Rain City Guide

As we stride into October, I’ve found myself wondering where the year has gone (like we all do). It was a year ago this weekend that I journeyed to Seattle from Chicago and was spontaneously whisking my way through Seattle with a friend and touring the gargantuan Mt. Rainier. And though the temperatures are quite [...]

So, I’ve only been in Seattle a short time, but last week I officially became a hostess. My longtime friend, James, whom I’ve known since my days in high school in Illinois, flew in for the weekend. I was juggling entertaining him, studying and finishing up a 15-page research paper for my Seattle University master’s [...]

That March is Washington Wine Month? Several venues are having celebrations of the vino that comes from our fine state - now 2nd in sales and distribution for the United States. The link above will take you to the WA Wine Commission site for a list of venues that are celebrating the occasion. I [...]

Update 11/11/2008:  This is post is more of a reflection of the times.  Zero down loans are not available with convetional financing at this time.  Private or hard money may have zero down loans available.   FHA with a loan from family members is the closest to 100% financing that I’m aware of.   As with any [...]

Tomorrow is a VERY BIG DAY for all Patches Pals.   If you grew up in the Seattle area, you must know JP Patches, the one and only Mayor of the City Dump.   Beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Red Door Ale House in Fremont, JP and friends (including Gertrude) will be present for the unveiling of the scale [...]

While it has nothing to do with the MIT Forum, I thought it would be fun to present and comment on the TurnHere video of the Republic of Fremont along the lines of Dustin’s post on Ballard.
The video is a lot of fun and gives a great perspective on the funky, hip side of [...]

I was all ready to go to bed and not post anything else tonight when I saw this article from the Seattle PI that says Google is possible looking to open up an office in Fremont. The article itself is not very memorable except for the fact that someone at the PI has a [...]

The NY Times ran an article a few weeks ago on how hard it is for new real estate agents to break into the market (I’d like to the article but it is now behind a password-protected wall, so instead I’ll just link to the Property Grunt’s excellent summary and analysis). This article got [...]

If you were following the comments from my post from yesterday, I said I would follow up with another stab at diving into how the sales prices versus listing price changes over time. Seeing as how it is already getting late (and I’m tired!), I’m going to stop trying to make sense out of [...]

Fremont gives us another wonderful opportunity to celebrate the autumn, hear live music, have a glass of good beer, make some crafts and much more at the Fremont Oktoberfest September 23-25th
Autumn gets ushered in with the Fremont Oktoberfest. Historically, in old Germany, the brewing season began with the fall harvest of barley and hops [...]