New restaurant Ocho opens in Ballard
A new tapas bar called Ocho just opened on Market St. and 24th. We’ve only walked by (it’s on the southeast corner, without a sign), but Chowhound has a great …
Geeky Swedes
Lock Vista Apartments sale falls apart
First on My Ballard: We’ve just confirmed what a tipster told us earlier today: the Lock Vista Apartments sale has fallen through, which means the building will not be converted …
Petition to NOT save the Denny’s
My Ballard reader Ronan sent us this note: “My girlfriend and I had an interesting encounter last Saturday afternoon that I thought I’d share. Two guys standing on Market Street …
A look inside the old Ballard Denny’s
Seattle’s Landmark Preservation Board toured the boarded-up Denny’s yesterday, and today the property owners invited members of the media to tour the building. Benaroya Companies’ Marc Nemirow and architect Arthur …
Ballard student’s film screened at Sundance
How cool is this? Ballard High senior Sami Kubo was at the Sundance Film Festival last week where her short film, “Disorder,” was screened as part of the Adobe Youth …
Streetcar coming to Ballard, Fremont?
The Seattle City Council is considering a plan to expand the South Lake Union streetcar to Ballard, Fremont, West Seattle and the University District, among other neighborhoods. “Ballard and West …
Skillings slowly improving, still no arrests
Students from Adams Elementary signed a big yellow banner for Joseph Skillings, who’s recovering at Harborview Medical Center after getting attacked at a Capitol Hill bus stop for trying to …
No snow this time
Despite forecasts that we could see as much as 3-4 inches of new snow, Western Washington was spared another bout this morning. We peeked outside a couple times throughout the …
Snow photos from Ballard
We just took a drive around the area this morning, and traffic is moving smoothly, including Market St. up over the Ridge. Crown Hill seemed to have as much or …
Snow everywhere, more coming tonight
We have a good inch on the ground around our Ballard house, and it’s a nasty commute just about everywhere. For starters, avoid the steep roads climbing up to Phinney …
Golden Gardens slide covered in cloth
We hiked down Golden Gardens Drive to the mudslide that took out a big chunk of the roadway back in December. You may remember, it also took a Suburu with …
Ballard gets first portable restroom
After getting “a lot of inquiries” about a public restroom, the city of Seattle has placed a portable unit on Market St., right across from Majestic Bay. Rob Mattson, director …