We're just absolute suckers for yard sales, garage sales, or, as we used to call 'em Back East, tag sales. It's not the buying, it's the rummaging. Think of it this way: it's an opportunity to connect with stranger using props from their life as conversational fodder. When you're done, hop on your bike and you can do it again. Awesome. So we're going to try an experiment this week: we're teaming up with the My Green Lake blog to offer…
While we're obviously big boosters of the Kiddie Parade, it's worth mentioning that there is another option for entertainment in the 'hood this coming Saturday morning: the Milk Carton Derby at Greenlake. Over 100 crafts deriving their buoyancy from milk cartons will be competing for $10,000 in prize money starting at 10 am. Struck with disbelief? Behold! And let's not forget that it's a charitable event, as well: Northwest Harvest and Seafair are partnering to collect food and financial donations at…
Sounds like the usual spate of door-to-door case-the-joint scams are making their way to Wallingford. Ed writes: Comcast scam - a couple of young men, one wearing a yellow vest and with a badge with his picture on it and "Comcast" cruised Meridian between 50th and 52nd this evening, about 6 p.m. They asked me if I was happy with my service. I'd just gotten a new box and it wasn't working and told them so. They replied that they couldn't…
If you're wondering how to get involved in this Saturday's Wallingford Kiddie Parade, may we suggest you join up with the Wheelbarrow Drill Team. Skip ahead to around 1:15 to see them practicing for last year's parade here: You don't need anything special to join. You probably don't even need a wheelbarrow (although if you have one, bring it), just show up at 10 am Saturday morning at 4412 Corliss Ave for rehearsal. Parade starts at 11 am, which leaves a…
Election day is upon us again. No, not the primaries or anything high class like that, just the Seattle Weekly's Best of Seattle. It always helps a business to win an honor, and we all want to help Wallingford businesses, so we encourage you to take moment and get your vote on. There are at least a dozen categories that Wallingford businesses have a fighting chance at, here are just a few with suggestions: Best Place to Buy Affordable Art: If…
As of Friday, July 10th at 5 pm, the Seattle Parks Dept is permanently closing the parking lot in the Northwest corner of Gas Works (that's the ghetto one towards Fremont, not the main one on on the North) to convert it to more park: Parks will landscape the area with western red cedars, native ground covers and create an entrance with birch trees and decorative shrubs. A new pathway will be constructed with ADA- compliant crushed surfacing material. The project…
Originally uploaded by jwalsh We know, we know, we already told you about it, the Wallingford Kiddie Parade and Street Fair is this Saturday (fair is 10 am - 5 pm, parade starts at 11 am). Well, we got bad news: not only are we going to tell you again now, we'll probably mention it yet again later in this week. That's just the way we roll. Today, we offer you two good reasons you should dress your children up in…