Monthly Archives: June 2012

Woodland Park Zoo has a little slice of Thailand in their elephant habitat, complete with a village area, a model of a temple and elephants, of course. 45th Street boasts several fine Thai restaurants that can leave you with a longing to travel. But if a trip overseas isn't in your immediate future, you can still immerse yourself in Thai culture by hosting a foreign exchange student. Wallyhood reader Janell writes that the International Student Exchange (ISE) is seeking a host family…

You wouldn't know it, but it's summer time. If you're looking for daytime parking anywhere near the John Stanford or Hamilton schools, this will be obvious to you. Also, if you have a school age child who is staring at you at half past nine in the morning with a "OK, so what now" look on his face. And that is what the Good Lord made summer camps for: opening up the horizons of children, introducing them to nature and exploratory…

Wallyhood welcomes our newest sponsor, Cometa Playschool (4106 Stone Way North), a neighborhood preschool offering Spanish language immersion. It's ideal for tots who will be enrolled in the language immersion programs at John Stanford International School or McDonald Elementary. Students at Cometa are also exposed to world cultures through play and music, and they learn about their role as a global citizen. Once a year, the school participates in community service, and in the past, they've done a food drive for Northwest…

Emerald City Spirits (118 NE 45th St), previously the Washington State Liquor Store across from Dick's. And, much to our surprise it looked like...a liquor store! Yep, things are mostly unchanged inside, although the selection of liquor seems to have expanded slightly, especially in the Scotch section. But, whereas before it was owned by the State, now it's owned by the Niesel family, three generations of them: Chet and Nancy, Sean and Greg. They purchased the business from the state, and,…