Features

By Tim Clifford

Some Halloween traditions are of the spooky and spine tingling variety. Other traditions, such as the annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest held on Redondo Beach, are geared more towards testing technical skills and…MORE

By Amanda Knox

“Farewell to corner stores, apple pies, waffle cones, and chili fries,” chant the Marines on the eve of their deployment to Vietnam. Little do these soldiers realize that they are not only about to lose access to these…MORE

by Ken Robinson

If you have ever fancied yourself as an author--"You should write a book!-"-then this story might make you a little jealous.

Lee and Bob Casazza are a West Seattle couple who have just published Big Mamma's Italian-…MORE

By Erin Bosetti

Meet Cyndee Thielitz, bartender of the Sloop Tavern for the last twenty years. Owner, Patrick Files, calls her the “best bartender in Ballard,” and she has a firm but graceful reign over her regulars. Head to the Sloop once…MORE

During the October 2014-June 2015 closure of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on the downtown waterfront due to city seawall reconstruction, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society is hosting a focus-area exhibit on the long time Seattle waterfront…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel People ask me how I find something to write about for the weekly paper. I reply that every morning I wake up with my mind whirring like an electric mixer. As I often say, “I get no sympathy because I have no life…MORE

Information provided by the Ballard Chamber of Commerce

The first week of Seattle Restaurant Week begins this Sunday, and ends on Thursday. Sixty restaurants all over the city will be serving three-course dinners for $30, and some are…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Months before the Nordic Heritage Museum ceded its Chief Curator Lizette Graden to the lure of Stockholm’s Royal Museums she asked me to moderate an event in distant October called “Ballard: Best Place Ever.” The…MORE

by Amanda Knox

Mathew Wright meets me at Arts West Theater in the Alaska Junction, in the small lounge overlooking the stage. It is under construction for the upcoming production, Dogfight, Mathew’s debut as director since earning his…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

I love Asian cooking. There’s nothing like a good pad thai, mu shu pork or beef and broccoli stir fry. People think Asian food is quite healthy because it is usually lower in protein and higher in much-needed…MORE