RAINIER BEACH - Blue sky arced overhead and a light, cool breeze rolled through the Rainier Beach streets east of Kubota Gardens on the afternoon of Sunday, July 20. Motor and sailboats could be seen cutting white wakes across the dark-blue surface of Lake Washington, a short stroll from the flower-filled traffic circle in the middle of 61st Avenue South and South Cooper Street.
Something green is growing in industrial South Seattle. Just look at a burgeoning list of South End environmental nonprofits for evidence of a movement. Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Community Coalition for Environmental Justice and the Georgetown Riverview Restoration Project are a few in a litany of non-governmental organizations that work in South Seattle neighborhoods, and more are sprouting.
The following information was provided by the city's Department of Planning and Development.
I'll admit it: my first thought, upon hearing of Mayor-for-Life Greg Nickels' new tax on plastic grocery bags: I am not putting my dog's poop in a reusable cloth bag.Seattle's efforts of late to enforce conservation are occasionally veering into are-they-really-getting-paid-to-think-about-this?
Sound Transit has made driving in and out of our driveway dangerous.
At the scene, officers found the 48-year-old victim. He suffered a lump on the left side of his head and a 1.5-inch laceration on his chin after 16-year-old boy hit him on the head with a gun once, maybe twice.
Rainier District Little League's 10-11 all-star team took its show on the road this past weekend, traveling to southwest Washington to compete in the Napavine Funtime Festival Invitational Baseball Tournament.
Ariel Sanderson of Queen Anne got Charlotte from Ginger's Pet Rescue when Charlotte was five months old and weighed a mere 6 pounds. The dog was the runt of the litter and
Alain Resnais' "Last Year At Marienbad" opens with a sky full of pinpoint stars, shining but just a tad fuzzy. You could have the cosmos at your disposal. Resnais won't tell you what his sky is made of. He wants you to regard, and contemplate and make up your own mind. Not for the last time.A voice joins the image, chanting, reciting, a litany of the décor within the huge hotel, apparently as infinite as the cosmos, where
Alain Resnais' "Last Year At Marienbad" opens with a sky full of pinpoint stars, shining but just a tad fuzzy. You could have the cosmos at your disposal. Resnais won't tell you what his sky is made of. He wants you to regard, and contemplate and make up your own mind. Not for the last time.A voice joins the image, chanting, reciting, a litany of the décor within the huge hotel, apparently as infinite as the cosmos, where
Special to the NewsJack Hamann's interest in the real story behind Fort Lawton began more than 20 years ago with a grave.A woman who worked at Discovery Park told the Magnolia resident about an unusual headstone in the far right corner of the cemetery. It belonged to Guglielmo Olivotto, an Italian who was a prisoner of war. After researching through the archives of The Seattle Times and other newspapers, Hamann found out
According to urban legend, a student once theorized that Shakespeare cagily ensured his plays of popularity by filling them with famous quotes. You know: "To be or not to be" ... "What light through yonder window breaks?" ... "Out, out, brief candle...." In this slightly bass-ackwards sense, the movies have sometimes served as our collective Shakespeare. Phrases enter our daily lives and become such staples of conversation that we may forget they came from somewhere - even somewhere so ephemeral, and enduring as a movie.It's rare that the talking heads
The Eagle Scout is an iconic American archetype, and having one in the family is rare. Having three is seemingly improbable, until you meet Charley and Sheila Dickey's sons Will, Sloan and Barrett, of Madrona.
For the third consecutive year the Greater Madison Valley Community Council hosted its annual barbecue on the kid friendly grounds of The Valley School at 309 31st Ave. E. Temperatures in the low-90s dominated into the late afternoon and early evening when the gathering was held.
While crossing Madison on a recent walk to our new park, I became so transfixed on a classic '40s custom car that I failed to see a car coming in the opposite direction obviously late for work. I yelled, and as he drove away he tried to flash me the peace sign but in his haste was short one finger.