Since the Jan. 14 Department of Planning and Development’s zoning code revisions meeting at Lowell Elementary, Ballardites are still weighing in on what the meeting accomplished and what it didn’t.
The DPD representatives held a public…MORE
Ballard - Features
Pono inspired restaurant opens in Ballard
Tue, 01/28/14
The word “pono,” may not mean much to mainlanders, but ask any Hawaiian and they may say it means “righteousness ” or “in perfection.” There are countless uses for the word, but Jon Burgett, owner of Ballard’s newest hangout, Pono Ranch, says the…MORE
At Large In Ballard: Market of Memories
Tue, 01/28/14
By Peggy Sturdivant
It was a coincidence that I had started writing a column about the Sunset Hill Green Market at the same time that demolition started on the buildings on the southeast corner of 65th and 24th NW. They are now related by…MORE
The Maldives headline Tractor Tavern's 20th anniversary
Mon, 01/27/14
By Allyce Andrew
The Maldives are the embodiment of the impending Seattle freeze that recent immigrants to the deep North West are constantly warned about.
The band is filled with seven mercurial musicians—comparable to your…MORE
Ethan Stowell opens third restaurant in Ballard
Mon, 01/27/14
Ethan Stowell, of Staple & Fancy Mercantile, has big plans for the neighboring space where the former Dutch Bike Co. coffee shop used to be in The Kolstrand Building.
Chippy’s Fish & Drink, with a fish and chips style cuisine, is…MORE
You Are What You Eat: Winter comfort food
Tue, 01/21/14
By Katy Wilkens, MS, RD
Winter is a perfect time to enjoy legumes like dried beans and lentils. They are some of nature’s “super foods,” naturally low in sodium and packed with protein, minerals and good fiber that helps lower your…MORE
At Large in Ballard: Moment in old Ballard
Wed, 01/15/14
By Peggy Sturdivant
A longtime friend told me last summer to stop trying to keep up with my twenty-two year-old daughter. Is it because Emily seems so serious in my company that I have to play teenager? Or am I trying to prove that I am…MORE
Ballard author has hope that heals
Fri, 01/10/14
By Christy Wolyniak
Ballard author, Ingrid Ricks, has been an unstoppable force since the release of her memoir, Hippie Boy - a coming-of-age story of a girl grappling with abuse, crippling poverty, love, and religious misuse.
…MORE
At Large in Ballard: Bathing Beauties
Wed, 01/08/14
By Peggy Sturdivant with additional reporting by Izzi Cooper
Even on the peak day of a summer heat wave I never think to myself, “I’ll just go to Golden Gardens and take a dip.”
So I just had to ask different groups of people…MORE
Maritime Machine
Tue, 01/07/14
“We are a machine. We do pretty much everything.”
Those are the words of Scott Anderson, CSR Marine co-owner with Tim Ryan, describing the things his team of over 40 workers perform every day for their customers.
In lieu of a…MORE
