Monthly Archives: September 2009

Mallahan visits Wallingford

(Correction: Despite what we say below, this meeting is not open to the general public. See our retraction for more info.) Yes, indeed, Wallingford's own Joe Mallahan, Seattle mayoral candidate, will be visiting his home 'hood to chat with attendees at tomorrow morning's Wallingford Chamber of Commerce breakfast, held at the University Club (4400 Stone Way N). The meeting kicks off with chatting and networking at 8:00 am, business runs 8:30 am - 9:30 am. Chamber President Kara Ceriello writes: I…

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Happy Leaving PARK-ing Day (Paul Dorpat guest post)

(Last week, we reported that Wallingford's resident Lorax Nancy Merrill spear-headed a PARK-ing Day parking spot take-over. This week, Wallingford's resident Herodotus Paul Dorpat tells the tale.) I’m posting this to our cherished Wallyhood to share my admiration for Nancy “Appleseed” Merrill, a Wallyhood star for certain: artist, author, tree planter and steward, and resident of Wallingford for 20 years. Most of those years - perhaps all – have been lived in a leaf embraced home on one of Wallingford’s modest…

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Baby Maarten’s Yard Sale — Thanks Wallyhoodies!

This report sent in by Lower Wallingford Correspondent, Chris Witwer. A few weeks ago, we reported on a then-upcoming Yard Sale to benefit Baby Maarten, a young Seattlite who is suffering from brain cancer.  The sale was a huge success this past weekend, in large part thanks to the generous donations of Wallyhood readers.  Many of you donors asked for an update following the sale.  Here ya go: While online donations are still rolling in, the cash total so far is over $6,500.  …

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Vintage Seattle: Good Shepherd

Rochelle forwarded us a link to this post by Jonathan Shipley on the Vintage Seattle blog, a look inside life at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N) back when it was a "home for wayward girls": Residents, in those early days, rarely left the grounds, could not excuse themselves from the nuns sharing with them those experiences of sweet virtue. Bars were in the windows. There was strict adherence to scheduled – waking, teaching, working at the laundry downstairs,…

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Liberating Voices Reading

Doug Schuler and his co-authors will be reading from their book Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (and chatting about related topics) at Not A Number (1904 N 4th St) this Thursday, Sept 24 from 6 - 8 pm. We'll be honest, we can't really explain what it's all about, so we're going to resort to quoting verbatim from the the book's web site: We are now in the 7th year of a 12-year project to help understand, motivate…

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Notes from the Playground – What’s that Smell?

(Sharon continues her Notes from the Playground series) We took the kids to the park this afternoon to enjoy the last days of summer (ok, fall). Per my son’s request, we split up before heading in. He and I took the south entrance near Hamilton Middle School and my husband and daughter went in by the wading pool. As I approached the merry go round, I saw my husband snicker. He walked over to me and asked if I could smell…

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Photos of the POTUSA

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Following up from the story of the weekend, we grabbed these photos that Robert Reis shot of the surprise Presidents of the United States of America show at Wallingford Steps this weekend. The city is a sparkling gem in the background: (Thanks for the link, Ian!)

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