Joe Capote – Certified Investment Agent Specialist Expert in Real Estate Investments and Properties

Beyond San Bruno

San Mateo County and the Peninsula of the Bay Area is truly one of the great places in the world to call home, as far as I am concerned. While a lot about this site is dedicated to San Bruno, the Peninsula’s rich history, beautiful landscape and plethora of places to go and see make it one of the most desirable areas to live.

As a young lad, my mother used to spin a yarn about our family history in San Mateo County. Her great-grandfather, Vincenzo, had purchase two lots in what is now Daly City’s westlake area, just about where John Daly Blvd. is today. However, Westlake didn’t exist in Vincenzo’s time. John Daly Boulevard was a pile of sand dunes and classified as unihabitable land. But that didn’t stop Vincezno from plunking a $10 down payment on two lots of land, freshly platted by the real estate professionals of the time.

Upon returning home to his lovely missus, he proudly presented her with the deed to the two lots. Anna was slighly less than ecstatic. Outraged over the loss of $10, my great-great grandmother treated him much like Jack’s mother upon learning she’d just lost an entire cow for a handful of  magic beans.

“Vincenzo, you bought a sand dune!” she screamed, throwing the deeds back at him.

The very next day, my great-great grandfather returned the two lots and got his $10 downpayment back.

Well, Daly City today is no sand dune. And this little piece of history is in some small way part of the culture of San Mateo County.

From the creeks of Pescadero to the tip of San Bruno Mountain, the Pulgas Water Temple to Wonderlich Park, Coyote point to Mori point,  I will be continually adding content about the peninsula and its history.