We know, we know, we swore off the car prowl posts, for fear of creating the false impression that Wallingford is less safe than other neighborhoods (it's not), but here you've got a traveler getting a bad impression of our little 'hood, so maybe we can help her out. Karen writes: Hi, I'm from TX, but I was just visiting a friend here in Wallingford for one evening. My friend wanted to show me the city lights from Gas Works Park…
OMG! We missed it! Monday, January 11th marked the one year anniversary of Wallyhood. Check out our first post, from January 11, 2009, Welcome to Wallyhood. And 974 posts later, it's our birthday! Happy birthday to us, Happy birthday to us, Happy BIRTHDAY dear Wallyhood, Happy birthday to us! Whoooooosh!
It's an open secret that the art produced by many "masters" is not entirely of their own hand. Michelangelo, Da Vinci, even Chihuly, all had teams of apprentices rendering some of the laborious details of their work. I'll do them one better: I had a team of 60,000 help me with my sculptures. 60,000 bees, that is. As regular readers know, I keep two hives of bees in my back yard. As you may not know, I've been experimenting with placing…
We've always enjoyed the rich, swampy smell of the Burke-Gilman trail as it wends under the 45th St Viaduct (the bridge that leads from U-District down to University Village) and alongside the hill leading up to the U-District. It feels like the bike path has taken a brief detour through the Pleistocene, engendering Sound of Thunder-esque daydreams. Chris MacKenzie, Wallingford Community Council rep to the City, University, Community Advisory Committee reports that changes may be afoot in that region: The 45th…
On February 9, residents within the Seattle Schools district will have a chance to vote for two new levies, using a special election mail-in ballot. These levies replace two that expire this year and cover basic costs of education--from employee salaries to school building safety and maintenance--and will result in tax rates at current levels . According to School's First, the levies campaign organization, the Three-year Operations Levy, totaling $442.7 million, funds 23% of the Seattle Public schools operating budget for:…
(Full disclosure: the author of this post is a proud member of ISB's administrative team.) Have you spotted a gaggle of grinning scientists in Lower Wallingford this week? You just might! Wallingford's own Institute for Systems Biology was ranked #1 in the United States, and 3rd globally, for highest scientific impact of their research papers by the SCImago Research Group in Spain. The Institute for Systems Biology is an internationally renowned non-profit research institute dedicated to the study and application of systems biology. ISB has…
There's a great little school tucked into the Good Shepherd Center, and they're asking for donations from the community for their annual fundraising auction. Thomasin Levin, an alumni and a board member, writes: The Meridian School is an accredited, independent elementary school and is calling all Wallingford supporters to please contribute to the annual auction. If you would like your business to reach over 400 people, most who spend their time in Wallingford, then this is for you! We have advertising…