Lakes Forest Mark's North Seattle Blog

Just in case you didn't think that Third Place Books could rock any harder than they already do, check this out: Third Place Books is celebrating it's birthday month in November by giving you back some of you hard earned dollars. Simply save your receipts throughout the year and bring them in dur...

  When I entered the world of  competitive BBQ  a couple of years ago for fun, I had no idea how much a part of my life it would become, how many people I would meet because of it, and how many grown men would look at me with a look of awe and a tear in their eye and proclaim "Dude, that was the ...

Here in the LFP, we have been dealing with a clash of youth and authority the likes of which we have never seen. Yes, I am talking about the dreaded Longboarders of LFP. Actually, I may be overstating things a bit, but in the LFP we don't have gangs, homicides and the like, so these roving packs...

LFP stats   This graph shows the inventory in Lake Forest Park of homes priced under 1 million dollars. In the month of June there were 237 active properties in this range, compared with only 10 sold properties in the same month.  this is quite a bigger spread from the height of the market in Jun...

As you are no doubt aware, a new law went into effect this month month banning the use of handheld phones while driving. (Damn, I should have  have bought stock in Plantronics and Motorola 6 months ago.  And sold my WAMU shares come to think of it) A study by the Insurance Institute for Highway S...

Richard Florida   Richard Florida has penned a compelling new book titled, "Who's your city", which takes a look at the way that people choose the places they live and how that affects everything from their real estate to their families.     Florida's basic premise is that concentrations of creat...

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln(Hardcover (Cloth)) by Goodwin, Doris Kearns Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over th...

  Fitzgerald Someone once said that you can never go home again. I'm not sure who it was, and it appears that Google doesn't either, but I have found this maxim bouncing around the walls of brain as of late and have recently decided that there is some truth to it. This saying, of course, alludes...

4918 NE 193rd StLake Forest Park, WA 98155For Sale $450,000Bedrooms:3Bathrooms:2½Area:720Style:Split LevelSquare Footage:2,320Lot Size:11235Year Built:1961Wonderfully updated Lake Forest Park home situated on large private lot that backs up to greenbelt.No popcorn ceilings here! ...

LFP Commons Farmers Market Well, It's almost that time of year: The sun has been threatening to make it's presence known and melt the grey clouds that have hung over our heads like a cruel, mocking cartoon voice balloon since.........well, since August of '07. And of course that means that the LF...