Despite the fact that it’s listed as an item for next week’s auction there was no “Waltzing in the Nude” at the Swedish Cultural Center on Friday night. However there was a slight breeze on the deck overlooking the sailboats on Lake Union, a…MORE
Features
In the Spotlight: Jessica Bishop
Wed, 09/21/11
The Women Business Owners (WBO), Puget Sound's leading organization for women entrepreneurs, has named five finalists in the 2011 Nellie Cashman Woman Business Owner of the Year Awards Competition and one of them is Ballardite Jessica Bishop.…MORE
Pet of the week: Sandy is the greatest loser
Tue, 09/20/11
Tim LaPlante and his partner Gary Hren own Sandy who is "part lab and part St. Bernard but she came to them via a circuitous route. She became part of their household about five years ago but originally came from Farminton, New Mexico. "She lived…MORE
Green My Ballard: Lean times offer greener lining
Tue, 09/20/11
My 97-year-old neighbor Lois is fiercely independent. She grew up during the Great Depression, faced down cancer in her 60s, lost her husband in her late 70s, and recouped from a broken hip in her early 90s. She still drives when she needs to.…MORE
Admiral Theater hosts the Manhattan Short Film Festival Sept. 24
Mon, 09/19/11
Saturday, September 24 at 7 PM the Admiral Theater will host the Manhattan Short Film Festival.
More than 100,000 film buffs in over 250 cities across 6 continents will be part of the Festival on Saturday.
Ten short films have been…MORE
What Ballard wants
Mon, 09/19/11
As of last night, the Tully's location on 22nd and Market joined the many empty store front in Ballard. What was a vibrant corner with steady customer traffic just days ago is now a corner of boarded up windows.
Curious about what kind of…MORE
Moving Planet Seattle: Ballardites find alternative ways to travel to the Sept 24 gathering
Mon, 09/19/11
On Saturday September 24, people all around the world are joining together for 350.org's Moving Planet, a worldwide rally to demand solutions to the climate crisis.
In Seattle, 350 Washington State, Sierra Club, Cascade Bicycle Club,…MORE
Interested in a garage sale today? Let's go to the video
Sat, 09/17/11
At the risk of encouraging hundreds of others in West Seattle to follow suit, the West Seattle Herald got a tweet from a family that included for the first time (that we've seen) a video preview using TwitVid.
That's a function of the…MORE
Ballard Big Picture: New City Librarian Marcellus Turner visits Ballard Library
Thu, 09/15/11
Marcellus Turner, Seattle Public Library's new City Librarian, paid a visit to the Ballard branch on Thursday to meet the staff and get a feel for the branch.
Turner said he spends half a day at every library branch for an opportunity to…MORE
Pet of the week: Samson is a well dressed dog about town
Wed, 09/14/11
Samson is the proud dog of Lana Stratton and Alan Jackson who was named in a fun way. "We were living in Hawaii when we got him. I found him on Christmas Eve at a Safeway parking lot. We were in Hilo, shopping for Christmas dinner and I saw a…MORE
