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Although the location of The Dish has been described as "the nondescript neighborhood between Ballard and Fremont", we know better. It's Frelard, which we can claim for Ballard when Fremont isn't looking. The Dish is one of the highlights of this…MORE

Dear Green My Ballard,

I do have a question. I work for a local company that means well and is great to work for, but really doesn't do a good job of recycling or anything like that. Many things get thrown away that I feel bad about. I…MORE

As previously established Doug Warne of the long running Scandinavian Hour radio show is irrepressible. Which doesn't mean that he didn't need support to cope with a string of personal losses in the last year. In typical Doug fashion he now wants…MORE

As the date of the changeover from analog to digital comes closer, Feb. 17 to be exact, thoughts of crisp digital imaging has folks flocking to replace old televisions.

If you've tried to recycle any electronics in the last year or so you…MORE

Slumdog Millionaire Dir. Danny Boyle 120 min., R

"Slumdog Millionaire," directed by Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting," "28 Days Later"), is your typical love story - boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy must get girl back. But, because this is…MORE

Along with 300 others, I was bewitched last Friday night by a small woman with a giant presence in the unlikely setting of the Adams Elementary School cafeteria. The author Julia Alvarez can work as much magic in person as her beloved character…MORE

The forty-something, Hungarian dishwasher is vomiting vodka into the bushes as I pick my friend up off the floor; his wife screaming at me from the car. Tony at the end of the bar has been creeping out girls all night over a glass Pinot trying…MORE

Lon Chaney may have been the man of a thousand faces, but West Seattle's Jim Cissell may be the guy with a thousand voices. The award-winning "VoiceGuy" as he calls himself can be heard narrating Disney trailers, promoting Levi's jeans,…MORE

"Memphis," produced by Majestic Bay Theater owner and local entrepreneur Ken Alhadeff, a play about the "birth of rock 'n' roll," is playing at the 5th Avenue Theatre now through Feb. 15.

A description of the plot on the theater's Web…MORE

In 1974, at 18, Nancy Jerominski, had a bright future. She was a good student, winning academic accolades. She started her own business at 22. Success seemed a given except for a sideways turn at 26.

"I drank like all young people," Nancy…MORE