Grace Keng, CRS, e-pro

Cupertino City residents can get fre bulk compost Friday and Saturday Mornings from

8:30 AM -11:00 AM at the Stevens's Creek Quarry ( on Stevens' Canyan acroos from the Stevens' Creek Reservoir dam) The compost is made from yard waste collected by the city's yard wasted recyling program.

Opne March 28 to October 25 , 2008 No Appointments needed.

Make Sure you bring:

1) You driver's License to verify Cupertino residency.

2). Heavy Plastic Bags or Garbage cans (only 2 bags will be provided per car_

3). Shaovels

4). Helping hands.

5). A tarp and tie-downs to cover the load in your truck bed

*More information please call (408) 777 - 1320

Grace Keng is a Cupertino ~ Silicon Valley Real Estate Realtor serving home buyers and home sellers in Cupertino and Silicon Valley ~ Santa Clara County.

photo is credit to www.www.exceldiamonds.com

Whole Foods Market Cupertino at the new Stevens Creek location is almost one year! Friday, August 22nd through Sunday, 24th 1 year Anniversary Party! Free! Whole Foods Market has been serving Cupertino for over 12 years now but we are just reaching the 1-year Anniversary of our beautiful new location!

Join the Whole foods market on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday for musical entertainment, grilling stations, lots of vendor demonstrations, kid activities including a watermelon eating contest, tons of back to school specials and a very special cake cutting at 12 noon on Saturday! Music starts at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and 12:00 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. This is a free event!

I love the variety of food. It is so fresh and delicious. One hot summer day I went there I saw quiet a few people just slept at the lounge of the whole food market. I guess we like the Whole food Market so much so the day time we slept there. The CEO of the whole Foods market blogs also.

I look at its web page and found out the core value of them. The core value of the whole foods market is :

"Selling the Highest Quality Natural and Organic Products Available Passion For Food We appreciate and celebrate the difference natural and organic products can make in the quality of one's life. Quality Standards We have high standards and our goal is to sell the highest quality products we possibly can."

If you change the food to real estate it will become like this: Selling the highest Quality real estate services available Passion for real estate. We appreciate and celebrate the difference real estate services can make in the quality of one's life. Quality Standards we have high standards and our goal is to sell the highest quality real estate service we possibly can.

The photo is credit from the web page of //www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Every Summer in downtown Sunnyvale the Chamber of Commerce of Sunnyvale support a series of the Music and Market Every Wednesday, 5-8:30pm. Free. Sunnyvale Farmers Market, South Murphy Avenue between Washington and Evelyn, Sunnyvale. 510.745.7100.

August 20 th Manicato (Latin, reggae,rock)

August 27 The Groove Kings (Classic rock & Soul) There is not only concert in the downtown.

You can walk around to enjoy many food vendors like pop corn, crepe, BBQ I enjoy those concerts for most the relaxation. You bring your own chairs to sit at the Murrphy Street. Looking at the blue sky, eating good food, drinking, talking with friends, listening the music and watching others dancing in street.

It is a great summer events for the whole family.There are only the last two concerts left for this year. I hope i can see you there having fun.

Last week I wrote an article about this home . I showed this bank owned home Butcher Dr last Saturday. Wow! It is like Pebble Beach style home IN "SOUTH COUNTY"! Ultimate Elegance & Craftsmanship is Clearly Evident in Every Room. It is a Masterpiece! Massive Stone Fireplace,Library-Office,5 Bed 5 Bath, marble stone Floors in living room! The home in side is over 6000 sf and asking price is only 1.35 Million and 2 years ago it was sold for 2.4 Millions. What a great value for this view home.

It is the grand living room.

This is the entrance.

The rencent NY time reports that, "Allegations that granite countertops may emit dangerous levels of radon and radiation have been raised periodically over the past decade, mostly by makers and distributors of competing countertop materials. The Marble Institute of America has said such claims are "ludicrous" because although granite is known to contain uranium and other radioactive materials like thorium and potassium, the amounts in countertops are not enough to pose a health threat. “

Chris Shupp, Silicon Valley home inspector form the Holmes & Watson Inpection, answered some of questions about the possible dangers of radon emitted from the granite countertops. He said: “Granites often contain trace amounts of material that can produce measurable amounts of radon gas but the key word is "measurable". As an illustration, imagine turning on a burner on your stovetop. The burner emits heat, but has little to no effect on the overall temperature of your house. Similarly, if your countertop emits a small amount of radon, it will generally be insignificant when diluted with the air in your entire home. There are hundreds of times more likely to be at risk for radon emanating from the soil beneath your home.

The US EPA states it in the Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction: "In a small number of homes, the building materials (e.g., granite and certain concrete products) can give off radon, although building materials rarely cause radon problems by themselves. In the United States, radon gas in soils is the principal source of elevated radon levels in homes." Indeed, health physicists and radiation experts agree that most granite countertops emit radiation and radon at extremely low levels. Chris recommended airing out the house a couple of times a week. We know not all the granite material will emit the same amount of radon so you can always test the counter top before you purchase it for your kitchen and the inexpensive test kit can be purchasedat at the local hardware store to test the granite counter top. If you need more reading material you can find the book of “What is home buyer should know abou radon?” from EPA. The photo is the credit of www.cbsnews.com