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In April, Ballard restaurant Plaka Estiatorio celebrated their three year anniversary, and they are as busy as they have been since day one, when they completely sold out two hours before closing.

Tucked away on 20th Avenue N.W., Plaka on…MORE

Waiting for spring and the return of local veggies to your plate can be hard. But there is hope! I am still harvesting beets from my garden, so salads with beets are in order. It really makes me appreciate what my grandmother did with beets in…MORE

What I don’t know about life in Ballard will always be greater than what I know. Since I’ve made it my practice to wander the streets and write about the neighborhood for six years I may be able to feign above average knowledge, but it’s an act.…MORE

By Jeff and Eileen Bidwell

We never thought we would hear ourselves saying this: We are ever so grateful for the sun break that illuminated our living room earlier this week. March left rainfall of nearly epic proportions in its wake.…MORE

A woman waiting for a bus was pulling up her hood, trying to protect herself from the barrage. The windshield of a parked car was obscured in pink. It was the annual snowstorm of falling cherry petals, blowing to the north off of Greenlake and…MORE

After my third interview where I basically told another client looking for a promotional writer, “You don’t really need me, you can do this stuff on your own,” I had to ask myself, “What the hell is wrong with you?” My first assumption was that I…MORE

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Lina Raymond’s April and May art show will highlight her “2012” collection of acrylic on wood paintings at the Ballard Cupcake Royale.

Raymond said she let herself get lost in gestural…MORE

By Katy Wilkens

Americans’ sodium intake has doubled in the past 25 years, largely because of salt and sodium preservatives added to convenience foods. About two-thirds of the salt you eat today comes from foods that have salt added in…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Twenty-one years ago on the 21st day of March a nurse helped transfer my day-old baby into the virgin car seat placed in middle back of the Honda car. Along with other pregnant women the vernal equinox had worked like a…MORE

For the past three years I have admitted to loving being a part time Mom. Sure I missed my kids at times, but I needed the break and time for myself so desperately that I also looked forward to my time away from them. I viewed it as my time at…MORE