West Seattle - Features

By Amanda Knox

After seeing the ArtsWest production of Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, it’s tempting to limit myself to echoing director Troy Wageman’s prediction of what anyone would think after seeing it: “What did I just watch? Whatever…MORE

by Pat Cashman

We bit the holiday bullet last year and bought an artificial Christmas tree. It looks genuine, but it’s entirely fake---sort of like a top-of-the-line toupee.

My wife had been pushing for the imitation evergreen…MORE

by Scott Anthony

After Dad passed this last spring, the task fell to us, his kids, to go through his belongings and sort out the items we wished to keep and those that might benefit charities like Goodwill.  In the garage this winter I…MORE

By Amanda Knox

Troy Wageman, director of ArtsWest’s production of Judy’s Scary Little Christmas, has many reasons for being a good candidate for the job: he has been a fan of Judy Garland since childhood; his knowledge of pop culture is…MORE

by Chef Jeremy Maclachlan

If you grab an East Coaster and ask them which crab is the best, they will reply blue crab. Deep down this person knows they are lying to you — do not believe them! The most fantastic crab in the entire world is…MORE

by Kathryn Kingen

It's really a subtle form of torture not eating crab. I love crab. There is nothing else that has the succulent fibrous texture of those sweet lumps of white. When my family moved to the Northwest from Minnesota decades…MORE

 By Sallie Neillie Project Access Northwest   November is in full swing and the holidays are fast approaching. Take a moment right now to think about YOU and consider some basic opportunities to care for your health – making sure your health…MORE

by Pat Cashman

It was some expert on television the other night. He was comparing the fat content of two different cheesecakes. “This one has less calories than this one,” he announced.

“Fewer,” I muttered to the screen. “It…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

To be special is to be at the right place at the right time. Every famous person had the intelligence and ingenuity to stand out from the crowd in some special way. It was the person who found themselves in the…MORE

by Pat Cashman

This is supposed to be the busiest shopping day of the year---although not for places that sell suntan lotion and flip-flops. This is Black Friday.

Except for the police. For them, it’s Joe Friday. (Thanks to…MORE