Life

My road to the Super Bowl | Living with Gleigh

It’s Sunday morning, February 5, 2012. My husband and I turned on “The Road to the Super Bowl.” It got me thinking about my road to the Super Bowl.

Tyler Friesen

Local cartoonist attends Tahoma Middle School

Tyler Friesen, age 14, attends Tahoma Middle School and lives in Ravensdale.

  • Feb 4, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Tyler Friesen

Making yourself a better patient | Dr. Jason Brayley

Having been a lifelong, sun-loving Californian, who spent as much time on my road bike as humanly possible on a year-round basis, moving to the Northwest was a big deal. I made a pact with myself that I would not give up on my hobby of cycling despite the weather and decided to give a new discipline of bike riding a try.

The New Dentist | Poem by Jaimee Kuperman

Jaimee Kuperman is a poet living and working in the Washington, D.C., area, and she shares with many of us the experience of preparing one’s self for a visit to the dentist. Do you, too, give your teeth an especially thorough brushing before entering that waiting room?

All I need is a sink full of hot, soapy water | Living with Gleigh

At some point last year, I created a Facebook account and figured out how to link my website to it. It worked, but not the way I had expected it to work. The link just became lost at the bottom of the pile of other postings. How to use this social networking site has eluded me.

Seattle Mist cornerback Ericka Smith was named to the All Fantasy second team in the women's Lingerie Football League. Three other Mist players also made the All-Fantasy Team.

Four Kent-based Mist players make Lingerie Football League All-Fantasy Team

Four Kent-based Seattle Mist players were selected to the women's Lingerie Football League All-Fantasy Team for the Western Conference.

Seattle Mist cornerback Ericka Smith was named to the All Fantasy second team in the women's Lingerie Football League. Three other Mist players also made the All-Fantasy Team.
Figure skater Ryan Bradley performs an aerial flips as he rehearses his routine Wednesday

Pandora Love on Ice rehearsal | Slide Show

Pandora Love on Ice rehearsal | Slide Show

Figure skater Ryan Bradley performs an aerial flips as he rehearses his routine Wednesday

Love on Ice show coming to Kent’s ShoWare Center Jan. 26

Olympic ice-skating champions Ilia Kulik and Ekaterina Gordeeva and current World champion Miki Ando will join Grammy Award winning artists Kenny G and Gladys Knight at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

  • Jan 24, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
The Seattle Mist missed out on advancing to the Lingerie Football League playoffs when Los Angeles beat Chicago last week. The Mist finished with a 2-2 record.

Seattle Mist fail to make Lingerie Football League playoffs

The Kent-based Seattle Mist failed to make the women's Lingerie Football League playoffs.

  • Jan 23, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
The Seattle Mist missed out on advancing to the Lingerie Football League playoffs when Los Angeles beat Chicago last week. The Mist finished with a 2-2 record.
Kimmie Meissner practices at the ShoWare Center in Kent for the “Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice” show at 7 p.m. Thursday

Kimmie Meissner prepares to skate in Kent for Love on Ice show

With her smooth and gracious moves at Kent's ShoWare Center, Kimmie Meissner showed how much fun life can be as a professional ice skater.

Kimmie Meissner practices at the ShoWare Center in Kent for the “Pandora Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice” show at 7 p.m. Thursday
Disney's Phineas and Ferb are at Kent's ShoWare Center Jan. 21 for a live show.

Disney’s Phineas and Ferb in Kent Jan. 21

Phineas and Ferb from the animated television comedy series are going on a live tour.

  • Jan 20, 2012
  • BY Wire Service
Disney's Phineas and Ferb are at Kent's ShoWare Center Jan. 21 for a live show.

Kent cancels Friday night’s Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys concert

Friday night's Kent Spotlight Series performance by Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys at Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center is cancelled due to dangerous driving conditions, power outages and snow.

  • Jan 20, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys to perform in Kent Jan. 20

Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center, 10020 S.E. 256th St.

  • Jan 18, 2012
  • BY Wire Service

How long will you live? A new set of assessment tools may be able to tell | Timi Gustafson

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have come up with new assessment tools to determine the likelihood of death within a certain period of time.

Mr. D Shops At Fausto’s Food Palace | Poem by Candace Black

Nothing brings a poem to life more quickly than the sense of smell, and Candace Black, who lives in Minnesota, gets hold of us immediately, in this poem about change, by putting us next to a dumpster.

Five stages of picking up | Living with Gleigh

Before we fall asleep at night my husband and I often have laugh sessions over things our daughters do or don’t do. The topic of conversation a few nights ago was over their bathroom trash.

Kent's Stefano Langone sings the national anthem Sept. 24 before a Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

Hollywood Records signs Kent singer Stefano Langone

Hollywood Records has signed Kent's Stefano Langone, a finalist in season 10 of "American Idol."

Kent's Stefano Langone sings the national anthem Sept. 24 before a Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Singer Kelly Clarkson performs March 22 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.

Kelly Clarkson wants fans to submit song requests for Kent concert

When Kelly Clarkson sings in Kent, she wants fans to let her know through Twitter accounts what songs they want to hear.

Singer Kelly Clarkson performs March 22 at the ShoWare Center in Kent.
Kent's Stefano Langone placed seventh last season on 'American Idol.'

Kent’s Stefano Langone reportedly dating Haley Reinhart; both were ‘American Idol’ contestants

Kent's Stefano Langone is getting a taste of the celebrity dating scene.

Kent's Stefano Langone placed seventh last season on 'American Idol.'

Kent’s Allegro Performing Arts Academy dancers to perform Jan. 15

Dancers from the Kent-based Allegro Performing Arts Academy will perform at their "Burnin' the Floor" show Sunday, Jan. 15 at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, 700 E. Main St.