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Pat's View: Labor Day
Mon, 09/01/14
By Pat Cashman
I just mailed out the last of my Labor Day cards yesterday. If Hallmark sells Labor Day cards, I’ve never seen them---so this was a job I had to myself. It was hard work, but isn’t that point of a Labor Day card? A…MORE
Sustainable Ballard to Showcase Community Projects at Open House
Mon, 09/01/14
WHAT: Sustainable Ballard is welcoming all members of the Ballard community to another fun and informative open house at the Ballard Library.
These free snack-and-chat sessions give neighbors the chance to say hello and learn about the…MORE
WSJ calls Ballard the 'Brooklyn of Seattle'
Mon, 09/01/14
Even the Wall Street Journal has succumb to the allured of the Emerald City. They published a vacation guide last week that boasts about Seattle's cafes, cocktail bars, restaurants, chic boutiques and local art scene.
Ballard is named…MORE
Author/Illustrator Aaron Becker shares his new picture book Quest
Fri, 08/29/14
DATE Friday, 19 September 2014
TIME 7 PM
LOCATION Secret Garden Bookshop 2214 NW Market St. Ballard
CONTACT Suzanne Perry Events / Public Relations Manager 206-789-…MORE
Retaining Wall Installation on Westlake Avenue (near the Fremont Bridge)
Fri, 08/29/14
Throughout much of the month of September, the Seattle Department of Transportation will be installing a retaining wall on the hillside above the west side of Westlake Avenue North, about a third of a mile south of the Fremont Bridge (about a…MORE
Pat's View: I Hear the Train a’Coming
Fri, 08/29/14
By Pat Cashman
If you’ve traveled by plane lately, you know that airport security is tighter than a pair of Spanx.
The airport people want you to take off your shoes, coat, belt and watch. What’s next? Probably shirts, pants, funny…MORE
How to Become a Comic
Fri, 08/29/14
By Georgie Bright Kunkel A sense of humor has risen to the top of the pot, as they say. I certainly can’t remember a time when people didn’t find laughter in life. Since no one has recorded the comedy quotient of the cave people we don’t know if…MORE
At Large in Ballard: You had to be there
Wed, 08/27/14
By Peggy Sturdivant
Jim Bristow says his neighbors begged him to have another block party after his Flamenco-themed party on Summer Solstice. If you’re a Ballard neighbor you absolutely know him: the neighborhood party guy. If you don’t…MORE
Ballard couple digs out new career path and reaps a harvest
Tue, 08/26/14
By Christy Wolyniak
Everything changed for one Ballard family when a husband and wife quit their office jobs and took to the open fields.
Jonathan Fisher was working grueling hours as a lawyer in downtown Seattle, while his wife,…MORE
