Well, summer is here again and it’s finally time to use the A/C in the car for that road trip to Wenatchee or Chelan. You know the drill – crank it up to full and…it’s not cold. It’s kind of cold, but not REALLY cold! “What happened?” you ask to…MORE
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Pet of the week: Here's why the chicken crossed the road
Tue, 07/27/10
Natalie Imel has a way with chickens. She seems to understand them and they respond to her. At only five years of age, she and her parents Lynn and Tom own three of them but it's Natalie's job to take care of them. When she's around they come to…MORE
No crab dinner tonight honey
Tue, 07/27/10
Richard Schroeter of Shorewood was out checking his crab pot last week pulling up what he thought was quite a load of crab. To his surprise, a North Pacific Octopus with tentacles nearly 10 feet long was nestled nicely inside the pot enjoying a…MORE
No crab dinner tonight honey
Tue, 07/27/10
Richard Schroeter of Shorewood was out checking his crab pot last week pulling up what he thought was quite a load of crab. To his surprise, a North Pacific Octopus with tentacles nearly 10 feet long was nestled nicely inside the pot enjoying a…MORE
Ballard Food Police: Up to the gills in freshness
Tue, 07/27/10
Ray's Farm Dinner 6049 Seaview Ave. N.W. 206.789.3770
To celebrate fresh, Ray's Boathouse is hosting a series of "Farm Dinners," highlighting some of their many fine purveyors and the local fare they produce, including produce, meat,…MORE
At Large in Ballard: Morning watch
Mon, 07/26/10
There’s a new mystery. Not crop circles or UFO sightings, but unidentifiable masses appearing inside our house.
They look like dried seaweed, hardened with a swoop. They break apart like compostable planting pots that you can sink…MORE
Gelateria brings a sample of Italy to Ballard
Mon, 07/26/10
Marco D’Ambrosio left the wine industry to go into the gelato business. But, he insists that his new investment in a quintessential Italian dessert is not all that different from his previous career with wine.
“I consider myself to have…MORE
'Kidd' Remembers West Seattle bygone era when she was a kid
Mon, 07/26/10
When Joan Olson thinks about the first time her husband Edward showed interest in her she feels like a kid again.
That's because until they married her name was Joan Kidd. He swept her off her feet, well, skates, at the Ballard Ice Arena…MORE
Reflections of a Seafair renaissance man
Mon, 07/26/10
At 87, Bill Wurster is a man of many talents. Business owner, family guy, hydroplane racer and one of the seven founders of the Seattle Seafair Pirates, he attributes much of his success to his good friends and his father’s mantra that he could…MORE
You Are What You Eat: Summer in a jar
Sat, 07/24/10
When my son was very little, he couldn’t say the word “strawberry.” It came out, “Strawbaby!” Since then, at our house, we have strawbaby jam, strawbaby and spinach salad, strawbaby vinegar and strawbaby and rhubarb squares.
The Pacific…MORE