Recent content by zovall

I like the value/consistency at Sugarfish but I don't like how tightly packed the CDM location is. And the clientele there at lunch tends to have too many who bring their young, unruly children there. (And that is the 100% parents, or nanny's, fault)

I went to the Apple Store at the Spectrum today to check it out. It looks pretty cool but the shape seems odd to me. I'm just used to the regular iPhone shape. I do like the large screen - felt like an iPad mini. I'll probably pick one up in a future iteration.

I've been noticing EBT advertisements at food spots near campus. Del Taco at Campus and California has large signs and I think I may have also seen it advertised at Tenori (the rice ball place) at UTC. Have these EBT ads always been there or is it a recent push (and by whom)? Is there a...

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It seems like a couple years ago (when Irvine Company got out of building these and Toll/Brookfield/Shea came in), all the plans in the Summit were updated to increase the square footage of the homes and reduce the setbacks. Is this the bag of chips ideas? @irvinehomeshopper...

$6M when you pointed it out and then sold for $4.65M and flipped a few months later for $6.5M! https://www.redfin.com/CA/Newport-Coast/36-Tidal-Surf-92657/home/4749293

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Heads up: overnight use got more expensive this winter On my bills for years, winter off-peak (9pm–8am) and super off-peak (8am–4pm) have always been charged the exact same rate. That's changed for this winter (Oct–May). Current SCE rates for TOU-D-PRIME: 4pm–9pm (mid-peak): 45¢/kWh 9pm–8am...

I'm glad that OC sales tax has not increased in the way LA sales tax has. I've spent some years in some of the 'nice' parts of LA county where the sales tax is now 11% and the level of government services that I noticed there are nowhere near what things are like in Irvine and South OC (which of...

Oh man, some of those cities in LA County are even worse! data: https://cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/rates.aspx

I've lived in a home like this and though it is rare, it does feel weird when someone is up there. Also, having a hill behind your home makes your home feel cramped. I mean, sit in the backyard of the home with a hill behind it and sit in the backyard of the home on the hill and it is a world of...

Sharetea at UTC closed down. And looks like Auntea Jenny is replacing it.

"grandchildren never listen to grandfathers"

Oh, I absolutely agree that the Model 3 is awesome, we have 2 of them :) The Model Y is just more popular than the Model 3. I think people prefer the CUV/Small SUV form factor. For my older relatives, it also isn't as low to the ground as the Model 3 and offers a more comfortable ride.