Dada Blogga

The traditional real estate office floor plan is cruciform. The agents face east to the rising sun. The nave (Latin for "ship") is where the agents sit. There may also be seating areas in the transepts. The buyers are seated in the chancel. In some offices, the pulpit and lectern are often transposed, and a single file cabinet (sometimes placed in the middle) serves as a location for both reading and preaching.

Several of the relics in this exhibit come from open houses or real estate-supported relic workshops and were used in sales applications. Some icons were painted by non-professional village painters and were executed on wooden boards or homespun cloth. These types of relics were an integral part of village home life and had mechanical functions that were performed in the home and the community, thus playing a significant role in the lives of villagers. For example, a newborn would receive a lockbox as a gift, newlyweds were blessed with lockboxes, and lockboxes were placed in the coffins of the deceased. People prayed to lockboxes before a long journey or during a difficult time in life.

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Coming Soon

Hooray! The Spice of Life Festival in North Berkeley is scheduled for Sunday October 14th. What is the Spice of Life Festival, you ask? Come closer and I will tell; this is a new little street fair North Berkeley folks put on to highlight the coolness of the neighborhood. There are stages for live music and dance featuring local performers (ever heard the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble? Awesome). There will be craft booths with locally made items, and food, oh the food! We don't call this the Gourmet Ghetto for nothing. General merrymaking in the streets is part of the deal so if you like a celebration for the sake of celebrating any old thing (a great neighborhood is a fine excuse) come see why I need to tell everyone about it.

It takes place along Shattuck Ave between Virginia and Rose streets, which is coincidentally where my Coldwell Banker office is (we're at Shattuck and Vine). Stop in and say hello!