Monthly Archives: September 2010

FamilyWorks Fundraising Dinner 10/3

You're invited to join Wallyhood's favorite do-gooders for a silent auction and delicious fundraising dinner Sunday, 10/3.  The dinner takes place outside of Wallingford's borders at Tom Douglas' Palace Ballroom, but that's okay because the cash will come back to Wallingford's family center and food bank, FamilyWorks. Matthew Amster-Burton, author of Hungry Monkey, a food-loving father's quest to raise an adventurous eater, will be the keynote speaker. What: FamilyWorks Sunday Dinner 2010 When: Sunday, October 03, 2010.  Drinks from 5:00 PM…

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The Chatter

Every few weeks we point you towards interesting conversations going on in the Forums and the comments area, mostly so you folks who receive Wallyhood as an e-mail will get all jealous of the action you're missing and come join the fun on the web site. Of course, the biggest conversation probably in Wallyhood history has been over the SHARE homeless shelter moving into the Gift of Grace Church (see most recent post), but there's lots of other conversations going on,…

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Sculpture Grove in Woodland Park

Cool, cloudy Labor Day and our family is on a "nature hike" in Woodland Park (yes, we like to take it easy). Underneath a very large, wide tree just uphill from the main parking lot we stumbled upon a secret sculpture garden built from broken branches and twigs simply arranged by balancing and leaning against each other and the tree. The beauty and ingenuity of this is breathtaking. It is as if a tribe of wood elves has crept in during…

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City Budget

The City of Seattle faces a $67 million general fund deficit for 2011, meaning there are some very difficult budget decisions to be made in the months to come.  For example, SPD's Crime Prevention Coordinator for Wallingford, Diane Horswill, told Wallyhood in August that the Crime Preventation program is at risk. The City Council is tasked with balancing Seattle's 2011-2012 budget, and requests input from residents as they try to figure out how to do that.  So, the Seattle City Council…

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House Thief!

First it's bikes gone missing, then cats and dogs, now this! Observe these before and after photos of 1809 N 43rd St: With those leaded glass windows and that cute little balcony, we can see what attracted the thieves. What will they stoop to next? ("Before" photo from Google Street View)

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My Beautiful Bow – An Adoption Story

Ask any adoptive parent, and they will tell you that discussing adoption with their children doesn’t happen in merely one, full-length conversation that’s planned in advance, and then executed and crossed off a list.  Rather, it’s a lifelong dialog that begins from the moment parents adopt a child, and continues through a series of spontaneous questions and answers. Some adoptive parents, like Wallingford neighbor Lauren Goldman Marshall, create picture books for their young children to help explain how they became a…

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