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Ballard is about to be home to one of the few (if only) Thai restaurants in Seattle that serve Isan ethnic Thai food.

Co-Owner and Chef of Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai Cuisine (on Ballard Ave), Nanta Jawpliphon, along with her business partners…MORE

Giant thistles: artichokes for the last of summer’s bounty

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Toward the end of August, I was looking in my garden to find that giant thistles about six feet tall are growing in my garden. They were artichokes…MORE

UPDATE: The exhibition has been extended through Sept. 23. It can be viewed Mon-Fri, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment.

There’s something strangely poetic in viewing a contemporary art exhibit featuring artists with completely…MORE

By Joshua McNichols, author of the Urban Farm Handbook

We have our priests, too, we foodies. The Greg Atkinsons, the Tamara Murphys. They inspire our pallets with their sermons on a plate. They give the local food movement a moral backbone…MORE

I was somewhere near Montesano, when the ticking of my engine started. Feeling liberated with my recently purchased Subaru, I took my weekend to explore the Olympic Peninsula in search of summer Gold Chanterelle.

I had learned from Foraged…MORE

Julian Weller and Kair Hirayami, both 21, can often be seen busking on Sundays at the Ballard Farmers Market. Weller mostly plays the ukulele (because it is fun and easy to carry around) and Hirayami plays the clarinet, though together they know…MORE

Yoga nuts has will have a new place to gather next week in the Ballard Blocks building on 15th St NW and Leary Ave NW. It’s called CorePower Yoga.

CorePower Yoga is part of a larger chain of yoga studios (the company prefers the term “…MORE

I like to think of myself as a connector. I’ve been known to consider myself somewhat of a concierge to Ballard, over eagerly trying to match people with the right restaurant, perfect mate, walking or writing partner, etc. etc. etc. However I…MORE

UPDATE: Because of a rainy forecast, the outdoor movie is being rescheduled for Friday. Same time, same place. The bicycle ride with Critical Lass has also changed date to Friday, for the same time.

For those who like dragons (or those who…MORE

'Pigs & Pipes' Fundraiser

The Old Pequliar Public House will be hosting the annual Pigs & Pipes fundraiser, which helps to send the Seattle Fire Department Pipes & Drums band to Colorado Springs, Colo. to partake in the IAFF…MORE