Several years ago, I was given a list of fun facts about Washington.  I didn’t know all of this about our wonderful state and thought you might be able to pick up some fun trivia here, too! Washington is America’s coffee capital with more coffee bean roasters per capita than any other state. “The Wave,” a popular fan cheer for the past 25 years, was started by Husky fans at the University... 

Before relocating to the Vancouver, WA area a year ago, I had lived in the Seattle / King County area my whole life. While growing up there, I was always trying to find fun places to go that were free, cheap and fun and I kept a list in my wallet of all sorts of cheap date ideas. Some of my favorite places are gone now; many new places have emerged that are not on this list; it may not be considered a perfect... 

We hear it all the time: “My neighbor’s house is being foreclosed upon – it’s the third one in my neighborhood this year!”  In the news we hear a lot about distressed homes, which are foreclosed upon homes that are now bank-owned, and short sales.  Yes, there are a lot of short sales and bank-owned homes in our area, but there may not be as many as you’d think. Let’s...