Features

There's always a hubbub, among men at least, with the annual publication of Sports Illustrated magazine's swimsuit edition, and this year, West Seattle swimwear designer Heidi Fish has a couple of her swimsuits in there - pages 196 and 200.

Five years ago Karen Palmer chucked an insurance-consulting business and went to the dogs. And cats - occasionally, rabbits or even horses.

While the outdoors is a welcome respite from the stuffy corporate offices she once roamed, the…MORE

The significance of black history has been a little more real for students at Roxhill Elementary School this month.

Every February, during Black History Month, students open their history books to learn about important African American…MORE

Stella Chao loves walking around Sunset Hill, where she sees other homeowners working in their yards and interactions with her neighbors are a welcome thing.

Now that Chao has been hired as the new director of the City of Seattle's…MORE

Ballard High School junior Jayson Luu may have lost the election for Associated Student Body president last year, but he has been busy getting his fellow students involved in charity.

After the election loss, the school's Parent Teacher…MORE

Stella Chao loves walking around where she can see other homeowners working in their yards and the conversations with her neighbors are a welcome thing.

Now that Chao has been hired as the new director of the City of Seattle's Department…MORE

Was that the sound of strings-a-strummin'? And I thought I just heard a double-neck guitjo. Some unique sounds are going down on Delridge. And this is in addition to the already happenin' scene just down the street at the Skylark.

For a…MORE

In the Morgan Junction, loyal customers came together generously offering up generators to keep the doors open during recent wind storms. Friends gathered on communal couches in the English-style setting and toasted pints to the new year. Stories…MORE

"Immigrants," a new exhibit at the Nordic Heritage Museum features the art of 80 graphic workshop artists from the island of Funen in Denmark.

The artists use woodcut, Intaglio methods and lithography to illustrate the theme of immigration…MORE

Some of the best hikes around West Seattle are the various byways you can take down to the beach, and then back up. If, that is, you have any mojo left. Most of the time my mojo is gone after hiking down to the beach, especially if I have…MORE