West Seattle - Features

There are block parties and then there's the one planned for 48th SW and Dawson Street on Aug. 6, National Night Out.

This is an event you might have to buy tickets for if it wasn't free.

First of all they will have a live band by…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Racing forms were never seen in my home of origin. In fact, gambling was almost a sin. But only we girls took that seriously. Well, all but my oldest sister who became a woman of the world after spending two years…MORE

Internationally famous musicians Magical Strings (Philip and Pam Boulding), whose celtic music has resulted in national tours, 18 album recordings and books in their 31 year history will appear in West Seattle in a very special place for the 3rd…MORE

Even the most smile-resistant curmudgeons might break down and flash those pearly whites if they accidentally stumble onto this particular King County Metro driver’s bus.

You can see him coming from at least a half-block away, with a…MORE

By Holly Brown

My guiding principle for food and wine pairing is that a great pairing is when the wine makes you want to eat more of the food, and the food makes you want to drink more of the wine. You know it when you taste it. But how do…MORE

Eric and Naomi Greene got their dog Ben, a Samoyed mix, from a no kill shelter in Woodinville. "He was a transfer from a kill shelter in Portland," Eric said, "They found him as a stray, in 2007." They don't know his exact age but "he was just…MORE

Information from the Seattle Chinese Garden

Ray Pfortner, an educator and professional photographer based on Vashon Island, is offering his third annual photography workshop at the Seattle Chinese Garden. Anyone interested in photographing…MORE

   Do kids ride bikes anymore? I see scores of school kids walking through Burien coming from Highline High but rarely any on a bike.  Do they have them and only ride after school?

         I got my first bike when I was ten. My 12-year…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

What a ride—from birth to the end of life. In the farm villages of Europe it all happened in one limited area. The old and young mingled together in the concentrated villages surrounded by the expanse of farmland…MORE

Today, July 21 is one of the biggest days of the year for local charity agency WestSide Baby as they ask the community to "Stuff the Bus", an effort to reach a goal of collecting 250,000 disposable diapers. WestSide Baby normally collects diapers…MORE