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Sam Peterson-the world, then Ballard
Ballard News-Tribune. April 6, 2010. Open to the past He has almost four decades of experience as a premier woodworker based in Ballard, a state-of-the art workshop in the shadow of the Ballard Bridge...
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Like Oprah, he gives away cars
There's a gleam in John Mayenburg's bright blue eyes when he talks about giving away cars. Unlike Oprah Winfrey's giveaways no one will be driving these beauties. They are miniature cars but Mayenburg...
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Bella Umbrella
I've always loved umbrellas. Not using them, owning them. Looking at them. That said I don't know why it took me over a year to visit Bella Umbrella after it opened. Lately I've been popping in all...
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Sig Hansen in Ballard tonight (May 3)
The Sons of Norway at Leif Erikson Lodge #1 are not shy about happy hours, or coffee hours. Throughout the month they host daily coffee hours and regular happy hours, in particular the Norwegian Happy...
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"Deadliest" Brothers Sig and Edgar Hansen: "Mom didn't have it easy."
Last night I went to see Sig Hansen talk about his memoir "North by Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters" (written with Mark Sundeen) in part because Michael Harthorne, sole...
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Webster (Fifth Grade) Class of 1962 Countdown
At her 40th Ballard High School reunion Shelley Tennant Butchart realized she remembered more people from her Webster Elementary 5th grade class than high school. She went from thinking there should...
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Orangette of Ballard, not Paris
We've established in previous posts that the extra thirty pounds I gained while studying in France for a year are considered proof of my love of French food, especially pastries. Yes, I've read the...
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Webster Elementary School circa 1962
Even before Webster Elementary School's 6th grade reunion on May 16th, reminiscences began. Knut Harjo wrote to organizer and host Shelley Butchart: "My wife is Jill Huden. As of last month we have...
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Meet me at The Sorrento
I want to say meet me under the clock, meet me under the bridge, but for now it will have to be "meet me at The Sorrento." In this week's column I speak of the journey as sixteen months long, but in...
View ArticleBasketball vs Soccer
I hope I am not the only person in Ballard with the book "Hoosiers" on my bookshelf. My dad was an Indiana sportswriter and the real life match-up that is fictionalized in the movie "Hoosiers" (not...
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Walking in circles
Last week the Friday walk became a daylong affair. Is it possible Ballard is too social? Surely it's not me. It's official as of today. One week until the Sunset Hill wedding. I refuse to worry about...
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Oh Staggerwing!
My friend and neighbor the poet Carol Levin (to cite just one of the hats she wears) knows I like potential stories. She let me know when her husband set off cross-country to deliver an airplane to...
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Jay Sasnett: Legend
I truly spent the first part of the month of June attending retirement parties for Jay Sasnett, but I am sure there were many more that I missed. It was a blur of loving insults and a clubhouse...
View ArticleThe Bicycle Thief
I would have to say that this little drama was the unofficial kick-off for two weeks of non-stop action at what my friend Martina calls Chateau Sturdivant. Haven't I always said I can't leave my house...
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Sunset Hill Ceremony: No reservations
Ballard News-Tribune. July 12, 2010 Sunset Hill ever after This column is about something too beautiful not to share. It's about the convergence of community, weather, lifetimes and Sunset Hill Park....
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Strange doings
You can't just ask a neighbor, "Do you have unidentifiable brown objects appearing mysteriously in your house?" Especially if they have young children it would be downright rude. Perhaps there are...
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Why is your fleet green?
The first time I saw this van parked on NW 32nd in front of The Scoop I stopped dead (although driving at the time). Catching up with Mr. One Name has been on my radar since that first February...
View ArticleSlice of Tuesday
Back in the old days (of this blog) I used to write exclusively for the blog. Then came the column, then came the book, then came...blah, blah, blah. Just a few months ago I heard from the...
View ArticleThe Intersection of Goodman & Waterfront
An article in the business pages of today's Seattle Times caught my eye regarding Goodman Real Estate's proposed plans to build a 15-story 200 unit apartment building near waterfront by Colman Dock...
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Run Rayburn, Run
I'd say that I don't know why it took me a week to post last week's Ballard News-Tribune column, but I do know why. The answer is in this week's column - blackberry obsession! Ballard News-Tribune....
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