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We are in this together..

D U D U M R E A L E S TAT E G R O U P YOUR REAL ESTATE RESOURCE FOR THE GREATER EAST BAY

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5 Heather Lane, Orinda

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1182 Glen Road, Lafayette

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12 Garden Estates Court, Alamo

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Additional Listings

MARKET BRIEF 16

Market at a Glance

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Sales & Price Activity

STAY AT HOME LIFE 20 Delights 22

5 Ways to Be a Good Neighbor During COVID-19

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8 Virtual Excursions to Beat Boredom

26 Delish

ABOUT US 30

Staff Picks

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Reaching Out

34 Welcome 36 38

What Clients Are Saying About Our Realtors Dudum Real Estate Group

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers.

You will always find people who are helping.” ― Fred Rogers

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A LETTER FROM OUR BROKER To our beloved community, I’m reaching out to you, now more than ever, with encouragement, with resolve, but most of all with faith that brighter days are ahead of us.

Please know we are thinking of you and your families during these trying times and stand ready to help you in any way we can.

We are in a period of uncertainty in our society, but I am filled with immense hope. As the President of Dudum Real Estate Group, I must say that I have never been more proud of our agents! About 150 REALTORS® have all shown up for their clients, reinvented their businesses, and done all that they needed to learn this “new norm” in order to best serve you, the clients. I’ve watched as they’ve mobilized to help the East Bay communities in which they serve. I’ve seen them make hundreds of masks, help neighbors, help entire neighborhoods, reach out to hospital staff, and first responders, while showing care and concern, and spreading happiness and hope to all, including people they do not even know.

They say “crisis reveals character,” and the character that I’ve witnessed in our agents is why I have hope. It’s why I have absolute faith that brighter days are ahead. It’s why I have unwavering certainty that should you reach out to one of our REALTORS® with any need, real estate related or not, that they would not hesitate to be of service in any way they can. It’s why I truly believe the comeback WILL BE GREATER than the setback!

Please note, that while we are honoring the shelter in place mandate (I encourage you to do the same), we are open for business. Fortunately, real estate is now considered “essential” and therefore, we are able to support all of your real estate needs, albeit primarily virtual. We still have many county and statewide restrictions and regulations to abide by while facilitating our sales transactions. The health, safety, and wellness of our agents, our staff, our community, and each of you is still our primary concern! Agents and staff are here for you, just in a different manner.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to us to learn more on how we are working remotely to best serve our clients.

I want to personally thank you for your loyalty and support. Dudum Real Estate Group is sending warm thoughts to you and your families, and together, we will get through this! Be cautious out there and please, stay safe, stay healthy, and stay home! Faith over fear... this too shall pass, and together, we will be better than ever!

Sincerely,

JULIE DEL SANTO BROKER/OWNER

Julie Julie Del Santo

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5 HEATHER LANE ORINDA, CA

5.5

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±5145 5145

±0.80 0.80

OFFERED AT $3,698,000 WWW.5HEATHERLANE.NET

PETER GILLIS REALTOR 925.765.0629 petergillis@dudum.com DRE# 01364038 ®

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MARY PISCITELLI REALTOR® 925.765.9095 mary@dudum.com DRE# 01426129

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This extraordinary 6 bed, 5.5 bath Modern/Contemporary estate is oneof-a-kind. Masterfully detailed, this home perches in the natural setting of the Orinda hills in the highly sought after Glorietta neighborhood.

Premium Italian Statuary and Calacatta marbles and quartz are accented by a stunning blend of warm and cool high-end designer finishes throughout. Accordion sliders along with glass and cable railings allow your eyes to behold the beautiful, expansive setting.

This wonderful estate has separate entrances for the two large suites downstairs, perfect In-law unit, and more. If not inside entertaining around the striking fireplace and great room areas, enjoy being outdoors by the poolside oasis, spa, and fire pit. Nationally ranked schools are nearby! Spoil yourself in the wonderful East Bay weather, hiking the Lafayette reservoir, strolling downtown Orinda, Lafayette, and Walnut Creek for shopping, five-Star restaurants, and theaters. Enjoy events all year round at The Meadows Swim and Tennis Club, located just a short distance away. Desirable commute location.

SPECIAL FEATURES • Metal Roof • Front Entrance Pivot Door • The Nest System • Large Gourmet Kitchen with Stainless Steel Appliances • Double Ovens, Double Dishwashers, and Double Refrigerator/Freezers • Italian Statuary Marble, Calacatta, and Quartz Counters • Waterfall Cantilevered Kitchen Island with Rift Oak Ledge • Exotic Rift Oak Custom Cabinetry Throughout • Walk-In Butler Pantry • Formal Dining Area • Spacious Open Room Concept • Oversized Panda Accordion Sliding Doors • Andersen Windows • Elevated Ceilings • Additional Living Room with Floor-to-Ceiling Grand Fireplace • Second Level Outdoor Decking • Custom Designed Glass and Cable Railings • Master Suite with Private Outdoor Patio, Fireplace, and TV hook-ups • 2 Large Suites Downstairs with Separate Entry and Parking • Modern Natural Brass Designer Pendants and Lighting • Brilliant European Style Tile Work • White Oak Flooring, Oversized 7-inch Plank • Spacious Mud Room and Laundry • Beautiful Terraced Backyard Views and Garden • Pool and Spa • Outdoor Fire Pit

