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The Mount Soledad view guide: Matching your daily routine to La Jolla’s four horizons
Living on Mount Soledad means your view shapes your entire day, creating a beautiful backdrop for all the best things to do in La Jolla. Since it sits at the highest point in town, residents get a front-row seat to the ocean, the moving coa...
Which side of Mount Soledad in La Jolla has the best views?
Rising to 823 feet, Mount Soledad shapes La Jolla’s skyline and offers homes that look out over almost every beautiful sight in coastal San Diego. Depending on which side of the hill you are on, you can look out your windows at everythi...
Which La Jolla neighborhoods actually support a foot-traffic lifestyle?
Walkability shapes daily life in La Jolla more than many buyers expect. In some neighborhoods in La Jolla, coffee, dining, beach access, and everyday stops are all close enough to reach on foot. In others, privacy, hillside streets, and l...
Top Reasons You Move to La Jolla
Renowned as a destination for tourism, La Jolla's spectacular seaside geography, temperate climate, and sophisticated, diverse, and close-knit community have seduced many who could afford to live anywhere in the world. Recognized as having ...
Understanding Factors Affecting Your Home Selection in La Jolla
Perhaps you have enjoyed weekends by the coast, dinners in La Jolla's "in-town" Village and or even browsed homes for sale in La Jolla online. La Jolla is so welcoming you can feel "at home" long before you move in permanently. Living in La...
Sundays at the La Jolla Open Aire Market
Sundays at the La Jolla Open Aire Market: FAST FACTS: THE LA JOLLA OPEN AIRE MARKET THE OPEN AIRE MARKET: A DEFINING CONSTANT IN LA JOLLA WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE LA JOLLA OPEN AIRE MARKET T...
The Micro-Neighborhoods that Set La Jolla Apart from Other Coastal Communities
Table of Contents: Fast Facts: La Jolla's Micro-Neighborhoods What Do La Jolla's Top Micro-Neighborhoods Offer? La Jolla Neighborhoods: FAQs for Buyers The Right Neighborhood Starts With the Right Insight ...
Inside 7 of La Jolla’s most talked-about homes
In La Jolla, some homes feel like open-air museums, where California modernism, organic design, and coastal engineering come together to tell the story of the area’s architecture. From midcentury experiments tucked into the hills to cliff...
Inside the Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA’s center for art and music
For over a century, La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library has stood on Wall Street, which is a short walk from Girard Avenue and the heart of downtown La Jolla. Often listed among the most beloved things to do in La Jolla,...
The surf culture at La Jolla Shores
Every surf town has its meeting ground. In San Diego, it's La Jolla Shores, a mile-long stretch of sand that anchors La Jolla, CA surfing culture. From first light to dusk, this shoreline pulses with energy: boards under arms, wetsuit...
The clubs that shape La Jolla’s social life
La Jolla’s coastline is world-famous, and for some, its private and public clubs only add to its character and enjoyment. These institutions—some with histories stretching back more than a century—have become gathering places for recr...
11 Hidden La Jolla Gems, Local Folklore, and the Inside Scoop…
Everyone knows La Jolla's marquee attractions, but ask a longtime local, and you’ll hear about a different side of the neighborhood. This curated list features places that rarely make the guidebooks yet capture La Jolla's personality and ...
La Jolla Shores: Popular Destination Streets, Restaurants and Shops
La Jolla Shores is a dream vacation destination with its broad beach, charming restaurants and shops, and endless recreational activities, and those who live here year round live vacation every day. Whether you prefer diving, swimming, boogi...
For Buyers: How to Win in a Multiple-Counter Offer Situation
While we aren't willing to disclose all of our team's creative methods of succeeding for our buyer-clients when there are several offers on a La Jolla home they wish to purchase, we can offer guidelines that might give you an edge should you b...
L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal feature La Jolla’s Foxhill Estate
To anyone who lives in San Diego, the very notion of eight contiguous acres becoming available-- with panoramic sea views yet!-- seems the height of impossibility... but add to that the availability of 24 more adjacent acres and everyone kno...
La Jolla’s Munchkin Houses, Troll Bridge and Gravity Hill…
The Blue Book has done a wonderful job of writing about the subjects of local elementary students' whispers...Take a look and get the inside track! http://www.lajollabluebook.com/blog/myths-and-secret-spots-of-la-...
Ten Least Expensive La Jolla Homes for Sale
La Jolla has a reputation for upscale, posh living, but we love La Jolla for its community spirit and wonderful people-- few of whom can afford homes at the top of the price board! The welcome mat is out, with detached homes currently starting ...
La Jolla’s Ten Most Spectacular, Expensive Real Estate Properties for Sale
While we would argue La Jolla offers fantastic value when compared with other luxury communities in Los Angeles or the Bay Area-- or even Connecticut or the Hamptons--- we do have offerings topping at $28 million. 7007 Country Club Drive, ...
