Monthly Archives: April 2010

Clean up the ‘hood

It's spring cleaning time! As if we needed a reason, Earth Day is coming up April 22nd, so the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring "Operation Beautification Wallingford" on April 17th from 10 am - 1 pm: Calling ALL Wallingford business's and residents young and old! On April 17Th from 10 Am to 1 PM there will be a rally on the patio and Wallingford Center kicking off the first "Operation Beautification Wallingford! The city of Seattle  will donate gloves and bags for the…

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Growing Young Gardeners

Let's face it, kids like nothing better than mucking around in dirt.  And messing with sticks and harassing worms.  The Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, tucked southwest of the Good Shepherd Center, allows them to indulge their primal side to their hearts' content while nurturing knowledge about gardening and a love of nature. I recently chatted with Lisa Taylor, the exuberant, ukulele-playing Children's Program Manager.  She said the Children's Garden was conceived in 1988 when the Center's unused swimming pool was…

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Happy Birthday, Smash

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The Smash Wine Bar is celebrating its fourth birthday this week, and they've got two days of free wine tasting lined up to mark the occasion. Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 7th), they'll be pouring Patterson Cellars and on Thursday, April 8th they'll be pouring from Two Mountain Winery. Both tastings are from 5 - 7 pm and, of course, you must be 21 or older. Free wine tasting? They should celebrate their birthday more often.

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Change of Venue for Community Council Tomorrow

The April Wallingford Community Council board meeting will be held in the Wallingford Community Senior Center tomorrow evening, April 7th, 7:00-9:00 PM. The Good Shepherd Center is such a happening place that we got bumped from our usual venue (Room 202) so this is a chance to celebrate the revitalization of the Community Senior Center! Thank you WCSC for hosting this month. The agenda includes: 7:05 – Woodland Park Bowling Club 7:15 – 45th Street Viaduct Replacement Project – Summer 2010 7:30…

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Introducing, Mad Fiber

Many of you have been curious as to what has become of the now empty bakery down at the Essential Baking Company building. Back in the first week of February the production packed up all their bread making ingredients and shipped their ovens down to Georgetown in south Seattle. Sadly, dumpster diving went with them. The bakery was an empty and eerie place; the hustle and bustle of hundreds of workers was gone and the drop of a pin echoed off…

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Break Out Your Dancin’ Shoes

The Latin dance community in Seattle is a large and fast growing scene. You are able to dance, usually with a live band, almost every night of the week somewhere. Wallingford now has three of those night right in the center of our neighborhood. Babalu features Latin Mambo Night on Wednesday. Featuring live music by Cambalache a nine piece high energy Salsa band covering several styles from Salsa to Bachata to Mambo. Some of the best dancers in Seattle come out…

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Espresso Paintings at Irwin’s!

Okay, check these out.  Was at Irwin's today enjoying an enormous cinnamon roll with my daughter.  We looked up at the wall next to us and noticed some paintings in suspiciously familiar brown tints. Yes, these are paintings done in espresso.  Two are copies of Van Goghs (did he drink a lot of coffee?) and one is an original composition.  Wow, makes you wonder with so much of the stuff around, what else could we do with it?  If you got…

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