West Seattle - Features

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Listen To Your Father  After my dad died in Portland, in 1963, I went down to his musty basement, switched on a light to see a long bench covered with scores of boxes. I decided to go…MORE

By Holly Brown

Fall is the perfect time to try a German or Bavarian cuisine inspired menu. On a recent trip to Germany, I discovered fabulous food, wonderful wine, and enjoyed German Bier. I missed Oktoberfest in Munich by a matter of days…MORE

Center Studio in White Center at 9611 16th Ave SW is the site of a new pop up store called Cattywampus Kids, a new children's clothing re-sale store open the 1st Saturday of every month.

Co-owners, Lonjina Verdugo and Nina Hufford, have…MORE

By David Rosen

On a cold and foggy night, the staff from Luna Park Cafe had a fun filled evening hanging out with friends while carving their wicked and ghoulish pumpkins on Oct. 23.

They host this event every year and said it…MORE

It's been a week of heavy news in West Seattle, so we thought we'd share this little breezy tidbit:

Marination Ma Kai, the Hawaiian/Korean fusion joint located on Harbor Ave. S.W. on Alki, was paid a celebrity visit on Oct. 23 from actor…MORE

By Carole Smith

When summer came and we were done With text books, shoes and math called “fun” Our little pencil-weary hands Just ached to touch its soothing sands

Or stare into its tidal pools And wait for all those slithering…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

It is called modern technology but if you came into my office you would view a jumble of wires of all sizes and colors. Several blinking lights can be observed and if they are all lit then I know everything is…MORE

   When I was baptized in the Mallory Avenue Christian Church, in Portland, Oregon, it was just a basement with no steeple and a dozen window wells about two feet high with a completely flat roof made of ship-lap.  A wooden staircase led down to…MORE

By Scott Anthony

Maybe it’s the weather, coldness for days on end, or the email from a friend about losing his sweet dog to cancer. On Monday there was the funeral I attended, where the sun broke through just in time to light the tiny Kent…MORE

In a 3 1/2 hour concentrated blast of fun, the Fauntleroy Fall Festival will bring music, crafts, food, cake judging (with a cakewalk) and a 3 hour Epic Percussion Jam for teens only to the Hall at Fauntleroy, the Fauntleroy Children's Center,…MORE