Going to the beach is always a good thing to do with the family.  But if you’re anything like me and are unnerved by little ones running full speed toward the crashing waves, then perhaps you should visit the Ferry Landing.

Right next to the pier where the Coronado Ferry launches and many partake in some lax fishing, is a modest little beach.  Well, I guess it’s not technically a beach, beach.  It sits on the bay across from downtown San Diego and has sand with tiny, mellow waves.  

The kids (or adults for that matter) can still enjoy hunting for shells and crabs all while dipping their miniature toes in the water.  Also, another plus - the water is warmer than the Pacific Ocean.  It’s convenient that there are public toilets and...

Coronado Shines in Citizen Satisfaction Survey 

Everybody loves Coronado and I love selling real estate in Coronado!  What a great community to live, work and play in.  A National Citizen Survey reported that Coronado, California has some of the most satisfied residents in the country.  Coronado used the National Citizen Survey, a joint effort between the National Research Center and the International City/County Management Association, to produce a statistically valid study.  Questionnaires were mailed to 1,200 random Coronado homes (mine was not one of them) and 357 completed surveys were received.  Apparently the response rate (31%) was a typical response rate for a citizen survey.

Over 500 cities across the United States, including about 70 that are categorized...

Coronado Dives into Social Media 

As one of Coronado’s more tech savvy real estate agent’s, I am excited to report that the City of Coronado has decided to stay relevant in the new age of social media and it is now on Twitter!  Twitter is a social-networking and micro blogging service that allows users to send Tweets. A tweet, once identified as a noise a bird made, is now defined as short text messages no longer than 140 characters to “followers.”  Coronado is one of the few cities in San Diego that regularly send out “Tweets,” short messages via a Twitter account.

Traditional communication methods are being consumed by social media in a quick-moving, ever-changing new world.  Coronado is using Twitter to post information about upcoming city meetings.  During the recent...