Fairhaven is full of unique shops as I mentioned in my earlier post about Fairhaven's Artwood Gallery. Another truly unique place to do your holiday shopping is Good Earth Pottery. It is located in the historic Morgan Block Building next door to Artwood. The gallery has been located here for almost 40 years and is certainly helped influence the artistic nature of the Fairhaven district.

Artwood

The gallery has gone through many incarnations, is presently owned by three local potters and showcases more than 50 local artists. Good Earth pottery features a very wide variety of creatively useful and decorative ceramic ware. You can find a beautiful functional pieces like serving bowls, mugs, platters, planters as well as whimsical pieces from the creative minds of the artists. They also carry handmade jewelry and other unique gifts. If you're out and about in Fairhaven stop by and see what some of the local artists are up to.

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Wow-As a Real Estate Agent I am always saying there is tons going on in Bellingham but have you taken a look at ALL that is going on just this Saturday alone!

• Grin with the Grinch at Waldron building noon-4pm $10


• Fairhaven Library is 104 years old! 1:00-3:00pm free festivities


• Firehouse 1-2:30 $8 suggested donation at door for festivities fundraiser


• Village Book 'The Airplane Plane' 7pm Free


• Free Appetizers and Drinks at Fairhaven Pub & Mini Bar from Neighborhood Mortgage 8pm


• Jazz at Skylarks 8pm free

As I said-wowza! Hope to see you out and about!

Just a side note-interest rates dropped below 5% today!!! Knew you'ld want to know! I have never come across a better time to buy and you never will... don't be saying "I wish I would have purchased when interest rates were that low"

Please feel free to contact me anytime at Jenny@BuyerTours.com or direct on my cell @ 360-303-3699.

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Ok, I am here to tell you what it is really like living in Fairhaven in the winter. My husband and I moved here two and a half years ago and I wasn't used to the rain and the dreary days. We moved from the Midwest so I was used to snow but sunny days. Since moving here I have learned how to make the best of winter and want to share that with all of my clients and friends who have recently moved here as well.

 My first tip is winter can be as cold as 30's and as nice as 60's. There can be sun and there can be rain and wind. So pick your poison. If it is sunny and in the 50-60's take off work early and take your family for a nice long walk. We have so many beautiful places to walk. My husband and I live a half a block from the interurban trail and on a nice day we love to walk down to woods coffee in Boulevard Park. The dreary days where it's just a little cold are the best. Woods has an outdoor fireplace where they play really relaxing music and all you see in front of you is ocean, islands, and sailboats. The water is so calm. It is extremely peaceful.

You can see seals some days on the way and there are always so many sailboats on the water. The view of the sailboats and the islands always makes me feel like I am somewhere amazing.

Second tip and it probably should have been the first. Dress for the weather. REI has all the right gear. The first thing I bought was a good rain coat. The truth is most of my walks I don't even need a rain coat because it rarely rains real heavy. It's mostly just dreary and a little bit of spitting rain. My favorite jacket is just a fleece. I have water proof pants but again I only wear those when it is really raining which is the best time to go for a walk. You just have to bring out the kid in you and see it as an adventure. Finally good shoes are essential. My next purchase will be waterproof shoes because you run into wet areas often.

These are just a few fun tips for winter. There are many more to come!

For more information on Fairhaven feel free to call or email me at Jami@buyertours.com or 360-319-5402.

Labels: Fairhaven Living, Fairhaven Neighborhood

One of the most popular pages on http://realestate.bellingham.net/ is the Fairhaven page.  In fact I pulled up some web stats from our Google Analytics Account and found that outside of the main portion of the site the number one place our visitors visited is the Fairhaven page.  This really shouldn't be a surprise.  As Chris McNamarra pointed out in a prior post earlier today all roads in and out of Bellingham tend to lead to Fairhaven.

We have been working on a model that would make sense to provide an ongoing conversation on communities in Bellingham.  We had done that in an original blog however it seems that the blog itself should be in the same place that individuals are researching homes.  To that end we decided to start the conversation here where visitors are already visiting and searching for homes, condos and other property.

Be sure to check out the Fairhaven Map Search:

Over the next few weeks and months and hopefully years stop by, read and participate in the conversation.

Questions: Feel free to email Glenn Founder / CEO of BuyerTours Realty LLC direct @ Glenn@BuyerTours.com or call Glenn at 360-220-1470.

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