#1 Super Downtown Napa Location: near Oxbow Market

About Barbara Walker

I enjoy the outdoors and being on the trails riding my bicycle, horse, or walking my dogs. My first love was skiing in Lake Tahoe at a very early age before snowboarding was invented. I have fond memories of going to the beach as a child and then learning to surf, windsurf, and kite board as an adult in San Francisco. For many years I rode my bicycle(s) and a dirt bike, but now I basically ride my horse in the hills of Pacifica bare back. As a result of my sense of adventure, I started to travel at the young age of 15 years young saving up for skiing trips to Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. After graduating from College I traveled to Australia, New Zealand, and then continued to discover many other countries around the world. I added them up one day and it exceeded 35 countries with multiple visits to a few of them. Now I spend a lot of time researching nutrition to find the right supplements to give my horse, dogs and myself. It is a daunting activity but I keep learning every single day. I have a successful lighting business helping commercial customers in the Bay Area to save money on their PGE bill. The utility company offers incentives or rebates to pay for most of the cost of the project and sometimes all it. Frequently, I am told by my customers about the great benefits that they have achieved such as more ilumination, better color and texture on their products, and that they are overall happy with the new lights. I try my best to add value to whatever I do and welcome suggestions to improve what I am doing both with the lighting business and the VRBO rental.

Barbara Walker purchased this House in 2008

Why Barbara Walker chose Napa

Napa is an hour away from San Francisco and I wanted to find a place with warm weather, ambiance, good food, and outdoor activities. The town of Napa is growing and the parks are so clean. I enjoy all the fruit trees, paths, beautiful Victorian homes, and simply walking in the neighborhoods. All the amenities are so close. If you want a massage, a glass of wine, shop at a great jewelery store: Iris (one block away), walk @ Alston Park with the dogs surrounded by vineyards. Everything is so close. Oxbow has the best organic ice cream: chocolate lavendar.

What makes this House unique

I am revitalized after I stay in Napa, especially after I sleep on the 150 year old Chinese Day bed which has a memory foam mattress and excellent energy. I love the kitchen, because it is big and spacious for me with a view of the garden where I can see my dogs playing. Looking across the street excites me, because the New Napa Riverfront Project is five minutes away by foot. It is a mixed use property with condos, offices, retail shops and restaurants. This site is one block away from the Napa Valley Fairgrounds where they hold "Bottle Rock"annually and the summer fair. You can walk your dog(s) in this area with a leash and it is so green and quiet. Nearby is the Napa River which now has a freshly paved path that hugs the river, so you can walk your dogs. Being in the beautiful backyard is surreal, because you get a slice of nature in the city. It feels private and big enough to enjoy hanging out and being with your family or pets. A few folks have commented to me that they spent a lot of time in the yard.