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The Annual Arts Festival is one of the most popular events held each year in AnacortesThe Anacortes Arts and Crafts Festival got its start in 1962 as the brain-child of Dr. Jack Papritz and a group of dedicated community arts patrons. With the support of the Anacortes Chamber of Commerce, and $30...
07/30/2013
You take the time to write an interesting blog, Why not take the time to make it appealing to your Readers? This not a rant but a series of simple suggestions on what you can do to make you blog posts attractive to draw in your prospective readers. I say prospective, because if you do not grab th...
07/29/2013
Last weekend marked the start of the Dungeness Crab season in the San Juan Islands.Crabbers everywhere like to keep their best crabbing locations to themselves, we mark GPS coordinates, measure the depths and generally make a science out of it. So armed with our licenses, crab pots, bait, GPS and...
07/25/2013
The Annual Community Garage sale in Anacortes. Held every year in July this event is known locally as "Shipwreck Day". The History of the Name "Shipwreck Day": 34 years ago our commercial fishermen sold their used gear as yard art on Commercial street. From that humble beginning “Shipwreck” has e...
07/17/2013
There are Many ways you can Kill Weeds in your garden. We have found the following method the most efficient with minimum effort from us and organic to boot ! Yes, it is our Friendly Neighborhood Deer. There is a family of Deer that often camp out in our front yard. They love the shade and the fe...
07/17/2013
The Annual "Bark in the Park" Dog Festival Anacortes, WA.Bark in the Park is an annual doggie get-together for both owners and pets in Anacortes. All proceeds from the Dog Festival benefit the Anacortes Dog Park. This is one of the premier events in Anacortes and a great way to bring together dog...
07/16/2013
 Anacortes Mural Project started in 1984 by local artist Bill Mitchell. Mitchell began the work in 1984 and thus began an amazing project that has placed 125 murals on buildings in downtown Anacortes. Bill aims to do about 6 new murals a year so stay tuned. Mitchell brings people of the past back...
07/14/2013
These "Westside" condos complexes are located just 10 minutes from downtown Anacortes on the westside of Fidalgo Island. Anacortes "Westside" condos currently for sale Sunset Cove- Located on the north edge of Fidalgo Island, boasts two condo complexes.The GardensThese single story units were bui...
07/11/2013
I am compiling a list of the entries in the TECHO June 2013 Contest. We had over 60 entries and here are the last group of entries as they were posted, hope you like them!.   61. Steve and pat-" We have a marketing package for those who entrust us with the sale of their homes.  Part of that marke...
07/10/2013
I am compiling a list of the entries in the TECHO June 2013 Contest. We had over 60 entries and here are entries 51-60 as they were posted, hope you like them!.   51. Sharon- "My best TECH secret is TurboScan. This is a simple App that I downloaded on my iPhone over a year ago and it has saved me...
07/09/2013