Features

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

I don’t have luck growing big eggplants in my garden. We just don’t get enough hot days in the Northwest. Small eggplants though – those I can grow! Sometimes called fingerling or Japanese eggplants, they can ripen…MORE

For its 20th anniversary, the folks at Ballard Natural Gas have decided to give back to the community. After a successful food drive for the Ballard Food Bank, they raised $900 for the Ballard Boys and Girls Club, where owner Kathleen Kappen’s…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Racing forms were never seen in my home of origin. In fact, gambling was almost a sin. But only we girls took that seriously. Well, all but my oldest sister who became a woman of the world after spending two years…MORE

Photo courtesy of Ballard Historical Society

In Ballard, women have a history of working. While the men went out to sea to fish -- often for ten months out of the year -- women ran the family fishing business and worked in canneries,…MORE

Internationally famous musicians Magical Strings (Philip and Pam Boulding), whose celtic music has resulted in national tours, 18 album recordings and books in their 31 year history will appear in West Seattle in a very special place for the 3rd…MORE

Friday, July 26

Populuxe Brewing Family Happy Hour

What: Join Populuxe Brewing for an evening of family fun! Fully stocked bubble bar for the kiddos, a toddler obstacle course, the Tumblebus and more – all complimentary! Burgers…MORE

Even the most smile-resistant curmudgeons might break down and flash those pearly whites if they accidentally stumble onto this particular King County Metro driver’s bus.

You can see him coming from at least a half-block away, with a…MORE

By Holly Brown

My guiding principle for food and wine pairing is that a great pairing is when the wine makes you want to eat more of the food, and the food makes you want to drink more of the wine. You know it when you taste it. But how do…MORE

Update, Aug. 26

Geo's Cuban and Creole opened up for business over the weekend. We'll have a full article up sometime today.

Update, July 26

A new post on Geo's Facebook reveals that they plan on opening next week. We'll stop…MORE

Eric and Naomi Greene got their dog Ben, a Samoyed mix, from a no kill shelter in Woodinville. "He was a transfer from a kill shelter in Portland," Eric said, "They found him as a stray, in 2007." They don't know his exact age but "he was just…MORE