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By Peggy Sturdivant

At 10:40 a.m. on the Saturday morning of the last weekend of summer at the corner of Ballard Avenue NW and NW Vernon two walking tours of Ballard almost shared the same corner. One group crossed to the west side of the…MORE

Artwork of Giel Ahn   September- October, 2015   Reception on October 8th, 2015   7:00 - 9:00 pm.     The Normandy Park Arts Commission is pleased to present an exhibit showcasing the colorful paintings of Giel Ahn, in Normandy Park City Hall…MORE

The Burien Arts Gallery is presenting something completely new and excitedly different in October with its “They Drift X Sneke” exhibit.

Sneke One is a fixture in Seattle’s graffiti art and hip-hop scene. He and his crew have left an…MORE

By Amanda Knox

I’m not ready.

Sure, I’ve trained. I did a pretty good job too, the first four of eight weeks. I ran three days a week, two short days and one long day, each week adding another half mile to the short days and a mile…MORE

Photo by Patrick Robinson on Alki Beach.

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note: This is a re-post of a column by our former publisher Jerry Robinson who passed away in 2014.

by Jerry Robinson

Sometimes my wife, who is only the world’s greatest cook, gets full up to here with stuffing the stomachs of the…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I knew the U.S. visit of Pope Francis last week was big when I even saw news of it on those shows like Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood and TMZ. I can’t swear to it but I thought I heard the following on-air…MORE

The Mayor of Ballard is a dog named Odin. It follows then that the Ambassador of Ballard must be his human owner, David Tuthill.

Tuthill is a blacksmith. He knows the streets and buildings of Ballard like the burns on the backs his hands…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant Diana Gardiner first contacted me on March 13, 2015. She was a newly trained volunteer Tree Ambassador as part of the City of Seattle’s reLeaf program. She had just led her first Tree Walk in Ballard and wondered if I’d be…MORE

By Pat Cashman

Old Man Walters lived two doors down from us. In fairness, Mr. Walters probably wasn’t all that old, but when I was a kid anybody that had a job and real responsibilities was old.

Old Man Walters was a mill-…MORE