What's Happening This Week: January 5, 2020

Greater Los Angeles Great sledding and snow tubing spots Why stand when you can sit down and make gravity your friend? Here are some of SoCal’s best sliding destinations, complete with the latest safety guidelines and changes. You’ll still want to call before you go. P.S.: bring blankets to keep cold, wet kiddos toasty on the trek back home. iStock Um … cupcake ATMs? Yes,...

Where We Are Now: January 4, 2021

Inspiration 2021 4:38AM PST Team:  Mother Nature let off a little steam in the remaining days of 2020 — a volcano eruption in Hawaii, near Hilo, and a 3.6 earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area — a gentle reminder that we are never really in charge. Sunrise on New Year’s Day hopefully brought you joy and inspiration. Your compassion, tenacity, and perseverance served clients...

Exquisitely updated Cow Hollow home boasts Victorian details

Remodeled from the ground up, this distinctive home boasts soaring ceilings, custom finishes and elegant Victorian details. The foyer opens to a sophisticated living room with an elegant fireplace, adjacent to the formal dining room. An expansive open kitchen with deluxe appliances includes a center island, peninsula, and built-in breakfast banquette, and extends into an inviting family room with great natural light and garden access....

Fairytale 1928 Spanish Revival

Set below the street at the end of a cul-de-sac, a flower-lined drive curves past a wall fountain to this exquisite three-story estate, designed by award-winning architect Kenneth A. Gordon and sensitively updated in period style. The view is defined by the first of the home’s many colorful tile decorations, from original Malibu tiles to present-day artisan creations. The resort-like property, set against the San...

Black Professionals Spotlight: Levitate Studio

Blaine Casanave is the Principal of Levitate Studio, a San Francisco based creative consultancy and real estate media production house since 2015. Blaine Casaneve Tell us about your business, how you got started, and why you’re passionate about it. I’ve been drawn to unique architecture and beautiful spaces for as long as I can remember. Even as a kid growing up in the suburbs of...

What's Happening This Week: December 14, 2020

San Francisco Bay Area Shopping with purpose Whether it’s a vintage leather bag, an artsy quilt, or oatmeal soap, this selection of holiday gift ideas should please everyone on your shopping list. Even better: All of the items are made by local Bay Area businesses owned by Black women. Once you’ve finished, make sure to celebrate with a glass of vino produced by a Black-owned...

Introducing Curated Magazine

Introducing Curated Magazine, the essence of Compass luxury. Explore this specialized periodical featuring Compass’ most prestigious properties. Compass Curated Learn more at www.luxuryatcompass.com/curated

Charming and historic Berkeley home

On the market for the first time in more than 100 years, the secluded Ericcson-Bray house at 2708 Virginia Street in Berkeley began as a small brown shingle cottage in 1911. Built by designer-builder Carl Ericsson, it was expanded in 1921 and 1929 by architect John Hudson Thomas. The architecture features Craftsman characteristics including a wide and prominent front door, Redwood board and batten walls,...

What's Happening This Week: December 10, 2020

San Francisco Bay Area Wine Country South Have you just about mined out the oenophile wonders of Napa, Sonoma, and Paso Robles wine countries? Just a little further afield from the Bay Area, Santa Barbara’s Santa Ynez Valley offers gorgeous scenery, charming small towns, a budding culinary scene, and, yes, 30 miles of vineyards offering more than 60 grape varieties.   Napa, California | iStock...