Surely you remember Mad Libs? You know, someone would read a sentence, you’d fill in the blank and before you knew it – you had a story! Well – if you spend ANY time at all on the Wallyhood Forums (and if you don’t, you should), you’ll know that between the posts, and the names of those posting – this is a classic case of the truth being better than fiction! Why, just this week we had these words popping up…
Get out your reusable canvas bags and your walking shoes and head on over to the Wallingford Center today, Wednesday the 27th from 3 - 7 pm for 2010's second installment of the weekly Farmers Market. At 4 pm, you'll be treated to a cooking demonstration by Wallingford's own Amy McCray of Eva Restaurant. We don't know what she'll be preparing, but we did notice on their web site that they feature a special menu on Saturdays and Sundays drawn from…
We met a new neighbor this weekend, Benton. "New" in the sense of "new to us", not in the sense of "new to the neighborhood": either one of us could have put a rock through the other's window from our respective front porches for over ten years. (It is a testament to the cordiality of the neighborhood that it has never occurred to either of us to do so, despite our proximity.) Earlier last week, we met another neighbor, six houses…
The annual general membership meeting of the Wallingford Community Council will be held on Thursday May 27th, 2010 in the Chapel Performance Space, 4th floor, of the Good Shepherd Center. Anyone interested in joining the community council or serving on the board of directors is invited to attend the meeting and join in the fun. Proposed slate of officers: President – Eric Fisk Vice-President – Jon Deleeuw Secretary – Allison Hogue At large – Cathy Tuttle At Large – Martin Powers…
Our long, dry year is almost over. On March 21, 2009, the Wallingford liquor store rolled the last case of hooch out the front door and turned the keys over to Archie McPhee. Four hundred and thirty-three days later, on Friday, May 28, 2010, the store is scheduled to re-open in the shell vacated by Hollywood Video, at 118 N.E. 45th St just across from Dick's. Hours will be 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Mon - Thu, and 10 a.m. - …
Snippets of interesting goings-on in the lands beyond our fair realm: Free (Empty) Milk Cartons!: According to My Green Lake, PCC on Roosevelt is giving away free Organic Valley milk cartons on May 27th from 2-6 PM for the Milk Carton Derby. Somebody must have had to drink an awful lot of milk. Boom Noodle Coming to U. Village: U District Daily says a new Japanese restaurant is set to open in early July (and they're hiring, so send in your…
The Seattle International Film Festival kicked off this past week and continues through June 13th and, while none of the films are showing here in Wallingford, we got our grubby hands on a passel of free tickets to give away, so here we are. We've got a bunch of ideas on how to give them away, clever contests and puzzles, but we thought we'd just start off simple. We're going to give away a two pairs of SIFF tickets to two…