Once again ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time for Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT’s) summer Walk Bike Ride Challenge, a friendly neighborhood competition where you have a chance to win the following fabulous prizes simply by switching at least two car trips per week to walking, biking or transit:
· An electric bike from Electric Bikes Northwest · An overnight stay at Pan Pacific Hotel in South Lake Union · A Zipcar 1-year membership & 5+ hours of driving credit · $100 Nordstrom gift card (courtesy of Commute Seattle) · $100 REI gift card · $100 farmers’ market…Wallingford earns a spot in ‘Only in Seattle’
On Tuesday, Mayor Mike McGinn announced the launch of the third annual Only in Seattle campaign highlighting retail corridors in neighborhoods throughout the city as a way to get shoppers motivated to stay local.
This year, Wallingford, Fremont, and Pioneer Square have been added to the roster of neighborhoods. The campaign has also expanded with Only in Seattle Sundays where during the last Sunday in each month, businesses in one neighborhood will offer discounts and freebies to shoppers.
The inaugural Only in Seattle Sundays kicks off on Sunday, July 29 in Fremont. Wallingford will be host to Only in Seattle …
314Pie Food Truck Coming Soon
A new food truck called 314Pie is in the works and if all goes well in the permitting department, it’ll likely be rolling around Seattle by the end of August. 314Pie is the brainchild of Wallingford resident Deke Kotria and his business partner, Casey Cooper. Inspired by his travels down under, Deke brought the idea of savory meat pies back home and collaborated with Casey, a pastry chef, to develop recipes for steak, veggie, lamb, curry, and chicken pies, and even a breakfast pie with egg, bacon and tomato. Plus, they’ll be offering seasonal fruit pies and other goodies for …
Meeting tomorrow night to discuss safer crossings
Two pedestrian safety projects in Wallingford that are under review for funding be will discussed tomorrow night (Thursday, July 19) during a meeting held by the Lake Union District Council at History House over in Fremont (790 N. 34th St., under the 99 bridge overpass). The meeting is from 5:00-6:00PM.
One proposal calls for a crosswalk connecting the Burke Gilman Trail across Pacific Avenue at Latona, which, you may remember back in March, we told you about one neighbor’s letter-writing campaign in support of a crosswalk. The other intersection is at 40th and Sunnyside where proponents of the project…
Glyphosate and Diquat
Spotted this sign in the window of the John Stanford School today. They’ll be spraying the herbicides Glyphosate (aka Roundup) and Diquat all around the school tomorrow (Wednesday), including in the playground, to “control weeds”.
Caveat vivor.…
Family Festival Feedback
We asked Tara Shuttleworth, one of the organizers of this year’s Wallingford Family Festival and Parade (née Kiddie Parade) how she thought it went, given the parade took a slightly different route and ended in a new location (Wallingford Playfield) this year. Here’s what she had to say:
For the first year at The Wallingford Playing Fields, the WNO was really happy with the turn out at the Wallingford Family Festival. We had over 30 craft and food vendors with music from N20, Casper Babypants as well as Zumba with Fresh Fitness and Dance Studios in Wallingford. Om Cultures Kids …
The Circus is Coming To Wallingford
The circus is coming to town! The circus is coming to town! No elephants, no lions and no bears, but lots of stunts, contortion and aerial arts. And for the those who aren’t content watch from the bleachers, there are classes for kids leading up to the show.
Sarah from OmCulture writes:
The Circus Is Coming to OmCulture in Wallingford!
The Vespertine Circus is inspired by the Golden Age of traveling, family-based circuses. They mix the aesthetic stylings of Dr. Seuss with Comedia Del Arte infused clowning. Sure to delight audiences of all ages, they mix comedy, stunts, acrobatics, puppets, …