VIDEO: Around 40 Jump Into Burien’s ‘Polar Bear Plunge’; + POV Splash Cam!

With the air temp around 53 degrees, it was a very mild, sunny New Year’s Day in Burien Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, when some 40+ locals braved the chilly waters of Puget Sound to participate in the annual... [Read more]

UPDATE: ‘Milo’ The Fat, Yellow, Sleepy Tabby Cat, Has Been FOUND!

“Lost Cat. Its yellow and orange and fat. It is sleepy. Milo. 206-612-7814.” Poster by Britta Kleitsch. UPDATE 10/17/11 9 p.m.: Milo, the “fat, yellow, sleepy tabby cat” missing... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Boat Breaks From Buoy, Gets Slammed At Three Tree Point Wednesday

Story by Scott Schaefer Photos by Bob Seaton On a windy Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 28), an 18-foot motorboat broke away from its mooring buoy off the north side of Burien’s Three Tree Point neighborhood... [Read more]

Fire Breaks Out On Boat Off Three Tree Point On First Day Of Summer

On a lovely, sunny and clear first day of summer 2011 (Tuesday, June 21), a local Three Tree Point resident decided to take his boat out on the sound. Sounds good, huh? Well, all was well and good until... [Read more]

REMINDER: There’s Still Time To Donate To The 3 Tree Point Fireworks Fund!

[DISCLAIMER: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is also volunteering as Co-Chair of the Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund, a non-profit organization devoted to continuing Burien's best barge-based, high-altitude... [Read more]

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Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: The Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund!

[DISCLOSURE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is serving as Co-Chair of the all-volunteer, non-profit 2011 Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund.] We’d like to shoot up a mortar full of exotic, colorful... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Sure Signs Of Summer As Three Tree Point Fireworks Signs Go Up

[EDITOR'S NOTE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is a volunteer Co-Chair of the non-profit 2011 Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund.] If you drove on Maplewild Ave SW in Burien’s Three Tree Point... [Read more]

REMINDER: Three Tree Point Fireworks Corporate Donor Party Is Saturday

[DISCLOSURE: BTB Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer is serving as Co-Chair of the all-volunteer, non-profit Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund this year.] REMINDER: The big Corporate Donor kickoff party for... [Read more]

VIDEO: Wild Winds Whip Walloping Waves Up At Burien’s Three Tree Point

Courtesy our friend and neighbor Fred Feiertag comes this video shot around 4:15pm Thursday of the walloping windstorm and its effect on the waves at Burien’s Three Tree Point beach: A “High... [Read more]

VIDEO: Time Lapse Of This Week’s Snowstorm At Three Tree Point

We set up a remote, weatherproof time lapse camera on SW 172nd Street in Burien’s Three Tree Point neighborhood late Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 23rd), then let it record until late Friday afternoon... [Read more]

VIDEO: Record Turnout For Polar Bear Plunge; Plus, BTB’s Bart Wins Trophy!

Story and Video by Scott Schaefer Under crystal clear, sunny blue skies, on a New Year’s Day when the water temperature (around 46 degrees) was warmer than the air (around 36 degrees), a record 50... [Read more]

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Three Tree Point Neighbors Holding “Flash” Garage Sale This Saturday

Neighbors from Burien’s Three Tree Point area will be holding a “Flash” community Garage Sale this Saturday (Sept. 18), from 9am – 1pm, where numerous residents will be hosting their own sales... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Moon Over Lake Burien, Osprey & Airplane, Scuba Diver Sunset

It’s feeling like the height of summer this week, with hot, humid temps and skies painted orange by the haze of nearby forest fires, a perfect time to get out the camera and capture some one-of-a-kind... [Read more]

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This Week’s Prudential NW Open House: 3-Tree Point Custom Waterfront Home

BTB Real Estate Sponsor Prudential Northwest’s featured Open House for this week is a desirable, custom waterfront home near 3 Tree Point with ever-changing 180-degree Puget Sound and Olympic Mountain... [Read more]

TIME LAPSE/PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Three Tree Point Celebrates The 4th

Despite gray skies and occasional rain, Burien’s Three Tree Point neighborhood celebrated Independence Day 2010 with a day full of block party-like activities, starting with a community breakfast... [Read more]

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Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: Three Tree Point Fireworks Fund

Two of your B-Town Bloggers live in the Tree Tree Point area of Burien – Publisher/Editor Scott Schaefer and his family, as well as Sales Diva Janet Grella and her husband, Michael. We’ve been... [Read more]

Hit And Run Accident Damages Car, Protective Wall & More At 3 Tree Point

UPDATE FRI. 3/19 2pm: Just got word from Sgt John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Department, who says that the suspect vehicle, “probably a white Honda Civic,” was found parked... [Read more]

EXCERPT: “Three Tree Point” Book Signing Is March 12th At The Tin Room

As we previously reported, “Images of America: Three Tree Point,” a locally-written book about one of Burien’s historic waterfront neighborhoods, is being released Monday (March 8th),... [Read more]