Laguna Real Estate Insanity

This blog was created for me to be able to discuss the real Laguna Beach. I saw the way that the outside world looked at Laguna was jaded. The way the majority of people think of the "Laguna Lifestyle" has been too heavily influenced by the faked reality that has made it's way onto the bube tube.


Unfortunately for this blog, I have proceeded to become so busy with life as a Realtor that I have been neglectful. I'm quite amazed that anyone even came to the site since it has been months since the last time I spent time here. It's ironic, really, since all you seem to see and hear in the news is how the sky is falling in the real estate world. In reality, the market is ripe for those who understand. Investors and first time buyers are scrambling to get their place in the real estate line before it sells out. The market has seen homes priced over a million dollars selling within a week with 10 or more offers!!! The news will talk about the low end or all the homes being lost, but they seem to forget that someone has to be buying! I also entered into a partnership with another Realtor in Laguna. That partnership has created a whole new world of possibility, but also new work and responsibilities...so more time working and less time for blogging.

So here I am again. Do I feel guilty for ignoring this site? I do feel a bit...but since deep down I think that this is just my way of letting my psyche express itself, it is only for me (my digital diary that everyone could read)...but no one other than me really reads this anyway! :-) So I am sitting at home thinking and thus I wandered to here. I've gone for a run this evening and the evening is beautiful, so I started ruminating.

I guess the next question for us, is where and what do we do from here? Do we let the "Depression/Recession" drag us down or do we focus on the positive that we can create from this? We have a chance to change everything...new technology, new values, new needs, new goals! Do we really need the fancy cars and big SUV's? Do we really need all the TV's in every room in the house? Do we really need to work so hard that we forget what's really important...living? Do we continue on this work until we die route or do we remember that friends and family are more important? Do we decide that every race, religion, country...basically every person...can exist in cooperation and peace? CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO BEING KIDS WHO JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN!?!

I used to work in auto sales...I liked helping people get the car of their dreams, but I also had to play a game since I was employed by someone who wants to make a much money as possible on that same person's dream! Now, being a Realtor allows me to assist people acquire the property of their dreams, but I am not in the position of having the owner looking over my shoulder! I know that I still work too hard. I don't get to spend the time with friends and family that I would if I was a multimillionaire, but I do love this work!

So I for one want the Depression/Recession to help us reevaluate our needs and wants and goals. No we don't need all the fancy cars and big SUV's and TV's! Let's get off the bed/couch/chair/whatever and start living again. Take a walk, watch a sunset, play a sport, ride a bike, go for a hike, visit a friend, anything as long as we get off our butts! Oh that would also mean turning off the computer!

I may not have been on here in a while, but I have been living. I plan on doing the same in the future, so I don't expect to have consistent postings. If you have a problem with that, give me a call 949.254.6494! (Those who know me will know that is my real cell number) If you don't believe it, feel free to call me or crank call me (as long as it is truly funny crank call)!

But better yet...if you have a problem with me not posting regularly, come down to Laguna and take a long walk on the beach and then when you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, stop me and say hi!!! Thanks and see you in the real world, Cole.

Why are we here & What do we do about it?

Hello again my friends. It has been quite a delay between my meandering thoughts being posted here. I have been spending the latter half of the year dealing with some clients and escrows. I just didn't find myself in the mindset of wandering through those scary parts of my mind when I had the free time to be able to write.

So, days turned into weeks, which then turned into months. With the holidays bringing some quiet time and some renewed connections to past friends, I have the time and the energy flowing that brought me to this post. For anyone who missed the wild wandering of my amusing (crazy?) posts, I apologize for this absence. Ok, I'm done with my disclosures and excuses.

Anywho, I've been thinking about the two questions in the title of this post...Why are we here & What do we do about it? My first instinctive response would be that I don't know, but that would defeat the purpose of looking into yourself for the answers. I will try to look in there for this.

My answer to "Why are we here?" is to enjoy! Enjoy this world, the other people we meet, the things that we do and well everything! Enjoy helping, our self and more importantly others! Enjoy the love around us and the love we can give to others! If I could enjoy every moment of every day, I think I would be a pretty successful soul. So let me recap my response to why we are here...enjoy everything we see, hear, taste, feel, do, experience and give!

