It was the clash of the unbeatens in girls basketball last night, but Ballard High obliterated Roosevelt, 50-26. Jeanette Hansen, a 6-foot-5 foreign exchange student from Denmark (Ballard’s secret weapon), scored 10 points. “It was really big,” she told the Seattle Times. “A lot of people didn’t think we could beat Roosevelt, but we beat them […]
Wheelchair road rage in Ballard
Some of Ballard’s most interesting news comes from the Ballard paper’s “cops” page. For example, this week we have a woman driving a 2002 Audi who admits she “may” have cut off an elderly woman in a wheelchair trying to cross the street. So what’s the elderly woman do? She throws a rock and hits […]
What’s next with the old Denny’s?
The old Denny’s restaurant on 15th and Market has been boarded up for months as a battle heats up over whether it’s a Seattle landmark. On January 2nd, the Landmark Preservation Board will hold a nomination hearing, and a decision could follow within a matter of weeks. If it doesn’t qualify for landmark status, it […]
Biodiesel expanding beyond Ballard
Ballard and Kenmore were the first two neighborhoods in the Seattle area to offer biodiesel pumping stations. And now the same company, Propel Biofuels, plans to open a “flagship” station at Westlake and Valley Street in South Lake Union. Ballard’s station opened in October at Bernie’s Automotive on Leary. And by the way, we just […]
Happy Lucia Day everyone
To all you Scandanavians out there, Happy Lucia Day — a day to remember St. Lucia (also known as St. Lucy), the Queen of Lights. For generations Swedes have honored the young Christian martyr who legend says lived a very rough life. Today, Swedish communities each have a Lucia Bride to represent the saint. The […]
>The most raved about place in Ballard
According to Yelp, it’s Cafe Besalu, of course. “I honestly think that Besalu serves the best pastries in the world,” gushes one reviewer. “You feel like you’ve been swept away to a Parisian bakery,” writes another. “They are the nicest people in the city possibly,” says a third. Mmmm, I feel a craving for a […]
Christmas Ship at Golden Gardens
This Friday, the annual Christmas Ship pulls up to Golden Gardens to spread its holiday cheer from 9:05 to 9:25 p.m. Of course, getting to the park is still a bit of a pain with that washout on Golden Gardens Drive, just west of View Ave.
Those ugly potholes on 14th Avenue
I hit one of those potholes on 14th the other day and thought the transmission dropped out of my Saab. Well, not quite that bad, but it woke me up. Tomas Krynsky asked the SeattlePI why the Seattle transportation folks haven’t patched it up. “(It) would certainly benefit from rehabilitation,” admits Charles Bookman, Seattle’s street […]
QFC to be demolished for eight-story building
The now-closed QFC store on 24th Ave. will be demolished later this month, reports the Ballard News-Tribune. An eight-story apartment building called “Ballard on the Park” will be built in its place, along with a bigger QFC that’s slated to open in late 2009. Lead architect Mark Simpson (who’s a 25-year Ballard resident) says he’ll stick with a simple […]
Even the homeless here are techies
Ballard sure is changing. We’re going from the lutefisk-eating, blond-braid-wearing Scandahoovians (as my grandma says) to “a bunch of wealthy people who work in the information industry,” jokes John Keister of Almost Live fame. Apparently the homeless are also into technology. While reading through the police report in the Ballard News Tribune I learned that […]
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We’re a brand new blog about Ballard news, events, restaurants and shopping, and this is our official first post. Welcome!
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