East Bay Blog

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of your East Bay Real Estate Blog. To be honest with you there are some weeks when I get stumped as to what I should write about. If you keep up with my blog, you’ll see that over the last month and a half, I’ve covered a variety of real estate topics. If there is a topic I have not touched upon and you would like to discuss, please drop me a line.

So today I thought a good topic would be to highlight some of my favorite parts of the East Bay. As a life long resident I am very familiar with the East Bay, but I know there are places I will miss and cities I will not cover. This is because of course I don’t know every great place in the East Bay and I have a limited amount of time. If I were to write about all of the great places in this area, I would have to rename my blog as it is a whole topic in itself. Enough said, here are some places worth checking out:

Livermore- This city is growing quickly, and improvements, especially in the downtown area, are in full swing. Recently we had Fire & Ice, a Korean BBQ open in the downtown area, also a recent addition is Uncle Yu’s, gourmet Chinese food. Simply Fondue will be opening next month, and the new movie theater with the plushest seats in the East Bay is now open. Last week we went wine tasting at the First Street Wine Company, great place to get some expert wine advice, and on the topic of wines, the wineries in Livermore are fantastic. Did you know that Livermore has 35 different wineries?!?!

Pleasanton- Pleasanton is a wonderful city with many highlights including the picturesque downtown. The downtown area is a great place to stroll on a summer evening with many great restaurants and concerts in the park. The first Wednesday of every month the downtown area is closed to cars and opened to foot traffic. Booths are set up and a kind of festival takes place. Two new restaurants just opened up in my favorite mall, Stoneridge. They are P.F. Changs which offers some tasty Chinese food and The Cheesecake Factory which highlights American Cuisine. Pleasanton is one of my favorite places in the East Bay.

Dublin- Wow, talk about growing, and fast, that’s Dublin. For anyone driving through Dublin on I580, it is easy to see what I’m talking about. New townhome/condo developments are going up close to the Dublin Bart Station. These properties are tastefully built, most by Toll Brothers. Many new restaurants and night life locals are moving into Dublin, which make it a highly desirable place to live. The proximity to BART also makes it perfect for morning commuters into San Francisco and surrounding communities. The Regal Cinema movie theater anchors the Hacienda Crossing Shopping center filled with stores and restaurants.

Ok my faithful blog reader, it is time to admit that I don’t have time to go into every city in the East Bay today. I’ve missed some of my favorite spots including Hayward, Castro Valley, San Ramon, Oakland, San Lorenzo, San Leandro, etc… So I will have to save them for my future blogs. If you have some input for my blog, don’t be shy, drop me a line. Until next time…