Now, What do we do about it? Well, I think it is as simple as following the advice from my answer within the previous paragraph. I will be looking to enjoy every moment of my time here. I have not only wandered though Laguna, but also though life. The one thing, that I have learned and truly believe is the golden rule of life, is that if every single person you meet is happier after you met them, then the world is enlightened and improved along with them! I love the feeling when I help someone...not the phony help where you are forced to help someone, but when you are helping someone you care for. The warm, happy feelings you get from helping someone you care about is the payment for your efforts. I don't believe Sacrifice (Definition for sacrifice: giving something you need for NOTHING in return) is the solution. Helping someone or giving something to someone, who can use that something, for your emotional or spiritual enjoyment is NOT a sacrifice. You were given something of value in return and the value could be even greater!

So, can we all look at life with this viewpoint? My answer is: YES! It isn't easy and I know that I'm not 100% there yet, but I am looking forward to trying. If we can all try every day and we then see the wonder and enjoyment of the world around us increase, then we can continue to move closer to that perfect world.

I look forward to seeing and leaving you with a grin on your face in the future! Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi!!! Cole

Writer's block in Laguna

Hello and welcome everyone to the writer's block posting. I have completely lost the direction and the creative juices that are needed to spout interesting knowledge...or at least useless or funny knowledge! I have been absent from posting since the infamous "mutiny post" in which the writers were fired and executed (or so we thought). I do have to say that the reasons for not writing have nothing to do with the current state of the financial world. It is truly just "writer's block", if there is such a thing. The weather in Laguna has been that of a split personality...one day it's a broiler and the next it is cool and looks like rain. Even though there has been no consistency, which would lead to posts about how strange the weather has been, I still have been unable to bring myself to this point.

Well, I couldn't think of anything to write about, so I wrote this instead. It's Friday night and many are out partying it up and have big plans for the weekend. (By the way, the block got so bad that I didn't even update the weekend events...sorry about that) If someone who has never read any of my posts is confused by this point...sorry...it's about time you joined in with the rest of us confused types!!!

Anywho, may all of your weekend travels and adventures be fun and safe, and if you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi!!! Cole

"Life...Don't talk to me about Life!"

That quote is from Marvin "the manic depressed robot" from the British television show, "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Universe". It's not that I'm depressed...it's just seemed fitting for the "June Gloom" that has taken over July and what seems like all summer. Don't get me wrong, I personally think this summer here in Laguna has been wonderful. I just hear people talk about the "gloom".

Because of it, we have been nice and cool. Take over the weekend for instance. My parents live in Hesperia and the temperature was over 100 there! And we had the great days in the 70's!!! Anywho, I guess that the title should be "Gloom...Don't talk to me about Gloom!". And that is how my abnormally wired brain worked it's way to this. The world is created by our minds...if we perceived it differently, it would be different! So, I sentence you to be hung by your toenails until you cheer up. Let's create a world where the negative people, press, news and whatever else wants to be negative can't make us lose our positive attitude!!!

Laguna is a spiritually uplifting place and with the power of positive thinking we will change the world...at least I will change my world. I have been looking for a sign, something to guide me toward "The Path". I believe that I will see it and I hope that it shows me that I am on the right route to find it! So, call me a dreamer, a spiritualist or whatever you want to, but I am just out here in this little universe of mine trying to find happiness. I have a profession that allows me to help people find dream homes and hopefully reach their goals, but I still think of myself as a teenager looking for his endpoint. I still don't know what that is and maybe that's the point...to always be out here looking for the next bit of knowledge, to never be satisfied with what you have done.

What seems like long ago in a distant universe, I began writing in this space...pouring my heart out and putting random thoughts out into the "ether-net". I thought that I would be able to meet people and enlighten some as to what Laguna was all about. In addition to that, I have started looking deep inside, the way I haven't in years, and wondering WHY? The big why! As Douglas Adams wrote it in Hitchhiker's, "The ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!" So, Why?

