(This post originally appeared on My Green Lake, who totally scooped us) After Tangletown’s beloved Luau Polynesian Lounge (2253 North 56th St) closed its doors on January 26, rumor had it that it was to be replaced by a cocktail lounge. Excitement grew once word got out that Pour House, a bar and dining spot billed as “upscale casual without the pretension” was coming soon to the corner of N 56th St and Kirkwood Pl N. Tonight (Tuesday, March 16, 2010),…
OK, so maybe you can't live in a treehouse, but you can live on a boat. Sure, you could shell out $2.5M for the houseboat Tom Hanks lived on in Sleepless in Seattle, but you've got better things to do with your money, right? Instead, for a cool $30,000, you could buy the Frieda Fey, a 40' 1944 Vic Frank Naval Launch converted to a live aboard cruiser. Docked just a stone's throw from Gas Works (literally), the Frieda Fay is…
Among our many fetishes, count the tree house. It doesn't matter whether it's old club-house style tree house, banged together our of scavenged plywood, scraps of two-by-four and Grandpa's nails, rope ladder dangling below a "NO GURLZ ALOWED!!!!" sign, a Dwell-style ultra-modern tree house or some crazy sphere suspended in the middle of the air, we just love 'em. Being so high off the ground, it feels safe and distant from the worries of the world. There are no deadlines or…
Every neighborhood has its iconic symbols. Fremont has the Troll and Waiting for the Interurban. Green Lake has, well, Green Lake. Ballard has condos. Now, Wallingford has acquired its second iconic symbol. Yes, we have the Food Giant / WALLINGFORD sign that adorns the top of the QFC, and now we have...the Stephen Colbert Bus Stop. Yep, in the dark of night (or perhaps during the day, we're really not sure), Wallingford nationalists designated the bus stop on 45th Street in…
Alphabet Soup Children's Books hosted the rock'n local kid's band, Recess Monkey, last Saturday March 6th. The news about the concert must have spread far and wide because this sweet little children's bookstore was jam packed when we arrived a few minutes prior to set time. I stood outside with about twenty other parents, bopping my head and tapping my feet to the boisterous rhythm as the band started off with Moon Boots, from their most recent album, The Final Funktier. My…
We promised you some time ago that we wouldn't run regular, breathless stories detailing all the crimes around Wallingford. There's crime everywhere, and harping on it creates the wrong impression of the neighborhood. That said, when there's news, there's news. Saturday night, Kris wrote: We saw a white male arrested tonight across the street from our house on 46th and Eastern. Six SPD cars responded to the call. I'm not sure exactly what happened or where it took place, but it…
The successor to the Four Legs Good pet store, Wally Pets, opens today. In our original post announcing the opening (New Pet Shop), a number of commenters mentioned their dissatisfaction with the old shop. For example: I eventually had to give up on Four Legs Good after more than once I ran by to get pet supplies there, but was surprised to find them closed or in “be right back” state, and it kinda threw my whole errand schedule off for…