Monthly Archives: December 2011

PTA alerts families to proposed cuts in education

Yesterday, Washington State PTA sent an email alert out to Seattle Public School families living in the 43rd District (Wallingford, Fremont, Capitol Hill) about a legislative hearing today that includes proposed budget cuts to K-12 education. In the alert, the PTA asks that families take action by contacting legislators to oppose these cuts which includes shortening the 180-day school year by four days. On November 21, Governor Chris Gregoire proposed several options to help balance the state budget which currently faces a…

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Snowman Pancakes on Sunday

The Wallingford Community Senior Center is hosting a Community "Snowman Pancake" Breakfast this Sunday, December 11 from 9am to noon. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 5 and under. They'll have snowman pancakes in addition to French Toast and more!   While you're there, be sure and stop by the "Community Recycling Challenge" table for some nifty recycling tips. I also think the John Stanford International School's "Green Team" will be on-hand to pick up recyclables and help…

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Hansen’s Florist Coming to Wallingford

Hansen's Florist is opening a location on Stone Way N. at N. 46th St. (4606 Stone Way N.), just to the right of Zaw. In an email, Hansen's owner, Helen, said that they've been in the process of decorating and she will let me know their opening date soon. The family-owned floral shop is moving its Fremont location to Wallingford, while its 65 year-old Georgetown location will stay put. Here's a little bit about them from their website: We are local,…

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Explosion Sound 12/5

This morning Wallyhood received a reader tip from a tipster who said she heard something that sounded like an explosion last night near 54th & 1st Ave.   Not sure what time. We haven't seen anything on the news/police/fire wires yet.  Did anyone else hear it, and does anybody know what happened? Gas explosion? Car accident? Fire? Transformer? Let us know in the Comments section! H/T to Tina.  Thanks for the inquiry!

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Dotted Line Open Studio and Holiday Party

While the Wallingford Art Walk is on a brief hiatus, one local studio plans to be open for December's first Wednesday: Annie Huntley, owner/designer of Dotted Line Jewels and the StuStuStudio, is hosting an open studio holiday party tomorrow (12/7), from 6-10pm. Annie will be serving up holiday cookies, mulled wine, and she'll have affordable art available for purchase including photography, jewelry, and multi-media work by local artists. Look for silk screened apparel by Sam Trout (Samtrout.com) and collage art by…

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Center for Wooden Boats signs lease for N. Lake Union site

Back in September we told you about the possibility of having a Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) location over here, on the north side of Lake Union, as a second, complementary site to their current South Lake Union location. Cool, yes? Well yesterday, the Center for Wooden Boats and King County Metro signed an interim lease agreement to make that possibility one step closer to becoming a reality. The lease allows the CWB to use the land, owned by King County Metro,…

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Twisted Christmas at Key Bank

Tomorrow (12/6), the Wallingford KeyBank branch (1700 N. 45th St.) is hosting the Bob Rivers Show from Oldies 95.7. They'll be giving away tickets to their upcoming sold out annual Twisted Christmas concert featuring comedian Richard Lewis and Spike and the Impalers on December 15th and 16th. KeyBank will also be serving up hot chocolate from Chocolati and bagels from Blazing Bagels. What: Bob Rivers Show Meet 'n Greet/Twisted Christmas Concert Giveaway Where: KeyBank 1700 N. 45th St (map) corner of…

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