Features

Timing is everything. In real estate, in publishing, in espresso, in friendship.

I met Erica Bauermeister when she had just mailed her book manuscript to a potential agent in New York. We met because I’d taken two pies in handled baskets…MORE

The once-every-four-weeks trip to the salon for trims and foil touch-ups have become a thing of the past. Relaxation and pampering at the spa with girlfriends is a distant memory. We are budget conscious and careful about how we spend our money…MORE

Directed by Ron Howard Rated R (Three and one half stars)

“Frost/Nixon” is a generation-sensitive film. Just as being 12 years old gives you an edge in picking up the subtleties of “Hannah Montana,” having lived through the 1960's provides…MORE

Now here is a genuine West Seattle playboy. We met him at the Delridge Neighborhood business expo when he walked by the Herald booth.

When I asked, "Are you the real SANTA CLAUS?" he doffed his hat and flashed his big big grin.

He…MORE

According to her pastor Rev. David Kratz, longtime Fauntleroy resident Myrtle Elizabeth (Beth) Hedges Morse was “a great person in her own quiet way. She wasn’t a headline grabber.”

She was not always quiet, however, as she volunteered…MORE

Samantha Foote, 4, zeros in on an obvious egg out in the open. While she was distracted, her family scattered the eggs there for her to hunt following a family brunch at nearby Salty's Saturday.

Streets were closed Friday, April 10 and residents took to them on bicyles, skateboards and feet for a 22 block long street party in Phinney Ridge and Greenwood.

For three hours from 6 to 9 p.m., Greenwood Avenue North was opened up from…MORE

In the crush of spring-cleaning, garden-planting, tax-return-preparations, working, working-out and working-on, there are cherry blossoms, that have decided to bloom even if it is unseasonably cold and icky, even if seed potatoes and lettuce…MORE

The Nordic Heritage Museum announces the launch of a new and ambitious effort to record the life histories of Nordic immigrants and their descendants in the Pacific Northwest.

The Nordic American Voices project will be a multi-year effort…MORE

Thursday, April 9

Lee Rude, The Rain Dogs, Dallas Skylark Cafe, 9 p.m. No cover, 21+

A diverse group of rock bands ranging from blues to americana.

Friday, April 10

Throwback Suburbia, Lund Bros, I Love Myselfs…MORE