West Seattle - Features

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

Occasionally I tap into Dr. Phil’s taking on the extremely disturbed segment of society and I cannot believe the family disorientation that exists. Even though in my school counseling career I was confronted…MORE

By Carol Smith

Yonder stands a grand old lady Nobel, though in sad distress Scorched and vacant are her gardens Pitiful her ragged dress

Once she was a regal creature At whose table we all dined Dressed in lace and candelabras…MORE

By Maggie Nicholson

As a young boy, Steve had already developed his mischievous grin: one that unwrapped and crinkled across his cheekbones. His eyes, reflecting the joy, twinkled like starlight on tinfoil. The grin would show itself…MORE

Update 2 June 21 The Bridge has shared an early iteration of their re-design for the old Chuck and Sally’s Tavern building in the Morgan Junction.

Showing the building from the California Ave. S.W. side, the redesign exhibits sidewalk…MORE

Retired Seattle public school teachers and West Seattleites Donn and Jan Weaver are getting older (around the 80 mark), and have begun the conversation on moving out of their 48th Ave. S.W. home here soon for the easier option of an assisted…MORE

The newest in the series of West Seattle produced music videos, shot at Salon 08, which is on Genesee Street north of the West Seattle Junction has been released by Black Dahlia Films and director Jamie Chamberlain. Chamberlain in recent years…MORE

By Holly Brown

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what the heck is happening?! According to www.LiveStrong.com, the plump and healthy looking skin we enjoy in our youth is from collagen, and elastin, stored in our bodies. Collagen forms…MORE

Kathleen and Bruce MacPherson got their dog Sadie a long time ago, 12 years to be exact, and she is 14 years old. "We adopted her from a family that was neglecting her, but they recognized that, and gave her up for adoption along with her…MORE

Now that I am semi-retired, my days are often punctuated by the simple and pleasurable activity of going out for lunch. I usually go with two of my sons, Tim and Ken, who manage the paper these days. Last week, we went to one of our favorite…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel