Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert's (ygilbert) Blog

     New Construction is an amazing industry, but mistakes happen, and if you think they don't then you knowledge of new construction is limited, it is the nature of the beast. I have been in the industry for 14 years. When you have a million moving parts to a product mistakes happen. Yes ,I have...

 Bob and I tried our anxiously awaited MacRostie's Rose. This is a Rose made from Pinot Noir Grapes in Sonoma County. We had this with our grilled chicken breast with Orange Habenoro sauce, homemade cole slaw and baked cauliflower. The aromas were tart and citrusy. The taste was tart strawberries...

 We love Hawaii, we love Honolulu. Today I am feeling melencholy, my youngest son is winging his way to Honolulu. He has a new job that starts tomorrow. He will be working for a commuter airliner flying from Moloki to Honolulu. He is going to do some training we checked out the airline we were im...

 If you are looking at new construction there are many decisions to be made. Before you decide which builder. You must ask yourself what is important in a builder. Do you want one that has been around for a long-time? Do you want one that is trusty-worthy? Do you want a quality builder? Do you wa...

 To be accurate we actually had this last weekend celebrating you know whose birthday. We had brought this back a few years ago on one of our trips to Paris. This is one of the best champagne's I have ever had. I do not remember what we paid for it.  We had this before dinner last Saturday night....

Ready for some Spring Time fun for the whole family? Come to Aliana tomorrow Saturday 31, 2018 at the Westmoor Club from 12-2:00 PM. There will be an Easter Egg hunt, a petting zoo with a Unicorn, lots of outdoor games, kids crafts , popcorn and cotton candy, Music and various raffles. There will...

There are so many reasons not to keep that big huge house anymore, the kids are gone, you do not have time to keep up with the maintance of the house, you realize you do not need all that room, the list goes on and on. Many people want to downsize but they do not want to downgrade! They cannot go...

 A busy and successful agent takes the time to do their homework and the proper research, they are to busy not to. I have had a slurry of agents recently, I can tell some are new to the business because they just do not take the time to do the proper research. I have people come look at home I ha...

This past Saturday we celebrated Bob's birthday and he opted for a dinner in which we usually both prefer. So had a special bottle of wine that Bob's boss had given us it is excellent and rated 92 by Robert Parker. This is a very deep purple color, this wine has one of the most velvety elegant fi...

 Spring has sprung and we are having wonderful weather and I love to see all the spring colors in full bloom. Spring and Fall are my favorite seasons. It's funny how Spring used to be my least favorite years ago and now that I am older I cannot stand the heat, and it does get hot here in Texas. I...