Car Talk and Toast in Ballard
It’s always a double-shot. The coffee is from Lighthouse, the bread is from Great Harvest and Jeanette is from Sweden. What could be more perfect? Ballard News-Tribune 2011-12-07 Car Talk and Toast...
View ArticleBallard Writers Tonight 12.9.11
I’ll let the photo speak for itself but write out the words in case they’re too small. As it says in the window of Secret Garden Books: You do some really local shopping when choose a book by a Ballard...
View ArticleMr. Jeff and The Legend
You haven’t seen cute till you’ve seen a toddler in XtraTuf boots. Ballard News-Tribune. Printed December 18, 2011 Meet Mr. Jeff I dreamed I was sorting through a big box of Atlas palm gloves, the ones...
View ArticleRing it again, Ballard
Can you tell I’m catching up with this blog before the end of the year? I don’t even know if there are any SeattlePI.com readers out there anymore. But what the heck. This photo by Laura K. Cooper...
View ArticleDeveloping Sunset Hill and 24th NW – Meeting Rescheduled to 1.25
To cut to the chase in case my wordiness scares you off, there will be a community meeting a 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25th at Sunset Hill Community Club, 3003 NW 66th Street to discuss developing...
View ArticleDickens event on Tuesday the 24th
Dickens & Dessert is on Tuesday, January 24th at NW Senior Center in Ballard. Ballard News-Tribune. January 18, 2012 A Character Actor for All Seasons From Random House Dictionary of the English...
View ArticleBlessings from Ballard
Since meeting Jamie I’ve watched “Blood Diamond.” I will certainly never look at a gemstone the same way again. Ballard News-Tribune. February 22, 2012 The answer is always yes In Africa villagers...
View ArticleBallard’s Penthouse
My husband pointed out when he read this that Lowen lives in a place he’d prefer people didn’t know existed. When we met, with the low winter sun flooding in through his windows, I countered that he’d...
View ArticleAuction countdown – NW Senior Center
The “Spring for Seniors” dinner and auction is 5 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Leif Erickson Hall. Call 206.297.0403 to reserve a seat ($50). More information including donors, sponsorship and auction...
View ArticleAfter the police log
We read them on the neighborhood blogs; we read them in the neighborhood paper – the police logs. A neighbor admitted last night that even as Block Watch captain she scans the police logs to make sure...
View ArticleBorn in Ballard
They tossed balloons during the Syttende Mai parade back in 1989…Ballard’s Having Babies they said. Who knew that it would all lead me so far from Ballard? Ballard News-Tribune. April 11, 2012...
View ArticleFrom petals to coal dust
There’s word today through the AP that the EPA is calling for a study on the proposed coal transport along the Northwest corridor. Trinity United Methodist Church at 23rd & 65th NW presents “Coal...
View ArticleRelay for Life returns to Ballard
Ballard News-Tribune. May 16, 2012 Passing the Baton Marilyn Klepper’s teenage daughter Jeanne-Marie died on Mother’s Day in 2001. The 11th anniversary of her death once again fell on Mother’s Day this...
View ArticleThree Girls Bakery in Ballard
I first went to Three Girls Bakery on15thNW on April 17th. I’m almost embarrassed how many times I’ve been back there since. My mother-in-law has pronounced their meatloaf (homemade) sandwich the best...
View Article“Lily and the People” Clay Camps return!
For more information about the classes that will be held at Sunset Hill Community Association this summer see Lily and the People. Carrie will be part of summer potluck on June 3rd that will also...
View ArticleTrinity United Methodist in Ballard: The “New Reverend”
Ballard News-Tribune. April 25, 2012 The New Reverend What I don’t know about life in Ballard will always be greater than what I know. Since I’ve made it my practice to wander the streets and write...
View ArticleBook Mob at Secret Garden 5/19
The group of writers who inspire me every day are planning a “Book Mob” in conjunction with the bookstore I visit almost every day. Seattle7Writers and Secret Garden Books are collecting gently used...
View ArticleBallard Writers Jam at Egan’s Ballard Jam House tonight 6/12
To prove that I’ve been going in circles lately. I remembered to write MyBallard about tonight’s event, but forgot to post it here. If you still read me on the PI either let me know tonight (wave a...
View ArticleJustin Amorratanasuchad: The Scholarship
In this day and age bad news doesn’t have boundaries but it was still a shock to read about about a Ballard’s grad death in The Boston Globe, and to realize how much of his work I’d seen and loved....
View ArticleLeaving the Duplex
For years my mother-in-law resisted the idea of moving out of her second floor apartment. You’ve heard it from your own parents…”they’ll have to carry me out.” She wouldn’t agree but I think she was...
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