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1182 G L E N ROAD, LAFAY ETTE, CA O F F E R E D AT $ 3 , 5 9 5 , 0 0 0 W W W.1 1 8 2 G L E N .C O M

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PROPERTY FEATURES

• New construction completed May 2018 • Builder: Live Oak Building and Design • Architect: Bevan and Associates • Landscape: Paul Rozanski • +/- 3700 sq ft (per seller) • 4 bedrooms (4th used as media room) • 3 bedrooms are en-suite with walk-in closets • 3.5 baths • Dedicated office space • Living room • Dining room • Laundry room • AV equipment room • Wet bar • 2 fireplaces • Integrated stereo system throughout and separate system for media room • Blomberg custom metal windows • La Cantina custom 11-ft sliding glass doors • La Cantina custom exterior metal French doors and exterior doors • Front door: custom oversized walnut-clad pivot door • Wide plank European white oak floors • Custom solid white oak interior doors • Custom window shades • Separate heating/cooling/water systems for each side of the house • Nest thermostats • Lutron lighting • 36-inch Wolf gas cooktop • Dual Wolf ovens, one is a convection steam oven • Sub-Zero wine storage • Thermador refrigerator and freezer • Standing seam metal roof and custom ½ round gutters • Duravit wall-hung toilets • Custom cabinets throughout • Interior plumbing fixtures are all Dornbracht and Graff

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12 GARDEN ESTATES COURT, ALAMO, CA OFFERED AT $2,560,000 WWW.12GARDENESTATES.COM

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BRANDON KERSIS REALTOR 925.451.2760 brandon@thekersisteam.com DRE# 02038512 ®

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HOLLY KERSIS REALTOR® 925.381.9503 holly@thekersisteam.com DRE# 01182902

PROPERTY FEATURES A perfect single-story Westside Alamo Farmhouse designed by recent Luxe Interior + Design magazine cover page - Fiorella Design. This practical floor plan dominates the end of a sleepy court that abuts prestigious downtown Alamo. Immaculate detail and precision that pairs luxury finishes with practical living for an exceptional quality of life. All main living spaces and bedrooms have vaulted ceilings and en-suite bathrooms.

Walk between indoor/outdoor spaces with a huge yard, pool, and courtyard or barefoot across the grass or European Oak flooring. Large Andersen windows, sliders, and French doors frame your beautiful yard from the great room and master bedroom. Wide hallways connect the chef’s kitchen to the bonus office and the home’s additional four bedrooms.

Stainless steel Thermador appliances, Zephyr wine refrigerator, custom fireplace, mudroom, laundry room, and plenty of storage. Designer lighting and Emtek hardware pair beautifully with Ann Sacks, Akdo, and Allora tilework.

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ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES

ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE LISTINGS PRICE

ADDRESS

BEDS

BATHS

$2,225,000

SF±

905 Dewing Ave, Lafayette

4

3

2203

$1,890,000

1131 Douglas Ct, Alamo

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3.5

$1,549,000

6880 Buckingham Blvd, Berkeley

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$1,450,000

20 Bevmar Ln, Alamo

$1,349,999

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LISTING AGENT

CONTACT

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Peter Gillis & Mary Piscitelli

