Jim Frimmer, San Diego Mission Valley Realtor

If you enjoy flying, and you're flying into San Diego for the 2009 National Association of Realtors Convention (or any other time, too), sit on the left side of the plane in a window seat. You won't be disappointed.

Personally I like the night flights, but the day flights won't disappoint either.

If you don't like flying, sit on the right side of the plane in a non-window seat, and maybe take your eyeshades with you, or just pull the airplane window shade down and close your eyes. That's about all I can do for you.

On the left side of the plane, you'll see lots of freeways, Mexico, downtown San Diego -- don't worry, the skyscrapers aren't in the landing path -- possibly the U.S.S. Midway and maybe a cruise ship or two, the Coronado Bridge, San Diego Harbor, and lots of sailboats. On the right side of the plane, you'll see residential areas, the huge Navy Hospital, and Balboa Park, from where the picture below was taken.

And don't worry. Even though it looks like you're flying in between skyscrapers at a couple of hundred miles per hour, San Diego International Airport continually ranks among the safest in the nation. At least that's what they tell me.

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If you're looking for a great condominium in Mission Valley,
the heart and soul of San Diego, please give me a call.

I'm available 24/7, so feel free to contact me by phone or email.

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Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
Mission Valley Condos Information

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15 recent blog posts:

1. The ActiveRain Symphony Station: One of our own (me!) performs Claude Debussy at Pacific Regent in La Jolla
2. Are you missing a great opportunity to reach out to past Clients?
3. Remind your buyers and sellers about the home improvement tax credit
4. Four great posts about mold
5. A different kind of team
6. Reblogging courtesies, or letting the originator have all the glory
7. If you like your ActiveRain points, don't go on vacation!
8. Previewing properties can be scarey!
9. You have to go here when you come to the NAR Convention in November
10. Using your ActiveRain blog to establish relationships
11. It's pansy digging time at Weidners Garden!
12. Are you making it fun for your Clients?
13. Recent San Diego Zoo renovations featuring young flamingos
14. Public art along San Diego's Embarcadero
15. A guide to Balboa Park in downtown San Diego

My favorite ActiveRain Groups:

ActiveRain Convention Channel
ActiveRain Guerrilla Marketing Channel
ActiveRain History Channel
ActiveRain Library Channel
ActiveRain Nature Channel
ActiveRain Symphony Channel
ActiveRain Travel Channel

For those coming into town for the 2009 Convention of the National Association of Realtors, I will be performing in my chamber music group on Friday afternoon, November 13, at 4:00 p.m., at the Pacific Regent in La Jolla, 3890 Nobel Drive.

The concert should last about 1½ hours, and the public is welcome, so if anyone wants to come up to La Jolla, enjoy a bit of classical music, and then go out to
tour La Jolla afterwards and possibly have something to eat, call Russel Ray at 619-341-0173 (he also happens to be my page turner for the concert). Keep in
mind that the best touring is during daylight hours, and darkness gets here around 6:00 p.m. now, but there are lots of good places to eat in La Jolla, especially if price is no object.

Following is the concert program:

Claude Debussy: Flower Child, Impressionist, Revolutionary

Joanne Regenhardt, Narrator
Janelle DeStefano, Mezzo Soprano
James Frimmer, Piano

• C'est l'Extase - Janelle and James
• General Lavine - James
• Clair de Lune - James
• Chevaux de Bois - Janelle and James
• Sarabande - James
• Pagodes - James
• Serenade for the Doll - James
• Sarabande Excerpt - James
• Nuit D'Étoiles - Janelle and James
• Beau Soir - Janelle and James
• Il pleure dans mon coeur - Janelle and James
• Pour Les Arpeges Composes - James
• L'isle Joyeuse - James

About Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), a French composer, one of the most important impressionist composers (even though he himself disliked the term), is also one of the more prominent composers from the late 1890s and early 1900s.

Debussy began piano lessons at the age of 7, and at the age of 10 was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire where he studied for 11 years. In 1884 he won the prestigious Prix de Rome with his composition L'Enfant prodigue.  His win resulted in a scholarship to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, which included a four-year residence at the Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome. Much of his later music displayed harmonies and chords featuring dissonances that were never musically resolved. His harmonies, considered radical in his day, were influential to almost every major composer of the 20th century. 

Performer Biographies

Joanne Regenhardt, narrator, has been known to San Diego audiences since 1955 when she represented San Diego in the San Francisco opera auditions and began signing with Starlight Opera. She has sung concerts throughout Southern California both in oratorio and in solo peformances withy symphony orchestras and in recitals. Her book of poetry, "Soundings," was published in 2002. Joanne is currently integrating narratives of musicians' lives into programs of their music, choosing aspects of the lives and musical selections which can be nejoyed in an intimate setting. She has done this with the lives and music of Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and, of couse, Claude Debussy.

Janelle DeStefano, mezzo soprano, has been praised for her passionate delivery and rich, seamless voice. She has sung on regional operatic orchestral and musical theater stages throughout the United States. Recent roles have included Romeo in "I Capuletti e I Montecchi," Mrs. Winemiller in "Summer and Smoke," and the title role in Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia." Janelle has a special interest in Spanish song and Zarsuela, and has performed at the Zarzuela Festival in Napa, California, as well as with the acclaimed early music ensemble, El Mundo. Janelle has won several vocal competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, San Diego District; the National Association of Teachers of Singing; and the Musical Merit Foundation. She currently is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

James Frimmer, piano, received his Bachelor of music and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. While at the University of Redlands, James served as staff accompanist and was a winner of the University's concerto competition, the Redlands Bowl Young Artists Auditions and the Young Artists competition. He has performed in master classes of Daniel Pollack, John McCabe, and José Feghali. In addtion to being an active chamber musician in the San Diego area, James is also a Realtor with Century 21 Award in Mission Valley and the Operations Manager at Borders Books and Music at Plaza Bonita in National City.

