Luxury Real Estate

By Robert Lockard

After taking more than 400 fabulous photos at the 6th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Retreat in April, Ilya Moshenskiy, the Principal Photographer of Ilya Estate Photography, is showing off his versatile talents in another field. On the left is a recent photo he took at Salty’s Seafood Restaurant in Seattle. The dessert is called the Ooey Gooey Ice Cream Sandwich.

By Scott Rudolph

…Are meant to provoke, stimulate, to encourage investigation and generally challenge our conventional thinking. The “buzz” cultivated with a healthy provocative statement generates dialog and creative thinking. So I appreciate a good provocative statement. Each year, EDGE.org's John Brockman asks a new provocative question and the world’s intellectuals contribute. Ben Stein, our recent guest speaker, often writes provocative statements and he significantly contributed to a provocative new film entitled “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.”

By Allyson Metters

As part of my position as the Relocation Manager here at LuxuryRealEstate.com, I manage the consumer inquiries that come into our office. Most buyers and sellers who contact us have found us through a Web search for luxury properties. Being the most-viewed luxury real estate website in the world gives us a key advantage online.

By Joey Pauley

This weekend I went snowboarding. I know most of you who are reading this will say “Snowboarding? It’s May. Ski season was over months ago.” But here in the Pacific Northwest, we are blessed to be able to backcountry ski and snowboard all year long. We even have websites for those of us dedicated to make Turns All Year.

By Jean-Yves Piton

Today’s real estate marketplace is most definitely more technology-driven worldwide. This fact became even more evident during the Technology Roundtable held at the 6th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Retreat in San Diego. Top brokers in the luxury real estate industry are now seeking for more tools to become more productive and effective vis-à-vis their top competitors.

By Meghan Barry

Saturday, May 3, 2008 was the 22nd Annual Windermere Cup Regatta in Seattle, also called Opening Day, which is a celebration of the official opening of boating season in Seattle (Although the most-hearty have already been on the water for months!).

By Brian Langhorst

We are featuring a special section in the upcoming Summer 2008 issue of LuxuryRealEstate.com Magazine on golf properties and developments. This is a phenomenal opportunity for our members to showcase their knowledge of the golf community marketplace and share sales opportunities. Please contact Robert Lockard, our PR writer, to be included in this great opportunity!

By Meghan Barry

After our 6th Annual Luxury Real Estate Spring Retreat, Marie Montchal, Senior Vice President of Relocation and Ancillary Services at Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty was kind enough to send us this fantastic brass whale. According to Daniel Gale legend, this whale is one of the few remaining whales cast to market the “Daniel Gale Whale” – we are lucky to have it!

By Courtney Jackson

If you weren’t able to pick up today's Wall Street Journal, you can view our ad online at www.luxuryrealestate.com/wj.

Keep an eye out for our next ad in the June 27th edition.

By Brian Langhorst

Telluride Properties, the Board of Regents member for Telluride, CO, has closed on two notable listings in the past few months.

Steve Cieciuch represented the listings of Eider Camp and Stoner Ranch.