925.765.9095

2814

0.93

Margy Lyman

925.963.6380

3.5

3550

0.12

Peter Gillis & Mary Piscitelli

925.765.9095

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0

0

0.55

Peter Gillis & Mary Piscitelli

925.765.9095

2821 Oak Grove Rd, Walnut Creek

5

3

2533

0.26

John Fondnazio

925.817.9053

$1,250,000

2918 Cherry Ln, Walnut Creek

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2.5

1849

0.5

Christina Linezo

415.425.3085

$1,090,000

5294 S Montecito Dr, Concord

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2.5

3011

0.3

Angela Clay

925.207.9366

$1,030,000

7333 Tulipwood Cir, Pleasanton

3

2

1896

0.17

Amber Neumann

925.961.6622

$995,000

2456 Mallard Dr, Walnut Creek

3

2.5

1311

0.24

Sherry Hutchens & Adam Hamalian

925.708.5630

$899,000

8 Parkland Dr, Walnut Creek

4

1.5

1600

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Bryan Hurlbut

925.383.5500

$758,888

2974 Pilar Ridge Dr, Bay Point

4

3.5

3621

0.18

Meredith & Bonnie Kummell

925.984.1344

$690,000

5201 Forrestgreen Ct, Concord

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2.5

2007

0.2

Jane & Dave Smith

925.998.1914

$645,000

1847 Elkwood Dr, Concord

4

2

1738

0.18

Sharon Combs

925.200.8140

$639,000

1517 Oakmont Dr, Walnut Creek

2

2

1081

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Michael & Jackie Gerry

925.209.5140

$575,000

125 Lawson Rd, Kensington

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0

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0.15

Emanuel Sakkis

925.389.0835

$549,000

1531 London Cir, Benicia

3

2.5

1440

0.05

Marisa Cox

925.383.3084

$499,950

214 Riley Dr, Pacheco

3

2

1194

0.15

David & Sheila Christie

925.766.7867

$413,500

2418 Pleasant Hill Rd, Pleasant Hill

2

1

802

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Denisen Hartlove

925.408.7901

$409,000

3173 Wayside Plz, Walnut Creek

1

1

740

0

The Kersis Team

925.451.2760

$385,000

70 Nautilus Pl, Pittsburg

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2

1204

0.07

Amber Neumann

925.961.6622

$235,000

1620 Laguna St, Concord

1

1

644

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Amber Neumann

925.961.6622

$189,000

243 Kaimu St, Pacheco

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2

n/a

n/a

Alisa McDevitt

925.984.7214

COMING SOON

2661 Torrey Pines Dr, Brentwood

4

3

3417

n/a

Meredith & Bonnie Kummell

925.984.1344

COMING SOON

150 Agnes Way, Pleasant Hill

3

1

1087

n/a

Jennifer Cogen

415.637.2759

For additional information on these great properties, please visit WWW.DUDUM.COM

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BEFORE

D U D U M R E A L E S TAT E G R O U P

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I M P R OV E YO U R H O M E .

I M P R OV E YO U R SA L E S P R I C E .

I M P R OV E YO U R P E AC E O F M I N D.

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MARKET BRIEF

CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE MARKET AT A GLANCE YEAR TO YEAR

373,070 Existing Home Sales

-6.1% YTY

$288

$612,440 Median Home Price

8.3% YTY

100%

Price Per SQ FT

Sales To List Ratio

4.0% YTY

1.5% YTY

2.7 MONTHS

15 DAYS

Unsold Inventory

Median Time On Market

-25% YTY

-40% YTY

31%

3.45%

Affordability Index

30-Year Fixed Rate

11.6% YTY

-0.82% YTY

SOURCE: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® & Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 03/2020

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SALES & PRICE ACTIVITY

BY COUNTY - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

State/Region/ County

MAR-20

FEB-20

MAR-19

PRICE MTM% CHG

PRICE YTY% CHG

SALES MTM% CHG

SALES YTY% CHG

STATE

$612,440

$579,770

$565,740

5.60%

8.30%

-11.50%

-6.10%

ALAMEDA

$970,500

$945,000

$911,000

2.70%

6.50%

38.20%

-19.40%

CONTRA COSTA

$711,000

$635,250

$644,000

11.90%

10.40%

32.10%

-8.30%

MARIN

$1,376,000

$1,347,500

$1,300,000

2.10%

5.80%

50.00%

-12.20%

NAPA

$764,000

$659,500

$699,000

15.80%

9.30%

54.80%

0.00%

SAN FRANCISCO

$1,655,000

$1,610,000

$1,637,500

2.80%

1.10%

41.40%

-7.60%

SAN MATEO

$1,750,000

$1,575,000

$1,610,000

11.10%

8.70%

27.40%

-10.30%

SANTA CLARA

$1,400,000

$1,350,000

$1,300,000

3.70%

7.70%

30.10%

-19.00%

SOLANO

$457,950

$470,000

$438,500

-2.60%

4.40%

19.80%

-7.10%

SONOMA

$694,000

$640,000

$633,750

8.40%

9.50%

9.70%

3.80%

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MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY? ACROSS THE GLOBE?

WE CAN HELP. Through our affiliation with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, we are connected to the very best firms and the most talented professionals in over 70 countries.

Let us make an introduction so you can be assured of a quality experience backed by truly local expertise.

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DELIGHTS

Here are a few recommendations for things we love to make sheltering in place more enjoyable...

DESIRE

DEPART

DIVERT

CLEANKEY™ ANTIMICROBIAL BRASS HAND TOOL

THE WALT DISNEY MUSEUM

TAKE A MENTAL BREAK AND DIVE INTO A BOOK

Joining the fight against COVID-19, KeySmart created products that offer protection and convenience in these uncertain times, including CleanKey. Specially designed to limit germ exposure and transmission, CleanKey works as a handy keychain you can bring anywhere, anytime to press buttons, open doors, and pull levers. No more direct contact with contaminated surfaces! With 62% Copper content, CleanKey™ is inherently antimicrobial, killing or slowing down the spread of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi. It comes with a retractable carabiner so you can attach it to your daily stuff.

Do you have a Disney fan in your home? Now students can visit The Walt Disney Family Museum without ever leaving home. Benefitting from embedded digital media content, this walk-through museum brings Walt’s inspirational message to life.

