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Saturday, February 16, 2013
SF Beer Week 2013 | February 8-17

Watch contestants stuff themselves like sausages in just five minutes during the second annual Craft Beer & Sausage Eating Contest at Rosamunde Sausage Grill in the Mission during SF Beer Week on

February 16, 2013.
Want to Watch? 
It’s free to watch and everyone wins $1 off winner’s beer choice for the rest of the day or $2 off the winner’s beer and sausage choice.

SF Beer Week Sausage Eating Contest
Saturday, February 16, 2013 (2pm)
Rosamunde Sausage Grill, 2832 Mission Street, SF
FREE to watch, $20 to compete
Want to Compete?
Entrance fee is $20, but you get to eat as many Rosamunde sausages as you can (their choice on a French roll with 2 toppings) and drink at least one Coney Island Craft Lager during a five minute session. Any “reversal of fortune” will result in disqualification. 
Prizes

• Winner will receive $100 in cash and a $100 Rosamunde gift card.
• 2nd place will receive a $50 gift card and 3rd will receive a $25 gift card.
• All contestants get a commemorative Rosamunde apron or Tshirt.
• It’s free to watch, and then reap the rewards of discounted beer and sausages afterwards based on the winner’s choices.

Hope you all had a very nice Valentine's Day!!!

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.         -Saint-Exupery

MARKET WATCH for Alameda, CA.

 

2012 WAS AN EXCITING YEAR FOR REAL ESTATE!

DEMAND FOR HOUSING HAS INCREASED THIS YEAR, INTEREST RATES REMAIN VERY LOW AND THE LAWS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND HAVE SHIFTED THE REAL ESTATE MARKET FOR THE BETTER. THE AVERAGE LISTING PRICE AS OF JAN 30, 2013 IS $600,726, WHICH IS A 15.5% INCREASE. THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE IS $516,250, WHICH IS A 14.7% INCREASE. ACCORDING TO THE ALAMEDA MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE, 56 HOMES HAVE COME ON THE MARKET AS NEW LISTINGS IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME, 460 HOMES HAVE SOLD. IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SELLING OR BUYING A HOME, NOW IS THE TIME!

   

RECENT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES SOLD IN ALAMEDA, CA

319 Hollister Ave, Alameda_____ Sold for $679,000

1519 Lafayette St, Alameda______Sold for $745,000

12 Aughinbaugh Way, Alameda__Sold for $585,000

2945 Baywalk Rd, Alameda_____Sold for $699,000

1346 8^th St, Alameda___________Sold for $700,000

7 Rutland Ct, Alameda_________Sold for $625,000

NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES NEW LISTINGS IN ALAMEDA, CA

492 McDonnel Rd, Alameda____For Sale for $599,000

1816 Ohlone St, Alameda______For Sale for $638,000

1315 Court St, Alameda_______For Sale for $948,500

3228 Washington St, Alameda__For Sale for $629,000

608 Glenwood Isle, Alameda___For Sale for $839,000

2955 Sea View Pkwy, Alameda___For Sale for $1,290,000

Bay Area Weekend Events

Zinfandel Festival
Till Saturday, Feb 2
 http://zinfandel.org/default.asp?n1=28&n2=1085


On Saturday, Feb 2, 2013 from 10am-5pm
FREE Museum day at Lindsay Wildlife Museum
1931 First Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA
http://www.alamedamagazine.com/Alameda-Magazine/Events/Calendar/index.php/name/Lindsay-Wildlife-Museum-Free-Admission-Day/event/9258/