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The City of Seattle has wonderful resources for those of us who like information. When the Department of Transportation concrete crew appeared to be digging too close to the side sewer earlier in the week I sped to the city Web site to look at…MORE

People did their best at Alki Beach to turn a negative into a positive as the tide dipped to minus 35 inches at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 23.

By Monday at noon the tide will be at just under minus 50 inches.

Alki Beach drew a good sized crowd today, Friday, May 22, thanks to the hot sun, and the long weekend that started early for some.

Some would wonder about somebody who spent 20 years in pre-school, but for Ingrid Olsen-Young, it has been wonderful.

She’s the person who since 1988 has been the “teacher” in the South Seattle Community College Pre-School Parent Teacher…MORE

Pathfinder celebrated multi-cultural night Thursday, May 21.

Participants enjoyed a potluck dinner and performers, including Japanese taiko drummers, East Indian dancers, a Native American Hoop Dancer and Eric Wilson’s African drummers…MORE

I was standing at the intersection of Market Street. and Ballard Avenue last Sunday waiting for the Syttende Mai parade to begin. I was standing next to a guy about my age talking on his cell phone.

“Dude,” he said to the person on the…MORE

The Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association is hosting its sixth annual Seven Hills Walk Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Walk the Seven Hills of Seattle with sister city association. The event is modeled after a similar tradition in…MORE

A carved raven holds a purloined ring in its mouth and huge golden ants march headfirst down the chimney. The bungalow barely needs the Raven’s Nest Studio sign on the porch to proclaim an artist lives here.

Although Rosemary Sylvanus…MORE

This Saturday, May 23, the West Seattle Edible Garden Fair, a free event, will teach residents how to grow their own groceries.

The fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Seattle Community College landscape horticulture…MORE

My brother looked at me sideways, “You’re going to take this with you?”

We were standing in my rented garden next to my rented house. Big brother Bill was visiting with his partner, Alex. Bill has been a weekend gardener for many years,…MORE