Thanks for the tip, Mike!
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Fail Station
Wallingford’s Chevron station has made it into the failtastic Failblog yet again:
Bellagio, Wallingford
We were strolling down Eastern Ave the other day, between 41st and 42nd, when we happened by this:
What in the world?
One of the advantages of writing a neighborhood blog is that is affords you the perfect excuse to walk up to the doors of perfect strangers and ask them questions. Which is exactly what we did.
The contraption to the right is the product of Gerry Chu, a robotics engineer at the UW. Previously, he was a researcher in touchscreens and haptics, which “got me interested in interactive stuff”. Each of those red things are water pumps which …
Bartell’s Giveaway
Heidi Heath, the manager of the Wallingford Bartell’s shared a bit of history with us recently. Did you know that the original Wallingford Bartells stood at the same location in 1923? It was eventually sold to an independant pharmacy but reopened as a Bartells again in the ’70s. Right now, she says,
“Bartells is celebrating our 120th Anniversary as a company and at our front entrance we have an old photograph of what the Wallingford Bartells looked like in 1925. Also as a personal bit of trivia, my grandfather was a pharmacist at this store in the ’70s, so it’s …
Mural Project, Wallingford Survey
The 46th Street Mural Project sent out an email blast on Friday, inviting people to share their thoughts on newly completed mural beneath Aurora Avenue N.
Turns out, though, that the survey asks about a lot more than the mural. The following issues, as they relate to Fremont & Wallingford, are included:
senior services multi-use residential/commercial buildings low income housing single family housing multi family housing art attitudes about the neighborhoodThe best news yet is that the survey closes tomorrow: Monday, Dec 13th. So hurry on up and weigh in. Data will be shared with grant donors, the …
Little League
New Haven, 1978. It was a warm spring morning, and they were holding little league tryouts in the field behind the ice skating rink. The coach gave us an encouraging, no pressure smile and lobbed a ball in soft and slow. We had no trouble tracking its slow arc through our thick spectacles, the bat seemed to just swing itself and the pleasant crack of wood on leather sent a thrilling jolt up through our arms and into our torso. The ball sailed into right field, the coach nodded and we were on the team.
In the years that …
Satay . . . Slightly Delayed
It was a tough job but someone had to do it.
Yesterday I got the call on my Wallyhood bat-phone that Satay (1711 N. 45th St.) had opened and someone had to go over there for lunch and get pictures. Not one to balk at a challenge, I grabbed my trusty little Canon and headed down 45th Street . . .
Peter, a co-owner, greeted me at the cash register. The menu is simple: four types of satay, three “dishes” (wok-fried yellow noodles, spicy noodle soup and red curry) and three sides, all ranging from $2.50 to $10.95.
He recommended …
Pozniak, Rak, Kraft, Rader and Wittlinger
Sounds like a law firm, doesn’t it? Well, if legal briefs were made of sculptural blown glass and subpoenas were crafted from vintage and contemporary porcelain tableware, it would be.
But they are not. Legal briefs are made from snails and puppy dog tails (cut from live, squealing puppies), subpoenas are writ with tears on tar and Pozniak, Rak, Kraft, Rader and Wittlinger are the names of five artists holding a studio sale this weekend, yesterday through Sunday, Dec 12th, 10 am to 7 pm at 4136 Meridian Ave N (around back!).
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