Valmonte

I can't help starting this new year off filled with gratitude. Sure, we here in Valmonte get to live in beautiful homes, in a beautiful neighborhood, with good jobs, and cute kids - all things to be grateful for every day. But what I'm talking about is the gratitude for the people that make up the neighborhood of Valmonte in Palos Verdes Estates.  The story started like this . . . As many in our...

If you gage the real estate market by walking around a neighborhood, you would certainly call Valmonte sleepy based on the general absence of for sale signs in the front yards.  This reality can be seen a few ways.  Maybe you can call it the Holiday calm; who wants to have people touring your home while you're trying to enjoy the special time that is the holiday season?  It could be that everyone loves...

Here's an article from the LA Times talking about a cool project going on at Valmonte Elementary school. A Palos Verdes Estates garden aims to help kids dig veggies Volunteers convert a hillside plot into the Valmonte Farm and Nature Garden, the latest project in nonprofit group's effort to teach youngsters about healthful food. September 16, 2012|By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times Teacher Lauren...