I have been a believer for years that we are all together in this. If you harm or help or do anything to someone, you are doing it to yourself. I have tried to follow this creed, but it is a very hard one to follow in the real world, especially when you are the only one sharing this way. I know I won't stop, but I know that the fountain of energy can run low sometimes...I'm unfortunately not the Fountain of Youth...and I can use some outside support, energy, feedback, love, enlightenment...whatever your beliefs would call it.

But that is still not the answer to the question, it is only how you may or may not live life...as to the "Why?" I don't know! I just know that I will keep living, trying to support those around me with the maximum positive energy that I can muster and searching and searching. Until then, I will keep looking for the signs and "The Path".

Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering through Laguna looking for "The Path" in my little grey Subaru, please say hello and let me know if you have any directions!!! Cole

Melting away in Laguna

OK, someone turned the heater on MAX and forgot to turn it off!!! These last few days have been extremely hard to believe. It has felt like a sauna in Laguna! For those of us who aren't meteorologists, what the heck is going on. I can handle warm weather, when you work your way up to it...not when you suddenly change from the 70's to the 100's, in what seems like, overnight.

Fine, I'm done complaining. I hope that everyone that was out in the sun used a lot of sunscreen and had a wonderful time this weekend. For me it was work days, but I had the pleasure of speaking with some old friends! I recently found an old friend from 10 years ago...I felt like saying the line from "Grosse Point Blank"..."10 YEARS MAN, WHERE YOU BEEN!" It makes me feel young again to speak with past friends. While I have remained down here Behind the Orange Curtain as they would say, they have moved to other parts of Southern California. I've said before that I love the way Laguna makes me feel, but I am still intrigued by how it is a complete opposite reaction by some. I guess they don't have the right mentality to have it get under their skin and really take hold.

So we will continue to wander through life and enjoy the beauty that Laguna throws at us each day...whether it be raining, sunny, hot, cold or something else...it is still beautiful and enriching...at least to me!

Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi!!! Cole

Random thoughts of Laguna keep me awake!

I normally am awake early to coordinate my schedule with my wife, who works 5am to 5pm shifts, but I am sitting here awake tonight with too much on my mind. I am writing in hopes that it will allow me to sleep soon.

So why are we here? That is a question I have asked before and will probably always be searching for an answer to! Are we here to help ourselves, others, the world (society, that is) or nature (the planet, solar system and everything)? Are we here to find the reason or is the reason only a motivational item? Do we only have the things around us to make us happy or is there something deep, emotional, spiritual or otherwise that we have to look forward to?

I have spent many a sleepless evening contemplating this. I have found that I enjoy making others happy, but other than emotional benefits, it wouldn't help me survive. (I haven't found anyone willing to pay normal people to make people happy) That means I have to find a way to earn money to pay for housing and food...that kinda sucks! Anywho, I did for a time find that helping people get the car of their dreams made me feel good and made me money. Unfortunately, we all know what a hassle buying and selling cars is! Thus I moved on.

As I said before, I originally started this blog to change preconceived views of Laguna, but I also have learned that it has changed me. I love the way I feel in Laguna...it uplifts me! I wander through the day thinking that I can help someone. I have always wanted to help those who want to help themselves but lacked the means. So now I sit at open houses or in my office, waiting for the chance to help someone realize their dreams. I'm still in sales (per se), but I feel like I can just be helpful rather that sell something. Now I still feel...and probably always will...that I am not in the right place yet, which is another reason why I'm writing this instead of asleep.

So, back to where I started on this post this evening! Am I where I need to be? Am I doing what I need to be doing? Or am I diverted off the path due to the fact that, without money we can not live? I am thinking that I won't figure this out...especially this evening! But at least by putting it down in words and broadcasting it for the world to see, I can sleep better knowing that someone may be able to not only hold me accountable for my goals...but maybe they might be able to assist along the path!!! I am still not sure if I will be able to sleep better after writing this or if it will just get me thinking even more.

Well, I am going to try anyway. Any of you insomniacs out there reading this, please forgive me for once again delving deep into my psyche. Thanks for reading and if you see my wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi to hopefully keep me awake at the wheel!!! Cole

Where's the LOVE, Laguna???

