The semi-fictitious East Wallingford Hot Tub Association is at it again this weekend, cleaning the streets. As they have previously, they'll be meeting up at the corner of 302 NE 44th St (corner of Latona) this Sunday, 10/18 at 10 am to take on supplies (bags, grippers, reflective vests, assignment maps, etc.) and then fanning out through their territory to pick up trash and wipe out graffiti. If you'd like to join them, just come on by. These have been a…
This month's Wallingford Walks will feature visits to the studios of a sculptor, a writer and a glass artist to chat with them about their crafts. Meet at Tully's on 45th St and Meridian at 10 am, walk lasts two hours.
Looking for something to do Friday night? Sounds like Selena's Guadalajara is going to be jumpin' this Friday, Oct 16th starting at 9 pm with a benefit show for Project Ganas: Project Ganas, works to create and promote educational opportunities for youth in neglected regions of Central America. The focus of our benefit event is on a rural, subsistence-farming town named Colonia Libertad, in NW Costa Rica. ... The nearest high school consists of four posts supporting a tin roof --…
Last week, we posted a contest: suggest a new set of poetry for the window of Open Books and we'll pick our favorite and one at random to receive a bag of locally roasted Pangaea Oganica Coffee. At the time, we mentioned that we hadn't actually checked with the owners of Open Books as to whether they would take our suggestions. Well, we did drop them a note and, wouldn't you know it, between the last time we walked by their…
In response to a request from a reader, we've assembled a list of Wallingford businesses that are on Twitter and have used a Seattle-built service, TweepML.org to allow you to follow all of them with one click: >> Wallingford Business Twits << If we missed one, let us know. This list is for Wallingford businesses, but we're happy to do the same for Wallingford residents, if there's interest. Let us know in the comments. If there's a roar, we're on it.
We didn't make it to Tuesday night's North End Candidate Forum, featuring mayoral, city attorney and city council candidates. Some of our readers did, though and have posted their impressions as comments to our announcement of the Forum. Take a look and add your own, please: >> Click here to view comments on the Candidate Forum <<
Sponsorship and editorial can be a tricky mix. We've been lucky here at Wallyhood in that there has never been much of a conflict over what we want to say and what our sponsors would like us to say (and, for the record, the former would always win out, in any case). Our newest sponsor, Bedrooms and More (300 NE 45th St), is no exception. Having spent a fair amount of chatting with Jeff Garfield, the owner, I can tell he's…