When Justin Cline opened Full Tilt Ice Cream in the middle of White Center five years ago, it was just supposed to be a summer business. After all he was a boat builder but wanted to try something new. His friends told him he was crazy. But Cline…MORE
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It turns out burning your homework is a crime
Wed, 06/19/13
While burning your homework on the last day of school is certainly a strong symbolic gesture of passage into the care-free summer months, it’s also considered arson by Seattle Police.
From the files of “those darn kids,” Seattle Police…MORE
Guide to Noise for the Needy Festival in Ballard, June 20-23
Wed, 06/19/13
Noise for the Needy, the music festival for a cause, is coming to Ballard to benefit the Ballard Food Bank, because where else would you rather have it and what better nonprofit would you rather benefit? Whereas in previous years the festival has…MORE
Reminder: Ballard Classic Home Tour this Sunday, June 23
Tue, 06/18/13
From Ballard Historical Society
Come see seven vintage Ballard residences of unique character and modern livability on Sunday, June 23, anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. This Ballard Historical Society-produced tour occurs only every…MORE
From farm to bottle in 12 hours, new distillery brings unique fruit-infused liqueurs
Tue, 06/18/13
Ballard has more breweries than you can shake a stick at (no matter how good you are at stick-shaking), but what it doesn't have is a distillery with a focus on special bounce liqueurs which is open for public tastings.
On Thursday, June…MORE
Meeting an Activist Clone
Mon, 06/17/13
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
Recently a member of a group that I belong to e-mailed me to ask if I would agree to an interview about my early days in the woman’s movement. A high school junior from Woodinville was doing a paper on that…MORE
Numb Butt The Brave
Mon, 06/17/13
It was like a movie. A comedy, I think, now that I recall the decision to take the kids to Disneyland in the summer of 1955. With school out, we had to think fast on keeping the kids busy. Riding for thousands of miles in a 1951 Chrysler sedan…MORE
POEM: A Barne-Cut Above!
Sun, 06/16/13
By Carol Smith
Service is a fickle thing That can both joy and heartache bring It gives and also takes away For it can either go or stay
Warm or sometimes very cool The product of a sage or fool Too smothering or not enough Silky…MORE
Joe Sutter and the 747: A homegrown story that changed the way we fly
Sun, 06/16/13
Joe Sutter was born on March 21, 1921 of modest means, the son of a first generation Slovenian immigrant who worked in the meat packing industry. Living directly under the flight path of planes in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of south Seattle,…MORE
Demolition of former Petco building will be complete next week
Sun, 06/16/13
Why are these windows the top photo lit?
IT'S THE SUN!
The building that was Petco in the West Seattle Junction will be completely gone by next week and become a 7 story building for apartments and retail space built by Compass…MORE