He was born at six months and weighed 1 pound, six ounces,” recounted Aurich. “He spent four months in intensive care at Texas Children’s Hospital. Scott had eye surgery, heart surgery and came out fantastic. The combination of technology, prayers and everything else worked. He was so sick and little when he was born. For him to come out the way he has is incredible.”
Fast forward 24 years and Scott the Younger has graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University. He is now working on a teaching credential that will allow him to teach special needs children.
Scott the Elder’s story also starts in Houston and includes a stop at Baylor University, where he majored in “Physical education and football,” Aurich said, smiling while recounting his college days. “I was a walk-on at Baylor and I went there because Baylor had the worst secondary in the Southwestern Conference. I played on the kickoff and punt return teams, traveled with the team and we had an incredible year. The next year they recruited six defensive backs and I red-shirted my sophomore year. Then I transferred to Stephen F. Austin State University. I graduated from there and got a degree in education. I did my student teaching at an elementary school with a broken neck.”
As you might guess, the problem with the broken neck didn’t slow down Aurich too much. Out of college, he got a job in site sales for a condo conversion in the Houston area. The financial backers of that project were investors in a project called Real del Mar in Mexico and Aurich was named marketing director for the development.
“We came to Coronado Thursday and stayed at the Del,” Aurich recounted. “Friday I saw the property, which was located seven miles into Mexico and Saturday we rented a house. We moved out here two weeks later. It was the second smartest thing I have done, after picking Wanda as my wife. I met Wanda in real estate when she was working with a real estate attorney. I do believe Coronado is the best place to raise a family or retire in the country. But we have roots in Texas and it was hard to leave.”
As a side note, the Aurich family’s first rental was the first of 15 residences they have had in Coronado. Scott has designed the family’s last three homes himself and says that their new house currently under construction is meant to be his last move. I got the impression that notion was negotiable.
Aurich has focused on real estate sales since 1998, when he found out that real money in real estate was found in sales, as opposed to construction. “I have had Sun Isle Realty the whole time. We recently merged with Pacific Sotheby’s, which is truly an international real estate brokerage. They have offices in 42 countries around the world. They have a lot of really significant and trophy-type properties. I like to stay close to Coronado. Ninety-nine percent of my sales have been in Coronado and I’m primarily focused on the Village, but have some listings in the Shores.”
Aurich has a long list of community interests including coaching 16 seasons of youth sports in Coronado. He also coached the defensive line in for one season for the University of San Diego football team under then Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. “I had a great time doing that for one year. It was like a fantasy football camp for me.” Aurich has also served on the Coronado Schools Foundation Board of Directors, was the president of the Coronado Board of Realtors in 1997 and served a stint as chairman of Sandicor, the regional real estate multiple listing service.
But his current involvement with the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation clearly is important to him. “Wanda was a roving ambassador at the surgical care unit and volunteered doing that. The she was able to be a neo-natal cuddler in the neo-natal intensive care area. When parents couldn’t be there during the day, she held babies and cuddled them. She did that for a number of years and after her initial involvement, we were asked to be the Co-chairmen of the Miracle Makers Gala last year. Then they asked me to be on the board.”
The Gala is an important annual event for the foundation, according to Aurich. “It’s an appreciation dinner for all of the people who work during the whole year to raise funds for the hospital. It includes people from all walks of life. The attendees range from Costco employees to construction company owners. They have the common goal of trying to help the hospital run well.”
Aurich has communicated with the Top 300 realtors from around the county, inviting them to participate and several have responded that they will attend the function. The 2011 Miracle Makers Gala will be held June 11 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. The cocktail hour commences at 6:30 p.m., with the event running from 8:30 p.m., to midnight.
“It’s not a typical auction,” Aurich explained. “It’s just a gathering. You have the opportunity to make a pledge, but there is no pressure to do so. People can just come for a night of fun. They have a video about things that are going on at the hospital. It’s a ‘thank you’ from the hospital for the volunteers.”
