West Seattle - Features

By Gwen Davis

It was uncovered recently that Peter Petrasek and his wife Joan, West Seattle residents, willed their estate to “the United States of America.” In their wills, a cashier’s check for $847,215.57 was made out to the Department…MORE

By Amanda Knox

West Seattlite Wonder Russell's new short film See You On the Other Side is about a depressed, reclusive, recently-widowed young woman who attempts to bring her dead husband back to this side of life by any means necessary…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

It would be exciting to obtain a time machine and set it to ages past in order to observe the dating rituals from time immemorial. Then I got to thinking, maybe there was a time when there was no dating. Maybe…MORE

The world famous Seattle Seafair Pirates gathered at Don Armeni Park on May 9 to pose for their annual photo session and shared that this year, the Pirate's Landing is going to be a bit bigger and and longer. Photographer Sasha Juric shot photos…MORE

By Jeremy McLachlan

A line from one of my favorite movies inspired my headline for this blueberry blog, but I just wish lickable wallpaper was available to buy. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping which means berry season is…MORE

By Kathryn Kingen

Popping a few handfuls of blueberries in your mouth every day is a brilliant idea. Blueberries are brain food, they're E=mc2 personified. Consumption of these prodigious prognosticators may even cause you to factor…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I’ve often wondered if Lincoln were alive today, what TV shows would he watch? After all, he’d probably prefer the relative safety of watching the tube at home---to attending the theater.

The Cartoon Channel…MORE

by Georgie Bright Kunkel If everyone whose family came to this country from somewhere else left, there would be nobody here. Even the so-called native Americans came to this country from another place on earth. Who does the earth…MORE

For some people Puget Sound is not a good choice for a swim. At 46 degrees it's very cold and frankly hypothermia will take over if you are in the water too long. But for Wayne Kinslow, it's all part of the fun.

Kinslow somehow has willed…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was in the 7th grade at catholic school---and very worried.

Teachers didn’t normally tell a kid to stay after class unless there was trouble brewing. So when Sister Mildred Marie told me to stick around…MORE