Monthly Archives: November 2011

Uptown Espresso honors Veterans by giving back

In honor of Veterans Day tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 11), all of the Uptown Espresso locations, including the Wallingford store (2300 N. 45th St.), will donate 100% of its proceeds to American Lake Veterans Golf Course. Located in Lakewood, the American Lake Veterans Golf Course has been serving the military since it opened in 1955, and since 1995, it's been operated and maintained exclusively by volunteers after the government cut off its funding. According to the website, "The Friends of American Lake…

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Fruit Tree Tip: Pick Up Fallen Fruit and Leaves

Would you like to grow apples on your tree that you'd actually want to eat? Now is the time for some quick cleanup tasks that will give you better fruit next year. Pick up fallen fruit.  Regularly collect fruit that is on the ground and add it to your yard waste. This is the single most important thing you can do to prevent insect pests next year.  Pests in fallen fruit overwinter beneath the tree and are in the perfect place…

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Pinky’s Kitchen opens Friday

The buzz on Eater and Seattle Met today is that Pinky's Kitchen, a new barbecue/comfort food trailer, will open this Friday, at 210 NE 45th St., across from the Rancho Bravo truck on the old Winchell's lot. Take a look at the menu on the right to see their offerings: a Boneless Rib Sandwich, sliders, and sides like mac 'n cheese and coleslaw. Yes, please! Seattle Met tells us that the food truck is a joint venture between Rancho Bravo's Freddy Rivas and…

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Wallyhood Pumpkin Carving Winners

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2011 Wallyhood Pumpkin Carving Contest! We had one heck of a lineup this year and we'd like to thank everyone who also took the time to cast their votes. It was a tough call this year, eh? Everyone did such a great job. All the votes for the best adult and kid pumpkin carvings have been tallied and we're pleased to announce the winners: The Steve Jobs pumpkin, carved by 22 year-old Stefan Frohlich…

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Thanksgiving Help

Wallingford neighbor and food blogger Judy Ramey is planning to cook an entire Thanksgiving meal for residents of the Plymouth Housing Group and she's seeking a few volunteers in the neighborhood who are willing to donate just a couple of hours the night before to help. She's got two people coming so far, and is looking for three more folks to help peel, chop, and prep. In her blog, Eat! The best food in the world, Judy writes: Come on over…

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Metro at QFC

Last month, Margaret told us about proposed King County Metro route changes that would eliminate the #26 local and change other bus routes in Wallingford and beyond.  If you missed her earlier post, you can read it here. Thanks to my colleague Judy, who attended one of the big public meetings downtown, I learned about a Wallingford Metro event taking place this Sunday at the QFC.  It's posted on the Metro calendar as well.  Actually, the calendar says it's an "information…

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Vote

Don't forget to mail in your ballot today. Sure, it's a vanishingly small probability that your single vote will have any actual impact, and you could even argue that the act of voting is a pacifier, preventing you from taking more direct and meaningful action to change the course of our country by convincing yourself that you've "participated in democracy", but if you all you do is give yourself the satisfaction of voting No on Tim Eyman's latest piece of greed-driven…

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