Classes learn about his early failures, the art of animation, storytelling principles, and the technological innovations that made classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) possible.

When was the last time you read a book or a substantial magazine article? Do your daily reading habits center around tweets, Facebook updates, or the directions on your instant oatmeal packet?

Free for K–12 school groups.

CLICK TO LEARN MORE

CLICK TO LEARN MORE

If you’re one of countless people who don’t make a habit of reading regularly, you might be missing out.

Reading has a significant number of benefits, and here are eight benefits of reading to get you to start reading.

• Strengthens the brain • Increases empathy • Builds vocabulary • Prevents cognitive decline • Reduces stress • Aids sleep • Alleviates depression • Lengthens lifespan

CLICK TO LEARN MORE

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DINE

DECOMPRESS

DEVOTE

PURPLE CARROT

GUIDED MEDITATION

AMERICAN RED CROSS: DONATE PLASMA & SAVE A LIFE

Having a hard time deciding what to cook, let alone making sure it's healthy? Why not let PurpleCarrot. com help you out?

Guided meditation can be as short as a few minutes or as long as several hours. Either way, the purpose is to achieve mental, emotional, and physical healing and stress relief.

In coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Red Cross is seeking people who are fully recovered from the new coronavirus to sign up to donate plasma to help current COVID-19 patients.

With Purple Carrot, you can discover the power of a plant-based diet.

Receive new plant-based recipes and pre-portioned ingredients delivered to your door each week.

CLICK TO LEARN MORE

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION • Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations • Building skills to manage your stress • Increasing self-awareness • Focusing on the present • Reducing negative emotions • Increasing imagination and creativity • Increasing patience and tolerance If you're interested in a 15-minute vacation from any stress of sheltering in place, take a look at this guided meditation for beginners video from YouTube.

People who have fully recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies in their plasma that can attack the virus. This convalescent plasma is being evaluated as treatment for patients with serious or immediately life-threatening COVID-19 infections, or those judged by a healthcare provider to be at high risk of progression to severe or lifethreatening disease.

CLICK TO LEARN MORE

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5 WAYS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR DURING COVID-19 Originally appeared on thebolditalics.com, March 20, 2020

As stressful and scary as the COVID-19 crisis is, the ways in which we’ve seen the Bay Area community unite in the past couple of weeks are heartwarming. We’ve heard countless stories of neighbors helping neighbors, people starting fundraisers for those who have lost their jobs, and a collective call to support local independent businesses.

But this pandemic is also making us all isolated (literally and emotionally). So while many of us want to help by doing something, it can also be hard to know exactly what to do when we’re stuck inside away from other humans. Turns out, there are many ways to help each other even when we’re at least six feet apart.

Now is the time to step up and help someone who needs it — here are five ways you can be a good neighbor through this crisis.

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1. CHECK IN WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS The fewer of us out right now, the better, especially for older people and those with compromised immune systems at greater risk from the virus. If you’re young, healthy, and able, running an errand for a neighbor or someone in your community while you’re out is a super-specific, helpful way to give back. Since you don’t want to knock on their door, start by leaving a note with your cell number.

Instead of saying “If there’s anything I can do to help, please let me know” try being more direct so they’re more likely to take you up on your offer: “I’m going to Safeway tonight, can I pick up some groceries for you and drop them off?”

2. START A NEIGHBORHOOD POD If you’re up for taking it a step further than just reaching out next door, we suggest starting a neighborhood group to pool resources. A good first step is to start by simply making contact with people around you. Create a form letter that you can distribute to your neighbors to get basic contact details and share both what they may need and how they are willing to help. You can also consider posting on Nextdoor. Another more formalized approach is to start a “neighborhood pod.” These are usually groups of five to 30 people, involve starting a What’s App group for people to communicate, and then working together to help each other during the crisis.

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Oakland: Organized by the Disability Justice Culture Club to help those in need right now, especially disabled and/or elderly people of color.

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Berkeley Mutual Aid Network: Started by community organizer Erica Etelson as a spreadsheet, it’s now operating through an organized website to help those in need.

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If you want to create a community plan because your community is currently lacking one, don’t be afraid to be the point person and get the ball rolling.

4. PAY FOR CANCELED SERVICES THAT YOU HAD ALREADY BOOKED COVID-19 is devastating our local businesses; some won’t make it to the other side (see our ideas for shopping locally online and where to get takeout).

Gig and hourly workers are also impacted. If you have regular appointments on the calendar — like with a nanny, babysitter, dog walker, spa or salon worker, fitness instructor, house cleaners, masseuses, etc. — and are one of the lucky ones to be financially stable right now, we strongly urge you to pay them even though you can’t get your services. If you have the means, you must take that responsibility seriously so they’re not left without income.

