West Seattle - Features

By Holly Brown

Eggplant is in peak season during the late summer and early fall. Now is the perfect time to enjoy this voluptuous vegetable! When selecting one of these stylish beauties, be sure to choose eggplant that's heavy for its size…MORE

      Just off Ambaum Boulevard, at 124th St, I  bought a house in 1957. It had a long gravel drive at the end of 14th SW with an open view of Puget Sound over the tops of the trees that make up the Salmon Creek ravine. The yard was the gateway…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson

As a boy, John Nitkey learned to swim the clear waters of C’oeur D’Alene Lake. The sun was amber honey, sticking to the air. John waded in to his skinny shoulders, his legs merging with blue. He was the only swimmer…MORE

According to the Orca Network whose members provide multiple sighting reports "A mobile picnic of orcas traipsed down Puget Sound Saturday, spread out for miles but mainly mid-channel, in small groups, so difficult to census, probably foraging…MORE

If your ideas about the Czech Republic are limited to beer and a poster of Prague, the Czech Tourism bureau is working hard to change that. They are on a roadshow tour of various points in the U.S. and made a stop in West Seattle at The Swinery…MORE

The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce, for the 2nd year, sponsored a fund raising effort for its operations by cruising around Puget Sound aboard Jack Miller's converted trawler the Baltic Sea. More than 46 members bought tickets for the event…MORE

The moment Maria Federici is most known for is one she has no recollection of.

It was approaching midnight on Feb. 22, 2004 when the young, attractive 24-year-old Renton woman was driving home from a bartending shift at a Kirkland club on…MORE

The Admiral Theater is the single Seattle venue screening The Manhattan Short Film Festival on Saturday, Sept 28 and Sunday, September 29 at 4:00 PM both days. Tickets are $10.00.

This year the festival received a record breaking 628 short…MORE

Fauntleroy UCC church at 9140 California Avenue SW is holding the Fauntleroy Fine Art & Holiday Gift show November 15-17 and are seeking artists to display their work at the event.

The Fine Art and Holiday Gifts at Fauntleroy will…MORE

Seattle Seahawks star defensive back Richard Sherman was doing a charity event at the Commons Mall in Federal Way where Coach Jeff Scott is the security director, and Sherman was asked by him to give the football team at Seattle Lutheran High…MORE