By Georgie Bright Kunkel
Remember last year when I waxed poetic about a visit to the Cedar River? I was excited when I was invited to experience that wonderful place again, this time sharing it with not only my special friend Emil, but…MORE
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Mon, 09/10/12
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
Remember last year when I waxed poetic about a visit to the Cedar River? I was excited when I was invited to experience that wonderful place again, this time sharing it with not only my special friend Emil, but…MORE
Fri, 09/07/12
King County Metro is making significant changes to our public transportation system on Sept. 29, including five new routes, two new RapidRide bus lines (including one servicing West Seattle), two renumbered routes, 18 discontinued routes (goodbye…MORE
Thu, 09/06/12
West Seattle's ArtsWest Theater begins its 2012-13 season with 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' a rock musical about our controversial seventh president opening September 19.
The theater describes the show as a, "comedic, audacious mix of…MORE
Wed, 09/05/12
Like the haunted Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film, "The Shining", the historic Everett Theater plays a starring role in a movie in production, "Ghostlight". But, unlike the mythical Inn, the 1901 theater, formerly the Everett Opera…MORE
Wed, 09/05/12
Leah Mendel, got her dog Chesai, (that she and her husband call "Cheese"), adopted her from a family in West Seattle that was looking for a better home for her. "She was kind of a neighborhood dog that seemed to fit in better in our household…MORE
Tue, 09/04/12
By Jerry Robinson, Publisher
I was sitting on my enclosed patio last week, the warm sun teasing my aging body when it occurred to me that I’ve been very lucky. Lucky to be alive at 92 with no pain.
I use a walker to negotiate my way…MORE
Tue, 09/04/12
Hotwire On-line Coffeehouse at 4410 California Ave. s.w. operates in a space many might find too small for a closet and yet, through drive, determination, intelligence and innovation, Lora Swift has made it an unqualified success. This week the…MORE
Mon, 09/03/12
The Young Evils based in West Seattle appeared Sunday Sept. 2 at Bumbershoot and performed songs from their new EP Foreign Spells and their first album Enchanted Chapel.
The band members are Troy Nelson - Vocals & Guitar, Mackenzie…MORE
Mon, 09/03/12
By Georgie Bright Kunkel
Most women don’t realize the power plays that go on in the political arena. Women have always been at the bottom of the economic ladder and the bottom in attaining leadership positions. But a few women are…MORE
Fri, 08/31/12
West Seattle Herald columnist and stand up comic Georgie Bright Kunkel turned 92 today. Friends Flora Belle Key and her beau, Cal Bannon, a West Seattle High School Class of '39 graduate, hosted. Kunkel was accompanied by her sweetheart, Emil…MORE