5. USE YOUR TECH SKILLS

3. JOIN A MUTUAL AID NETWORK Bay Area residents are actively creating and managing mutual aid networks, designed to connect and help those in need right now. The ones we know about are: •

SF Bay Area: Crowdsourced aid for folks in the SF Bay Area affected by COVID-19 or the current situation and a non-judgmental place to ask for help.

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South Bay Area: A coalition of community organizations coordinating food and supply drop-offs to people’s front doors during the COVID-19 quarantine, prioritizing folks who are sick, disabled, quarantined without pay, elderly, undocumented, queer, black, indigenous, and/ or people of color — including those displaced from the South Bay in nearby areas.

We’re home to some of the smartest and most innovative people in the world — let’s spread this knowledge and these skills. If your local coffee shop is struggling to keep its doors open, help organize a marketing campaign to raise funds to keep it afloat. If your local cleaners don’t even have a website to alert customers what their plan is, reach out and see if you can easily build one. You can also offer to help people who could benefit from your tech skills, for example, helping someone file for unemployment, helping an older neighbor get set up with Google Home or FaceTime to connect with loved ones.

Courtesy of The Bold Italic Editors

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8 VIRTUAL EXCURSIONS TO BEAT BOREDOM At home feeling stuck? Well now you're in luck! If you're looking for ways to keep everyone entertained while sheltering in place, try these eight virtual excursions the whole family will love.

1. LOOK AROUND THE LOUVRE IN PARIS

3. WALK THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

Explore the Egyptian Antiquities, Remains of the Louvre’s Moat, and Galerie d’Apollon by virtual museum tour, as you head inside this iconic art-lovers’ institution.

Great Wall goals? Get a glimpse of this 300mile wonder of the world with a cyber stroll before dreaming up your own future family trip in real life.

2. SNEAK INSIDE THE SAN DIEGO ZOO

4. WATCH BIG WAVE SURFING IN MAUI

Get close and personal with the resident apes, penguins, pandas, giraffes, elephants, and tigers in real time via one of the many live cams perfectly positioned for a spot of wildlife watching from the comfort of your couch.

Transport yourself to the beach as you watch white-knuckle surfing at its most surreal.

Whether a super-fan or first-time spectator of the sport, it’s a compelling beach-cam watch and a welcome escape from the everyday.

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5. TRAVEL 352 MILLION MILES TO MARS

7. TAKE A FREE VIRTUAL COOKING CLASS

Feel a world away as you explore Mars from aboard NASA’s Curiosity Rover. Learn as you roam between its different mission sites for a virtual visit, yet real view, of the Red Planet.

Learn the inside tips you need to cook with what you have on hand and to make food that will have you dancing a jig. Elevate your cooking game!

6. THE SMITHSONIAN

8. ATTEND FREE VIRTUAL CLASSES AT YALE

The National Museum of Natural History’s virtual experiences are self-guided, room-byroom tours of permanent, current, and past exhibits. Make sure to send kids to the second floor Bone Hall so they can take a look at different kinds of skeletons.

Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.

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DELISH These stay-at-home, pantry-busting recipes are a perfect way to make sheltering in place delicious.

SPICY SHREDDED BEEF COOKING TIME: 110 MINUTES PREPARATION TIME: 15 MINUTES INGREDIENTS • 1½ lb boneless beef chuck, blade or brisket, trimmed of visible fat • 1 onion, halved • 2 cloves garlic, peeled • 1 clove • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds • 8 cups water

GREEN CHILI AND TOMATO SAUCE • 2 teaspoons vegetable oil • 1 onion, chopped • 2 hot green chilies, chopped • 4 oz canned tomatoes, undrained and chopped

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Place beef, onion, garlic, clove, cumin seeds and water in a saucepan over a medium heat, bring to simmering and simmer, skimming the top occasionally, for 1½ hours or until beef is very tender. Remove pan from heat and cool beef in liquid. Skim fat from surface as it cools.

Remove beef from liquid and shred with a fork. Reserve cooking liquid for making sauce.

2. To make sauce, heat oil in a frying pan over a high heat, add onion and chilies and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until tender. Stir in tomatoes and 1 cup of the reserved cooking liquid, bring to simmering and simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Add shredded beef to sauce and simmer for 5 minutes or until heated through.

SERVES 6

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BALSAMIC BASIL TOMATO SALAD COOKING TIME: 0 MINUTES PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES INGREDIENTS • 4 tomatoes, thickly sliced • 4 oz feta cheese, chopped • ½ red onion, sliced • 3 tablespoons fresh basil leaves

BALSAMIC DRESSING • 1 tablespoon brown sugar • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar • Freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Place tomatoes, cheese, onion and basil in a bowl and toss to combine.

2. To make dressing, place sugar, vinegar and black pepper to taste in a screw-top jar and shake well to combine.

Pour dressing over tomato mixture and toss to combine.

Cover and marinate, at room temperature, for 20 minutes before serving.