If anyone from Coronado is interested in attending the Gala, contact Scott or Wanda and they can coordinate seating in the same area with them and other local residents. The black tie event is $250 per person, which relatively speaking is light on the pocket book as far as major fundraisers go. Aurich added, “It’s a real community-wide event. The Gala is about raising money and awareness.”
For additional information regarding the 2011 Miracle Makers Gala, contact Rady Children’s Hospital at 858-966-5988.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
USD team wins international competition (San Diego Daily Transcript)
USD team wins international competition (San Diego Daily Transcript): "Five students in the University of San Diego’s master's in real estate program won first place in the 2011 ARGUS Software University Challenge."
Saturday, May 14, 2011
All about San Diego - as seen in Dwell Magazine
San Diego, CA
Nestled on the Pacific coastline, between Los Angeles’s sprawl and the Mexican border, San Diego is a surprisingly design-forward town with a handful of modern masterpieces to prove it.
By:Aaron Britt
Photos by:Bryce Duffy
Location:San Diego, California
Published in February 10
Architecturally speaking, San Diego is home to one of the crown jewels of the modernist canon: Louis Kahn’s majestic Salk Institute for Biological Studies. It would be easy to view the rest of the seaside city as an ode to adobe, aircraft carriers, and staying way chilled out, but its design scene, if small, is vibrant. Surely Kahn’s poem in concrete and sunlight deserves serious attention, but it’s the local design legends—–like protomodernist Irving Gill, elder statesmen Ted Smith and Kendrick Kellogg, and a roster of young high-flyers such as Sebastian Mariscal, Jennifer Luce, Lloyd Russell, and Chris Puzio—–who are responsible for the warp and weft of the city’s rich modernist fabric. It must be said, however, that this burg is still enthralled by all things Spanish colonial (both original and recent), but the principles of modern design are as vital as ever. We asked architect Aaron Anderson, one of the energetic new crop of San Diego designers, to show us around his hometown.
If the town’s best building is Kahn’s Salk Institute, what’s second best?
I would agree that the Salk is San Diego’s masterwork building. Kahn’s expressions of light, order, and stillness are as relevant today as they were when the Salk was built. Those concepts make the building an inspiring and humane workplace. As for the next best architecture, my vote goes to local hero architect Irving Gill’s collection of austere residential and public buildings. They are comparable in quality and intention, and like Kahn’s, their richness comes from the simplicity of their form: unfussy, supremely functional, with clean, rigid lines that wonderfully complement their rolling canyon or coastal bluff settings. Architects could learn a great deal about the editing of their own ideas by studying the clarity of concept found in both Kahn’s and Gill’s work.
view in slideshowSan Diego’s main Mormon temple is an unusual building, but architect Aaron Anderson will take unusual over bland any day.
Perhaps the strangest building in town is the Mormon church near the freeway. It’s straight out of Narnia.
The San Diego California Temple along Interstate 5 is definitely an interesting building. I like that a local, relatively unknown architect was used to design it and that he wasn’t afraid to address a major freeway where most buildings turn their backs. I appreciate the level of care and detail that went into the church, unlike the trend in many Southern California churches to look more like movie-theater complexes. The Mormon temple harkens a fantastical, contemporary structure that I’m sure is inspiring to its members and to many in the community at large. It’s a building that people either love or hate—–which is great for architecture.
Where would you like to see San Diego go in the long term?
I was inspired to put together a plan to renovate University Avenue, one of San Diego’s main streets connecting our most culturally diverse neighborhoods, after visiting Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice Beach, California. Many years ago, a group of architects, artists, and developers formed the Venice Collaborative to improve the area by creating progressive architecture that is pedestrian- and earth-friendly. It’s a huge success. I hope to create a resource where people can see the benefits of creating new, contemporary, sustainable buildings and where they can find architects and builders for their particular projects. Many young designers and architects, like Miki Iwasaki, Mike Burnett, Craig Abenilla, and Jeana Kim Renger, are beginning to redefine the San Diego style. It’s an exciting and challenging time.
view in slideshowPetco Park, home to the San Diego Padres.
