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Ben Shimizu got his dog Annie, who is a pit bull and German Shepherd mix, 4 years ago "at a dog convention downtown. They had booths where dogs were competing in both agility and confirmation and behavioral training. She was for sale by this…MORE

If you don’t plan on selling your house soon, or even if you do, here are some handy hints for fixing the place up. I learned these tricks over many years and am now willing to share them with you.

           I’ve done it all. Plumbing,…MORE

Photographers David Rosen and Kimberly Robinson chose two different vantage points in West Seattle to see and photograph the annual New Year's fireworks show at the Space Needle.

Rosen was down near Salty's on Alki with approximately 200…MORE

2011 proved to be a very memorable year with the return of Amanda Knox, who had been convicted of murder in Italy and dramatically released on appeal, amid an international media storm. She's back in West Seattle and her family is grateful that…MORE

This beautiful rainbow made an appearance in Ballard around 3 p.m. on December 30. It could be seen for about half an hour before it vanished.

press release: Bear the Sway is the new body of work by the artist and educator Lauren Francis Adams. The piece relates to the artist’s recent investigations into the “Lost Colony” and Elizabethan colonialism. This series of paintings and…MORE

Jeff Gilbert, Co-Owner, Feedback Lounge in the Morgan Junction

Feedback Lounge Forecast 2012:

Our motto for 2012 is "more is not enough." Meaning that we have lots more of everything headed your way in the next twelve months, from…MORE

Approaching holiday columns – or really holiday themed anything – is always a challenge for me. Everything that can/has/should be said is already out there. No alien is going to beam some brand new, never-before-seen-on-earth thought into my head…MORE

It seems fitting that I spent the final days of the year poring over the archives of the Ballard News-Tribune, with particular attention to the years 1949 and 1967. It was last December when Mrs. Bertha Davis passed her thirty-five years of work…MORE

Finney, whose proper name is Huckleberry Finn, is a 10 year old yellow lab and he lives with Ann and Marty Ruybalid and their daughter Zia.

He's an outstanding runner, logging some 7 to 10 miles daily in Lincoln Park or Alki.

He…MORE