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UPDATE Feb. 6 West Seattle Nursery has won the Gold Medal for Best Show Theme at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle the "Museum of Foliar Art" is their first time creating a display garden…MORE

The word “pono,” may not mean much to mainlanders, but ask any Hawaiian and they may say it means “righteousness ” or “in perfection.” There are countless uses for the word, but Jon Burgett, owner of Ballard’s newest hangout, Pono Ranch, says the…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was a coincidence that I had started writing a column about the Sunset Hill Green Market at the same time that demolition started on the buildings on the southeast corner of 65th and 24th NW. They are now related by…MORE

By Allyce Andrew

The Maldives are the embodiment of the impending Seattle freeze that recent immigrants to the deep North West are constantly warned about.

The band is filled with seven mercurial musicians—comparable to your…MORE

Ethan Stowell, of Staple & Fancy Mercantile, has big plans for the neighboring space where the former Dutch Bike Co. coffee shop used to be in The Kolstrand Building.

Chippy’s Fish & Drink, with a fish and chips style cuisine, is…MORE

I'm not much of a craftsman. I admit it. I do like to tinker in the garage and I've owned nearly every type of woodworking tool to make everyone think I know what I'm doing. Crosscut saws, rip saws, band saws, table saws, hack saws. I never saw a…MORE

By Ann Kendall

If Doris Feragen’s 92 years could be described in just one word it would be “kokoro,” a Japanese word meaning heart. Not the physical heart but the living of heart through intention, intellect and emotion. From Doris’ (born…MORE

By Emile Monte

A family haunted by the sudden and tragic loss of the mother. A father struggling professionally. Teenagers at crossroads. Even a grinning, standard poodle. “Sounds familiar,” jokes Conrad Wesselhoeft, West Seattle author…MORE

information from Southwest Seattle Historical Society

Next up in the “Words, Writers & West Seattle” series is West Seattle author Lyanda Lynn Haupt, speaking about her nature book, The Urban Bestiary: Encountering the Everyday Wild (…MORE

Mack, my beautiful Border Collie was actually my second dog. I had "Boots" a mutt of mixed breed who we lost in a horrific traffic accident near Astoria, Oregon in 1927. Dad's car was cut in half by a wayward driver, in the rain. Boots was…MORE