The Original Pancake House chain, founded in suburban Portland, has grown to include an unlikely but popular outpost in Ballard, where the Dutch baby pancake is entrusted to just one man. The 'baby' doesn't go out to customers until the server, alerted by a wireless page, is standing ready to deliver it.
If Ken Griffey Jr. were just another aging veteran, the Mariners would be making a roster move to dump him. As it is, Mariners fans can only hope that their icon will change to coaching or retire before he gets hurt trying too hard to finish a final season.
As the city solicits other ideas, newly-released emails show behind-the-scenes backing and ambitious plans for a Chihuly glass museum at Seattle Center.