Rachel the Pig pulls her weight at Pike Place Market VIEW
Rachel is one big pig. And piggy bank. Given her girth, she’s not that heavy at 550 pounds, 200 less than her namesake who won...
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You can see change closing in on Lake Union, Seattle’s hardworking, ever-evolving waterway VIEW
Seattle Times staff photographer Alan Berner drinks in the vibrancy of Lake Union in this installment of Northwest Wanderings, a column that explores places and...
Fabio the rooster has plenty to crow about at Evergreen State Fair WATCH
Meet Fabio, the winning fowl at the fair. He has something to cluck about in Northwest Wanderings, a column by photographer Alan Berner that explores...
In Port Orchard, running a mini-railway is an exercise in engineering fun VIEW
Ken Olsen first bought a used engine that wasn’t running and stored it for 20 year, repairing it after taking welding and machine-shop classes. A...
This isn’t for everyone: Sumner dancer tries to ‘wake up senses’ with strange art of butoh VIEW
Sumner artist Katrina Wolfe combines dance, theater and meditation in her performances of butoh, a hard-to-define art form born in Japan in the 1950s.
The beauty of henna art at Kent salon VIEW
Women come to a Kent beauty salon to receive henna patterns for Eid, marking the end of the Ramadan fast.
‘Spooky smart’ border collies flock to Vashon sheepherding competition VIEW
At the annual Sheepdog Classic on Vashon Island, border collies focus on the job at hand: Persuading skittish sheep to walk into a pen.
Seattle gets swept up by sumo VIEW
Audiences watched as sumo wrestlers battled it out last month at Sumo + Sushi at the WaMu Theater. Sumo is the national sport of Japan...
Window washers get a bird’s-eye view of Seattle | Northwest Wanderings VIEW
Michael Cox and his son go to great heights on the job, even wearing superhero costumes when they’re on the job at Seattle Children’s hospital.
For Renton herbalist, a tongue tells no lies about ailments VIEW
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