A number of people have e-mailed, noting hopefully that there appears to be construction activity going on at the Festering Pit™ on the corner of 40th and Stone Way. Sorry folks, as previously mentioned, the development company is doing some maintenance on the site, like shoring up the eastern retaining wall, but that's it, pending funding.
Back in July, you may remember that we blogged about how much we liked the fact that Open Books: A Poetry Emporium (2414 N. 45th St.) always has a poem in their window, tucked into an old manual typewriter as if freshly thought. Well, walking by the other day, we were disappoined to note that here in late September, it's still the same poem. What gives, Open Books? Are you having trouble finding another poem you think Wallingford would enjoy? Well,…
We hope you made it over to the Wallingford Wurst Festival this past weekend. If you have a child and you did not go, the sense of loss that child no doubt now feels will take years of therapy, several dysfunctional romantic relationships and a long-term drug habit to fully exorcise. You have nobody but yourself to blame. If, on the other hand, you did go, your child is still probably talking about the bouncy house, the bouncy slide, the other…
We don't have any way to keep official count, but here's what we've heard of in the last week: Molly Moon's was robbed at gunpoint this past week. We don't have any more details of this, just heard it from two community leaders. Jon, who lives on 40th near I-5, twittered Saturday night: "Somebody broke in our back door. I am so done with this f***ing house" and "Nothing of mine was jacked, I don't think--and everyone is ok. But roomie…
I'm feeling a bit shaken. Baby Z and I were walking back from the Wurst Festival about an hour ago, marveling at how packed Wallingford, when I looked across the street and saw a woman lying in the middle of the road, just off 45th on Sunnyside, outside the Erotic Bakery. We ran over (or hopped, my ACL is torn and running isn't possible, baby Z's stroller serves as my walker) and arrived at the same moment as a man from…
Find below, in all its geolicious glory, a map of the garage sales and open houses going on around Wallingford and Green Lake this weekend, as ever, presented by Wallyhood and My Green Lake. View Wallingford / Green Lake Garage Sales & Open Houses in a larger map This week's Pick o' the Week goes to the sale on Densmore Ave N & N 47th St, not for the Tignanello Purse (although we are intrigued by its exotic name), but rather…
The Wallingford Senior Center, housed in the Good Shepherd Center, will be closing its doors effective November 1st. King 5 reports: The 1,500 seniors served at Wallingford Senior Center will have to find somewhere else to play bridge, share a meal or learn computers. [...]"It is a priority but we have many competing priorities like police, fire, and other human services," he said.Wallingford closes November 1, leaving seven other senior centers city-wide."I Just felt like crying, I still feel like I'm…