Ballard - Features

By Peggy Sturdivant

Raise your hand if this has happened to you, or if you are this type of parent.

Your parents have rented motorcycles in Laos and you’re riding behind your mother when just around the blind curve there’s a…MORE

Mar. 8 marked yet another Ballard Artwalk where a flurry of artistic expression by local artists was displayed at Ballard shops and cafes.

The March feature artist was Ingraham High School senior and Ballardite, Madeline Owen, and she…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

In a world where items labeled "low-fat" are marketed as healthy, and there’s a new diet craze each month, how should we eat?

First, don’t give in to the most recent diet fad, whatever it may be. And second,…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Suzanne Griffin was traveling by horseback on her way to a remote clinic in the Bamyian Province of Afghanistan. She and her local counterparts had left their Russian-made Jeep stuck in mud. It may have been as the…MORE

The 86th annual Blessing of the Fleet will take place at Fishermen’s Memorial site at Fishermen’s Terminal March 9 at 2 p.m.

Pastor Laurie Jones of Ballard First Lutheran Church will lead the ceremony and will offer words of hope for the…MORE

“I discovered Nigori and ever since then, I’ve brewed sake,” said Jeff James, owner of Cedar River Brewing Company, a Phinney based Sake brewery.

Many Seattle residents may know his sake from Bloom, Mashiko, Miyabi 45th and TanakaSan.…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

“This is big,” I thought when I finally got a look at the old Webster School boiler. Then I heard the same message an hour later from the Treasurer of the Nordic Heritage Museum Board.

There are years I haven’t…MORE

By Christy Wolyniak

He has an office with one of the best views in Seattle. Senior Bridge Operator David Leask is one who knows the ropes and the responsibility that comes with navigating the 2,854-foot Ballard Bridge.

Countless…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Helen Dixon’s daughter Jan opened the door to me. “Somebody wants to interview mom,” I’d heard one sister call to another when I first set up our meeting.

“What do you want to know?” Helen Dixon asked me after we…MORE

By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD

Nothing says winter meals quite like heart-healthy dishes made with beans. They have been the staple carrying people through the winter for thousands of years. Slow cooking really develops beans’ flavor. If you use…MORE