The PenMet Parks Recreation Center has been open for almost a year now, and up until recently, I had only been there twice, once for a quick tour before it officially opened with my office, and another time to drop my daughter off at a birthday party. That was about it. My daughter had at […]

This past weekend we made a trip over to Point Ruston and I’ll just say this, apparently everyone else had the exact same idea. The weather was about as good as it gets around here, and after a long stretch of gray, people were ready to be outside. It was busy… but honestly, that’s part […]

We recently got back from a family trip to Honolulu, Hawaii, where we spent 8 nights trying to escape the cold and wet Pacific Northwest. Naturally, right before the trip, the forecast started looking… a little questionable. Not just a little rain, but actual storms for the first three days, with more rain sprinkled throughout […]

It’s that time of year again where the sun starts showing up a little more often, the days get longer, and getting out of the house actually sounds like a good idea. And like clockwork, the real estate market starts to pick up too. People are browsing homes more seriously, stopping by open houses, and […]