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Seattle sports fans, frustrated with losing teams, and teams that take their ball and leave town, have a winning team to root for they may not even know exists. It’s the Seattle Majestics, a full-contact women’s football team in the Independent…MORE

At 12 years old, Tucker the golden retriever is two years older than his best friend Emily Schuster.

The Schusters originally got Tucker from Mt. Si Goldens and since then he's been an essential part of the family. They love to go hiking…MORE

What exactly is a fashionisto? Well, it’s a guy who follows trends or creates trends of fashion. Yes, that’s right; guys can be fashionable as well. Ladies: we’re not the only ones who care about what we wear - guys do too, just in their own way…MORE

The Tractor Tavern has a reputation – bands, beer and the boots. The Ballard gem is hailed as one of Seattle’s favored music venues.

Although open every night as a bar, owner Dan Cowan says the primary purpose of the Tractor is music, and…MORE

It’s an annual affair, “a spring fling” if you will, between myself, and the African Violet Society here in Seattle.

Sweet, little, tiny plants are proudly displayed among the “regular sized” plants – and, like me, the smaller the plant,…MORE

Surprise is an inadequate word to describe my reaction to the recent publication of poetry in the West Seattle Herald. Pleasant surprise or even astonishment would be more accurate words.

For, you see, I’m a long-suffering would-be poet.…MORE

Directed by David Fincher Rated PG-13 (Three stars)

Benjamin Button was born old, literally.

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the story of a boy who came into the world with a body already ravaged with the infirmities of age…MORE

These four seem to be having a staring contest at the Woodland Park Zoo. Only nobody loses. A fringe-eared oryx, below the zebra, appears indifferent.

A well-attended crowd dropped into the Leif Erikson Lodge March 28 to take part in the Taste of Norway/Norwegian Heritage Day festivities.

On the menu was pickled herring, lafse, krumkeke and other traditional dishes.

A feast for…MORE

For Tony Hoyt, coffee has always been a deep-rooted passion. The West Seattle native first started working in the business at a stand outside Nordstrom in Downtown Seattle when he was 25 years old.

“I was just doing something that I loved…MORE