Perched atop the perfect point of a hill in Manette, one can look out to the east and see the skyline of Seattle, to the south the shipyard of Bremerton and to the west, the jagged prominence of the Olympic Mountains.

Cascade down that hill in a southeastern direction and you will soon find yourself at the waterfront in Baachman Park, situated between a white pavilion stilted above the high tide to the left and a giant story-book-like oak tree to the right.

Then, if you travel back north a block or so to 11th Street and head due east you’ll soon be amidst the quaint Manette business district housing a variety of commerce and shops from a high-class salon, to a sandwich shop to a custom guitar repair shop.

“It’s just a unique kind of area, I can’t quite describe it,” said Ruth Reese, Mannette History Club president and co-owner of Manette Antiques.

Manette, which was established as a town on April 20, 1891 (later incorporated into Bremerton), is unique in the fact that it hosts such a wide variety of facets, features and personalities yet also an extremely solid, down-home style of community.

That unity will be on display this weekend as the Manette Business Association hosts the neighborhood’s annual Manette Fest, starting with a $5 pancake breakfast at 9 a.m. Sept. 8.

Oh I know what you are thinking … will all of the Manette community pride are non-Manette dwellers invited?

“Oh yes!” Reese said. “Everyone is invited.”

Artists and vendors will be combining forces with Manette businesses — like Kate’s Jersey Subs, Manette Antiques, La Fermata, Manette TV, The Boat Shed, Thayer’s guitars and more — to close down E 11th St. to traffic and host a good old-fashioned street fair.

And while the MBA can’t promise anything remarkably different from what fair and festival goers have already seen and done this summer, they will have free hamburgers!

Both that and the Manette Fest fun run — starting at 10 a.m. with sign-ups at 9 a.m. — are returning attractions from last year, which was one of the most popular years the festival had seen in its four official years as the Manette Fest, Reese said.

“It’s a very nice day, very family-oriented,” she added.

There’ll be a bounce house, face painting and balloons for the kids while Tease Salon has set up live music for the entire day and the Manette Saloon will host a beer and wine garden for the adults.