Ballard - Features

The Holidays are expensive. Indeed, making just one special meal is a burden for some people, not just in cost, but time and stress. Making a Thanksgiving dinner at home can drive some people to go out rather than spend the hours looking at…MORE

Ballard consignment stores are the place to find your ugly Christmas sweaters. Just imagine how dashing or cozy you will be with your family and friends drinking cider or eggnog wearing these ugly sweaters.

Both Ballard Consignment and…MORE

By Erin Bosetti

November 11 was a sad day for lovers of caramelized onions, succulent pork and cilantro sauce in Seattle. Paseo, Cuban sandwich emporium known for it’s long lines and it’s wait-worthy food, abruptly closed it’s doors. Amid…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was that kind of bright, beautiful day in November that you know is one of the last. The remaining leaves on the trees looked extra bright; triumphant they had survived the first windstorm. All the mountains were out…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

It was that kind of bright, beautiful day in November that you know is one of the last. The remaining leaves on the trees looked extra bright; triumphant they had survived the first windstorm. All the mountains were out…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Don’t have time to cook from scratch some nights? Not to worry, as long as you avoid those packaged convenience meals from the store. They are sodium-laced and, let’s face it, not very good. Make your own frozen…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

I love to watch the Turkey Trot in Ballard on Thanksgiving morning. When it premiered eight years ago there were so few people it wasn’t even obvious that it was organized. Now the runners and walkers pass for over half…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Call it research. I’ve been meeting with other writers every week at the Ballard Coffee Works in their community room, and of course drinking a lot of their coffee. Four months ago I contacted the owner Sebastian Simsch…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Call it research. I’ve been meeting with other writers every week at the Ballard Coffee Works in their community room, and of course drinking a lot of their coffee. Four months ago I contacted the owner Sebastian Simsch…MORE

After the United Nations issued a report last February advising a need for drastic changes in the human diet in order to curb climate change and cultivate sustainable existence practices, many Seattleites hear the diet-knell. However, for people…MORE