The Luxe Beach House — playlist Designed for Open Houses

Playlist mining at Restoration Hardware

I like to stay on top of the latest architecture and design trends, so I end up hanging out in high-end modern furniture stores like Restoration Hardware or Design Within Reach.

It was at Restoration Hardware that I suspected that they must have hired somebody to curate a music playlist that enhances the experience of buying the pieces of furniture. They are selling more than furniture items, but a lifestyle and the feeling we get from being part of it. Their music playlist enhances the experience.

Some of the music I remembered hearing when I was at a resort in Cabo San Lucas at the pool overlooking the ocean. So right there, as I'm browsing outdoor patio furniture on the roof, I felt like buying the lounge chair, so that I could be transformed to Cabo again.

I began to realize that the feeling that came over me, really had a lot to do with the playlist and how powerful background music can be. I wondered if I had this playlist at home could I create the same experience? So, while I'm catching up on design trends, I decided to capture the playlists using Shazam. I think of it as playlist mining. Then I made my own playlist on Apple Music and Spotify.

I believe that I've curated the ideal playlist to sell expensive beach homes. I shuffle this playlist for my Open Houses in St. Pete Beach, Florida. I figure that if this music can help people be more comfortable investing in fine furniture without buyers' remorse, then it should work on real estate as well.

Even if you are not a real estate agent, but you just want to feel like you are in a luxurious beach house. You can make yourself a mojito, lean back, and imagine being there while listening.

Of course, if you'd like your own luxurious beach home, then I can help you get one of those too. I reduce my commissions for friends looking to improve their lifestyles.


Here are the links to my Luxe Beach House playlists:

The Women in STEAM Podcast

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I am very proud of how my daughter, Aspen, is growing up, and evolving into a young woman. I will never know exactly what it was like for the women that went to school with me and worked with me throughout my career. However, now my daughter is providing some insight for me with her podcast.

In the description of the Women in STEAM podcast, it says, "Join Aspen Slavick-Gierlach, ... in her journey to explore the cutting-edge scientific and technological innovations of the 21st century, by interviewing influential women who have invested their careers in STEAM."

While I believe her original goal was to speak with professional and accomplished women describing their experiences, and giving advice to younger women, I find it compelling for me to see these experiences through her eyes. So, I would recommend her podcast to men as well — especially fathers of daughters.

If our goal is to promote the advancement of women in science, medical, technology, and research programs, the conversation would need to include men.

So regardless of which gender you identify with, please listen and enjoy my daughter's podcast, Women in STEAM on Apple or Spotify. If you are so inclined, please subscribe and share. It is the greatest compliment.

Vital Signs: The 9Health Fair

Helping me to keep the remaining blood in my body 
at the Nederland 9Health Fair.

At the onset, my expectation in training for the BolderBOULDER was to develop a weekly routine, but it has unintentionally increased my awareness of other health and wellness aspects which may include annual routines as well. Deciding to focus on health last year, I made the commitment to come to the 9Health Fair at the Nederland Community Center.

For the town to provide this venue, is a tremendously convenient resource for mountain folks in the entire Peak to Peak region.

This year's event was postponed for a week due to last week's four foot snow storm. I came back to get the same screenings, and see if the exercise program (that I have been on for the past year) has improved my well being from the inside out. The 9Health Fair is an ideal chance to get a blood screening to see what is going on in my bloodstream.

Last year, I also began inputing vital statistics into the Apple Health App. I started with the basics, and even moved on to find out my blood type for the first time in fifty years. So, if I ever get run over by a bus (even though I'd more likely be inside the bus) but as the expression goes, if I got hit by a bus, I'll feel better knowing that the paramedics can access the Health App, and know my blood type.