Empowering Professionals

I bring my son Ryan to my office from time to time.  He loves to hang out with his daddy, say hi to my staff and watch YouTube videos on the second screen of my dual screen Mac.   He likes to sit on the same chair that I am sitting in, but usually likes to climb in behind me so I can keep working...

        FREE Upcoming Webinars with Chris Alston  Join me once a week, as I lead great webinars on growing your real estate business.  Always on Wednesdays at 11 am (PST), and always FREE 10/17/12 11-12pm   Lets Talk about Pinterest http://bit.ly/PXbnDb So you are addicted to Pinterest?  On it ev...

I go every year...  The Salinas International Air Show, that is of course in Salinas California.  It is kind of North West of Monterey and about 1 hour South of Silicon Valley. We usually get the Navy's Blue Angels, or the Air Force's Thunderbirds (like this year), or the Patriots and sometimes ...

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress” -Frederick Douglass (American abolitionist, lecturer, author and slave, 1817-1895) When I think of progress, I always think of the struggle that we all have to go through to get to our dreams or our goals or that finish line.  If we just play it saf...

It is that time of the year again!  Time for the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival!  This year will occur October 13th and 14th.  Admission is FREE, but please no pets. If you are planning on driving over, it is encouraged to leave early!  Maybe even earlier than 8am.  The highways heading ...

Celebrating Hand-Blown Glass Art in the Bay Area The Magical Glass Pumpkin Patch is a San Francisco Bay Area tradition!   Featuring hand-blown glass pumpkins from over a dozen local glass artists. The patch is a must whether you're shopping for holiday gifts, preparing the Thanksgiving table, or...

  The Moon Festival, MoonCake Festival, Zhongqiu Festival or better known as the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated this Sunday!   中秋节   What is it? This popular harvest festival is celebrated throughout the world and quite immensely in the Chinese and Vietnamese cultures.  It is based on the “Ri...

  San Francisco's Fleet Week 2012 October 4-8 (Airshow performers listed at the bottom of the page) Wednesday, October 3, 2012 LHD 8 sails into Bay USCGC Sherman sails into Bay   Thursday, October 4, 2012 Inter-agency Softball Competition at US Coast Guard Island, Alameda 8:00am Blue Angels Circl...

Cupertino Chamber of Commerce & the Asian American Business Council cordially invite you to the 10th Annual Diwali Festival of Lights on Saturday, October 13th, 2012.  From 10am-5pm. This great family event will be located at Memorial Park, on Stevens Creek Blvd, and Stelling Road.  Parking is FR...

FARMING - Ways to start and ideas to do it better!   Wednesday August 22nd 2012 11-12pm (PST) 2-3pm (EST)  FREE  Hosted by: Chris Alston and Bob Stewart Click this link to sign up àhttp://bit.ly/MuWd5L Farming...  Seems to be what we all do at least once in our real estate career, then give up w...