San Diego leisure

by Peter Toner About San Diego

Whichever lifestyle you choose recreation features high on the agenda of San Diego residents and there are certainly plenty of activities to choose from. You can be sure that you will be outdoors enjoying our great weather for most of the year – so take up a new sport, join a club, meet new people [...]

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San Diego Lifestyles – not just for the rich and famous!

by Peter Toner About San Diego

You get to choose your own lifestyle in San Diego! Choose a home with a yard, or a low maintenance condo .. … with communal pool, spa and possibly tennis courts, a gated community, even a ranch – the choice is yours. -  you can live by the beach  -  or could live on a [...]

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About Upper Hermosa

by Peter Toner La Jolla 92037

The homes in Upper Hermosa, located east of La Jolla Boulevard, are larger and on bigger lots than those next door in Bird Rock. These nicely established homes on mature tree lined road are sought after for their access to both Bird Rock Elementary School and Downtown La Jolla. Review all the listings in Upper [...]

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About Rancho Cielo in Rancho Santa Fe

by Peter Toner Rancho Santa Fe 92067

Cielo presents natural drama with its rugged land form and panoramic views stretching to the Pacific Ocean. Designed as a private residential land preserve, with precious habitat and native vegetation. Cielo has preserved more than 880 acres of its natural resources as permanent open space including a protected 1,000-foot-wide wildlife corridor linking the San Dieguito [...]

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About Whispering Palms & Morgans Run

by Peter Toner Rancho Santa Fe 92067

Whispering Palms Country Club. The community is located on the very far west of Rancho Santa Fe – nearer the ocean. The community consisting of three hundred acres with golf-front homes and lovely townhouses and condominiums. Review all the listings in Whispering Palms Amenities include a 27 hole semi-private golf course, tennis club, swimming pool, [...]

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Market Statistics

by Peter Toner Featured
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New La Jolla Listings for sale

by Peter Toner Featured

La Jolla new listing hotsheet! Homes listed during the past 7 days. For further information including listing agent comments, multiple photos etc please login in or register RSS feed The information contained in this web site is from sources including Sandicor Inc, is believed reliable, but not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. Square [...]

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About The Bridges

by Peter Toner Rancho Santa Fe 92067
The Bridges, Rancho Santa FE. The Clubhouse

From its commanding site at the center of the community, the magnificent 35,000 square foot clubhouse – – reminisent of a Tuscan Village – offers panoramic views of the golf course, its bridges, lakes, creeks and hillsides beyond. The Bridges community was thoughtfully designed and constructed to preserve the natural beauty of its 540 acres [...]

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About The Covenant in Rancho Santa Fe

by Peter Toner Rancho Santa Fe 92067

The Rancho Santa Fe Association founded in 1927, ensures the preservation of the rural character of the Rancho Santa Fe Covenant area and its natural landscape of approx. 6,200 acres. The Association also operates and maintains the golf course, tennis club, playing fields, and riding and hiking trails for the benefit of its members. Sidewalks [...]

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La Jolla sales

by Peter Toner San Diego Luxury homes

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About the Beach Colony in Del Mar

by Peter Toner Beach Colony

The Beach Colony is totally flat, unlike the rest of Del Mar, with Dog Beach to the North, The Racetrack to the West and the town center to the south. Rather than the tall condo complexes that dominate much of Southern California's coastline, here the regular beach house or cottage reigns supreme.   The typical [...]

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About The Village of La Jolla 92037

by Peter Toner La Jolla 92037

La Jolla “Village” is very popular with those that want easy access to all the delights that “Downtown” La Jolla offers including: excellent shops, the beaches, tide pools, the unbelievable variety (over 100) of the finest restaurants in California, the Museum of Contemporary Art, etc. In addition there are some 40 art galleries! The “Village” [...]

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About Fairbanks Ranch

by Peter Toner Fairbanks Ranch

Fairbanks Ranch is an exclusive gated community named after Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks, who used to have a working ranch there. Fairbanks is very child friendly( and there no farm animals anymore), there is a beautiful kids play area and even a kids directory to help organize play dates and car pooling, although the local [...]

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About Lower Hermosa

by Peter Toner Lower Hermosa

Lower Hermosa has delightful quiet, wide, palm lined streets and is one of the nicest residential areas in La Jolla developed from the 1920′s through to 1980. Lower Hermosa is bordered on the east by La Jolla Boulevard on on the west by the Pacific Ocean. There are about 500 homes in this entirely residential [...]

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La Jolla notable residents

by Peter Toner Featured
Raqual Welsh

Notable La Jolla residents – if you know of any others please let me know! World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Superstar Rey Mysterio Actors Gregory Peck, Cliff Robertson and Raquel Welch have also called La Jolla home, as have musician Michael Franks and the Hearst family. The O.C. actress Autumn Reeser was born in La Jolla [...]

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About La Jolla Shores

by Peter Toner La Jolla 92037

The Shores is very popular with beach lovers … … featuring a charming business area on Avenida De La Playa with specialty shops, professional offices and several excellent restaurants.   The flattest and safest beach in La Jolla. Popular with swimmers, surfers, scuba divers, picnickers and volleyball, along with the only beachfront boat launch within [...]

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About Bird Rock

by Peter Toner Bird Rock
bird-rock

Bird Rock is named for the large white rock just offshore, where assorted seabirds gather. There are good local La Jolla shops and restaurants along La Jolla Boulevard, much more popular after the City re-engineered the busy Boulevard slowing the traffic and making it more pedestrian friendly. Birdrock Elementary School is very popular, with many [...]

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Famous La Jolla residents

by Peter Toner La Jolla 92037
Windandsea beach La Jolla

This list of Notable La Jolla residents is gleaned from Wikipedia – if you know any others add them there! My lips are, as ever, sealed as to who my clients are and what they buy.   Sports Buzzie Bavasi – Former Major League Baseball executive who lived in La Jolla from 1968 until his [...]

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Ocean temps are rising

by Peter Toner San Diego Climate
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No it's not global warming I'm reporting – just regular seasonal changes! Current ocean temperature in San Diego is 72.5 degrees – according to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov/. That means the hardier can surf in their board shorts and rash guards looking super cool … … and all the young ladies are [...]

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Del Mar, 92014 – an overview

by Peter Toner Del Mar 92014

Del Mar is a small city in it's own right since the 60's, bordered by parks to the south and east, most famous for the Del Mar horse race track …  …. which used to attract old Hollywood including Bing and Jimmy Durrante, owners of the track. "Where the surf meets the turf" crooned Bing [...]

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