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By James Egan Thule (pronounced “Tooley”) is a 4 year old King Charles Cavalier Spaniel who lives with Susanne Stark, James Egan, and their children Linnea (almost 3 years) and Lucas (almost 2 years).

In his free time Thule likes to…MORE

About a month ago, I went for a hike in the woods. My whole reason for being there had nothing to do with solitude or nature. It was, of course, related to food! I was hunting for chanterelles.

Mushrooms just happen to be one of the last…MORE

Ed note: Along Maplewild SW at around 160th a beautiful male  China Pheasant seems to have taken up a home. He's not all that concerned about passing cars as he pecks his way through the brush looking possibly for grubs or some other tidbit.…MORE

Interested in grabbing your Nikon or Canon and getting your own angle of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Photography Travel Tours is seeking adventurous shutter-bugs to join their idyllic Tuscany tour this spring.

Award-winning travel…MORE

A new, edgy website run by two young West Seattleites offers frank, sober advice for single guys and gals into the bar scene, coffee shop scene, and even the supermarket scene, trying to meet, and, after that, trying to get along.

"Ask A…MORE

In contrast to the negative rhetoric that seems to have overtaken political and talk-show discourse lately, The West Seattle Earlybirds Toastmasters Club promotes civility in speech. For instance, one member who spoke in front of the others…MORE

Looking for something to do this weekend here are a few ideas:

Ghost Light Theatricals' Metamorphosis

Whether you’re a Kafka fan or you had to read Metamorphosis as part of your High School curriculum, Ghost Light Theatricals’…MORE


With our marvelous year-round farmer’s market and destination restaurants opening almost every week here (or so it seems), it makes perfect sense that Ballard is now home to some great cooking classes. How about starting the still relatively new…MORE

by Patrick Dunn

Some tools just stand the test of time, regardless of technological advances. The brace, in all its simplicity, is one of those modern tool dinosaurs. First developed sometime in the 15th century, the manual brace hasn’t…MORE

Until last week I was unaware that January 23, 2011 is National Pie Day. Even sadder, I didn’t realize the event is celebrated with extra fervor in Ballard and has been for last four years at Salmon Bay Eagles. Local realtor, volunteer…MORE