Seattle's Urban Villages

Friday Photo - Interbay P-Patch

This week I stopped by the Interbay (the low point between Queen Anne and Magnolia) P-Patch to check out this year's bounty and spend a quiet moment before heading back to my office.  It was glorious with flowers, fruits and vegetables with a heavy, sweet, earthy scent all around.

                                                                                 

These flaming orange dahlias with their companion cannas are in the foreground with Queen Anne condos rising up in the background.                            

Friday Photo - Seattle from Queen Anne's Kerry Park

Seattle's skyline is beautiful, and a classic place to enjoy it is from Queen Anne's Kerry Park.  From the park you look south to the Space Needle, Downtown Seattle and beyond to Mt Rainier (when the mountain is out!).  Looking the southwest, you see Elliott Bay and West Seattle's Alki Point.   If you watch long enough you can watch the Washington State Ferries crossing Puget Sound from Bainbridge Island and Bremerton to Seattle, as well as passing container ships, and sometimes even large cruise ships.

The Grand Opening of SAM: The Seattle Art Museum

I AM SAM, YOU ARE SAM, WE ARE ALL SAM TOGETHER....

The Grand Opening of SAM: The Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum, SAM, will be celebrating it's Grand Opening May 5th & 6th.  The museum has been closed for it's expansion, and is now almost ready for it's Grand Opening Debut next week.  This has been a very busy year so far for SAM, because earlier this year in January the Museum celebrated the Grand Opening of it's new outdoor sculpture park in Belltown.  The Olympic Sculpture Park opened during a sunny winter weekend with large crowds of Seattleites roaming the Park. 

SAM will be open for 35 straight hours beginning 10AM on Saturday May 5th until 11:59 PM on Sunday evening.   There will be music, and other live entertainment for Art lovers and admission to the main museum will be free.  The special exhibits in the Galleries will require entry tickets.  Should be a fun adventure in Downtown Seattle so come by!

One of the benefits of living in one of the close-in Urban Villages in Seattle (Belltown, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill are especially close by) is that it's easy to enjoy great events like this one will be. 

The Seattle Real Estate Adventure Begins!

Exploring Seattle's Urban Villages, let the Adventure begin!

Seattle has so many interesting and unique neighborhoods, or what I like to call "Urban Villages".  Places like Ballard, Magnolia, Queen Anne, Belltown, Pioneer Square, West Seattle, Capitol Hill, Madison Valley, Madrona,  Madison Park, Montlake, Wallingford, Green Lake, and Fremont, the self proclaimed "Center of the Universe"! 

I have probably left out a few of your favorites, but we will add them as we explore what makes each one a unique place to live or visit.   

Learning what makes a Seattle neighborhood special and appealing to you (and me as a Seattle Real Estate Agent) helps to narrow down the choices when you are selecting a place in Seattle's exciting real estate market to live and eventually buying a home in Seattle.  Of course selecting a location is only part of what makes up the Seattle Real Estate market.  There is the hard data of sales figures, history and trends, the lending process, the home buying processes, marketing a home for sale and more.... 

So come with me and join in on the Adventure!