West Seattle - Features

By Holly Brown

Ring in 2013 by dining in and making classic handmade tamales at home with friends. Tamales are a special treat. Here’s how we make Pork Tamales with Chile Sauce, and assemble them as a group, perfect for New Year’s eve…MORE

Rae McCullough got her dog Finnegan, a border collie mix, from a puppy rescue two years ago. It's called Lil' Waif and they bring puppies over from Yakima and other areas around eastern Washington.

She picked him out online. "It's my first…MORE

The nature of a close community is that its members look out for one another, take care of each other and work together for the common good. West Seattle really is that kind of place. Its history, traditions, and the memories that keep them alive…MORE

Kate Farley, one of the prime organizers of the Barton Street P-Patch wants to start a new tradition. She started on Dec. 21, the shortest day and the longest night of the year, to light lumniaria in the garden. It's a way of announcing the…MORE

The West Seattle Cheerleaders will be holding a Mini Cheer Camp Saturday, January 5th in the West Seattle Gym from 10:00am to 1:00pm.  

K-5th grade kids will have a great time learning fun cheers and making crafts with the Westside…MORE

Aaron and Dana Clark got their dog Gansett three years ago in Florida where Aaron was stationed in the Coast Guard at Port Canaveral. They named her after another place he was stationed, Naragansett, Rhode Island.

Gansett is a Treeing…MORE

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

You know what I mean. Even before Thanksgiving the atmosphere is permeated with holiday music. I say holiday rather than Christmas because there are other celebrations during the dark season of the year. Can’t you…MORE

When I was a boy in Portland, Oregon, sometimes we got to go downtown at Christmas time where the Elks had rented the Hippodrome building and put on a big show for poor kids.

When it was over we lined up and each got a net stocking full of…MORE

Safeway Corporation has conducted Gingerbread House building competitions for kids in other areas and recently asked Jill Maas, the Admiral Safeway Deli Dept. Mgr. to find a school to participate in West Seattle. Naturally she chose Lafayette…MORE

When Rick Cook began his career in hair styling he had no idea what his future would hold. He was trained as a genuine stylist and early on he did it all, from colors to curls. Some 36 years later he has settled in as a men's only traditional…MORE