BUTTER CAKE COOKING TIME: 30 MINUTES PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES INGREDIENTS • 4 oz butter • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • ¾ cup sugar • 2 eggs • 1½ cups plain flour, sifted • 1½ teaspoons baking powder • ½ cup milk

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Beat butter and vanilla in a small mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add sugar gradually, beating well after each addition. Beat in eggs one at a time.

2. Combine flour and baking powder and fold in alternately with milk. Spoon mixture into a greased and lined 9 x 9 x 3 inch cake pan.

3. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool. Ice with frosting of your choice.

YIELDS 10 SLICES SERVES 4

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BRUSSELS SPROUTS SALAD WITH BACON & APPLE VINAIGRETTE COOKING TIME: 10 MINUTES PREPARATION TIME: 15 MINUTES

INSTRUCTIONS 1.

Have all ingredients prepped and ready to go before beginning.

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Heat a large skillet over medium high heat, add bacon pieces. Cook until crisp, stirring to evenly brown, then remove with a slotted spoon to drain on paper towels, save the bacon fat.

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Place shredded Brussels sprouts in a large bowl and toss with bacon and 1 tablespoon of rendered bacon fat.

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Meanwhile, heat the same skillet over medium heat and add the nuts, sprinkle with sea salt. Cook 3-5 minutes, stirring, until toasty, careful not to burn.

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Toss the nuts with the sprouts and bacon, then add the chopped apples. Sprinkle with lemon juice, then add the cranberries and toss.

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To make the dressing, place all ingredients except salt and pepper in a tall jar or container and use an immersion blender to combine. Taste, then add salt and pepper.

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Toss about half the dressing with the salad, leaving the rest to serve with as extra. Serve and enjoy!

VINAIGRETTE: • 3 tablespoons apple juice • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or lemon juice • 1 tablespoon mustard, brown or dijon • 1 ½ tablespoons date paste or syrup, *or pure maple syrup or honey (use date paste* for Whole30) • ½ teaspoon cinnamon • ½ teaspoon onion powder • ½ cup light olive oil or avocado oil • Sea salt and black pepper to taste SALAD: • 1 lb Brussels sprouts raw, shredded (sliced very thinly) or pre-shredded Brussels sprouts • 8 slices nitrate free bacon, sugar free for Whole30, cut into pieces • 1 tablespoon rendered bacon fat • 2/3 cup hazelnuts chopped, or nuts of choice (nuts optional in this dish) • Sea salt for nuts • 1 medium apple, chopped • 2 teaspoons lemon juice • 1/2 cup dried cranberries, fruit-sweetened for Whole30

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RECIPE NOTES: For an extra juicy bit of flavor, shred the apple instead of chopping, and toss the apple, bacon, and Brussels sprouts in a pan for 5-7 minutes for the flavors to come together and soften the Brussels sprouts ever so slightly. This salad can be dressed ahead of time and even tastes better leftover since the Brussels sprouts are so hearty.

STAY AT HOME LIFE

Lately there seems to be a plethora of days where a glass of wine just won't cut it. For this reason, we present these tasty options...

Pineapple is the fruit of the moment, with unique new dishes incorporating the fresh tropical favorite. You will see it making an appearance on this summer’s cocktail menus as well!

PINEAPPLE MINT CAIPIRINHA COCKTAIL • 4 1.5-inch pineapple chunks • 2 mint leaves • 1 oz. simple syrup • 2 oz. cachaça

1. Muddle the pineapple, mint and sugar in a shaker.

2. Fill the shaker with ice and add cachaça.

3. Shake vigorously.

4. Serve in a rocks glass.

5. Garnish with pineapple wedge.

THE ZOOM MEETINI

THE QUARANTINI • • • • •

1 oz Cointreau 1 oz Cranberry Juice 11/2 oz Gin 1/2 oz Apple Juice Top up Champagne

INSTRUCTIONS Shake up the gin, apple juice, cranberry juice, and Cointreau in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard for 10-15 seconds to dilute the mix with the ice before straining into a chilled appropriately fancy cocktail glass. Top up with champagne (or Prosecco) as needed, garnish with an apple or lime slice, and sip away. Watch out though, a few of these and you'll be singing from your balcony in no time.

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2 oz limoncello 1 oz vodka 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice 1/2 oz orange liqueur 1/2 oz lavender simple syrup

INSTRUCTIONS Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add all ingredients to the shaker. Shake until well combined and pour into a martini glass. Garnish with lemon wedge, lemon rind curl, or even a small flourish of lavender sprigs. It's sure to add some sparkle to all those Zoom Happy Hours! Enjoy!

LAVENDER SIMPLE SYRUP RECIPE: • 3/4 cup water • 3/4 cup sugar • 1/4 cup whole lavender spice Mix water, sugar, and lavender in a saucepan on medium high heat until boiling. Boil until sugar has completely dissolved, about four minutes. Strain out lavender and allow simple syrup to cool. That’s it!

