December 2011
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The Regina House, a day of good tidings.
I had a wonderful day yesterday, December 22, 2011. Our sales team at First American Title volunteered to help out at the Providence Regina House located in Seattle’s South Park Neighborhood. Among its many services the Regina House operates a food and clothing bank.
During the months of November and December the Regina House sponsors a holiday program that distributes baskets of food,...
Steve Jobs: 20 Life Lessons →
My feelings about Steve Jobs have always been a little mixed. I long admired his entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen and was in sheer awe of his natural instincts for what appeals to consumers. On the other hand I bristled at what I saw as his — and by extension Apple’s — occasionally …
Back in 1980-1983 on Capitol Hill in Seattle,...
Happy Holidays 2011
A long long time ago… In a galaxy far far away… I’m talkin’ Christmas here in the 1950’s. That was a time before time before time when we didn’t have high speed internet, social networks, or On Demand TV with a thousand channels to watch. (We only had 3 on a very very good day.)
René meets Santa Claus in person, 1955…
It was so long ago we used a rotary dial phone and...
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Taking it to the MAX... 737 that is!
I can’t think of better news for this holiday season than the announcement that the new Boeing 737 MAX is going to be built in Renton, Washington.
Boeing’s history in the Seattle area dates back to 1910 when William E. Boeing purchased the Heath shipyard on the Duwamish River. This would later become his first airplane factory in Seattle near the Museum of Flight. Boeing took his first...