Hundred Homes Publishing
Hundred Homes Publishing was founded in 2009 by David Dykstra of Mercer Island.
Lake Washington 130 Homes, 184 pages, is the publisher’s first book and the first printing was released August 5, 2009. The book contains color photographs, stories and statistics of 130 of Lake Washington’s most magnificent mansions and estates. It is a guided waterfront tour of Seattle’s Madison Park, Mercer Island, Bellevue, Medina, Hunts Point and Yarrow Point with 21, 32, 6, 41, 25, and 5 estates respectively. The stories and statistics of each estate are creatively woven with current and historical information about the homes, owners and area. Numerous color photographs make everything come to life.
Prior to computers and the Internet public personal information was buried in archives. Now that this information is easily accessible, Internet sites are publishing public personal information along with satellite photographs and the location of people’s homes. This will be the first book-in-print with a similar format but the book will have waterfront, instead of satellite, photographs.
Lake Washington 130 Homes will be for anyone who: (1) has been to, plans to go to or knows someone in the Seattle area; (2) has a fascination with unique homes of the rich and famous; or (3) likes to read about celebrities and community leaders. It is a must-have guide book for anyone cruising or boating on Lake Washington.
Events
KING 5 Evening Magazine
7:00 pm Wednesday, October 7
Channel 5 (105 HD)
The show featured a segment with Dykstra and the Evening Magazine crew taking and filming the 130 Homes tour. If you missed it or don’t have it on your DVR you can view it here.
Blog
2009-2010 – Start Seattle’s premier mansions blog featuring new homes, listings, sales, owners in the news, book updates, etc. Click here
Cruises
May 2010 – Begin cruise-tours with Anchor Bay Charters featuring the book. Click here
Book Signing – Author Appearances
Most events have been for private clubs and groups. Please contact David Dykstra (206-232-7758 or lw130homes@yahoo.com) if your group or club would like a unique and interesting progam. A typical presentation is less than 30 minutes with a brief multimedia introduction, discussion about my experiences in writing and producing this “unauthorized” tour (armchair or on-the-water) of the all the Seattle area’s billionaires’ homes. Most of the program is a Q&A session.
Barnes & Noble Woodinville2 pm Sunday, July 18
Click here for more information.