Half Moon Bay, CA

There are five open houses scheduled in Half Moon Bay for Sunday January 10, 2010, at the time of this writing. Here is a list of these open houses for you:

• 28 Jenna Lane, $2,288,000, open 1 to 4
• 744 Arroyo Leon Drive, $1,499,950, 1:30 to 4:30
• 449 Fairway Drive, $1,250,000, 1 to 4
• 393 St. Andrews Lane, $980,000, 2 to 4
• 625 Third Avenue, $824,000, 1:30 to 4

2009 Art & Pumpkin Festival - Half Moon Bay, California (San Mateo County, CA)

Half Moon Bay is the pumpkin capital of the world and its historic Main Street will be hustling and bustling this coming weekend with the 39th Annual Art & Pumpkin Festival! For those early riser pancake-lovers, there will be a 7:00 am pancake breakfast on Saturday and Sunday...but not to worry if you miss it, as there will be plenty of pumpkin-inspired munchies throughout the weekend...and even a pumpkin pie eating contest for kids 12 and under as well as one for "kids" over 12! :)

What: Half Moon Bay 39th Annual Art & Pumpkin Festival

Where: Main Street (between Miramontes and Spruce Streets) in Half Moon Bay, CA

When: Saturday and Sunday (October 17-18, 2009) from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Admission: FREE

Info: 650-726-9652

Enjoy harvest-inspired art, live entertainment, food, wine and beer...plus the opportunity to get your photo taken with The Giant Pumpkin! There will also be a Halloween costume contest, pumpkin parade, pumpkin carving, a pumpkin run/walk and more...please click on the logo below for further details.

Here is a map of the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival:

If you are in the Half Moon Bay area October 18-19th don't miss the art and pumpkin festival. If you don't like crowds then don't be in Half Moon Bay on t he 18th and 19th. This is the 38th year of this large and popular event. Although cooler, it is also a great time to visit the coast. Cool and crisp air and blue skies, a change from the summer fog.

At the festival you will be able to see pumpkin sculptors, the weigh off of the extremely large pumpkins($20,000 in prizes), parade, crafts, pumpkin pie and many other great food booths. Lots of art work and hand crafted items will be available to view and buy.

There will be tons of entertainment too with lots of different Bay area musicians. What would a festival be without a haunted house or costume party? Well of course there will be those too with the haunted house located behind the old jail in the Johnston Barn. $5 admission. The costume contest will be at 10:am on Saturday at the Half Moon Bay library. The parade will follow at noon down Main Street.

Hours are 9:00 to 5:00 both days, and its free. In addition to the festival there are plenty of pick your own pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hay mazes etc to spend lots of time at. Take a drive down hwy 1 to get some great fall beach views too!

For more detailed information check out http://www.miramarevents.com/pumpkinfest/about_show.html

and if you fall in love with Half Moon Bay area, go to http://www.maui4rent.com/remax-glen-san-mateo-county.html for real estate information.

I'll check back and add more photos later.

For all you avid golfers out there in the Bay Area don't miss seeing the 20 best female golfers of 2008 play at the Half Moon bay Golf Links. This is the first time Half Moon Bay has hosted the tournament in which players are competing for $1 million at the Samsung World Championship from Oct. 1-5.

The Samsung World Championship includes the winners of all four LPGA major tournaments this year, the leading money winner on the Ladies European Tour and the leading LPGA money winners. Defending champion, LPGA Player of the Year, Money List and Vare Trophy champ Lorena Ochoa, will compete against the World No. 1, McDonald's LPGA Championship teenage winner Yani Tseng, U.S. Women's Open champion Inbee Park and Ricoh Women's British Open champion Ji-Yai Shin in addition to others.

If you can't make it to Half Moon Bay then catch the game on the Golf Channel. It will be broadcast from 3:30-5:30 p.m. (PT) on Thursday and Friday (Oct. 2-3). NBC's live coverage is 9:30-11:30 a.m. (PT) Saturday, Oct. 4 and 1-3 p.m. (PT) Sunday, Oct. 5.

In person daily tickets, five-day grounds passes and corporate ticket packages for the Samsung World Championship are available for purchase by calling 888-345-LPGA (888-345-5742), and are available online at the tournament Web site, www.samsung.com/golf. If you are looking for the best bargain get a five-day grounds pass, which allows you admission to all five days of the tournament. This series of tickets must be purchased pre-event (before Sept. 30) for $83 ($43 savings from ticket prices at the gate).

Daily tickets to Thursday's first round and Friday's second round are $24 when purchased pre-event (before Sept. 30), $29 during the event. Admission is free to the Samsung World Championship Pro-Am on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Children 17 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied by a paid adult. For more information on acquiring corporate ticket packages, call the Samsung World Championship tournament office at 650-712-8060.

If you want to get in for free try being a volunteer. Some help still needed. To volunteer you can call 712-8060.