Kids, Pets & Family

Life & Style Come visit! City of Seattle offers free parking for First Thursday, Mother's Day Come visit! City of Seattle offers free parking for First Thursday, Mother's Day
Parking in downtown Seattle and Pioneer Square can be a nightmare -- not to mention expensive. But to entice visitors into the city's bustling urban core, they're extending a financial olive branch in the form of free parking tomorrow, for the First Thursday art walk, and on Sunday, May 9, in honor of Mother's Day.
Life & Style This week, get lunch, help kids This week, get lunch, help kids
You've got to eat lunch, anyway -- so this week, why not get a fresh, local boxed lunch that also benefits one of the Northwest's most important charitable organizations?
Life & Style STAR's Teacher of the Week: Mrs. Natalie Bartlett STAR's Teacher of the Week: Mrs. Natalie Bartlett (Photo Gallery)
STAR surprised Mrs. Natalie Bartlett's Kindergarten class at Martin Sortun Elementary School to tell the teacher that she was our Teacher of the Week! Aside from a tropy, Mrs. Bartlett was given $100 for a classroom scholarship, a $50 Sky Nursery gift certificate and a makeover courtesy of Blanc N’ Schwartz Salon.

Ty Jason Corrales is the student who nominated Mrs. Bartlett and this is what he had to say:
Life & Style Get ready to squee: Woodland Park Zoo has a new porcupette Get ready to squee: Woodland Park Zoo has a new porcupette (Photo Gallery)
Today, the Woodland Park Zoo ruined productivity in the greater Seattle area by announcing the birth of their newest adorable baby animal, the porcupette, which is a real word and one that you must now use every single day for the rest of your life. They announced the birth with the following photos, which are incredible.
Life & Style There's a lunar eclipse tonight! Here's how you can watch it There's a lunar eclipse tonight! Here's how you can watch it (Video)
Viewers in the Eastern hemisphere will be treated to a partial lunar eclipse tonight -- but, unfortunately, it'll occur in the middle of broad daylight for those of us up North. In spite of that fact, you can still watch the full moon get a bite taken out of it with Slooh's live-streaming tool.
Life & Style Surprise! It may be cheaper to eat out than to cook at home Surprise! It may be cheaper to eat out than to cook at home
Contrary to what conventional wisdom has traditionally preached, the rising cost of food in supermarkets (and the myriad cut-rate dining options available) may have turned the tables when it comes to feeding your family on the cheap. According to a recent report, eating out can actually be less expensive than shopping for groceries and cooking at home.
Life & Style Everything you know is a lie: Science debunks these dating myths Everything you know is a lie: Science debunks these dating myths
Online dating is for losers and weirdos. Living together makes for a better marriage. Women are the illogical, emotional ones. These are basically known facts, correct? Apparently not, according to a recent piece of Cracked, which dug up scientitific evidence to prove several dating myths dead wrong.