After reading about the young teacher from Laguna Niguel that was killed as a passenger in a car accident last Friday, which was possibly caused by driving under the influence, I began to think...once the pain went away...just kidding...I haven't put any soul searching Laguna posts in here in a while. I also started to notice that, judging by the police blotter, we seem to have quite a few drunk drivers out there on our hands.

I was young and stupid at one time...I still think of myself as young, but not AS stupid...so why would you risk yours and other's lives and the anguish that it would cause your loved ones if something happened. Now, as I said before, I am not completely innocent. Why, I was "stupid" and believed that I was a "better" driver while drunk because I follow the laws of the road more to the book when drunk...other than the fact that I was drunk. Looking back, I was not only stupid, but also insane!!! The whole point is your judgement is inhibited while under the influence.

So, long ago, I changed my ways and cleaned up my act. I did this by conscious decision and thought it would be easy for everyone else to do the same. Unfortunately, the "influencing chemicals" may not allow others to do so, or maybe they don't care, or maybe they aren't intelligent enough to do so. Whatever the reason, I believe that we all instinctively don't want to harm ourselves and other, but our actions can be the complete opposite.

I am one of the very, very few who can say they were hit by a drunk driver and wasn't seriously hurt (whiplash was the extent of the physical injuries), thank heavens! But as I sit hear thinking my "deep thoughts" about life today, I wonder...why?!? Why was I lucky and others have not been? Why do people still do so many things that harm themselves and those around them? I have been asked before what my legacy here would be. I still like the idea of making people happy...putting a smile on faces! If we all made it our passion in life to simply give your beautiful heartfelt energy...your "life-force"...with no thought of what we would get in return, true magic, healing and miracles would happen.

We are all living here in this universe of energy...together. Let's start treating everyone we meet, not as a stranger, but as a part of ourselves that we may not know or understand yet! This little town of Laguna is one of the places in the world where I have felt closest to this idea and I would love to "infect" the rest of the universe with a undiluted form of the infectious virus called LOVE!!!

I promise to try to find the undiluted and unmutated version of LOVE for as long as I exist...in this life or another. So for any of you out there interested in joining my search for the "Question to the ultimate answer of life, the universe and everything" (I already know the answer is 42 thanks to Douglas Adams, now I just need the question), the quest for the "holy grail", or whatever you would like to call it...the search for UNTAINTED LOVE, please join me!!! I have tried to follow paths and they have made me feel spectacular amounts of love, I am still waiting for someone to point me in the right direction to find that perfect level. Maybe we aren't supposed to, maybe that is the idea behind life...to always search and strive, and when we find it, everything will be over. I don't know, but I am so looking forward to the journey.

Join me if you dare! I would love the company...and I think it will be fun and enlightening.

Thanks and if you see me wandering through Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi and we will exchange some lovely energy!!! Cole

Laguna Beach Real Estate

Hello everyone out there in cyber land. I hope and like to believe that many people are reading these posts religiously, but I can also face reality. I do know that people are looking at the site and some are reading, but I can't determine exactly how many and it doesn't seem like a lot due to insufficient comments.

Well, I have poured my soul out many times and will continue in the future, but I also want to be informative. I am researching news feeds to add to the site and since I am...hopefully you can judge me differently than others have from my employment title...a real estate agent, I do have some cool information that I can pass on periodically. I don't want this to become a marketing site, but I will distribute information...real estate news can be as important to some as current events. Now that is all I have to say about updating...other than...if anyone has particular information or topics that they would like to see tackled, please let me know.

Now on to the reasons that I began this post...I recently dealt with a person who lied to me and then, when I called their bluff, they told me that they were going to deal with someone else because...now get this...because the other person was more straight forward with them! I guess dishonest individuals respect those who bad-mouth others more than the nice guys. As a licensed real estate agent and a Realtor, I have an obligation to act with honesty, respect and openness. If I were to fail to do so or even exaggerate slightly, I could not only lose my license, but I could be sued, also. Now if we as real estate agents are held to such standards, is the general public allowed to lie with no regard for us!!!

