Cats, especially the indoor-outdoor cat popular in Wallingford, disappear sometimes. Cars, coyotes and other calamities each take their toll. It’s also the case that Wallingford has more than its fair share of porch pirates, pinching packages fresh from Amazon’s delivery service.

But pinching a cat is just beyond the pale. And yet, Frederic posted these photos taken by security camera from this past Friday the 13th of someone doing exactly that to his dear cat Toulouse, along with this explanation.

MISSING CAT: Apparently “Toulouse” was picked up on Friday 13th at 4:30pm in front of his house on 4322 Eastern …

Two small eats notes:

Work is underway at the old Wallyburger on 45th St. When Wallyburger closed back in June, they posted to their Instagram feed that there would another venture in the same space this Fall. Fall is just about upon us, and wandering by the other night, I snapped this photo of the transformation underway inside.

Further east, there’s a new (to us) food truck on 45th. Parked in the lot of Northwest Best Auto Repair (2221 N 45th St), just across from Kabul, the Thai 65 Express is operated by the same owners as the old Thai …

It’s been about nine months since we added our own Little Free Library to the mosquito fleet of literary largesse that speckles the neighborhood. I was particularly proud of the solar-powered lighting system that would make late-night book browsing an option for the cultured dog-walker out for an evening perambulatory peruse, and also of the little surrealist diorama I nestled amongst the books (pictured at right.)

Part of the fun has been curating the collection: we have boxes of books we’ve enjoyed over the years that we trickle out onto the shelves, but we also make sure that there’s room …

Every year I assume the Farmer’s Market closes for the season on Labor Day. Every year I am wrong. So if you feared you missed the last Farmer’s Market, you are in luck.

The final week for the Farmer’s Market is September 25th. Thanks so Kelli Diann Billips, the operations manager for the Seattle Farmers Market Association, for confirming the date.

The job of this post was done with the headline, but to add a little more content to justify clicking the link, here is an interesting passage from the Vendor manual:

SFMA requires all prepared food vendors to contain, …

You’ve probably seen the signs up around the neighborhood, but this weekend is the annual Great Wallingford Wurst Festival, the St. Benedict School’s annual community event and fundraiser.

What:             

JOIN US for The Great Wallingford Wurst Festival

The Wurst Festival is a community event, hosted by St. Benedict, to raise money for our school by bringing together the school’s families along with the surrounding neighborhoods for a fun, entertaining fall festival.

The vision for the festival is to create a safe community event where kids and adults have fun and frivolity while getting to know each other and giving back.…

Commuting around the neighborhood is about to get trickier as road work crews get started on the Green Lake and Wallingford paving and multi-modal improvements.

Straight from the Department of Transportation, here’s what you can expect:

Work hours:Crews to typically work 5 days a week, from 7 AM to 7 PM Closures and detours:  Single-lane closures near work zones to accommodate construction activities; our crews will maintain one lane of traffic in each direction. Please plan ahead for delays. Single-lane closure for westbound traffic on N 50th St near Fremont Ave NOn-street parking restrictions near work zones; please follow signage on “no…

Historic Wallingford’s Remodel and Restore Workshop and Home Tour is coming up on Saturday, September 21 at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N. Tickets are available now.

We’re excited to share a sneak peek of two of the homes on our Home Tour along with panelist profiles. The Home Tour portion of our event features remodeled and restored homes in Wallingford, and each attendee will be treated to a curated, guided tour of two selected homes from several we have as part of our event. Owners and Contractors will describe before-and-after work on the home during the tour. …