Beauty on 99
Published 11:09 pm Saturday, January 30, 2010
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Original works, such as the one at right, created by local artists now beautify bus stops along Highway 99 between Everett and Shoreline.
Inspired by the public art project, the proprietors of a nearby business, Royal Touch Massage Parlor and Tattoo Emporium, hung a Thomas Kinkade print over the sofa in their waiting area.
Green acres: Even city slickers love FarmVille, the wildly popular farm simulation game on Facebook.
It’s a simple game, but also realistic: The only way to win is to collect agriculture subsidies from the federal government, which you then use to bribe the FarmVille County Board of Commissioners to rezone your property for commercial or residential.
Home trends: Two-story foyers? Lavish bathrooms? Media rooms? They’re so 2005. The hot items today are energy-efficient, not-so-big homes with plenty of natural light, surveys say.
In even hotter demand: agreements from lenders for short sales on 4,500-square-foot homes with two-story foyers, media rooms and lavish bathrooms.
