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I really enjoy the atmosphere at Caffe Fiore/Old Ballard (5405 Leary Ave NW) – lots of natural light; botanical-themed, lighted interior signs; tables and chairs of rich wood; delicate glass light fixtures suspended from sculptural metal hardware.* (Not to mention the delicious coffees and teas, the Mighty O Donuts, and the great service.) I was […]

(An auto shop at 20th Ave. NW and Leary Ave. NW in Ballard.)

During a recent visit to Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai in Ballard (5313-B Ballard Avenue NW), I had the Jhanjay Noodles — delicious, beautiful food: Wide rice noodles wrap around a filling of corn, peas, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and tofu. Served with a spicy sweet & sour sauce.

(5407/5409 22nd Ave. NW)

(Souvenir, 5325 Ballard Ave. NW)

Swedish Medical Center/Ballard broke ground last September for a new medical office building on Tallman Ave. NW just off of NW Market St. The facility is expected to open in the fall of this year. Progress to date:

I just bought a new digital camera, a Panasonic Lumix ZS1 … and took some test shots around Ballard this afternoon. As you’ll see, I need to spend some more quality time with this camera. Some of the shots are a bit blurry. That might be because I was juggling an umbrella as well as […]

View from Sunset Hill Park, 7531 34th Ave. NW, Ballard:

Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai Cuisine opened a second restaurant a few weeks ago in Old Ballard. I dined there this evening for the first of what I’m sure will be many, many times — they are within a short walking distance of my apartment. The atmosphere is similar, but not identical, to their Wallingford location — […]

Kolstrand Building, 4743 Ballard Ave. NW: 4760 Ballard Ave. NW: Scandinavian-American Bank, built in 1902 (now the Starlight Hotel); Ballard Ave. NW & NW Vernon Pl.: Kutzner Block, built in 1904; Ballard Ave. NW & NW Vernon Pl.: This charred door is about all that’s left of the Ernst Brothers Hardware building, which used to […]