Get ready for another summer in Ballard
The InBallard Merchants Association is gearing up for another summer-long “Tuesdays in Ballard” campaign. The merchant kick-off meeting is Wednesday, May 12th at the Ballard Community Center (6020 28th Ave …
Month: May 2010
Seattle Beer Week kicks off on Thursday
If you like to imbibe a cold one, Seattle is your town. In fact we’ve got an entire week (actually 10 days) dedicated to beer. Seattle Beer Week officially kicks …
Popular food writer at Ballard Library tonight
Molly Wizenberg, author of the award-winning food blog Orangette and co-owner of Ballard’s own Delancey, will be promoting the paperback release of her book “A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes …
Ballard cancer survivor honored by Mariners
With a pink corsage on her Bat Girl jersey and a pink sweat band around her wrist, breast cancer survivor Faye Cluckey spent a beautiful Mother’s Day as an honored …
Getting ready for the Solstice Parade
The Fremont Arts Council is getting ready for the 2010 Solstice Parade. Over the weekend, volunteers packed up the floats from their storage space under the Ballard Bridge and took …
Swedish royalty visits Ballard
Followed by a contingent of Swedish press photographers, Swedish Crown Princess Victoria visited Ballard over the weekend as the honored guest at the Arctic Summer fashion show at the Nordic …
Beautiful day for sailing
Today is the Sloop Tavern Yacht Club Spring Race just off Shilshole Bay Marina. What a gorgeous day for sailing – or watching the boats from land. This is a …
Saturday is your chance to Stamp Out Hunger
Although you likely received notification from the U.S. Postal Service about its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, we wanted to make sure you don’t forget to put out nonperishable …
Ballard food waste becomes compost gold
The final 17 pots along 14th Ave NW are filled and ready for plants. On Thursday, Cedar Grove Organics division delivered soil for the pots and volunteers filled each one. …
Ballard cancer survivor honored as M’s bat girl
Faye Cluckey of Ballard always knew her dog Tinker Bell was special. After all, the dog survived a battle with breast cancer. But when Tinker Bell started frantically pawing at …
North Beach principal heading to Green Lake Elem.
North Beach Elementary School (9018 24th Ave NW) will have a new principal next school year. Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson sent a letter stating that the current principal, Joanne …
The Scandinavian sites of Ballard
As Syttende Mai approaches, MyBallard examines Ballard’s Scandinavian heritage. Last week we looked at the Scandinavian culinary gems, and today we tour some of the neighborhood’s historical and cultural markers.
A drive or walk along Seaview Avenue at the western edge of Ballard takes residents and visitors right by the Leif Erikson memorial, where a statue of the Norse explorer looks out over Shilshole Bay and the boats moored in the marina.
A Shilshole icon for decades, the statue was a gift to the city from the Norwegian American community, and was unveiled during the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962. It now sits surrounded by rune stones bearing the names of Scandinavian immigrants, a relatively new tribute to Scandinavian immigrants, which the Leif Erikson International Foundation, or LEIF, unveiled in October 2007.