Exploring Ballard, Fremont Markets
We took one look at the sunny weather and bolted out the door this Sunday. After all, staying inside on a sunny winter day in Seattle is one of the …
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The view from Fremont Peak Park
With the sunny skies, we decided to check out Fremont Peak Park, a brand new city park that opened in November. It’s a small, beautiful park. But the reason you’ll …
Dinner and a movie at Volterra
One of our favorite Ballard restaurants, Volterra, is throwing a “Dinner and a Movie” event in its private dining room this Sunday in coordination with the Seattle International Film Festival. …
Ballard Art Walk this weekend
This Saturday is the second of the month, so that means it’s time for the Ballard Art Walk along Market St. and Ballard Ave. It goes from 6-9 p.m. If …
Ballard becoming a new Belltown?
If you ask just about anyone in Ballard what’s on their mind these days, it’s all the changes in the neighborhood. “Part of what everybody is feeling is that Ballard …
Sonic Boom’s Fremont store closing
Sonic Boom Records is consolidating by closing down its shops on Fremont Ave. in Fremont. “This is not due to downloading or file sharing nor is it due to declining …
Demolition crews tear down QFC
The Ballard QFC at 24th and 58th is nearly a pile a rubble. The QFC closed down last month after plans were finalized to build an eight-story apartment building on …
Heard inside Ballard Market
“Hey, look at this,” says one guy to another. “I’ve never seen lutefisk before.” How nice, out-of-towners in Ballard.
Ballard girls team thinking big
If you haven’t seen it, the Times has a profile of the Ballard Beavers girls basketball team, which is ranked fifth in the state.
Seattle Times: Denny’s not worth saving
An editorial in Sunday’s Seattle Times pulls no punches with the fight over the Denny’s on 15th. “The (architectural) significance of the proposed landmark is minor,” the Times editors write. …
Your memories of Sunset Bowl
Well, it’s the end of an era. Sunset Bowl is closing in April now that it’s been sold to a luxury apartment development company in Virginia. 50 employees will be …
Luxury apartment company buys Sunset Bowl
We have an update now on the story that Sunset Bowl has sold. After getting a tip from a comment on The Stranger’s blog, I did a tax records search …