MERCER ISLAND
Homes
- Median price: $950,000
Crime
- Per 1,000 residents: 22
Schools and Parks
- 4th-graders passing the WASL: 92%
- Park acreage: 400
Commute (minutes)
- To downtown Seattle: 14
- To Redmond: 14
Population
- Estimates: 22,380
Characteristics
- Upscale park-like community with many waterfront homes and view properties.
KIRKLAND/JUANITA
Homes
- Median price: $479,950
Crime
- Per 1,000 residents: 42
Schools and Parks
- 4th-graders passing the WASL: 77%
- Park acreage: 504
Commute (minutes)
- To downtown Seattle: 20
- To Redmond: 13
Population
- Estimates: 47,890
Characteristics
- Charming lakefront downtown and a large collection of outdoor public art on display.
REDMOND
Homes
- Median price: $513,700
Crime
- Per 1,000 residents: 36
Schools and Parks
- 4th-graders passing the WASL: 75%
- Park acreage: 1,342
Commute (minutes)
- To downtown Seattle: 24
- To Redmond: 8
Population
- Estimates: 50,680
Characteristics
- "Bicycle capital of the Northwest" and home to Microsoft.
BELLEVUE
Homes
- Median price: $510,000
Crime
- Per 1,000 residents: 38
Schools and Parks
- 4th-graders passing the WASL: 82%
- Park acreage: 2,236
Commute (minutes)
- To downtown Seattle: 19
- To Redmond: 9
Population
- Estimates: 118,100
Characteristics
- Explosive downtown development, great residential areas and schools.
ISSAQUAH
Homes
- Median price: $480,450
Crime
- Per 1,000 residents: 47
Schools and Parks
- 4th-graders passing the WASL: 81%
- Park acreage: 913
Commute (minutes)
- To downtown Seattle: 27
- To Redmond: 18
Population
- Estimates: 24,710
Characteristics
- Home to the annual salmon festival in October; many single-family developments.
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Seattle's Best Desserts
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Northwest Home's 2008 Top Shops
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Seattle Salon Gone Wild! The Rise of Salon Seven
(Downtown) 1520 Seventh Ave.; 206.903.1777; (new location in Pacific Place, opening in March); (Bellevue) 101 Bellevue Square; 425.289.1777; 7salon.com
The Eastside's Hidden Parks Revealed
Although suburban homes sit nearby, Bellevue’s rugged greenbelt trails may trick you into thinking you’re in the remote wilderness
Best New Restaurants 2008
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Seastar Prepares Dinner for 425
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Good news for Columbia Winery and for wine enthusiasts!
Savor Wine in Suburbia at Vino at The Landing
A new, Renton-based wine shop and bar offers an impressive menu and remarkable sophistication. Editorial assistant Jamie Galvin gives us the details.
Mode Organic Salon on Microsoft Campus
Who'd of thought that our local software giant would be so hip as to include the über green local salon, Mode, in their new Commons area?
Arts+Culture: Bellevue Jazz Festival
Head to Belleuve's Jazz festival for a feast for the ears May 22 through May 24
Zombies in Port Gamble, Kitsap County
Entrails and brains were flying last week at the Kirkland Performance Center for the SIFF showing of ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction.
Halloween Haunts
Everything you need to have a bloody great time in the city