Opinion

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was the first summer that he wasn’t playing league baseball since starting grade school. It being the summer between his freshman and sophomore year in college, his parents were adamant: time to get a summer job.…MORE

By Tim Burak “We just called it the South End. Burien, Highline, White Center, we didn’t know about any boundary lines. We roamed all over the place.” That’s Cecile (Oliver) Hansen, Burien resident, recalling her teen-aged neighborhood…MORE

By Holly BrownPublisher, WebTV/Radio Host of TheBrownLounge.com

I’m a huge fan of Spanish cuisine as a result of a trip to Spain with my husband, Kevin. We wound our way from Madrid, to the Rioja wine region, up to Basque country, and then…MORE

After the City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development approved the permit for developers to proceed with their plan to put three houses in the Benchview neighborhood of West Seattle, it drew the ire of the Benchview Neighborhood…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

Greetings from the Mile High City! I am currently hailing from the Denver, Colorado area. My boyfriend and I are taking a weeklong pit stop here to visit his family before moving onto Chicago. All the way up here it is warm…MORE

By Marjorie Young

One of the most delightful aspects of life is our connection with the animal world. There’s nothing unique in this view…ask any dog or cat lover, and you’ll be gifted with paeans of praise concerning their precious…MORE

The other day my housekeeper, Paulette Joy Lovely, (honest, that is her real name) was at Lincoln park in West Seattle and was astounded by the huge number of fisher folk on the shoreline fishing for salmon. Men, boys, women, grampas, grammas,…MORE

By Lee Ryan When I think of the USO, I go back to what I remember seeing in the old war movies – dancing, food and fellowship. After talking to Joice Bueling (68) of Normandy Park, I find that some of it hasn’t changed. I ran into her at a garage…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I didn’t think I could ever leave my old house on NW 61st. When a friend told me she’d found the house for me and Martin, I refused to enter it for a month. I wasn’t sure I could make the change. Then I went inside and…MORE

By Kyra-lin Hom

For my officially last Washington state-side column, let's dig into something distinctly Washingtonian: Initiative 522. Perhaps you're not familiar with it yet. You will be soon. I expect the marketing campaigns for both…MORE