For those who actually do read this, I hope you see that I don't hold back much and I have also been told that I am too honest. My wife actually told me that I scared her on our first date because I was so honest...oh well. Anywho, I have vented for the day. And just to let you know, the person who led me down this road is not from Laguna and isn't looking to move here, either! I have now decided to fire any client who is dishonest with me. They aren't worth my time!

As for the day in Laguna. It looks beautiful as I sit looking out my window and I hope everyone has a wonderful time out there in our little piece of heaven! Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering around Laguna, please say hi! Cole

Life and Living it

I just finished reading an email sent to me by my mother. It has been forwarded around. I don't know if the story that I will include is true or not...I hope it was, but it's meaning is very true and fits wonderfully with all the ideas of enjoying what we have around us. The contents of the email are as follows:

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?' I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze. 'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked. She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...'
'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age. 'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me.

After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.

Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.' As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ' We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.' She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.' She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. We make a Living by what we get. We make a Life by what we give.

Thanks for reading and as always if you see me wandering around Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi! Cole

Love, Lies and Ordinary Lives

We live somewhere, that is , at least I hope that we do. Where ever that place is we hope that we love that place. Sometimes we seem to forget that the place where we live is a wonderful awe inspiring place. Not only have we tamed the forces of nature (sometimes, that is), inhabited a wonderful continent, built communities and societies and small quaint area like our beautiful little corner of the world, Laguna Beach. We have many luxuries, natural and man-made.

Since beginning to post here, I have begun to look at this world we live in differently...as if from the outside looking in. I have learned to slow down and look at the all the wonders. I have a great life. My home is perfect for me. I am married to the woman of my dreams and have a lovable wiener dog named Lola! I love my friends and enjoy working with people every day. Prior to this I was one of those people that I see out the window honking at each other at the stop sign.

I wish that every person can do the same thing. The next best thing in my book is to try and spread the feeling. I'm in sales and I have come to see that we sales people seem to be looked down upon by those out of sales. I work extremely hard and only try to help those that want me to. But that isn't why I started writing this evening, so I will get back to waxing on Laguna.

I find myself down in Laguna at 5am and love to hear the silence that fills the air. The time spent with no one around allows for me to really appreciate the beauty that is all around us and we tend to overlook. We are running around and working so hard that our vision becomes tunnel like. My best friend has been dreaming of the perfect home and now that vision is flirting with becoming reality. I haven't heard the pleasure level that he has right now in a long time. He has described the home to me before, but now that it is so close, it takes a new clarity. That is the same type of feeling I have during those early mornings!

Those are the feelings and experiences that make life worth living! Someone asked me recently what I saw as my legacy. I immediately answered that I want to leave every person I meet happier then they were prior. This has always been a deeply rooted hope of mine, most probably since I am quite insecure. The love that I have found from slowing down and taking a new viewpoint on life over the past few weeks of these posts has allowed this true mission be envisioned.

So join me in stopping and watching the sunrises and sunsets that we have the pleasure of experiencing. Then we will walk around town and see all the wonderful shops. After that we will take some time to paint the next masterpiece. And finally, we will make sure all those in our lives how much they truly mean to us!

I promise that I will work very hard at practicing what I preach. So enjoy the wonderful place we call Laguna with me. Thanks for reading and if you see me wandering around Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi and I will send some love! Cole

Laguna Weekend

We have made it through half of the weekend. The Saturday "scorcher" is done. I hope there aren't too many sunburns from yesterday!

After reading the post by Corinthia, I began to think about how we (the royal we...as in me, myself and I) tend to forget the wonders that are in our own backyard. Sometimes it takes a fresh set of eyes to remind us of it. I haven't spent the time that I would like to watching the sunsets, sitting in front of the waves as they crash on the rocks, strolling along the sand with nowhere in particular to go or of course jumping into the water and frolicking like a child. The childhood wonder of the beach is something that can keep us young and I know that I haven't taken advantage of it in a long time...too long!

While I sit working, I have my friends emailing me about doing a dive (SCUBA) and I haven't even had the time to service my gear. I have 4 or more friends who are instructors, so they seem to be in the water more than out of it. That seems to be a great way to have a reason to swim out and drop down. If you haven't seen the giant fish tank, which most people call the ocean, from within, you are missing one of the wonders of the world. I had always dreamed of going diving and watched the programs on the Discovery Channel, TLC and all the others, but once I went under the first time, I was hooked (pardon the fish pun, it wasn't on purpose). For anyone who has owned a fish tank and obviously fish, the thrill of being in the fish tank is unmatched. You feel worries melt away and become part of something much bigger.