Petco Park, Qualcomm Stadium, and the airport are all actually in the middle of town. Are we really in Southern California?
the city comes at a large cost. It’s the smallest airport of any major U.S. city and has no room for expansion. They say that it will reach capacity within a decade and the only viable options for moving the airport are already taken by the military. I’m a big proponent of the military sharing, trading, or moving their airport, though voters recently disagreed with me. Petco Park is one of the rare baseball stadiums that actually had the redevelopment impact and net economic gain that stadium owners always promise to cities. The Padres, with government help, rehabilitated an underutilized area and redeveloped it, saving numerous historic warehouses. In the process they basically doubled the size of downtown San Diego. Thanks to its architect, Antoine Predock, the building has quickly become an icon. The one significant negative of the project is that it has further walled off the city from the ocean. Along with the Convention Center, designed by the late Arthur Erickson, and the Horton Plaza shopping center, a huge portion of downtown has no visual connection to San Diego Bay. The awkward placement of these buildings is a tremendous long-term mistake.
Barrio Logan seems to be the up-and-coming neighborhood. What’s worth checking out there?
Woodbury University’s School of Architecture, where I teach, has a terrific new campus designed by Rinehart Herbst. My studio renovated a warehouse space for a group of businesses that includes a company that invented a wind-generating machine. Barrio Logan is also home to the best quick Mexican food: Las Cuatro Milpas.
Little seems more architectural than the cakes at Extraordinary Desserts. Do you get any inspiration there?
Extraordinary Desserts was one of Jennifer Luce’s first high-profile projects in San Diego, and I happened to be working with her while it was being designed. Owner Karen Krasne’s inspiration for her desserts comes from her world travels. As an architect it was extremely interesting to incorporate her thought process in creating new desserts—–texture, transparency, culture—–into the architectural details.
Read more: http://www.dwell.com/articles/san-diego-ca.html#ixzz1MO4pAiPy
Nestled on the Pacific coastline, between Los Angeles’s sprawl and the Mexican border, San Diego is a surprisingly design-forward town with a handful of modern masterpieces to prove it.
By:Aaron Britt
Photos by:Bryce Duffy
Location:San Diego, California
Published in February 10
Architecturally speaking, San Diego is home to one of the crown jewels of the modernist canon: Louis Kahn’s majestic Salk Institute for Biological Studies. It would be easy to view the rest of the seaside city as an ode to adobe, aircraft carriers, and staying way chilled out, but its design scene, if small, is vibrant. Surely Kahn’s poem in concrete and sunlight deserves serious attention, but it’s the local design legends—–like protomodernist Irving Gill, elder statesmen Ted Smith and Kendrick Kellogg, and a roster of young high-flyers such as Sebastian Mariscal, Jennifer Luce, Lloyd Russell, and Chris Puzio—–who are responsible for the warp and weft of the city’s rich modernist fabric. It must be said, however, that this burg is still enthralled by all things Spanish colonial (both original and recent), but the principles of modern design are as vital as ever. We asked architect Aaron Anderson, one of the energetic new crop of San Diego designers, to show us around his hometown.
If the town’s best building is Kahn’s Salk Institute, what’s second best?
I would agree that the Salk is San Diego’s masterwork building. Kahn’s expressions of light, order, and stillness are as relevant today as they were when the Salk was built. Those concepts make the building an inspiring and humane workplace. As for the next best architecture, my vote goes to local hero architect Irving Gill’s collection of austere residential and public buildings. They are comparable in quality and intention, and like Kahn’s, their richness comes from the simplicity of their form: unfussy, supremely functional, with clean, rigid lines that wonderfully complement their rolling canyon or coastal bluff settings. Architects could learn a great deal about the editing of their own ideas by studying the clarity of concept found in both Kahn’s and Gill’s work.
view in slideshowSan Diego’s main Mormon temple is an unusual building, but architect Aaron Anderson will take unusual over bland any day.
