Weekend round-up!

Ahh, hello Monday.  We all did our Mothers Day thingies, and thats all well and good.

In Greece...
Greece's credit rating has gone down again! It has plunged from a BB- to a B and is in danger of getting even lower.  I'm confused, don't they get royalties for inventing democracy or something?

In Los Angeles..
...And this is a big one for us, the Lakers are out!  With a 122-86 score to the Mavericks, this was not just embarassing (like Friday's game) but it also took the Lakers out for good.   And with this game, we also say goodbye to Phil Jackson.

In high end real estate...
...The Real Estalker asks the question, Is the high end market in L.A. looking up?  I was wondering the same thing myself last week when I was doing our Wednesday Illustrated Market Update.  I saw a home that had sold for 18 million dollars... meanwhile, for us mortals, we're mad if we have to spend 18 dollars on a meal.  It's looking like there are enough high end deals in the tens of millions going down for us to speculate that the high end market here in Los Angeles is indeed looking up.