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The Holidays are expensive. Indeed, making just one special meal is a burden for some people, not just in cost, but time and stress. Making a Thanksgiving dinner at home can drive some people to go out rather than spend the hours looking at…MORE

Ballard consignment stores are the place to find your ugly Christmas sweaters. Just imagine how dashing or cozy you will be with your family and friends drinking cider or eggnog wearing these ugly sweaters.

Both Ballard Consignment and…MORE

Deadline for receiving Calendar items is Noon Wednesday for the following week’s Friday Times/News. Events are published based on timeliness and space available. Email submissions as soon as possible to: calendar@robinsonnews.com. Items can be…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

To be special is to be at the right place at the right time. Every famous person had the intelligence and ingenuity to stand out from the crowd in some special way. It was the person who found themselves in the…MORE

by Pat Cashman

This is supposed to be the busiest shopping day of the year---although not for places that sell suntan lotion and flip-flops. This is Black Friday.

Except for the police. For them, it’s Joe Friday. (Thanks to…MORE

By Erin Bosetti

November 11 was a sad day for lovers of caramelized onions, succulent pork and cilantro sauce in Seattle. Paseo, Cuban sandwich emporium known for it’s long lines and it’s wait-worthy food, abruptly closed it’s doors. Amid…MORE

By Tim Clifford

According to Michele Clarke-Mason, owner of Meant To Be Foods and the nutritional therapist for the Seahawks, it takes approximately 7,000 calories of food-a-day to feed a single player. The average intake for a mildly…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was that kind of bright, beautiful day in November that you know is one of the last. The remaining leaves on the trees looked extra bright; triumphant they had survived the first windstorm. All the mountains were out…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was that kind of bright, beautiful day in November that you know is one of the last. The remaining leaves on the trees looked extra bright; triumphant they had survived the first windstorm. All the mountains were out…MORE

by Pat Cashman

The history of history has quite an interesting history, historically speaking. And a lot has been written about it:

“History is a set of lies agreed upon.” Napoleon Bonaparte

“History is only a…MORE