The Leaping Lotus in the Cedros District of Solana Beach, CA, is a terrific venue for shopping. It's hard to describe the wide array and eclectic nature of this 2-story emporium in the heart of the Cedros Design District, which is itself a fabulous place to spend money on your home and garden. There are dozens and dozens of vendors with booths, large and small, featuring just about everything you could want or need: furniture, art, jewelry, a huge selection of clothing for every body part, home furnishings, cards, glassware, dishes, all sort of decorative items, soaps, perfumes, candles, pottery, and on and on   The other cool thing is that Leaping Lotus stocks items from around the world - Bali, Thailand, China, Japan, Mexico, Bali, France and much more. Leaping Lotus is a wonderful p... 09/14/2008

Solana Beach is a gem of a coastal town in North County San Diego, a little over 20 miles from downtown San Diego. Perched along the Pacific coastline just north of Del Mar and south of Cardiff by the Sea (a.k.a. Cardiff) which is part of Encinitas, Solana Beach offers a casual, yet upscale, Southern California lifestyle. READ MORE: The Official Solana Beach city website Solana Beach Real Estate The feel is distinctly seaside, with gorgeous beaches, beautiful outlooks, and rolling hills to the east that provide dramatic ocean and sunset vistas. Retailers range from high-end designer-style boutiques and home furnishing stores to second hand stores and surf shops. The character of Solana Beach is further revealed in the eclectic housing you will find, from bungalows, older cottages and ho... 08/25/2008

The outdoor fairs and festivals are now in abundance here in North County San Diego, and what better way to enjoy the terrific weather and all the cultural activities we have in our coastal beach communities (the Annual Carlsbad Village Street Fair was May 4; the Encinitas Street Fair was the previous weekend). Coming in June, the Fletcher Cove area in beautiful Solana Beach will be the setting the for 2008 Fiesta del Sol Festival, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the City of Solana Beach, and the famous Belly Up. The Belly Up, well known for the live music for 31 years at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach’s Cedros District, will oversee the musical talents for the Fiesta del Sol Festival, so we are assured the musical performances featuring some fun bands will be outstanding.Vi... 05/06/2008

Solana Beach Homes 92075 Median Price for 2008The Solana Beach 92075 median home price in 2007 was $1,200,000 as well as in 2006. In 2005 the median Solana Beach home price was $1,126,000. There was a $350,000 gain in median home prices in Solana Beach in one year from 2003 to 2004. There are in February 2008 48 Solana Beach homes for sale in the MLS with an average list price of $1,615,748 and average days on market of 82 days. When you're ready to buy a Solana Beach Oceanview Home contact us right away - we have plenty to show you!When you're ready to look for a home in Solana Beach, sell a home in Solana Beach or have any Solana Beach real estate questions make sure you call Mike and Dawn Lewis.   Year Med. Price1988 $299,5001989 $359,5001990 $400,0001991 $391,2501992 $376,2501993 $3... 02/27/2008

Here's a new aerial that I took of Fletcher Cover Park in Solana Beach.  This is a really nice park with awesome ocean views and path to the beach!I took this picture using our pole camera rig.  The one item that I thought became really obvious was the infinity symbol shape of the rubber tot lot mat.  From the ground, you could see that it had a shape, but it wasn't so obvious at all.  With the aerial shot, it really sticks out.  It was a great January day!Margaret Hokkanen, Solana Beach Real Estate 01/19/2008

Attention Ocean View Condo Buyers -- just wanted to let you know I've seen a few good values on Solana Beach under $500k. This was unheard of 18 months ago.  11/01/2007

Greetings -- I hope to share and discover fun things to do in Solana Beach. I know the market is a bit slow, but come on, it's Solana Beach, a great place to live and play. Chat soon. 10/18/2007

Solana Beach Real EstateA Seaside Community Extraordinaire Solana Beach is a coastal community about 17 miles north of San Diego, just south of  Cardiff by the Sea, and bordered on the south by Del Mar, and to the east by Rancho Santa Fe.  Are you interested in living in this beautiful seaside community? Want to know more about housing inventory and prices? Use the link below to search the complete inventory in Solana Beach.Search for HOMES FOR SALE IN SOLANA BEACH  Want to explore the Solana Beach lifestyle some more? Check out the slide show at the bottom of the page Covering an area of about 3.5 square miles, somewhere around 13,000 people make their home in Solana Beach (the census for 2019 showed just about 13,300 residents). Solana Beach was called Lockwood Mesa prior to 1923 and ... 07/03/2007

