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By Kathryn Kingen I remember the first time I tasted prawns. I had just moved to the Northwest from Minnesota and the closest thing I had ever seen to these beady-eyed creepers were the toe pinching mudbugs at the bottom of our lakes. Our family'…MORE

By Kathryn Kingen I remember the first time I tasted prawns. I had just moved to the Northwest from Minnesota and the closest thing I had ever seen to these beady-eyed creepers were the toe pinching mudbugs at the bottom of our lakes. Our family'…MORE

By Lindsay Peyton

For artists and creative types who want to explore a new medium, Northwest Encaustics provides plenty of room to play with pigmented wax in a safe and inspiring environment.

The studio, located at 7150 44th Ave SW…MORE

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By Patrick Cashman

I helped a friend and his wife load their stuff into a big U-Haul yesterday. It was like loading mackerel into a sardine can, but we managed.

The friends were moving to southern California. Some people…MORE

By Sarah Cecil

For many people, the concept of retirement can be scary, both emotionally and financially. If you, too, feel somewhat anxious about what awaits you, you might feel more comfortable in knowing that, depending on where you…MORE

By Lindsay Peyton

Wine tasting doesn’t have to be paired with a long drive.

Instead of road tripping to Napa or trekking to Walla Walla, West Seattle residents can sample the fruits of “urban wineries” right in their own backyards…MORE

By Amanda Knox

ArtWest’s penultimate production of the 2015-2016 season returns to the musical spirit with which it started, with Green Day’s American Idiot. Violet dissects and develops another facet of the American Dream, this time…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

She claims it started with the ladybug painted in the Wallingford intersection. But given that Megan Helmer moved to Seattle with her Geologist husband Ryan Kellner to start a doughnut business I suspect the…MORE

By Amanda Knox

This week I found myself in a state of agitated pause. I had hurt my friend’s feelings, and my friend had hurt mine. What had taken place—a disagreement—had been mangled by something else—a misunderstanding. In the moment,…MORE