Perhaps the strangest building in town is the Mormon church near the freeway. It’s straight out of Narnia.
The San Diego California Temple along Interstate 5 is definitely an interesting building. I like that a local, relatively unknown architect was used to design it and that he wasn’t afraid to address a major freeway where most buildings turn their backs. I appreciate the level of care and detail that went into the church, unlike the trend in many Southern California churches to look more like movie-theater complexes. The Mormon temple harkens a fantastical, contemporary structure that I’m sure is inspiring to its members and to many in the community at large. It’s a building that people either love or hate—–which is great for architecture.
Where would you like to see San Diego go in the long term?
I was inspired to put together a plan to renovate University Avenue, one of San Diego’s main streets connecting our most culturally diverse neighborhoods, after visiting Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice Beach, California. Many years ago, a group of architects, artists, and developers formed the Venice Collaborative to improve the area by creating progressive architecture that is pedestrian- and earth-friendly. It’s a huge success. I hope to create a resource where people can see the benefits of creating new, contemporary, sustainable buildings and where they can find architects and builders for their particular projects. Many young designers and architects, like Miki Iwasaki, Mike Burnett, Craig Abenilla, and Jeana Kim Renger, are beginning to redefine the San Diego style. It’s an exciting and challenging time.
view in slideshowPetco Park, home to the San Diego Padres.
Petco Park, Qualcomm Stadium, and the airport are all actually in the middle of town. Are we really in Southern California?
the city comes at a large cost. It’s the smallest airport of any major U.S. city and has no room for expansion. They say that it will reach capacity within a decade and the only viable options for moving the airport are already taken by the military. I’m a big proponent of the military sharing, trading, or moving their airport, though voters recently disagreed with me. Petco Park is one of the rare baseball stadiums that actually had the redevelopment impact and net economic gain that stadium owners always promise to cities. The Padres, with government help, rehabilitated an underutilized area and redeveloped it, saving numerous historic warehouses. In the process they basically doubled the size of downtown San Diego. Thanks to its architect, Antoine Predock, the building has quickly become an icon. The one significant negative of the project is that it has further walled off the city from the ocean. Along with the Convention Center, designed by the late Arthur Erickson, and the Horton Plaza shopping center, a huge portion of downtown has no visual connection to San Diego Bay. The awkward placement of these buildings is a tremendous long-term mistake.
Barrio Logan seems to be the up-and-coming neighborhood. What’s worth checking out there?
Woodbury University’s School of Architecture, where I teach, has a terrific new campus designed by Rinehart Herbst. My studio renovated a warehouse space for a group of businesses that includes a company that invented a wind-generating machine. Barrio Logan is also home to the best quick Mexican food: Las Cuatro Milpas.
Little seems more architectural than the cakes at Extraordinary Desserts. Do you get any inspiration there?
Extraordinary Desserts was one of Jennifer Luce’s first high-profile projects in San Diego, and I happened to be working with her while it was being designed. Owner Karen Krasne’s inspiration for her desserts comes from her world travels. As an architect it was extremely interesting to incorporate her thought process in creating new desserts—–texture, transparency, culture—–into the architectural details.
Read more: http://www.dwell.com/articles/san-diego-ca.html#ixzz1MO4pAiPy
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
San Diego communities...North Park
North Park’s Festival of Arts shows community’s creative side
San Diego Communities - North Park
Written by Elena Buckley, writing for San Diego Uptown News
Wednesday, 04 May 2011 20:44
North Park’s Festival of Arts has evolved over the 15 years since its inception. In the early ’90s, the event focused mainly on music, but in 2000 it changed its name to the North Park Spring Festival, and five years later became the Festival of Arts. Whatever its moniker, however, up to 30,000 people annually attend—“as long as the weather’s good,” laughs Liz Studebaker, executive director of North Park Main Street.