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STAFF PICKS In addition to meeting our agents' needs as we all work from home and shelter in place, our staff has a great eye for finding things worth binging, cooking, reading, and using for relaxation.

WHAT WE'RE BINGE WATCHING "Schitt's Creek because it’s funny and that is helpful right now to just laugh!"

Tracey Casella Director of Operations and Relocation

"The Art of Racing in the Rain. It is a tale narrated by an existential dog named Enzo (Kevin Costner) who has gained insight into the human condition and understands that the techniques needed on the racetrack by driver Denny (Milo Ventimiglia) can also be used to successfully navigate the journey of life as a dog, person or REALTOR®."

WHAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE KITCHEN RIGHT NOW "Anything on the grill – easy clean up, makes it feel like summer and gets me outside. Recently we did burgers and tater tots on the grill with a salad, the next night we had grilled chicken breasts with leftover tortellini, sauteed zucchini, spinach, onion, artichoke hearts, and cannellini beans!"

Ingrid Genthner Office Manager, Danville

"Spaghetti squash and meatballs with extra Parmesan on top!"

Sabrina Kyhn Senior Graphic Designer

Martin Hendren Sales Manager

"Shawshank Redemption because it’s always amazing and a movie of truth, integrity, and doing what’s right. And perseverance under any circumstance."

Julie Del Santo Broker/Owner

"The Goldbergs on Hulu. It’s bringing back a lot of memories from the 80’s."

Jessica Cippolina Office Manager, Brentwood

"Ozark. Love Jason Bateman and it's a real nail-biter!"

Jana Catania Director of Agent Services

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"This might be a weird one, but I love making homemade apple sauce! It's an easy dish to make and I love it by itself or with a piece of french toast. It's one of those things that you can make year-round and tastes good no matter what!"

Teresa Ramirez Office Manager, Lamorinda

"Waffles with fresh strawberries from the farmer's market."

Tamara Aubuchon Marketing Assistant

"Avocado toast with a poached egg.

Can’t believe I used to pay up to $10.99 for this thing! One of my favorite breakfasts…. Super quick and healthy."

Marie Whitlow Operations Manager

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HOW WE'RE GETTING FRESH AIR "Walking my dog and listening to true crime podcasts."

Jana Catania Director of Agent Services

THE POSITIVE WE'VE NOTICED "My husband and I spend more time talking and sharing thoughts. We feel we’re in this together. Things that seemed so urgent and necessary really aren’t."

Sandra Medeiros Risk Management

"I love walking around my neighborhood with my dog Max, he is such a good dog and everybody and their dogs love him."

"The world is calmer. The air is cleaner and smells great again. The urge to rush through life is gone and people are nicer, sharing, caring, and doing for others."

Kris Prendergast Risk Management

Kent Loving Director of Marketing

"Walking my doggie and getting out doors each day! Yoga daily too. Healthy mind, body & spirit. I am relaxed and haven't felt the need to freaked out yet!"

"EVERYONE waves and says hi!"

Jerry Kidd Manager

Angela Martinez Agent Development

"Walking the neighborhood with my husband Steve at 5am while being serenaded by two owls and a rooster!"

Sabrina Kyhn Senior Graphic Designer

"Community. No matter which community you are part of... we are all united, not divided. It helps to know we are in this together and together we will get out. Being able to tap into ourselves and others for the strength we need to again make the comeback greater than the setback."

Julie Del Santo Broker/Owner

"I live close to the Iron Horse Trail so I've been taking a daily walk and exploring the neighborhoods. Everyone else seems to have the same idea but we're all following the 6ft rule. It's been fun to see couples and young families enjoy a stroll and breathe in the fresh air."

Teresa Ramirez Office Manager, Lamorinda

"People caring more about our healthcare workers and not taking them for granted."

Tracey Casella Director of Operations and Relocation

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Bear with us please, as this is, of sorts, a love letter to our agents and staff who make up our brokerage. If you aren’t opposed to sappy sentiment, please enjoy and feel free to admire the photos to the left. That said, this is to our amazing agents – THANK YOU agents and staff for rising above your personal fears and helping others for no other reason than the health and safety of our communities and the love of humanity.

You, like all people during this time, have concerns about your business, your finances, protecting your family’s health, and figuring out how to navigate and do business in this new environment with many new safety rules and restrictions. Real estate, like many other industries, is being asked to remain committed to an immediate future that remains uncertain, while staying hopeful and moving forward nonetheless. You are being asked to still serve your clients in some capacity, to still work in the midst of navigating this new norm, to coordinate virtual appointments in between homeschooling kids, to take care of loved ones while juggling conference calls, to check on the senior members of your family in between Zoom calls, and to be a partial front-liner while maintaining the safety and sanity of yourself and those around you. You could have sat down, shut down, given up, and hibernated. You did not. Instead you chose to RISE UP and make a difference!

You all showed up in so many awe-inspiring, heartfelt ways!

