Kirkland, WA

Welcome to the Kirkland Marina, my favorite park in Kirkland. The marina has many attributes and activities that anyone can enjoy. Great restaurants, shopping boutiques, ice cream shops, and large parks that sit on the edge of Lake Washington are just a few highlights.

It's by far one of the most active always-moving parks. If you like boating, this is the place to do it, I mean the cost is inexpensive and you have easy access to Seattle by crossing Lake Washington.

Main entrance to Kirkland Marina. Condos on the right and and far back. You can pick up a summer boat cruise that will tour you around Lake Washington for under $20.00

The place to hang out and moor your boat. Most of the locals moor the boat and go into the local restaurants. Wide selection of food, Italian, Mexican, French, Seafood,, and good old hamburgers.

People hanging out and enjoying a cold Gilatto. The rocks are a great place to sit and feed small fish or baby ducks.

You can take your boat across Lake Washington and get to Seattle. You can see the Seattle skyline in the background. I like to water ski and sun bath in this particular spot.

Take a look at how people are enjoying their summer times in the high heat

Here are some of my favorite restaurants in downtown Kirkland...

1. Marina Park Grill - great seafood (view of lake)
2. Calabria - awesome Italian food (authentic Italia)
3. Hectors - best breakfast spot (big portions, low costs)
4. Ben & Jerry's ice cream - ice cream (children love it)
5. Cactus - Mexican food (fresh, fresh, fresh)
6. St. James Espresso - coffee shop (free wifi)
7. Cefiore - yogurt / smoothies (nothing like it)
8. The slip - burgers & fries (entertaining)

This really is a great place to come and hang out with loved ones on a nice hot summer day. Come on over and enjoy it first hand.

If you are thinking about moving to The Seattle Area, chances are you'll have to choose between Seattle and The Eastside. If you are coming to work at Microsoft, the large campus is in Redmond WA and growing into Bellevue, though some Microsoft employees are in Seattle and some in Issaquah.

Above is the City of Bellevue taken from across Lake Washington just over the I-90 Bridge in Mt. Baker - Leschi in Seattle. If you see mountains to the East as in this photo, they will be The Cascades. If you see mountains to the West behind Seattle, they will will be the Olympics.

Mt. Rainier is part of the Cascade Range. For me the most notable feature of the Olympics is "The Brothers" shown below. Besides knowing which direction you are facing, you can tell you are looking toward the Cascades if you see Mt. Rainier and The Olympics if you see the Brothers.

As I'm driving up 85th toward Central from Bellevue/Redmond toward my home in Kirkland, I can often see The Brothers quite clearly just driving home. Spectacular sights can be everyday events when you live in the Seattle Area...and these sights can rejuvenate and fill your soul.

This weekend marks my favorite Event Weekend for Kirkland WA! The Concours d'Elegance Car Show.

Below is a photo of last year's Best of Show winner, the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150 CSS Teardrop

The 2006 Best of Show was this 1937 Bugatti T-57

I guess you could say that 1937 was a Very Good Year!

If I only attend one event a year in my town of Kirkland WA...this is it! For any and all Kirkland Events Info, visit http://explorekirkland.com/ and let's all hope for some decent weather! These cars won't do well in the rain, especially the open convertibles like the Bugatti.

Often a home inspector will call the gutters as overflowing and clogged, based on their outward appearance. When you pay someone to go up and clean "out" the gutters, make sure they also clean the gutters themselves, while they are up there.

Besides giving your home that extra sparkling curb appeal, dirty gutters are a sign that there is a problem. So when you get the problem fixed, remove the affects of that problem too.

How many home sellers get mad at the inspector for being "wrong"? If you have a 3 story house, often the inspector won't be climbing up to check those gutters. So get them nice and white, after you resolve the problem that is causing them to overflow for the length of the gutter.

Have you ever craved McDonald's French fries? Well I did and it all started when I finished my open house in the Rose Hill, Kirkland area, and I was so hungry that I was tempted to go to the Costco store off 85^th street and buy a hotdog and a pop for $1.50, but due to long lines I settled for McDonalds. I was on my way to pick up my last open house sign and I could smell the fries.

It then reminded me of when I would go to this specific McDonald's after school and buy only fries (lets not forget the sauce, BBQ & ranch) and devourer them for lunch.

So, I picked up my sign and went to the drive thru and ordered a combo # 6. It was a Crispy BLT Chicken sandwich, large fries and coke, plus the "sauce". I pulled up and they took care of my hunger needs really quick. I parked the car in a stall and started to soak the fries into the BBQ sauce and then into the ranch.

I felt as if I was re-living my high school years. The high school that I went to is Lake Washington High, just a few blocks south of McDonalds. I hardly eat McDonalds, maybe once every two-three years... but WOW! I needed the fries and the coke today.

Here are a few pictures of the McDonalds that I went to and used to go to when I was in high school.

I will try the McCoffee later... I heard that they make GREAT lattes.

Go and try the Fries and tell me that I'm right.

I wanted to share this great feeling with everyone, and don't forget to stop by your nearest McDonalds and try their fries with "sauce'.

Question for you that are reading this post;

Do you think McDonalds makes the best fries?

I think they do, but if you disagree and feel that someone else makes them better, let me know by posting a comment.

Freddy