This year, on May 15, the free street festival features six stages for music and performing arts, more than 300 performers, about 120 booths (half of them featuring 40 juried artist vendors), and at least eight hands-on artistic activities in the Kids Art Block. There will also be a craft beer block on Ohio St., featuring 10 sample tastes from San Diego breweries and wineries for $25 in advance, $30 the day of the event.
North Park is becoming more of a regional destination, Studebaker notes, and the festival showcases the community’s creativity.
“It’s a great way for people around Southern California to come to North Park. Maybe they haven’t been here for a few years… [and] it’s a great opportunity for them to see all the positive changes happening.”
Studebaker said that the festival now has examples of almost every type of artistic medium, and businesses view the festival as a way to “…draw people here to learn more about North Park and to appreciate artsbased businesses”—such as the many art galleries, art schools, art workshops, tattoo parlors and hair salons in the area.
“I feel like it’s a great reflection of the community in terms of diversity,” Sara Morrison, event chair said. “I feel that because of that you have things that appeal to younger audiences, families…20-somethings [and the] older crowd.”
In her four years with the festival, Morrison has worked to help expand the event’s diversity, bringing in more and newer bands and forging a stronger partnership with artists in the community—“bringing the right people to the table to make sure that all areas are represented,” as she puts it.
The six stages around the festival show a distinct range of musical styles, with alternative on the Main Stage at 30th St. and University Ave. and an open mic, performing arts mix of beat boxing, jazz, acoustic folk and the stylings of the girls from Lips on the Beats & Eats Stage at Illinois Street and University Avenue, by the food court.
There will also be dance ensembles featuring the Eveoke Youth Performing Group, San Diego Ballet, Flamenco Arana and more on the Dance Stage at 32nd Street and University Avenue, with groups from Japan, Greece, South Africa and more at the World Music stage at Grim and University avenues, older North Park musical acts at Drowsy Maggie’s stage on 31st St. and more alternative music at the Bar Pink stage inside the craft beer block.
There will be a plein air “quick-draw” event on Ray St. along with interactive events and oil, pastel and metalwork demonstrations. Ray St. will also house the Kids Art Walk area, with hands-on activities sponsored by Young Audiences of San Diego, McKinley Elementary, UPS, The Rare Hare Studio, Eveoke Dance Theatre, Dragonfly Designs, BioEASI and the Chula Vista Community Arts Group. Each activity’s theme is created by the organizing group, and themes range from learning what it would feel like to be eaten by a whale to interactive dance lessons.
“It’s really meant to inspire children to have some interaction with their creative side,” Studebaker said.Juried artists present every category of fine art imaginable, including photography, printmaking/digital, sculpture, glass art and watercolor/pastels. The North Park Craft Mafia, a group of DIY businesses working together to promote the artistic community, will also sell original handmade, crafts.
Scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on University Avenue and 30th Street, the festival receives about 10 percent of its funding from the City of San Diego Com-mission for Arts and Culture. The rest comes from private sponsors, including Ascent Realty, San Diego Dialed In, FM 94/9 and many more.
To assist with the lack of parking in the area, the parking structure at 3829 29th St. will be free all day and will offer a unique bike valet service by Velo Cult. For more information, visit: northparkfestivalofarts.com.
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This article originally appeared in San Diego Uptown News (a media partner of SDNR).
San Diego Communities - North Park
Written by Elena Buckley, writing for San Diego Uptown News
Wednesday, 04 May 2011 20:44
North Park’s Festival of Arts has evolved over the 15 years since its inception. In the early ’90s, the event focused mainly on music, but in 2000 it changed its name to the North Park Spring Festival, and five years later became the Festival of Arts. Whatever its moniker, however, up to 30,000 people annually attend—“as long as the weather’s good,” laughs Liz Studebaker, executive director of North Park Main Street.
