Beautiful photo of Golden Gardens
Called “the Gold of Golden Gardens,” shot by pfly on Flickr… Check out a full-screen version of the photo here. Screensaver material.
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Ballard High coach quits over disagreement
Seattle Times girls coach of the year Karen Blair quit her post at Ballard High after a historic season, finishing fourth in the state’s Class 4A division. She said she’s …
Adams Elementary performances for Skillings
Joseph Skillings’ second and third grade class at Adams Elementary is presenting two performances of Midsummer’s Night Dream, tonight at 7 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. “The children hope …
Besalu chef finalist for national award
Everyone raves about Café Besalu pastries. “It is like catnip; it goes right to my brain and makes me feel giddy and unreasonably unhappy,” writes Peggy Sturdivant in her blog, …
Scenes from a demolition
Peter Charbonnier posted this photo in the Ballard Flickr pool (more here)… He says it was a big white house at the corner of 9th and 50th. “But fear not …
Rent a Ballard house for $900 a month?
Sounds like a pretty good deal, huh? Too good of a deal. A posting on Craigslist from “Rev. Robin Beaty” of West Africa says you can rent this Ballard home …
New restaurant ‘Monkey Bridge’ opens
The new Vietnamese restaurant Monkey Bridge has just opened its doors, and the Ballard Gossip Girl has the scoop. “The decor and the staff were both welcoming and the couple …
Ballard artist Alden Mason now showing
I didn’t know that popular local artist Alden Mason, 88, lives in the Locke Vista apartments right here in Ballard. (Now that I think about it, I remember the stories …
Historic sign stolen from Olympic Athletic Club
You know that old, rusted arrow with the burned out bulbs that hung next to the Olympic Athletic Club on Ballard Avenue? Someone ripped it off, said Mark Durall, the …
Frelard, Freelard or Balmont?
We’ve seen all three names to designate the neighborhood between Ballard and Fremont, and we’re thoroughly confused. Can anyone help? Let’s air out the evidence and get this settled once …
Boutique shopping night in Fremont
Attention, ladies. This Friday is the monthly “Fremont First Friday” shopping night, and the boutiques are cleaning house. Bellefleur, Essenza, Flit (pictured), Horseshoe, Les Amis, Merge and Mishu are all …
Ballard murder victim identified
Matthew Scott Korpinen, 38, was the transient who was killed early Sunday. Prosecutors are expected to file charges against a 53-year-old homeless man in Korpinen’s death sometime today. Update: Prosecutors …