Ballard - Features

By Nek Nosnibor

Flame was in her big black chair looking at shoes on the internet. I was where I usually am in the morning, behind her in the kitchen, trying to figure out what to make for her for breakfast. The day after New year's Day…MORE

Ballard author, Karen Gaudette, has published her first book, “Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions.”

Gaudette’s book is a guide that covers the array of seafood restaurants, oyster bars,…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

I love to read. I love to garden. I really love to cook. It comes as no surprise then that I love when all my favorite things are combined into a book about…MORE

On New Year's Eve, people peppered the beach at Golden Gardens to bid farewell to 2014 and welcome 2015.

People came from all over Seattle to be near the open maw of Shilshole Bay to view the very last moments of a year as the sun…MORE

By Pat Cashman

My wife and I were looking at a beautiful sunset over Hawaii the other day. More specifically, we were looking at a photo of a beautiful sunset over Hawaii. There must be photos of beautiful sunsets over Covington, but they’…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Gayle and Jerry witnessed a lot of drama during six months of visits to an emergency veterinary clinic. One comment in particular has stayed with them for years. It was the middle of the night and a young man was there…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Just think how many people stop the intersection of Market and 24th Avenue every day, waiting at the long traffic signal, by car or on foot. Even before the seven-story apartment building enveloped the Spirit gas…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD Nutrition and fitness manager, Northwest Kidney Centers

Soups are great for cold winter days. But they can be stuffed full of salt, which none of us need. Just one cup of soup from a store-bought can has about 1,800…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

On the way to arrange for a story interview that I thought would be uplifting for the holidays I crossed paths with a man in a red hat on a different path. Hudson stopped to put some belongings in the back of an old…MORE

Bon Ton Cleaners, in North Ballard at 801 NW 85th St. is cleaning more than your office-wear; they are cleaning up the environment and their workplace by replacing their old dry cleaning machine with a new “green” cleaner.

Bon Ton has…MORE