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Update, Aug. 26

Geo's Cuban and Creole opened up for business over the weekend. We'll have a full article up sometime today.

Update, July 26

A new post on Geo's Facebook reveals that they plan on opening next week. We'll stop…MORE

Eric and Naomi Greene got their dog Ben, a Samoyed mix, from a no kill shelter in Woodinville. "He was a transfer from a kill shelter in Portland," Eric said, "They found him as a stray, in 2007." They don't know his exact age but "he was just…MORE

By Christy Wolyniak

Excited, amber-and-gold eyes meet guests at the door. This was DaVida, Claire Anderson’s yellow lab. To the ordinary eye, one might just see an exuberant and joyful canine -- but DaVida plays a much larger role in…MORE

When it comes to being green, Ballard has just upped its game. The recently opened Greenfire Campus is something of a statement, heralding that Ballard is no longer just a gritty enclave of Scandinavians and fishermen (they're still around) but a…MORE

Information from the Seattle Chinese Garden

Ray Pfortner, an educator and professional photographer based on Vashon Island, is offering his third annual photography workshop at the Seattle Chinese Garden. Anyone interested in photographing…MORE

   Do kids ride bikes anymore? I see scores of school kids walking through Burien coming from Highline High but rarely any on a bike.  Do they have them and only ride after school?

         I got my first bike when I was ten. My 12-year…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

What a ride—from birth to the end of life. In the farm villages of Europe it all happened in one limited area. The old and young mingled together in the concentrated villages surrounded by the expanse of farmland…MORE

Today, July 21 is one of the biggest days of the year for local charity agency WestSide Baby as they ask the community to "Stuff the Bus", an effort to reach a goal of collecting 250,000 disposable diapers. WestSide Baby normally collects diapers…MORE

Friday, July 19

Salmon Bay Eagles Music

What: Teen Rock Nite

Where: 5216 20th Ave NW

When: Music from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., no cover

More info: 206-783-7791http://www.salmonbayeagles.com/

Emerald Contra…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson A shiver of black interrupts the sunlight. The disruption is caused by infinitesimal wings, which break the light with a quiet drop. The shadow vanishes. “Echo Azure,” says Stewart. A blue butterfly appears.