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Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog was created to share insights about San Francisco Real Estate and about San Francisco living. Written by Luba Muzichenko, an "almost-native" San Franciscan and a local Realtor® with Zephyr Real Estate, Luba’s San
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Newsom Facebook’s his Press Release about Treasure Island Transfer from Navy to SF
Photo from Inhabitat.com According to a Facebook update (yes, I’m Gavin’s FB friend, I’d like to think we’re actually really close and he reads my status updates and laughs. ): [Mayor Newsom] just announced an agreement w...
From the San Francisco Zoo: 6 Ways to Have a Greener Holiday
I love the San Francisco Zoo. In fact, I love it SOOOOO much that every time I help someone buy or sell San Francisco real estate, I donate a part of my professional fees directly to the Zoo. Prior to my career in the SF real estate biz, I actual...
Got Bags? Get Them From the Friendliest San Francisco Realtor
A while ago I noted that San Francisco had put a ban on plastic grocery bags. Since then, many cities have followed suit, or at least have contemplated following suit. The problem is that stores aren’t using the biodegradable starch based bags...
Is Asbestos as Spooky as it Sounds?
There’s all sorts of hazards that a home might contain. You might be in earthquake territory (which is pretty much all of San Francisco), you might be in a high radon area, and you might have two of the MOST common hazards we see here in the Cit...
6 Internet Resources You Need to Live Green in San Francisco
In San Francisco, living green isn’t just an option, you’re pretty much going to be tarred and feathered if you DON’T think about your carbon footprint on a daily basis and do something proactive about it. And frankly, tarring an...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in Noe Valley
I got stuck parking a litle further from my Zephyr Real Estate office than usual today. But I guess it was one of those serendipitous sorts of things. I’ve been trying to go “green” just like everyone else is (or should be) doin...
It’s About Sea Life 2009!
Last year, I got to be part of the It’s About Sea Life Benefit, an awesome event that my friend, neighbor and client, Milton Fiala of SurfAddict somehow magically pulled together. The event was so awesome last year, that rather than ju...
Get “Fresh” in San Francisco
As if you didn’t already hear, San Francisco LOVES it’s food. And it loves it’s food fresh and good. And because I’ve got SF pulsing through my veins, when I’m not thinking about San Francisco Real Estate,...
Get to Know Your San Francisco Trash
I made the mistake once of putting a pizza box into my recycling. It was an accident, but I got a nasty note from the trashman complete with a threat that they’ll never pick up my trash again if I dare make that mistake again. Coming soon...
San Francisco Sunday Streets! Penguins to Penguins!
www.SundayStreetsSF.com Come play in the streets. Sunday Streets creates a safe, fun, car-free place for people to get out and get active in San Francisco neighborhoods. Last year’s two events drew more than 15,000 people each weeken...
Sunday Streets in the Mission - July 19th, 2009
Be sure not to miss out on our last Mission event of the summer, this Sunday July 19th! In just a few days we will be heading back to the Mission for the last time this year, so whether you missed last month’s event or just couldn’...
Inner Sunset Farmer’s Market a Hit!
Adam Greenfield recently produced a video with the Neighborhood Empowerment Network covering the first Inner Sunset farmers market back on June 7th. As expected, the Farmer’s Market was a hit! As an aside, there are more...
View the San Francisco from Secret Hilltops Where Butterflies Delight!
Urbia Adventure League kicks off the first Saturday of Summer! View the city from secret hilltops where butterflies delight via a new adventure booklet What: Unveiling of new sense-of-place seasonal treasure hunt for San Francisco families When: T...
Preserve California Beaches and Wildlife
I live out in the Outer Sunset across the street from Ocean Beach (it’s the closest you’ll get to ocean front property in San Francicso!), so maybe I am a little biased, but I feel like we all like Oceans right? And we’d like them to be clean...
How I Am Surviving My Vacation
So. I’m supposed to be in the midst of relaxing right now. You’ve probably noticed that postings on the blog are light and they’ll probably continue to be light for the next week or two. But even though I’...
Sunset Farmers Market - Exploratory Survey
Sunset Farmers Market - Exploratory SurveyThe Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center and Supervisor Carmen Chu’s Office are working with community members and the Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association to explore the possibility of starting a Suns...
The San Francisco MLS Goes GREEN!
I just logged into the SF MLS to look at some new properties for sale and saw this cool notice: SFAR MLS is excited to announce the addition of “Green Features” to our property descriptions. You will now find the following amenities in t...
