Corinne Manning, a third grader at McDonald Elementary School, is a finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” contest. Her doodle, titled “The Curious Cat,” is the Washington state finalist for the contest. The contest theme, open to students in K-12, was “What Inspires Me.”

Voting on the doodles is open to the public until Friday, May 18th. (head to Google’s website to cast your vote) The winner receives a scholarship and funding for their school for a computer lab.

More information can be found at https://www.geekwire.com/2018/google-picks-seattle-third-graders-doodle-washington-state-winner-annual-contest/.…

Starting today, May 17th, at 5:30pm and for the next few Thursdays, our local tea shop, Friday Afternoon Tea (at 4228 Stone Way N.), is having a series of tea tastings. The first entry in the Educational Tasting Series is a flight of green teas from China and Japan, some steamed and some toasted. Each week they will be sampling different types of teas.

Educational Tasting Series:

 

5/17 – Green Teas

5/24 – Black Teas

5/31 – Oolong Teas

6/7 – Pu-erh Teas

6/14 – Medicinal Herbs

 

Also happening this Saturday afternoon (5/19) at 3 p.m. is an …

 

Reminder: Just Days Away

Join Historic Wallingford for An Evening With Paul Dorpat–Seattle Author, Historian, and Seattle Times Columnist

 at Seattle First Church of the Nazarene

4401 2nd Ave NE, Seattle 98105

Friday, May 18th, 7 p.m.

Join us and our very own Wallingford legend Paul Dorpat for a lively evening reminiscing over old photographs of the neighborhood and its characters. Paul is the author of many richly illustrated books including Seattle, Now & Then; Seattle Waterfront: An Illustrated History; and Washington, Then & Now; and has been writing the “Now & Then” column for …

With summer just around the corner, you know that the opening of the Wallingford Farmers Market cannot be far off, either. The first day of operations is this coming Wednesday, May 16. As has been the case for the past several years, the market will be held at Meridian Park at 50^th St. and Meridian Ave. Hours will be 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Wednesday through September 26.

Parking:

You are requested to park along Meridian Ave There is no parking in the Good Shepherd Center Parking lot There is no parking on Sunnyside Ave.

The market is …

On Friday, May 11, 2018, Archie McPhee (1300 N 45th St) is unveiling their brand new Rubber Chicken Museum. A Grand Opening ribbon cutting starts at 3:00 p.m. There will be cake! And plenty of other fun surprises and oddities for sure. Bring your own drumstick.

Museum features include the history of the rubber chicken, a signed Svengoolie, the world’s largest rubber chicken, and more! This is clucking awesome!

The museum is located inside the store, and daily museum hours will be the same as store hours:

Monday–Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

The origin story of rubber …

Most of us would probably agree that our city could stand a little sprucing up here and there (or, maybe, just about everywhere). If you’re willing to pitch in and lend hand, the city is ready to provide you with tools and other supplies you’ll need to make Seattle, umm, the cleanest, umm, city with a Space Needle in the Northwest. (Yeah, we can make that happen!) Spring Clean is a collaboration among the city’s Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Public Utilities and SDOT.

From the Spring Clean website:

Spring is here! And with it comes Spring Clean, a community cleanup …

Rep. Nicole Macri, D-43

Representative Nicole Macri, Wallingford’s representative in the 43rd district, will be speaking at the Wallingford community council meeting tonight, May 9th. She’ll be speaking about affordable housing and ensuring livability with increased density. The community council meeting starts at 7:00 in the Good Shepherd Center, and Nicole is scheduled to speak around 7:30.

The community council meeting also includes officer elections. You must be a member in order to run for the council or vote in the elections, but the meeting is open to all, member or no. Full meeting schedule and details are below.

Program…