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Weekend Wonders in Wallingford

Margaret April 15, 2010 Comments are off

Tax Season has officially come to a close! Huzzah! Now, get out and do something fun this weekend. Here are some of the cool things happening in Wallingford:

Friday

Grab yer partner and dosey doe to Hamilton Middle School’s Hoedown and Bluegrass Concert, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Lincoln H.S. gym. Pizza, Vietnamese sandwiches, snacks and beverages will be available for sale. Proceeds benefit the music program at Hamilton. Tickets are $25 for a family, or $10 per person. Soak up the state of the seas as Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies presents “The Cove”. Scott West, Tactics Officer…

When it comes to compost, we’re the compostiest!

Margaret April 15, 2010 5 Comments

Since the food waste program began last March, Seattle residents have increased recycling food scraps by a whopping 47%. According to Seattle Public Utilities, this puts Seattle’s recycling food waste at “approximately 10 times the national average”!

To reward us for our fine efforts, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), in partnership with Cedar Grove Composting, has launched “Compost Days”. Starting today, though May 30, Seattle residents can get two free bags of Cedar Grove compost, and free Green Kitchen Kits.

Coupons for the compost and kitchen kits were on SPU’s CurbWaste and Conserve Newsletter that was distributed in late March. But, …

Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale

Chris Witwer April 15, 2010 2 Comments

The semiannual Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale takes place at Magnuson Park this weekend, April 16-18. And while it isn’t a Wallingford-specific event, the sale does benefit the Seattle Public Libraries, including our own local branch on 45th.

If you haven’t been to one of these sales before, it’s utter bibliophilic madness. Show up caffeinated, and with your own boxes for hauling away your treasures. With over 200,000 books — most of them priced at $1 — you’re gonna find a lot of stuff you wanna haul home.

Items for sale include:

Art prints and posters Nonfiction…

Oh, Such Drama!

Margaret April 15, 2010 Comments are off

It’s springtime and we all know what that means–summer’s right around the corner; and for parents, that means it’s time to start scouting out summer camps for the little’uns.

If it’s drama that they seek, you’ll want to check out the youth program at Seattle Public Theater (SPT) at the historic Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake. This is the 10th year for SPT’s Summer Youth Drama Program, designed for elementary school kids, and as an internship program for teens.

Here’s some details from SPT:

The SPT Summer Youth Program offers high-quality summer drama workshops taught by professional theater artists for …

Social Media for Small Business

Jordan April 14, 2010 Comments are off

In addition to our wild party life as a hyperlocal blogger celebrity, we hold down a day job running an Internet start-up that provides social networking services for conferences and events. Between all that, our background in social psychology and our general love of all things on-line, we’ve learned a few things about “social media”, the catch-all term that has come to describe the relationships and content being built around Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and the like.

We’ll be sharing a few of those things at tomorrow’s Wallingford Chamber of Commerce meeting, giving a short talk on how small businesses …

Operation Beautify Wallingford

Jordan April 14, 2010 4 Comments

The Wallingford Chamber has been busy building up their plans for this weekend’s Operation Beautify Wallingford, where they hope the community will come out and help spruce up the ‘hood just in time for Spring (and, not coincidentally, next week’s 40th anniversary of Earth Day).

Things will kick off at Wallingford Center around 1o am, with coffee, drinks, tools and assignments for volunteers. Come by and help out!

From 1 to 3 pm, returning volunteers can enjoy music, food (courtesy of QFC, Bartell’s, Fainting Goat, Caffe Appassionato, and other), and entertainment. They’ve got some speakers lined up, a martial arts …

Parking Enforcement Update

Chris Witwer April 14, 2010 4 Comments

Last week we posted a note from Carrie, who got a parking ticket in front of her own residence. The post, aptly titled “Please, Drive Your Car Regularly” prompted 35 comments & questions, including a few about the 72 hour rule.

The question of vacation & business trips came up — will we be ticketed if we go out of town for a week and leave a car in front of our house?

There were also questions about whether vehicles are ticketed any time they’re in violation of the rule, or only when someone complains (presuming that on a block …

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