This year, on May 15, the free street festival features six stages for music and performing arts, more than 300 performers, about 120 booths (half of them featuring 40 juried artist vendors), and at least eight hands-on artistic activities in the Kids Art Block. There will also be a craft beer block on Ohio St., featuring 10 sample tastes from San Diego breweries and wineries for $25 in advance, $30 the day of the event.
North Park is becoming more of a regional destination, Studebaker notes, and the festival showcases the community’s creativity.
“It’s a great way for people around Southern California to come to North Park. Maybe they haven’t been here for a few years… [and] it’s a great opportunity for them to see all the positive changes happening.”
Studebaker said that the festival now has examples of almost every type of artistic medium, and businesses view the festival as a way to “…draw people here to learn more about North Park and to appreciate artsbased businesses”—such as the many art galleries, art schools, art workshops, tattoo parlors and hair salons in the area.
“I feel like it’s a great reflection of the community in terms of diversity,” Sara Morrison, event chair said. “I feel that because of that you have things that appeal to younger audiences, families…20-somethings [and the] older crowd.”
In her four years with the festival, Morrison has worked to help expand the event’s diversity, bringing in more and newer bands and forging a stronger partnership with artists in the community—“bringing the right people to the table to make sure that all areas are represented,” as she puts it.
The six stages around the festival show a distinct range of musical styles, with alternative on the Main Stage at 30th St. and University Ave. and an open mic, performing arts mix of beat boxing, jazz, acoustic folk and the stylings of the girls from Lips on the Beats & Eats Stage at Illinois Street and University Avenue, by the food court.
There will also be dance ensembles featuring the Eveoke Youth Performing Group, San Diego Ballet, Flamenco Arana and more on the Dance Stage at 32nd Street and University Avenue, with groups from Japan, Greece, South Africa and more at the World Music stage at Grim and University avenues, older North Park musical acts at Drowsy Maggie’s stage on 31st St. and more alternative music at the Bar Pink stage inside the craft beer block.
There will be a plein air “quick-draw” event on Ray St. along with interactive events and oil, pastel and metalwork demonstrations. Ray St. will also house the Kids Art Walk area, with hands-on activities sponsored by Young Audiences of San Diego, McKinley Elementary, UPS, The Rare Hare Studio, Eveoke Dance Theatre, Dragonfly Designs, BioEASI and the Chula Vista Community Arts Group. Each activity’s theme is created by the organizing group, and themes range from learning what it would feel like to be eaten by a whale to interactive dance lessons.
“It’s really meant to inspire children to have some interaction with their creative side,” Studebaker said.Juried artists present every category of fine art imaginable, including photography, printmaking/digital, sculpture, glass art and watercolor/pastels. The North Park Craft Mafia, a group of DIY businesses working together to promote the artistic community, will also sell original handmade, crafts.
Scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on University Avenue and 30th Street, the festival receives about 10 percent of its funding from the City of San Diego Com-mission for Arts and Culture. The rest comes from private sponsors, including Ascent Realty, San Diego Dialed In, FM 94/9 and many more.
To assist with the lack of parking in the area, the parking structure at 3829 29th St. will be free all day and will offer a unique bike valet service by Velo Cult. For more information, visit: northparkfestivalofarts.com.
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This article originally appeared in San Diego Uptown News (a media partner of SDNR).
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Mission Hills, San Diego
May 7th in Mission Hills is being dubbed "Mission Hills Alive" - and for good reason - several neighborhood organizations are throwing events that are sure to fill our sidewalks with both residents and visitors. The Mission Hills Garden Club is holding its annual garden walk, "A stroll down Sunset Boulevard" from 10am-4pm, the Mission Hills Artists will be putting on a fabulous Artwalk on the 1600 Block of W. Lewis from 11am-5pm, and there will be an historic San Diego class 1 street car on display on the 4050 block of Stephens Street between 11am-5pm. Local businesses will be offering food, drink, special promotions, discounts, coupons, and other offers throughout the day. More information on the flyer below!
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