This long time Gatewood Hill resident just bubbled over when he talked about living in West Seattle. He is one happy fella, a former tool and die machinist he is now almost 86-years-old. Fritz likes to sit on the bench at Fred Meyer in…MORE
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Humorous fiction
Mon, 12/07/09
I’ve been accused of reading too much depressing fiction. Novels about people overcoming adversity don’t really seem depressing to me, but unless they’re about famous people, you don’t know whether they’ll rise above it in any way until the end…MORE
On the Go for Week of 12-07-09
Mon, 12/07/09
Transitional Resource's Annual Holiday Open House Join us in celebrating the season with good friends and holiday cheer! Wednesday December 9, 2009 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. 2980 SW Avalon Way
Friday Night Knitting Capers Capers 4521 California…MORE
At Large in Ballard: Space to Create
Mon, 12/07/09
She was spotted by a mutual friend in the Cash-n-Carry pushing a flat cart stacked with boxes of Altoids, but she wasn’t buying them for the “curiously strong mints.” I needed to know more.
Barb Smith (she of the Altoids) is co-owner of…MORE
ChoralSounds promises Dickens of a Christmas show in Burien
Mon, 12/07/09
If you want to get your arts fix on, then ChoralSounds Northwest may have what you're looking for.
ChoralSounds Northwest is a community-based chorus that is comprised of 70 people. Most of them hail from the South King County area. Ages…MORE
You Are What You Eat: ’Tis a gift to be simple
Sun, 12/06/09
Simple, stress-free holidays. Is it possible? There is so much food to buy, so many people to feed, so much time to take. How do you fix a healthy, tasty meal for your family and friends and still meet all the other demands in your life?
…MORECenterstage presents traditional holiday panto, Jack & the Beanstalk
Thu, 12/03/09
Jack & the Beanstalk, a traditional British Panto, has arrived in Federal Way.
This Panto is filled with rollicking good humor, fabulous production numbers and glorious costumes. It tells the timeless tale of Jack Trott's battle with…MORE
Pet of the week: Toby is 'Just the best horse'
Wed, 12/02/09
Adina Roberts was riding her horse Toby near Lincoln Park and the Fauntleroy Ferry dock when we spotted her.Toby is a seven year old Appaloosa Quarter horse cross. Her color is gruello also known as Blue Dun. She has a dorsal stripe along her…MORE
Residents face loss of Burien Books as they remember Virginia Pearce
Wed, 12/02/09
Virginia Pearce, owner of Burien Books since 1959, died last week at the age of 95.
Her long-established Burien business, the charming independent neighborhood bookstore located on Southwest 152nd Street, is one of the oldest stores in…MORE
Reality Mom: There's no avoiding the political
Wed, 12/02/09
The kids and I got home right before 5, grabbed some pillows and plopped down in the den to watch Obama’s Dec.1 speech about his plan for Afghanistan.
It felt as if it was an every day occurrence rather than something that has only…MORE