Life

Hot-air balloon visits Sequim as a teaser for next year’s festival

SEQUIM — As if wanting to entice a healthy flock of hot-air balloons, Sequim presented an azure sky and a field unruffled by even the… Continue reading

JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Trail walk to reveal scenic secrets

TWIN ISLANDS. PICNIC Point. Ward's Walk. Hidden Cove. To people who live in Port Ludlow, these names are familiar because they are either on, or… Continue reading

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: New leadership for 4-H; fair results

COUNTY FAIRS ARE such grand traditions: eating elephant ears and pulled pork sandwiches; viewing all the wonderful handmade quilts, toys, art and crafts; observing fine… Continue reading

VIDEO — Sofia Vergara photo shoot

Sofia Vergara photo shoot USA WEEKEND Exclusive! "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara explains her personal style in this behind-the-scenes video of a USA Weekend magazine… Continue reading

VIDEO — Food (Three Many Cooks)

QUICK COOKING VIDEOS from Three Many Cooks: a real-world mom-and-daughters. Find their recipes each week inside USA Weekend magazine, part of the Peninsula Daily News… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2011

VIDEO — “The Adventures of Tintin” trailer

FILMMAKERS STEVEN SPIELBERG and Peter Jackson bring the famous characters from Belgian artist Herge to the big screen. "The Adventures of Tintin" will be in… Continue reading

Clallam County Fair results, talent show video debut on peninsuladailynews.com

The results from the Clallam County Fair are coming in, and peninsuladailynews.com is publishing them starting today. Simply click on the "Fair Results" button toward… Continue reading

Artist creates pieces both ornamental, functional; studio part of annual Art Port Townsend tour

MARROWSTONE ISLAND -- Seen running errands in Hadlock or swimming laps at the Mountain View pool, George Chechopoulos is exactly what he appears to be… Continue reading

Musicians booked for Elwha dams removal celebration

PORT ANGELES — The rock band Cake and a pair of singer-songwriters are booked for the Saturday night concert amid Celebrate Elwha!, the Sept. 14-18… Continue reading

Free outdoor concert today in Sequim (with list of other free concerts this week in Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend)

Pack up your favorite comfort food — along with blankets and lawn chairs to sit on — and stake out your spot at a free… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: Finding joy in the toy

PORT TOWNSEND — Tiger Balm doesn’t just soothe sore muscles. It also provides tin for toy tigers — red ones that artist Loran Scruggs snips… Continue reading

Internet film premieres today; documents abundance in Gardiner garden

GARDINER — In their documentary film “Back to Eden,” Sarah Zentz and Dana Richardson tell the story of one man, one acre — and abundance.… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Key City ruffs up audience with ‘BARK! The Musical’

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s a community unleashed: Sam the streetwise mutt, King the elder in love with television’s “Lassie,” Boo the sock-aholic spaniel, Rocks the… Continue reading

Acrobatic feats on sailboat to unfurl on Olympic Peninsula

The pair of French acrobats call their offering le voilier spectacle — the sailboat sight — and they will unfurl it 10 times between tonight… Continue reading

Saturday benefit to aid Port Angeles man with stage four Hodgkin’s lymphoma

PORT ANGELES — One day last spring, at age 21, Dan Spicher suffered such intense chest pain that he and his wife, Jessie, thought he… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: New talent, fair fare on Olympic Peninsula this week

IT'S FAIR TIME in Port Angeles at the Clallam County Fairgrounds today through Sunday. There will be carnival rides (screams), animals (a cacophony of bleats,… Continue reading

Port Angeles natives plan ‘gastropub’ on First Street

PORT ANGELES — As they open their doors to job seekers tonight, the owners of downtown's newest restaurant aren't calling their place a restaurant. Next… Continue reading

Sea this: Marine wood and metal sculpture on display at maritime center

PORT TOWNSEND — Sailboats, yachts, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans — they’re all found in art made by a pair of Port Townsend women. Mare… Continue reading

Gifts from Clint Eastwood a highlight of Quilcene ‘director’s’ 90th birthday party

QUILCENE — “Long live the Queen.” “We love you.” “Hope it's all you wanted.” Friends and three generations of family gathered at the Quilcene Community… Continue reading

PENINSULA WOMAN: The actress within her reawakens

PORT TOWNSEND — With her girl-next-door smile, Amanda Steurer does not immediately evoke Lady Macbeth. Yet on three August weekends in Chetzemoka Park, she steps… Continue reading