Lifestyle Stories - Whidbey Island

WHIDBEY RECIPES | Something sweet for a veggie that’s often ignored and misunderstood

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:49 PDT

Few vegetables have such a difficult time getting the respect they deserve as poor, misunderstood rhubarb.

TIDAL LIFE | Pickled or parboiled, this is going to change the way we eat oysters

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:49 PDT

Stopping pollution is a good thing, regardless of whether it’s found to be the final cause of dead zones or polar- ice loss.

WHIDBEY BIRDING | Life is tough and risky in the wild, with few chances to reach ‘old age’

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

VIDEO | South Whidbey students talk first day of summer on last day of school

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

On the last day of school, some South Whidbey students shared their plans for the first day of summer vacation.

ALL ABOARD | Coping with the recession without depression

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

WHIDBEY RECIPES | What I learned from Dad, from little things to what really matters

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Dragon boat transforms paddlers

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Tearing up as our flag passes by

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

I cannot offer an adequate explanation for the flood of strong emotions that overtake me when I see our nation’s flag or watch a Navy jet fly overhead, but my reaction is completely predictable. I look forward to those hand-on-my-heart, tears-in-my-eyes reactions at the start of each Fourth of July parade here in Oak Harbor.

On top of the hill: Island musicians finally have a place of their own

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Whidbey Weavers move library to art school

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Whidbey Weavers recently moved the organization’s lending library and meeting place to the Pacific Northwest Art School on Birch Street in Coupeville.

Deals abound at Coupeville Garage Sale

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Getting Sirius on the radio

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Whidbey Navy base offers family campout fun during deployments

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Greenbank artists display work at farm

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

The Race Road Fire Station in Greenbank may seem like an unlikely place to find painters, but for the last 16 years, a group of women have met there each Tuesday to create a diverse brand of art.

Painted green, green grass of Oak Harbor

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

Take time to smell the wild roses

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:11:50 PDT

The nondescript bushes are overlooked 11 months of the year on Whidbey Island, but in June the flowers pop out and suddenly we’re decorated with wild roses.