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By Gwen Davis

Eight-year-old Michael enjoys creaming his uncle at chess. In fact, he and his uncle have played so much chess that Michael can set up his Lego figures on the kitchen counter to recreate a real chess scene from one of their…MORE

Neighborhood activist group "Getting It Right for West Seattle" has been active for months with the primary aim of influencing what they refer to as "smart development" and focusing on the Whittaker, the project now in process and proposed to be…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

In a world where items labeled "low-fat" are marketed as healthy, and there’s a new diet craze each month, how should we eat?

First, don’t give in to the most recent diet fad, whatever it may be. And second,…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Suzanne Griffin was traveling by horseback on her way to a remote clinic in the Bamyian Province of Afghanistan. She and her local counterparts had left their Russian-made Jeep stuck in mud. It may have been as the…MORE

information from Luna Park Cafe

Named for the amusement park the once stood at the tip of Alki, the Luna Park Café will celebrate its 25th year in business this March. Luna Park Café opened on March 18th, 1989, and was an instant hit…MORE

Gatewood Bed and Breakfast at 7446 Gatewood Road is now a new member of the Seattle Bed and Breakfast Association. Only open since last July the the four room B&B is located in lower Gatewood Hill, surrounded by trees in a very quiet…MORE

The 86th annual Blessing of the Fleet will take place at Fishermen’s Memorial site at Fishermen’s Terminal March 9 at 2 p.m.

Pastor Laurie Jones of Ballard First Lutheran Church will lead the ceremony and will offer words of hope for the…MORE

by Carol Smith

Once long ago a city’s King Declared “A tunnel’s just the thing To get an unsuspecting town To tear a useful roadway down”

The wise men said “Let’s retrofit For with this option we will get More value for the public’s…MORE

By Emile Monte

Local actress Peggy Gannon has directed her first play for Arts West Theatre: Wendy Wasserstein’s final work before succumbing to cancer in 2005, Third. In the vein of Wasserstein’s other works, we find a strong, central…MORE

By Scott Anthony


 My dad is what you’d call an optimist. He can usually find something good about nearly any situation. He talks of growing up during the depression with fondness, even though he and his family sometimes didn’t have enough…MORE