Seabrook Homeowner Story: Anne Simpson Discovers Seabrook
Anne Simpson, a Bellevue Realtor and Seabrook homeowner, visited Seabrook for a weekend and ended up finding a place that truly felt like home.
As a self-proclaimed “beach person,” Annie, as most people call her, grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan before moving to the West Coast. Although Annie has happily lived in Bellevue, WA for many years, she was almost surprised to feel an immediate connection with Seabrook. “It was the first place to really feel like home since I left Michigan,” says Annie of the budding new beach town she found on a work retreat in 2007.
With an easy 2 ½ hour drive from home, no ferries to wait for, and a welcoming small-town atmosphere, Annie quickly realized that Seabrook was a place she would be able to enjoy often and would feel safe visiting alone. Although she had thought that she might end up in either the San Juan Islands or perhaps somewhere on Hood Canal, after only two visits Annie knew Seabrook was a place she wanted to be a part of. “You’re not just buying a house at Seabrook,” says Annie, “you’re becoming a part of a real community.”
Although she can often be found enjoying the company of good friends around town or the sunny front porch of her cottage “Sea La Vie” with her dog Rex, it is the excitement of learning how the town is growing and changing that Annie most looks forward to on her visits to Seabrook. While there were only 75 homes in Seabrook when Annie first fell in love with this seaside village, she has watched it grow to nearly 180 homes and businesses.
“There is a vibrancy and excitement about Seabrook that is hard to find,” says Annie. “The adventurous spirit that contributed to creating Seabrook has really set the tone for something special here. There is always something exciting going on and something new to see! Besides…where else can you be a part of building a town?”
Jeff Lehman, a soon to be Seabrook homeowner, has recently shared with us his story about deciding to build a beach home at Seabrook. His adventure is fascinating, and he is happy to share it with everyone here on the Seabrook Blog. Hope you enjoy it!
For 40 years, Earth Day has been an important day for raising people’s awareness and appreciation of our environment. Many of us think of preserving Mother Earth in our daily actions and more people are catching on the green fever that surrounds the Pacific Northwest. 
From the beginning, Seabrook has been designed to provide beach lovers with easy, walkable access to all amenities one would require at the beach. Everything at Seabrook is within a 5 minute walk, and cars are stowed away nicely in garages and allies to gather some dust while you stroll around Seabrook in your flip flops. Find out more about the town master plan 
Every light bulb in Seabrook is energy-efficient and every light post uses the minimum amount of wattage to save on electricity. In addition, every street light is subtly located on corners and pathways looking downwards instead of upwards. This way your view of the star struck sky from our town and the beach isn’t hindered by the lights that surround you.
One thing we can learn from the past is that traditional architecture is timeless. We have focused on this type of architecture that has stood the test of time and are creating a public beach resort for the ages. 
Everyone talks about green building, we actually do it. We build our homes to last hundreds of years, and we already have many homes with a LEED certification. 70% of the trees fallen on site for development are used for cedar shingles, picket fences, and landscaping features throughout Seabrook. 
Think hunting for Easter eggs is boring? You can always try this one. A festival of throwing eggs was held at a church back in Medieval times, where the priest would throw an egg at the choir and then the choirboys would throw it amongst each other. Whomever had the egg when the clock struck 12 was the winner! We just hope that egg was hard-boiled, otherwise that game is due to end very, very soon. 
The Christian Orthodox religions in Europe have a custom where they hard-boil and paint eggs, and then wack’em on Easter eve in an egg war. The person whose egg does not get damaged at the end is the winner and is supposed to have a successful year ahead. In Australia, kids exchange chocolate Easter eggs that have little toys in them. Fun!
Americans buy over 700 million Peeps during Easter season. Obviously, this makes Peeps the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy. Recently, we took one of our homeowner’s advice and tried Peeps smores during a fire pit hangout at Seabrook. Needless to say, they were delicious!
Horse teeth have been fascinating for scientists for a long time, and it is generally believed that you can tell a horse’s age by counting its teeth. Wear and tear may also factor in determining the age of the horse, although there are still many that don’t believe in this method. 
But apparently it’s true, and it is the single most important reason why horses generally sleep standing up. Yep, you read that right, horses can sleep while standing. Okay, being hunted by vicious predators is also a key reason to sleep standing up, but it’s just more fun to think “saving” energy is the factor. To accomplish this feat, horses lock their legs in, and avoid falling over. When are humans going to evolve to that level? 
Speaking of 10, imagine having a brain the size of a potato and your head weighing 10 pounds?!? 10 Pounds is about the weight of an average bowling ball! That is one heavy head! Makes you wonder, do horses have inherently strong neck muscles? Or inherently weak ones for that matter? If anyone has the answer of this, please enlighten us in the comment section below!
Technically called monocular vision, horses can use both eyes to look at two different objects since they are on each side of their head. Hence, they can use one eye to watch the front, and another to watch the back in case predators are around. Or, if they are on the Washington Coast beach strolling around, they can look at the ocean and at the beautiful coastline at the same time! We’d love to borrow this “feature” at least for the Pacific Ocean sunsets?
