I’ve secured two amazing experiences for the wine and whiskey lovers in my life. In late September, 20 of us will enjoy a wine class at Total Wine and More. Then, in late October, 10 more of us will enjoy a tour and tasting at Westland Distillery. So which are you? Wine or Whiskey?
Have you been craving some more community involvement or some new friends here in Seattle?
Feeling like an outsider in your own neighborhood can be intimidating whether you are new to the area or thinking of branching out. You might be moving from a close knit community into an undiscovered one, leaving you feeling down in the dumps.
Sunset released an article that shares creative ways to help establish a community or contribute to an already existing one.
No matter your situation, if you become active in your neighborhood, you are sure to be appreciated and more connected.
We had a great time during our annual event to help some of the most vulnerable people in Seattle, those without a place to all home. We named it the 500 Bags Project this year. Who knows, maybe it will be 5000 Bags next year!
We are so thankful to have received some great media coverage and hope that it helps increase the donations for next year. Will keep you posted when we are ready to start collecting!
KIRO 7 interviewed me for a feature about the homeless problem in Seattle and our project. And KING 5 caught some tap of Jennifer Nelson. Great stuff!
Visit our Metropolist FB page if you ever want to check in on what we are up to and see if you can join in on the fun.
Join me this Saturday to see my fantastic live/work listing and check out this great artist co-op in Georgetown. Open studios, art for sale, and you can visit me too! I’ll be there from 1-3pm but the studios are open from 11am to 7pm so come take a look anytime. For more information about my listing visit www.707snoqualmie.com
Please join me and Windermere West Seattle as we clean up the world at our Spring Clean Event. We will have a high speed shredding truck to shred your personal documents and you may also bring your old computers, monitors, cell phones or televisions to be recycled by InterConnection.org—all free of charge. Refreshments will be served inside our office. Please contact me for details.
June 4, 2011
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Windermere West Seattle
4526 California Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98116
Drop off will be in the parking lot behind our office, off 42nd.
One of the best things I’ve ever done was to spend 8 days in Baton Rouge a few years ago to build houses with Habitat for Humanity. It was an amazing week of heat & humidity, rain, wind and a lot of hard work. By the end of the week I’d been dubbed the “Realtor on the Roof”. I met a lot of great people and got a real sense of satisfaction from the experience that has informed my ideas of community contribution moving forward.
Habitat helps create affordable housing for families in need all over the world every year. So far they’ve built over 300,000 homes and counting. But you don’t have to travel to participate!
The local Seattle chapter of Habitat for Humanity is holding a building-a-thon this month and they need your help. If you don’t have time to volunteer right now then you can sponsor another person by pledging money toward their work hours.
Happy Seafair!
I know there are many folks who love this time and many folks who dread it. I have to admit I’m in the love it camp. I know it’s a little weird, but I just love airplanes! So this morning I stopped on Airport Way to watch the Angels take off for about the 100th time in my life. I got to enjoy a few moments of thrill and reminisce about all the years and times I’ve spent watching them in and around Georgetown and even traveling to see them fly from time to time.
Of course there is also a logistical aspect to living in a city with such a summer festival. Desiree shared this funny (now) story about getting caught in the middle of bridge closures unexpectedly:
“It was 2 years ago that I had an unfortunate oversight and missed the fact that I-90 was closing for the Blue Angels practice. I had just made it to Bellevue to drop a friend off at a doctor’s appointment and needed to get right back to West Seattle for an inspection with a buyer client. I was stuck in the worst traffic I’ve ever experienced and was re-directed through Renton to drive around Lake Washington back to Seattle. To top it off, my client was also stuck on the Eastside, meaning that we were both 1 1/2 hours late for the inspection and arrived just as the inspector was finishing. Now I make sure I know when the Blue Angels are flying.”
The annual Seafair festival begins when the Seafair Pirates land on Alki the first week of July and ends with the Blue Angels flying over Lake Washington in a spectacular display of aeronautics. The first practice flight (and closure) is today from 9:45 a.m. – noon and then again from 1:15 – 2:30 p.m. and there are several more closures throughout the weekend. For more information check out the WSDOT website at: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/northwest/king/seafair/
So we just wanted to say happy Seafair and make sure no one gets stuck in traffic this year!
Here’s a snapshot of the closure dates and times:
Thursday, Aug. 5: 9:45 a.m. – noon & 1:15 – 2:30 p.m., (Practice)
Friday, Aug. 6: 12:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m., (Practice)
Saturday, Aug. 7: 12:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m., (Full show)
Sunday, Aug. 8: 12:45 p.m. – 2:40 p.m., (Full show)
We hope you are able to catch a glimpse of the Blue Angels this weekend!
This weekend is the opening day of boating season and the Windermere Cup crew races. We are proud of Windermere’s sponsorship of this event and thought we’d share with you a bit about it.
Windermere Cup
The Opening Day regatta has been a part of the opening day of boating season since 1970. In 1987, the race’s sponsorship by Windermere Real Estate, Inc. started the Windermere Cup Regatta. Since 1987, teams from China, Australia, Russia, South Africa, and the Czech Republic, among others, have come to race against the men’s and women’s rowing teams from the University of Washington on the Montlake Cut (excerpt from UW site).
For more information about many of the events surrounding the Opening day of boating season, check out this Seattle Times article.
One day we’d love to be out on a boat during opening day festivities, so let us know if you need additional crew members-we’ll bring yummy food and drink!
If you happen to be down at the lake on Saturday be sure to cheer for our very own Windermere Dragon Boat team as they paddle by!
