Ballard - Features

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Dining salt-free isn’t always easy, especially when you eat out. Just one meal at a restaurant can quickly put you over your daily requirement of 1,500 to 2,000 milligrams of salt (a good, healthy level for everyone…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

The day I heard the City of Seattle’s Arts & Culture office was looking for a Writer in Residence for the Fremont Bridge I joked, “This is what I was born to do,” and added, “Now I know why I was born.”

I…MORE

By Amanda Knox

I remember it like this: Deanna and I were relegated to the seats while the adults wakeboarded. The speedboat was fun—wind whipped our stringy hair, the bow-broken spray stung our cheeks, and the boat bounced viciously over…MORE

Mother’s Day is almost here, so start shopping for the flowers or candy for Mom. But this year, why not also go beyond the traditional? Specifically, if your mother is still working but getting close to retirement, consider providing her with a…MORE

By Melinda Myers

Increase your harvest without increasing the size of your garden or workload. All you need is a bit of intensive planting, along with some low maintenance techniques.

Invest some time upfront to prepare the garden…MORE

A Ballard man is hoping to shape the future of electric vehicles and energy consumption in a big way and is about to launch his new electric car line.

Steve Leighty is President and founder of Ecocruise, an electric car company based out…MORE

A Ballard man is hoping to shape the future of electric vehicles and energy consumption in a big way and is about to launch his new electric car line.

Steve Leighty is President and founder of Ecocruise, an electric car company based out…MORE

By Amanda Knox

In my columns I walk a fine line between the public and the personal. I seek to strike the right balance between exploring universal thoughts and grounding those thoughts in the real circumstances of my life that inspire…MORE

By Katy Wilkens

I walked through my garden this morning, picking new shoots of lettuce, spinach and radishes that have popped up in the last week. But the plant that really caught my attention, and my appetite, was the asparagus.

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By Peggy Sturdivant

The night after I spent time with Dionne Haroutunian in her artist studio on Market Street I dreamed that I was at a crossroads in my life and chose another path than the one I did in 1989. I cannot be the first person…MORE