Seattle Real Estate Blog ~ Seattle's Urban Villages ~ Deborah Burns

I wanted to kick off the New Year with something sunny, bright and fresh for a overcast, gray Seattle Day.  I came up with this different version of Pappardelle with Tuna, Capers and Lemon which was a recipe from Trader Joe's.  When I made the TJ's version a few weeks ago I discovered that I did ...

This recipe I created because while oatmeal is healthy on it's own, I wanted maximize the benefits in one easy to make bowl for a warm, healthy start on the day.In a bowl:1/4 C. of Oatmeal (good for controlling cholesterol)1/4 C. of Dried Cranberries (Anti-oxidants) In the summer I use fresh blue...

***  It's 2008!   *** Seattle celebrated the New Year with Fireworks from the Space Needle , an annual event that this year enjoyed a beautiful, unusually clear night with no rain!  While the weather cooperated, the Firework's computer program did not.  This year's theme was a tribute to Hollywoo...

Last Sunday, December 23, 2007,  The Seattle Times had on the front page an interesting article on the economic outlook for 2008 in the Greater Seattle area and Washington State in general. The article; "Region likely to dodge economic doldrums" lists four economic points, and gives examples that...

Ignore your scale for a few more days...because today and tomorrow are National Chocolate Day !  FYI, "More than 150 million chocolate Santa's will be made for the winter holiday season", and I got two of them in my stocking.  One has already been enjoyed the other...soon.... Besides knowing that...

Do you have a tacky or let's face it, a downright ugly Christmas Sweater lurking in your closet?  Well, The Seattle Times held it's second annual Tackiest [Ugly] Christmas Sweater Contest this December and the winners were announced on Sunday.   The article; "We're in Stitches"  gives readers the...

Merry Christmas Everyone!  I hope that your day has been filled with lots of love, fun, yummy food and presents!  Now that the storm of celebrating the day has calmed down a bit, I thought you might want to relax and enjoy a funny article by William Dietrich in the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest...

Yesterday evening a friend and I went in search of Christmas Lights in Seattle.  This year we decided to follow KOMO TV's (channel 4) Parade of Lights suggestions for seeing spectacular Christmas Lights.  The weather was great on this first full day of winter, the skies cleared from rain during t...

Today I set aside to Bake and Blog.  Tomorrow I am planning on dropping off loaves of Pumpkin Bread to some current clients, so today I am staying home to bake up a couple of batches.  They take a long time to bake, so it's perfect for sitting at my computer and blogging.  I am not going to visit...

I went to Ballard the other day to hunt down some unique items for Christmas stocking stuffers...because there is no better place to find the weird, the unusual, and wacky "popular culture" items than at Archie McPhee!   This holdout for the wacky and wonderful is celebrating it's 25th year makin...