Now, we in Laguna have some of the great local diving around. My friends from other cities make their plans to dive here! There are dive destinations, with their warm water (no wetsuits needed), but they require a large commitment of time and money. We have wonderful waters and sights that rival those and all we have to do is don a wetsuit...no big deal with the right one! If anyone out there wants to learn, I have some of the best instructors as friends! For the conditions which are excellent check out this link: http://www.lagunaseasports.com/conditions/conditions.asp.

Enjoy the day out there. I will be hanging out at a open house down in South Laguna...I don't like to plug in here. So if want to visit, let me know and I will give the location.

Well, thanks for reading and if you see me wandering around Laguna in my little grey Subaru, please say hi!

Wandering through Laguna Beach (as seen through an office window)

Hello out there in cyber-land. I am sitting here in my office, which means that I get to look out the window and think. While doing that, I inevitably end up watching all the cars drive by and the people walk by. I seem to be seeing a trend out there on the roads.

1. People appear to be so focused on themselves that they don't acknowledge the world or other people around them. It seems to be a "me first" mentality. (As I wrote that last sentence, a car honked at another, because they didn't wait their turn at the stop sign) I think we can learn a lot about ourselves and others by how we interact at a busy intersection that has a 4-way stop. It has definitely made me change my outlook. I take more time and let others, who look like they're in a hurry, go first. It is sad to look at myself and see that I have and still do (a little less now then before) fall into the "stop sign" trap!
2. People aren't enjoying their travels! Let's face it, when was the last time you went out and wandered around aimlessly for no reason. And, guess what, going downtown to walk around and just look is more of a tourist thing, so that leaves us with a reason. The reason always seems to drive us! Why can't we drive and have the reason just be a result. I don't know how DEEP that was, but it made me think just now. This little community of ours needs some good vibes. So if we are all in a rush to reach the final destination, we can't enjoy the trip and share it with others.
3. I also wonder how many of the vehicles I see passing by are needed or for show. The Range Rover's, Viper's, Maserati's, Lamborghini's and so forth (please forgive me if I didn't name the luxury vehicle that you drive to show your status). I have one of those cars that could be in this class, but it was an employee, "I'd be stupid to pass up", deal on a Jaguar. My past life in the auto world. It's a great car to drive and enjoy, but I don't get to enjoy it enough, because I always have someplace to go!!!

Well, that's my philosophical wanders of the day. It may be that this was caused by the overcast weather, I don't know. I hope that this will lead one person to change their driving (as a Ferrari screams by) habits, styles and attitudes. I am thankful that we in Laguna have a more "relaxed and mellow" attitude that other areas, but I am still here in Laguna watching it all go by.

Thanks for letting me vent and as usual...if you see me wandering around Laguna in my little grey Subaru (my wife has custody of the Jaguar), please say hello!!! Cole

Welcome to Laguna Beach

This first post won't be pretty or fall on the floor funny, but it will be from the heart. The times that I have spent in Laguna have been amazing and extraordinary. From spending time at Shaw's Cove SCUBA diving to walking through downtown, it allows a small beach community feel to creep into your soul. I love the tranquility that I gain every day...and sometimes the frustration that comes from the well planned and straight to your destination routes that you often take. By the way, if you're afraid of heights, don't stray too far from Coast Highway! Please come for the dining, the beaches, the weather, the shops and of course the sunsets, but look out you may find you won't want to leave. It may sneak into your soul and then you would gladly become "one of us"!!! I still feel (and probably always will) that I don't know this little beach town well enough to consider myself a local, but I will love this place always. No matter where I roam, I will take what I have learned and felt while in Laguna with me. Hopefully, that will make everywhere that I go a little brighter, quainter and happier. I look forward to giving more heartfelt information to everyone out there and my promise is to let everyone, who would like information about Laguna, learn something new every time they visit! Thanks, Cole