Frank Kliewer

What worked in 2009 --- Wear the Hats that Fit --- the opportunity at hand --- Real Estate Agent and Private Artist --- As work with my commercial client summarized in Part 1 and Part 2 concluded, I found myself engaged in one of the most exciting real estate transactions of my career as an agent...

What worked in 2009 --- Wear the Hats that Fit --- the opportunity at hand --- Project Manager and Public Artist --- As the development consulting work summarized in Part 1 began coming to a conclusion in mid 2009, my consulting clients wanted to begin a major landscaping phase. My services as pr...

What worked in 2009 --- Wear the Hats that Fit --- the opportunity at hand, Inspector and Development Consultant --- It was a blessing to begin 2009 as a Development Consultant for an overseas group developing a mixed use commercial parcel. The value delivered began when the property was in escro...

Only 3 More Nights for a D'Lightful Experience that will fill you with amazement. Many volunteers spent thousands of hours preparing this year's Bellevue Botanical Garden d'Lights showing nightly from around 5 PM through January 2, 2010. Acres of intensely beautiful lights, numbering around 500,0...

The news in Seattle over Case-Shiller data is that prices have moved up for the first time in almost 2 1/2 years. Other markets are up as well and some are flat and others are still dropping. Is that a "buying" sign? I think not. We can discuss market forces all day with Wall Street jargon: Are w...

The Woodinville Wonderland Christmas light display of over 70,000 lights is created and operated by the homeowner Mark Zembruski. As a bonus on this video sampler, at the end Mark can be seen coming out of his house and handing out gifts. This experience must be seen in person to fully appreciate...

King County WA Joins Port of Seattle to Purchase BNSF Rail Corridor Just in Time --- Before Buffet Acquisition. Big money and government dancing together is an interesting jig to watch. And big money doesn't get much bigger than Warren Buffet's biggest purchase of his career. Buffet's announcemen...

It was good fortune to be invited to my business partner's birthday party at Uptown Glassworks in Renton a few weeks ago. Nina's party was a wonderful occasion to meet her great friends, including many past clients and customers . . . folks she has helped in many ways throughout her life. The unu...

Click on the map at the bottom to track the progress of Santa in "Real Time." This tradition goes back more than half a century, starting when Sears Roebuck misprinted a phone number directing kids to call to talk to Santa. The printed phone number was for the Commander-in-Chief of CONAD, NORAD's...

Along the Sammamish River Trail is the main downtown park in Woodinville, WA officially known as the Wilmont Gateway Park. We call it "woofie" for short, as it is one of Ziggy's favorites (lots of squirrels in a small off the trail section to the south). While there is much to see and do at the p...