2010
September 15, 2010
Funky Visual Feast On Sunday my friend Wendy and I went on the Funky to Fabulous Houseboat Tour on Lake Union in Seattle. Floating homes have always intrigued me. And of course, back in 1993, we were all intrigued by Sam’s (Tom Hanks) hip houseboat in Sleepless in Seattle (gray […]
September 8, 2010
One of the Best Things You Can do to Sell Your Home Here’s a piece from MSN Money that details the psychology of pricing and selling a home. The piece reiterates what I tell my clients when we sit down for a listing presentation. Buffer Pricing “You’re selling your home. Here’s […]
September 7, 2010
The sun was pretty shy over this past three day Labor Day weekend. But on Sunday, it popped out in the afternoon, so our family did the same. Less Than an Hour Away In well under an hour, you can get from Bainbridge Island to Point No Point. A quaint […]
September 3, 2010
The seemingly endless run of bad housing news is discouraging some potential home buyers from considering a purchase. But the truth is that the advantages of homeownership have very little to do with investment gains. The best things about owning a home have a lot more to do with personal […]
August 20, 2010
Being a California girl, these long, white tables remind me of some amazing wine country dinners. Just that type of bucolic dinner is coming here to Bainbridge Island on October 2nd. Nationally acclaimed Outstanding in the Field, a roving, restaurant-without-walls experience, whose mission is to reconnect diners to the land […]
August 19, 2010
Project Backpack is sponsored by Helpline House on Bainbridge Island. Each year they furnish school supplies to between 150-225 school children in the area. Last year, in 2009, they provided supplies for 193 students. Below is a list of the most needed items. Pick up a couple extra items while […]
August 16, 2010
The Wing Point Golf Course and a home in the Wing Point/North Hill Neighborhood. Wing Point with Seattle in the background. The Wing Point Neighborhood is one of the closest neighborhoods to the ferry. The neighborhood is adjacent and east of the city-center Winslow area. The land juts out to […]
August 10, 2010
And, then I went sailing . . . and went back to the Farm Kitchen in Poulsbo . . . and went crabbing on Point White Pier . . . I’ve generally been having a summer, with my new Nikon in tow. I am happy to have finally entered into […]