// the mood & vibes this week
— hi, friends :) writing this to you from the compass office, about six stories off of mama earth right now. i'm grinding on the real estate things! here are the yummy updates from the last couple weeks…
— the first one that i want you to know: I JUST LISTED A DOPE EARTHY HAUS! in the elysian heights neighborhood of echo park in los angeles. a c. 1917 craftsman, set amongst the urban jungle. she's wooden, she's sexy, she's everything … been prepping this gem all summer long.
listed now for $1.295M, and open this weekend saturday/sunday 2-4 (COME SAY HI!).
— okay, anyways … the vibe of these last few weeks has been pretty great. i've been touring cool wooden houses, hanging out at cafes, training for my marathon, taking photos, all that jazz. i also went out dancing at a queer event with my best friends, which was definitely out of my comfort zone, but i had a super fab time. feeling more and more confident in my skin lately, and that rocks.
— on that note … another major thing has occured. i went blonde!!!! okay maybe it's pretty surface level but … it feels like a sea change. as a very deep brown, intense-curly-hair brunette - i'd been vibing with my natural hair, but felt a longing for something new. in the last few years, as i've kind of shifted from bay area introvert to socal ocean girlie obsessed with the sun … the lore around highlights and blonde as the emblem of this lifestyle definitely sunk in. and candidly, it was also something i'd always imagined i'd do at some point in my transition. well friends: that point has arrived! after a 10 hour appointment (hit me up on IG for my salon rec, they slayed) i emerged looking pretty darn sunkissed, if i do say so myself. my close friends and fam are pretty stunned, as am i. it's an incredible feeling to find another way to express yourself, in a way that feels even more YOU than what you'd been doing before, even if it's something as simple as hair.
— but, yeah. it's not just my hair that's changing. i can feel the tonal shift in the air in LA as we march away from summer. and … i'm honestly not super thrilled about it. this summer has been epic. insane. incredible. joyful/wild/bold/wonderful. all the delicious adjectives. and i don't want it to end … don't want the heat to go away … for my ocean swims and burning sunsets to be replaced with something more mellow. i think in time i'll come to appreciate the new season, but for now i am feeling it.
— i should also note one other cool update. i am looking to buy a place in LA (ahHHHH!!! i know!!!). if you are an agent/human with the house intel … here's what i'm looking for, just in case one of ya'll knows something i don't (i'm actively on the MLS at 2AM, so odds are slim, but off markets exist people ok let me shut up now). so! i'm looking for a duplex, triplex, or fourplex in the elysian heights pocket of echo park OR in prime silver lake near the reservoir, with intact character, ideally a vacant unit, and below ~$1.7M. ik, major. please dm me, email me, respond here, show up in the night with a carrier pigeon if you know of anything. gratzi!
— if you're in LA, i'd love to see you at my open house this weekend at the lovely
1948 n. alvarado - sat & sun 2-4pm. feeling super honored to bring this wooden gem to market; i know baby real estate sam would be actually screaming rn.
— wonder what you're feeling this week. maybe respond and tell me.
— talk to you soon, and sending love.
xx,
sam