In the first six weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place, you did not remain idle. While you may have remained physically distant, you were not socially so. Many of you looked past your own concerns for the future and answered the call for immediate concerns of neighbors, coworkers, community workers, first responders, health care workers, and many more!

We’ve seen you drop off paper towels to elderly neighbors, sew masks galore until your fingers were sore, organize donations of medical supplies, call your friends, family, clients, and past clients, bring food and coffee to ER staff, bake bread and other goodies for people you know and don’t know, organize fundraisers, spread seeds of hope and love, collect groceries for charities and businesses, and so much more! The list can go on and on.

If crisis reveals a person’s character, it certainly echoes true in their business. As you are all the heart and soul of Dudum Real Estate Group, we are honored and beyond proud to see that because of your actions and reactions, our character as a company remains strong, caring and focused on goodness, because each of you have shown up and shown yourselves to be those things. Dudum is, because you are.

THANK YOU! Thank you for showing yourselves to be everything we hope and aim to be as a brokerage and family. We are so proud of you and your generous actions during this unprecedented time...and we just know, the best is yet to come!

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WELCOME With our eye ever on excellence, we've continued our strategy of curating the area's best agents and staff to serve you.

Meet a few of the newest faces of Dudum Real Estate Group...

Angela Martinez

Allison Kenney Jones Realtor®

Realtor®/Agent Development

Anna DuMond Realtor®

akjones@dudum.com

angela@dudum.com

annadumond@dudum.com

Jessica Vasquez Assistant to Denisen Hartlove

Jon Gomez Realtor®

Katie Marino Realtor®

jessvasquez@dudum.com

jon@dudum.com

kmarino@dudum.com

Lisa Ridout Realtor®

Matthew Murray Realtor® / Kersis Team

Rosemary R. Tool Realtor®

lridout@dudum.com

matt@thekersisteam.com

rosemary@dudum.com

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Dave Smith Realtor®

Holly Sibley Realtor® / Kersis Team

Jessica Cathey Realtor®

davesmith@dudum.com

hsibley@dudum..com

jcathey@dudum.com

Kellie Kemp Realtor®

Kelly May Realtor®

Kory Madge Realtor®

kellie@kelliekemp.com

kelly@dudum.com

kory@dudum.com

Ruth Eddy Realtor®

Trish Heaney Graphic Designer

Valerie Epting Realtor®

trish@dudum.com

valerie@dudum.com

ruth@dudum.com

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WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR AGENTS

SHERRY HUTCHENS & ADAM HAMALIAN HUTCHENS HAMALIAN PROPERTIES GROUP

"We worked with Sherry and Adam on the sale of our mom’s house. Initially, the task seemed like an impossible mountain to climb. Then Sherry and Adam stepped in to guide us seamlessly through the entire process. Whether it was providing their trustworthy resources to disperse the contents of the house, to work on making appropriate updates for a contemporary look, to readying the landscaping and staging the house for the perfect showing – we could not have done it without them. They gave us such peace of mind. It was painless and easy in their experienced hands. We were so happy with the entire process and highly recommend the Hutchens Hamalian Team."

~ Jacqui & Jennifer, Lafayette

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PETER GILLIS & MARY PISCITELLI "I have been represented by Peter and Mary for the sale of one house and the purchase of another. They are so professional, dependable, and go above and beyond to complete a transaction. Because of their skillful ways, my house in Fremont was sold quickly, thus no stress. A house was found in Martinez to my liking and they dealt with the seller in my best interests for a quick close." ~ Camille

BETHANNE GARDNER “I just recently sold my house in Walnut Creek, and my real estate agent was Bethanne Gardner with Dudum Real Estate. I could not have had a better REALTOR® , in fact she was awesome! Also as I had never sold a home before, she was there to help me understand all the paperwork I had to sign! She even sent out over 100 letters to the neighborhood that I was looking to relocate in and helped me to find my new home! Bethanne is a wonderful REALTOR® and will definitely go that extra mile for you whatever your needs are! She also adjusted her schedule to mine ensuring I was able to take care of family medical needs. She is kind, gracious, and has integrity. So if you’re in the market to sell your home or you’re a first-time buyer, you can’t find a better real estate agent than Bethanne Gardner with Dudum Real Estate Group." ~ Jacqueline M.

SABRENA LAWTON “Selling a home for the first time can be a daunting experience but Sabrena met with us before we listed and helped set us up for success. She recommended and helped schedule some repair work to be done so our inspection process was easy and trouble-free. She made herself available to answer any questions that we had and is very knowledgeable about the real estate market. Our property received multiple offers in a matter of days during the “off” season of selling. I highly recommend Sabrena because she is a REALTOR® that you can trust.”

MEREDITH & BONNIE KUMMELL “Meredith and Bonnie did everything I could expect and more to make the sale proceed smoothly and with minimal disruption to my life. This is the second time I have worked with Bonnie and both times she was excellent, and I am happy to say Meredith is doing a great job keeping that tradition of service and integrity going.”

~ Troy G.. ~ Kevin S.

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