Ballard - Features

Visitors of the Ballard Boys & Girls Club will probably notice something extra special thanks to Swanson’s Nursery. A new rain garden, lush with native species and edible plants, has been added in place of a shabby grass rain garden that was…MORE

On July 16 Reuben’s Brews had a Tapping Ceremony in honor of the Tottenham Hotspurs coming to town to play the Sounders on July 19. For the special occasion Adam Robbings, from the U.K. and a self described “Brit,’ made a British Bitter (Pale Ale…MORE

By Christy Wolyniak

Coffee has come a long way in Seattle. Devoted to quality, a handful of Seattle roasters are looking beyond a nondescript bag of beans and to the very heart and source of coffee: the hardworking farmers themselves.…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“I want to give dogs haircuts,” Jasmine Pulido’s four-year old daughter Penny said.

“You don’t want to be a financial analyst like your dad?” Jasmine teased her daughter. The only surprise was that her daughter…MORE

Mayor Ed Murray today announced John Okamoto as the new acting Director for the city’s Human Services Department (HSD). Okamoto will replace current HSD interim Director Catherine Lester, who will remain with HSD and assist Okamoto in his…MORE

By Seth Halleran, UW News Lab

In the nine years since Isaiah Hoban Halvorsen started playing with cameras, making videos with his friends, his passion for film hasn’t wavered.

19-year-old Hoban Halvorsen wrote and directed the…MORE

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

You can’t do much about the price of gas when you travel, but with planning you can save a lot of money on food you eat on the road.

With your own food…MORE

By Shin Yu Pai

This past May, Kula Movement welcomed Naturopathic Doctor Dr. Vaishali Verma to its studio space on Ballard Ave. A graduate of Bastyr College, Dr. Vaishali specializes in digestive issues, women’s health, pediatrics,…MORE

Porkchop & Co. at 5451 Leary Ave. N.W. is turning heads and enticing appetites with their deli-style approach to locally sourced foods.

The restaurant opened last April relatively under the radar in the space where Belle Clementine…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

The other day I did something strange. I sat in my backyard. I sat in my garden.

While weeding I’d been mulling what it would be like to write a column on one subject every week, such as the garden, or birds. I…MORE