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Though there are only a few in West Seattle proper you may have noticed on Holden Street or Monroe Street the appearance of what look like tiny houses on posts or fences. These are not for birds. They mark the West Seattle arrival of what is…MORE

FRIDAY, OCT. 11

Sustainable Ballard Knitters for the Homeless

What: Come join us on 2nd Friday of the month. Knitting instruction and yarn provided. Donated yarn welcome!

Where: Toast Ballard (5615 24th Ave NW)

When: 7…MORE

Visitors at Golden Gardens were treated to an especially adorable sight last Saturday: a seal pup bathing in the sun. Ballard resident Erin McCoy was at the scene and sent a couple of photos.

Sun bathing seal pups are a perfectly normal…MORE

GoPetFriendly.com is a website dedicated to reporting on travel destinations and how they rank in terms of traveling with canine companions. The site is the creation of husband and wife Amy and Rod Burkert, who recently traveled to West Seattle…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

When you write a blog or a column you don’t get to accept gifts; but you can accept press passes to see a play. Given my level of exhaustion on Friday nights you would practically have to pay me to leave the house. And…MORE

Paige Hansen got her dog Lola, a Chihuahua, whose parents really are from Mexico, about 7 and half months ago. She lives with Paige and her boyfriend Tom Wearly near Alki Beach.

Paige buys Premium Edge from Mud Bay in the Admiral District…MORE

This past weekend, local cartoonist and Fremont resident Henry Chamberlain set forth to explore and capture the Ballard neighborhood in a comic.

As part of 24-Hour Comics Day on the first Saturday of October, which artists all around the…MORE

I met up with my old friend Morey Skaret in at Roxbury Lanes in White Center. I say old since he turned 100 years old in August. We talked about the usual things people our age talk about. Health... It's a big deal when you get to be like us. His…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

There appears to be no way to unseat the profit makers that have hidden their assets in foreign countries. The power that has attempted to buy Congress and advertised the sleeping public into oblivion continues to…MORE

By Holly Brown

Anyone who's ever been to or hosted a dinner party knows that an exceptional experience is a result of good food and the ambiance created with decor, lighting, and music. New research shows that dinnerware, glassware, and…MORE