Monthly Archives: April 2011

Dining Out For Life

A few neighborhood restaurants will be participating in next Thursday's "Dining Out For Life" to fight AIDS--when a percentage of all proceeds benefit Lifelong AIDS Alliance and the fight against illness and hunger in our community. Dine out on Thursday, April 28 at one of these participating Wallingford restaurants: Blue Star Cafe & Pub (Dinner) Djan's Thai Restaurant (Dinner) Kabul Afghan Cuisine (Dinner) Rusty Pelican Cafe (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner) Tutta Bella (Lunch and Dinner) Click here for a list of…

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Registration begins 5/1 for fall soccer

If you've ever been to the Wallingford Playfield on a Saturday in Autumn, then you've no doubt seen the frenetic sea of orange jerseys belonging to the Woodland Soccer Club. Autumn may seem far off, but on May 1, it'll be time to register your kiddos for the Club's 2011 Fall Recreational Soccer.  There are approximately 1100 kids who play for the Woodland Soccer Club, which is open to all boys and girls ages 5 and up, with the majority of…

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Wallingford Porches

(Patricia Emmons is an architect at Curtis & Emmons Architects. She has lived in Wallingford for 36 years, and Pat has been an architect in Wallingford for 28 years. If you have questions on architecture, please e-mail her at [email protected], and she’ll try to answer them here. Welcome, Pat!) Reader: I have a small bungalow with a front porch that spans the entire width of the house. If I enclosed the porch, I could add 50% more space to my living…

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DUCK!(s)

Kara from Not a Number wrote: weirdest thing:  a duck couple (not just a couple of ducks, but an obvious couple) were just seen strolling down the sidewalk on our block (known as the Coolest Block in Wallingford, TM!))  then during their stroll they decided to come into the shared doorway of Not A Number and Sock Monster.  after checking us out they conferred, and came into NAN.  we had some Sahale Snacks, which they enjoyed (and didn't make us feel…

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What in the Wallingford

Last week's What in the Wallingford contest didn't turn out to be tough one...if you frequent the back streets of South Wallingford. This cool mural adorns the entryway to the Inner Space indoor skate park down on 35th St. and Stone Way N. That great shot was taken by Yani Wood (aka Yani Nation on Flickr). Congratulations to Kevin, who's correct answer was selected at random. He'll be receiving a $10 gift card to Smash Wine Bar and Bistro, who's patio welcomes…

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Vote No!

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Sounds like Spring time has brought the usual spate of door-to-door scammers. Two visited our door over on 4th Ave NE across from the school. On Monday, a young man, probably in his mid to late teens, short, black and wearing rumpled clothes showed up at our door with a notebook he flipped open, explaining how we ought to "vote" for him to help him build his business of...getting people to donate to him or somesuch. We sent him on his…

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