West Seattle - Features

The Barton Street P-Patchers held their annual Harvest Festival Oct. 4 and dedicated a new and community built part of the garden. A mosaic tile mural stating their name was cut and assembled (with some adult supervision) by kindergarten students…MORE

information from the West Seattle Junction Merchants

The 3rd year of Harvest Festival in the West Seattle Junction is set for Oct. 26 from 10am to 2pm.

Over 40 farmers will be sharing their goods at the peak of harvest, while…MORE

by Chef Jeremy Mclachlan

My love and hate relationship for fennel is more on the love side than the hate. Fennel makes me smile by the amazing ways I can use it but it can make me cry the way it takes over my garden and keeps growing and…MORE

70 percent of the surface of our planet is covered by water---including Budweiser, Gatorade and drool.

Land and poor math students cover the other 45 percent.

After our unusually sunny summer, the return of Seattle rain is…MORE

by Kathryn Kingen

There are certain vegetables I depend on to save me in a pinch. Because my favorite way to cook is to combine whatever I have in my refrigerator and pantry, I am vulnerable to what remains fresh. But when my cauliflower…MORE

After working at what may be the most singular craft you can imagine West Seattle's Laura Marie Peters is finally hitting the big time. Peter's business BelliVita, casts molds from the bellies of pregnant women then casts them as beautiful glass…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

From the beginning of time various creatures roamed the earth. Some grew to enormous proportions during the period of the dinosaurs. Then, because of circumstances beyond their control, they were wiped out.…MORE

By Tim Clifford

On Sep.21 the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) space craft successfully inserted itself into Mars’s orbit to begin collecting data. During the NASA Social event the 25 participants from around the U.S.…MORE

by Scott Anthony

At Fred Meyer, we passed the freezer case and some organic sour cream caught my eye.

“Honey,” I said conspiratorily, “how about we break the Sunday night spaghetti dinner tradition and have Turkos?” She gives the ok…MORE

Residents, families and staff of The Kenney Reitrement Center in West Seattle walked to support Alzheimer's research. In the process they raised more than $1600 and walked the full two mile long route along Lake Union on Sept. 20.

Four…MORE