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September 23, 2010
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 17, 2010
How My Blog Was Born I am surprised I have not posted about Field’s End before, because, well, it was really from Field’s End that this blog was born. I got involved with Field’s End after we moved up here – if you are not familiar with what or who […]
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 […]