Monthly Archives: September 2010

3rd Annual Dine Out For Animals

At age five, I was organizing tea parties with Cabbage Patch dolls and My Little Pony make believe horse shows; five-year-old Lucas Engles-Klann is organizing this Sunday, October 3rd's Third Annual Dine Out for Animals Silent Auction, Make-Your-Own Pizza Dinner (vegetarian of course), and Fundraiser held at Elemental and Elemental Next Door from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.  The space has been graciously donated by Phred Westfall and Laurie Riedeman. All proceeds made will benefit the Woodland Park Zoo.  Last year the annual…

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Last Wallingford Farmers Market

We're giving you a days warning: tomorrow, Wednesday September 29th, 2010 is the last Wallingford Farmers Market of the season, and, as you know if you've been following the hullabaloo, perhaps ever. So, one more time: shake the loose bits of dried parsley out of the bottom of your cloth sack, tuck that broke-spine old copy of the The Moosewood Cookbook under your arm and head on up to the Wallingford Center Wednesday from 3 - 7 pm. Chef Dustin Ronspies…

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Sensory Garden

Your typical garden is designed for one, maybe two senses: flower gardens are beautiful to look at and, if you're lucky, add a bit of sweetness to the air. A vegetable garden may be focused entirely on taste, a lumpy bit of tumbling ugliness, rooted in practicality on its way to your table. How would you design a garden if you were thinking about your senses at once? Bright colors and subtle shadings, fierce and delicate smells, lavender and mint and…

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Wading pool, library affected by proposed city budget

Mayor Mike McGinn released his proposed city budget for 2011 – 2012 on Monday, addressing the $67 million dollar shortfall in the City’s General Fund for 2011.  The proposed budget calls for the Wallingford wading pool to operate on a three day per week schedule next summer, similar to this year’s schedule.  The closest wading pool to operate seven days per week will be Green Lake. The proposed budget also calls for reducing “on-site librarian reference service in order to achieve…

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In other news

My Greenlake announces that painting the new street mural on Stone Avenue N. has been postponed until Friday,October 1. Eastlake Ave. reports that the intersection of Fairview Avenue N. at Fairview Avenue E. is one of 11 city-wide projects to receive funding from the Neighborhood Street Fund Large Project for reconstruction. Fremont Universe points out some green rooftops in Fremont. PhinneyWood provides details for the “Phabulous Phinney Pig Out” held on Thursday, October 14 Capitol Hill Seattle describes the swanky new…

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Costume Swapsies!

Closet getting full with Halloween costumes that are either too small or too big? Perhaps you're just too tired of being a "sexy cat" year after year? Well, we know it's slightly beyond the neighborhood, but this is definitely worth mentioning:  in the spirit of promoting a Green Halloween , beginning this Friday, October 1, Whole Foods will be collecting gently used Halloween costumes for the National Costume Swap Day in exchange for a ticket to pick out a "new-to-you" costume…

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Atman Trio at Seamonster

So, did you go listen to Foday Muso Suso on Friday like we suggested? No? OK, so what, you stayed home and read that new book by Jonathan Franzen, instead? No? Oh please, don't tell us, you didn't really just surf the web until Leno, then fall asleep on the couch, did you? Where's your sense of culture? Don't worry, you've got a chance to redeem yourself tonight. The Wallingford-based Atman Trio will be playing their "tasty solos and crunchy grooves"…

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