The summary statistics from the MLS for Solana Beach for January, February, March and April 2007 are shown below.Several trends are worth noting and watching over the next few months.The absorption rate has increased for attached homes - with the inventory fairly stable, the number of sales has slacked off a bit so we now have about 7 months worth of inventory.Prices have remained fairly stable in the last 4 months, although they have bounced around as you look on a monthly basis; this is often due to the particular inventory that sells each month. This is also true, to some extent, of prices as compared to a year ago.Given the nature of our market, it is prudent to continue to watch on a monthly basis, as one cannot draw any firm conclusions based on these data. If I can provide more i... 05/25/2007

A Shopping Stroll in the Cedros Design District in Solana Beach, CA Solana Beach is a charming, eclectic, affluent beach town about 20 miles north of San Diego. Just north of Del Mar and south of Cardiff, Solana Beach offers a terrific shopping experience in the Cedros Design District. There will be more about Solana Beach housing, restaurants and things to do in a later article.       Located just one block east of Coastal Highway 101, the Cedros Design District offers an array of shopping options for home, garden and patio, with a smattering of clothing boutiques and eateries.   The Cedros Design District is well known throughout North County San Diego for the shopping and design options it offers. The Cedros Design District is a great place to spend the day, say a Saturday or Sunday,... 04/08/2007

Here are the summary MLS statistics for Solana Beach for the months of November and December 2006.Most notable is the downward shift in inventory by 17% from November to December - this is not entirely unexpected due to the holiday season. Solana Beach prices, while showing a small decrease from November to December for detached homes, remain stable or continue to rise albeit slowly - there has been no overall change in the median for attached homes, however detached homes have increased by 4% since 1 year ago.The spring market will be very telling in terms of the type of activity we are likely to see in 2007. Because of the relatively small inventory and the appeal of the beach, Solana Beach remains one of the more desirable, and expensive, coastal towns in the San Diego area. Of the 3... 01/30/2007

We had a wonderful experience sending our daughter to Solana Beach Presbyterian Preschool.  She spent two years thre and really developed into a neat kid.  The teachers are extremely caring and the student to teacher ratio is less than 10-1.We strarted our daughter off in the three day program when she was three years old.  We were amazed at how much she learned in that short year.  She learned to count, identify letters, shapes, and colors.  Her spiritual development basically advanced to :God is good". That was wonderful and exceeded our expectations.  She participated in group projects, learned socia; interaction, and how to deal with frustration.We advanced her to the five day program for her four year old year.  This is when she really started learning!  They start emphasizing phon... 01/14/2007

Pizza Port is a fun restaurant that specializes in pizza and beer.  The pizza is definitely "Southern Californian" style. Where else can you get a Lahaina Pizza (with pineapples and Canadian Bacon), Solana Pizza (shrimp and clams) or Margherita Pizza (basil, tomatoes, and olive oil)?  The menu is simple and tasty.The big screen television plays surfing videos featuring the best big wave surfers.  There are  plenty of video games n the back of the restaurant to accomodate bored children.  Pizza Port has a microbrew on site with "hand-crafted beers" that will please the most discerning of suds snobs.When dinner is over you may want to pick up a pint of their home-made ice cream. Prices are very reasonable.  We feed a family of three for about twenty dolllars. There is no dress code.  Most... 01/14/2007

Walk into Chief's Burgers and Brew on a Sunday and you'll feel like your in downtown Denver; this is definitely Bronco's territory.   Show up on a Friday night for dinner and you'll feel like a Solana Beach local.  Across from the Solana Beach train station on Cedros (just west of Lomas Santa Fe), the restaurant was actually named for the "SuperChief" train on the Santa Fe line. Chief's is casual.  You eat dinner at picnic tables and can watch one of the 25 televisions tuned to sports.  The service is outstanding and the food is served quickly.  Chief's has been hailed for having one of the top five burgers in Southern California and I won't refute that claim. The menu is pretty simple and features a different special each night of the week.  This "joint" is extremely family friendly.  ... 01/14/2007