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If you're looking for a great condominium in Mission Valley,
the heart and soul of San Diego, please give me a call.

I'm available 24/7, so feel free to contact me by phone or email.

**********

Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
Mission Valley Condos Information

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15 recent blog posts:

1. Are you missing a great opportunity to reach out to past Clients?
2. Remind your buyers and sellers about the home improvement tax credit
3. Four great posts about mold
4. A different kind of team
5. Reblogging courtesies, or letting the originator have all the glory
6. If you like your ActiveRain points, don't go on vacation!
7. Previewing properties can be scarey!
8. You have to go here when you come to the NAR Convention in November
9. Using your ActiveRain blog to establish relationships
10. It's pansy digging time at Weidners Garden!
11. Are you making it fun for your Clients?
12. Recent San Diego Zoo renovations featuring young flamingos
13. Public art along San Diego's Embarcadero
14. A guide to Balboa Park in downtown San Diego
15. Hotel safety tips for those coming to the NAR Convention next month

My favorite ActiveRain Groups:

ActiveRain Convention Channel
ActiveRain Guerrilla Marketing Channel
ActiveRain History Channel
ActiveRain Library Channel
ActiveRain Nature Channel
ActiveRain Symphony Channel
ActiveRain Travel Channel

....and that means that we start lighting up our homes earlier and earlier.

The time between Halloween and New Year's Day also happens to be the time of the year when a great many home fires occur since it's also the heating season and a lot of cooking gets done for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and those New Year's Day football games.

The National Fire Protection Association ranks cooking as the #1 cause of home fires, which surprised me since I don't cook. I knew that cigarettes, candles, heating equipment, and extension cords were high on the list. Let's take a look at cooking, though, and what we can do to prevent cooking fires:

1. A major cause is simply the lack of cleanliness. Not only can a heavy accumulation of grease catch on fire, but it creates a health hazard since all sorts of bacteria and other micro-organisms live in the grease. Clean the air filter on your kitchen vent hood, as well as the surfaces of your stove, microwave, and nearby cabinets, drawers, and countertops.
2. Don't wear clothes with loose-fitting sleeves, or roll the sleeves up when cooking, especially with an open-flame gas appliance.
3. Paper towels, hot pads, towels, and curtains at that kitchen window should be kept well away from hot surfaces such as the countertop toaster oven.
4. San Diego Gas & Electric recommends having all gas-using appliances inspected annually to help prevent gas leaks or other problems during this time of heavier-than-normal usage.
5. Many people install microwaves above the stove and below the cabinet. Sometimes, though, it doesn't leave enough clearance between the bottom of the microwave and the top of the burners, causing heat damage to the bottom of the microwave and forcing you to reach over hot pots or burners to get to those rear burners. If you don't think you have enough clearance, you probably don't. Move the microwave, get a different microwave, or have the microwave raised.
6. If a fire starts in your microwave, do not open the door. Instead, unplug the microwave and the fire should go out on its own due to lack of oxygen. Make sure you have a working fire extinguisher in your kitchen that is ready to use, and call the fire department if there is any doubt whatsoever. It is better to call back and cancel the alarm rather than call too late.
7. The same goes for a fire in your oven. Keep the door closed and turn off the oven off.
8. If you have a grease fire in a pot or pan, you can usually snuff it out by carefully sliding a lid over the pan. Make sure you turn the burner off and resist moving the pot or pan to the sink. Just leave it alone until the pan cools. Baking soda is also a great way to suff out a grease fire. Whatever you do, never, ever throw water on a grease fire because the grease will splatter and possibly cause the fire to spread.

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If you're looking for a great condominium in Mission Valley,
the heart and soul of San Diego, please give me a call.

I'm available 24/7, so feel free to contact me by phone or email.

**********

Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
Mission Valley Condos Information

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15 recent blog posts:

1. Mission Valley condos: If you spend too much time looking....
2. Before you pull the plug on Grandma....
3. Need a roommate for the NAR Convention next month?
4. Water conservation resources
5. News You Can't Use, Vol. II: What's your definition of financial ruin?
6. News You Can't Use: I don't want to be rich and famous....
7. A tour of Cancer Survivors Park in downtown San Diego
8. ATTENTION: Don't eat those pumpkin seeds!
9. Watch those square feet numbers!
10. Controversies? Or building people and businesses?
11. It's summer time!
12. 33rd Annual Fall Home Decorating & Remodeling Show coming up
13. Speechless Sunday: Sunset at the beach
14. If this is in your front yard, call The Orkin Man (before Halloween)!
15. Want a piece of sports memorabilia?

Join me in the following ActiveRain Groups:

1. Out and About - Share specific events, places, and things to do with your target audience.
2. NAR 2009 Convention San Diego - Coming to the Convention in November? Check in here.
3. Guerrilla Marketing Tactics - Marketing that requires mostly ingenuity, creativity, time, and energy.
4. Inspired By Nature - Where you can come to relax among Mother and Father Nature's fauna and flora.
5. Classical Music - Share classical music events with your target audience.
6. Active Rain Book Club - A great place to find information on books of all genres.