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Leaving Our Office

When we thought the water had stopped…

By: Stephen Roesler

After 2 substantial floods, Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s decided to relocate to another building on 23647 Calabasas Road. During the last week of our move, this interesting phenomenon occurred. We refer to it as, the apparition in the sky. Take a look.

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The Move: Week 3

Tiling and carpeting has begun…

By: Stephen Roesler

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The Move: Week 2

The painting begins…

By: Stephen Roesler

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The Move: Week 1

Demolition week

By: Stephen Roesler

As much of the community knows, we are relocating our Calabasas office to 23647 Calabasas Rd. Sitting next to Susie Cakes, just down from Bank of America, this office was once home to Fred Sands Realtors until Coldwell Banker bought the space. Coldwell Banker, however, closed its doors in 2008 and the space sat empty. As your Calabasas and Hidden Hills specialists, Ewing and Associates Sotheby’s is moving into the space. We want to take you with us as we transform this space over the next few weeks. Here is week one:

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Calabasas Custom Catering

Lunch Truck in Calabasas

By: Stephen Roesler

Anyone who’s spent time in our Calabasas office has likely heard the cacophonous clown horn incessantly blaring from the Roach Coach. It’s distracting, annoying and bit obnoxious. But, the food is actually decent.

Perfect for a hardy breakfast burrito or veggie omelet, the Calabasas food truck is the child of Calabasas Custom Catering, a Santa Maria Style BBQ. Paul and Fran, founders of the catering company, decided to try their hand at the lunch truck service business and they are doing pretty well. Most mornings and afternoons, the truck has a line of customers awaiting some bbq mexican food.

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Tina Stern Mentioned on Luxist

The benefits of inbound links and their relation to real estate

By: Stephen Roesler

Recently, Tina Stern’s listing on 221 5th Avenue in Venice Beach was mentioned in one of the most prestigious blogs for luxury items know as Luxist. The Cape Cod inspired home, listed at $1.899 million belongs to Mark Snow, the “X-Files” composer. Interestingly, the post on Luxist nearly doubled our daily internet traffic the last two days. Ironically, Luxist pulled the high end listing from the LA Times hot properties section.

From the aspect of search engine optimization, this quantifies the value of inbound links from respectable websites. Not only does it help our traffic, it increases the exposure of the property. It’s explains the basic exchange of information that occurs on the internet all the time.

The Luxist article can be found here.

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A Healthy Blog

Where does ‘good’ news come from?

By: Stephen Roesler

Creating a healthy blog oriented around community news is a project that requires an army of contributors that supply our readers with specific neighborhood news. Therefore, in light of our desire to expand and add more content, we’ve decided to open our blog to guest writers from the area. If you have community news that you would like to share on our site, please shoot me an email with your ideas. The goal of our blog is to create a platform where residents can visit and find highly specific news brought to them by existing community experts. Whether you’re a real estate agent, a local business owner, or a long time home owner, we believe the best news comes from within. You know what’s going on. After all, you live you here.

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David Asher of The Old Place

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Unlikely Stories in Calabasas

Cathy Lopez the Westridge Calabasas Gate Guard tells her story

By: Stephen Roesler

The Calabasas community is typically known for it’s comfortably financial, celebrity-scattered neighborhoods. But amid the usual suburban sprawl there remain a few rare stories that residents likely never hear.

Leaving at 5am to make the commute to the Westridge security tower on Park Granada, Cathy Lopez leaves her Downey home well before morning traffic. For 17 years, the dedicated Lopez has worked in quality control. And, although strange to some, she thoroughly enjoys it.

“We do access control. A normal day is 100+ vehicles,” she shrugs. “We log them in. The people are very good. We get to make friends 2 minutes at a time,” she smiles.

Occasionally, she explains, “we have the ‘lookie lue’s’ that are coming to look for movie stars. People ask for the Kardashians and the Simpsons.” And, for the most part, people are pretty respectful.

“But, people have called me some choice names,” she laughs. “People come without an appointment…asking to get in. ‘You can hold my drivers license. I’ll trade you my child,’ they say.”

Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, Lopez is now sold out on Los Angeles. “Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s an ok place to visit or retire,” she chuckles. “But it’s not living. Not what I call living. I love Los Angeles.”

As an access control employee, Lopez is paid to make sure the right people get let in and the unauthorized people stay out. It’s monotonous, she admits. But the morning shift is a particularly busy time. Although she does have her own T.V. in the tower, she rarely watches anything with a plot.

“I never watch television that has an ending,” she says. “9 times out of 10 I don’t get to see the end…which is kind of frustrating. I try not to watch anything with substance.”

Instead, she frequents sports, particularly Tennis.

“I’ve got the French Open on here, that’s a good thing,” she states confidently. “I get to watch tennis. I love that.”

Next time your pulling into Westridge gate make sure to say hello to Cathy. And don’t be afraid to talk for a little longer than 2 minutes. It will likely be her last job.

“I would say this will be my last job, I won’t be looking for anything else.” she comments. “It’s a great job and as long as they’ll have me I’ll show up. Dress up and show up!”

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John Mayall at the Canyon Club

A pleasant surprise at the Canyon Club

By: Stephen Roesler

The Canyon Club, at least the way I know it, remains infamous for burn out bands, crapped out voices, and sometimes repugnant personalities. Occasionally, however, the most unsuspecting groups prove they deserve infinite praise. This was the case with John Mayall.

Walking in a few minutes late, I observed the thinly spread crowd calmly reclined in their chairs, imbibing the sounds as if they were spraying through the room. I grabbed a drink and casually strolled the center of the venue, noticing the notably older crowd. John Mayall, known more for his blues days in the late 60’s and 70’s, certainly attracted a well seasoned bunch. Scattered about, however, remained a healthy crew of up and comers as Jeff Biebyuck, former singer of Bad Blood commented. It became clear that these young artists were around to receive an education.

I immediately noticed Tom Canning on keyboard. Standing as if he was straddling a horse, the slender artist known for his productive relationship with Al Jarreau captured me with his violent solos. Canning handed his solo off to guitarist Rocky Athas who spontaneously stole the show. Acclaimed as the guitar lead for Black Oak Arkansas, Athas slowly faded into a rhythm as he lost his inhibitions; for moments he seemed to be existing in an entirely different reality than the stage of the canyon club.

Mayall, known for a multi-instrumental music career of over 50 years, is most praised for the founding of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Mayall was influential in shaping artists such as Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Peter Green of Fleetwood and Mac. Mayall’s long history was no mystery during the show as he and bass player Greg Rzab passed solo’s back and forth. Mayall, who is a sensation on harmonica, controlled the movement of the crowd as they vibed to the inherently pleasant blues rhythm. Long bass riffs followed by Mayall’s freestyle harmonica/beat box pseudo singing overtook the audience. There were people playing air guitar, women dancing, and one dude playing the drums with one hand the bass with the other.

Despite my past Canyon Club failures, this event certainly revived my interest. Here is a taste of John Mayall:

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