Ballard - Features

By Katy Wilkens

This year, instead of an Easter basket filled with chocolate rabbits and marshmallow chicks, try making a healthy, salt-free gourmet gift basket. The same ideas work to celebrate a birthday, going away, wedding or baby…MORE

There is nothing more disturbing to find out one has bed bugs. An image of a tick-like, incubus insect feeding on your own blood while you peacefully dream of sugarplums in your warm bed is too much for most to bear.

The reality is too…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

When I first spoke to Marcia Wiley after learning she was going to be featured on the cable program “Handcrafted America” she was en route to Missouri. At least I think it was Missouri because I was coming down with…MORE

By Amanda Knox Maybe it’s the Peter Pan production I saw recently, the image of the lost boys clapping Tinkerbell back to life. Or maybe it’s the almost-Spring weather, the sky like an infant’s face, sometimes fresh and cheerful and bright,…MORE

By Pat Cashman

A well-known local personality wrote a book of his memoirs a few years ago. He was an acquaintance of mine, and I delighted in watching him promote his tome with much fanfare, loads of publicity and a bunch of local TV and…MORE

Ballard’s newest favorite Cuban sandwich restaurant, Un Bien, will be opening a second location in a very familiar and pink location at 6226 Seaview Ave. NW.

Come late spring, the former Paseo location near Golden Gardens will reopen as Un…MORE

By Katy Wilkens

Recently I was talking with a patient who has been trying unsuccessfully to lose weight so he can qualify for a kidney transplant. He stops by McDonald’s every morning for breakfast, picks up lunch at Taco Bell, and then…MORE

By Katy Wilkens

Recently I was talking with a patient who has been trying unsuccessfully to lose weight so he can qualify for a kidney transplant. He stops by McDonald’s every morning for breakfast, picks up lunch at Taco Bell, and then…MORE

A dental clinic in Loyal Heights is offering a different kind treatment to orthodontic care that has found fewer patients under the knife and more patients using holistic care.

Aligne Orthodontics & Orthotropics (7715B 24th Ave. N.W…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

In the last 34 days about 55 volunteers have worked their way up and down the streets of Ballard, north of 57th, to document all the pre-1965 structures still standing. All part of Ballard Historical Society’s Small…MORE