I just arrived back in Sedona after spending the weekend with one of my oldest friends Peter, his wife Lili and their 3 week old baby, Amelia. I haven't seen the Townshends in more than a year since they moved down south from San Jose. As always, it's great to see old friends, especially after such a long hiatus.

Pete now lives in Rancho Santa Fe in a beautiful Spanish style home. Rancho Santa Fe, in case you're not familiar with the town, is in the hills north of San Diego and is one of the most exlcusive zip codes in the country. According to a survey on Forbes.com, the median home price in RSF is a mere $1,700,000. Interestingly enough, one of my old zip codes, 94010, is right above Rancho Santa Fe on the list. I managed to hold down a tiny stuido apartment for 800 bucks while I was working at Electronic Arts in Silicon Valley.

The township has tons of restrictive codes and guidelines, including no neon and no chain stores. So there's no Starbucks in the quaint two street downtown, but there are exclusive restaurants, cafes and shops.

The little strip is also one of the best places in the world to go car shopping. Not because of the dealers, there are none. But because the residents like to show off their brand new shiny vehicles. We saw a Mercedes-Benz Maybach, one of very few in the world, with a sticker price north of $350,000. Sounds insane to pay that price for any car when you can buy a house almost anywhere in the country with the money. Then again that sum wouldn't buy you a garage in Rancho Santa Fe.

The list is here is you want to check it out.