Karen writes: I'm a Wallingford resident (I live in the house with all the ducks and chickens by the Ladybug mural) and I'm starting a new Family Dance Jam in Wallingford this coming Sunday, 11/8. It will be every 2nd Sunday of the month. Below is the information on this dance. And this dance is for families AND kids of ALL ages. Everyone is welcome. I'm inspired to create this dance for several reasons. One reason is through my own interviewing…
If you haven't mailed in your ballot, do it! All ballots must either be postmarked or dropped off in person by 8 p.m. tonight! Unsure how to vote? Check out our Voter's Guide Round-Up. Still not sure who to vote for Mayor? Join the club! We heard from Phil Greely that Mallahan told KIRO that he would try to save the Wallingford Senior Center, and even says he plans to cut $91K from the mayor's office budget to make it happen,…
(Sharon's Notes from the Playground) I took my daughter to the park today – pretty typical excursion, baby swings, watching other babies, waving at shadows. All fun stuff for a 7 month old. After maybe fifteen minutes or so, we meandered around the big play structure and I was struck by something, or maybe more accurately, a lack of something: there was a big void where the monkey bars used to be. At first I thought I had just missed them.…
It sounds like everyone had a great Halloween. Kara from the Wallingford Chamber says Wallingford businesses had their best year yet, Hive Mind Halloween saw over 1,300 people come through and raised over $24,000 for Room to Read and Youngstown, and we saw kids out trick-or-treating in the neighborhood, just like they did back in our day, before people started believing the only safe place to go was the mall. In case you missed it, Paul Dorpat took photos and documented…
Sounds like there was a power outage last night in parts of Wallingford (or, as the Seattle City Light web site prefers to refer to it, "the Fremont and Ballard neighborhoods"; thanks for the link Rob). Cause is unknown, but Chris W. notes that the My Ballard comments on the incident have some people reporting a loud bang just prior to the outage. Forrest took advantage of the opportunity to check out the neighborhood after dark, so to speak: When the…
Trinh posted this note to the Green Lake Moms list, we thought we'd extend the call-out for help: My husband and two little kids (3yoa daughter and 5yoa son) were coming home from Meridian Park yesterday (Sunday) afternoon at around 4:30P.M. and were crossing 50th Street at the crosswalk (at 50th and Keystone) when they were hit by a black Camaro. My husband and kids were already in the crosswalk when the black Camaro approached the intersection on Keystone without slowing down…
We think we're plugged into what's going on around the neighborhood, then a new blog, the SeattleCrime.com Blog, turns up with this detailed account of misdeeds two weekends ago at Serena's Guadalajara: When Seattle police showed up to a Wallingford bar last weekend to deal with a large fight—involving as many as 15 people, a police report says—they made a few arrests. But rather than arresting a dozen patrons, police ended up taking in the bar's manager and an armed bouncer.…