September 23, 2010
Bainbridge Island Harvest-Fair-poster-2010 at the Johnson Farm

Bainbridge Island Harvest Fair – sponsored by Friends of the Farm

Is this Sunday’s Harvest Fair on your calendar?  If no . . . maybe it should be. Sponsored by Friends of the Farm, this is a favorite fall event for our family.  A terrific way to kick off fall and the weather this weekend is forecasted to be sunny and […]
September 15, 2010
Lake Union Houseboat Tour - things to do on or around Bainbridge Island

Lake Union Houseboat Tour & Gasworks Park – Day Trips From Bainbridge Island

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 7, 2010
Life on Bainbridge Island

Day Trip to Point No Point & Port Gamble

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 […]
August 20, 2010
Outstanding in the Field by Jen Pells Real Estate Agent on Bainbridge Island

Home Grown Dinner on Bainbridge Island

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 10, 2010
A collage of pictures from Bainbridge Island, taken with my new camera

So, I got this new camera for my birthday. . .

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 […]
July 10, 2010

Summer Has Arrived on Bainbridge Island

In typical Northwest fashion, summer officially arrived after the 4th of July.  We had our first taste of heat last week, when temperatures reached the 90’s -quite unusual for Bainbridge.  Now, with school out summer brings: An end to softball season and the start of Allstars – great job BI […]
June 19, 2010
Nordick Track count at Bainbridge island mid-week.

Dust It Off and Drop It Off

Yes, the 50th Annual Bainbridge Island Rotary Sale collection is underway.  They are now accepting donations at Woodward Middle School and will so until June 23d from 7am to 8:30pm daily. For list of what they can and can not accept, or for what has a drop-off fee click here. The […]
June 8, 2010
Farm Kitchen in Poulsbo taken by Jen Pells Real Estate Agent on Bainbridge Island

Farm Kitchen in Poulsbo

So, I will admit that May and now June have been very crummy weather-wise.  May is the hardest month for me in the Northwest.  Being a California native, I am used to superb spring weather in May.  Here in the Puget Sound Area, not so much.  I will say though, […]