Apparently, I’m a spearhunter. I discovered this on my way out Wine World last week, backpack loaded with a quiverful of grappa. I loped past the space on the south west corner of the Wine World / Cosmopolitan Apartments building and almost missed the transformation underway. As far as I can remember, the space hasn’t been occupied since the Bavarian-themed Best Western went out of business 10+ years ago. Today, it was. In one corner, three desks with giant 3x” iMacs…
You may have noticed that the Wallyhood Forums have been temporarily disabled (we're really, really close to re-opening them, just cleaning up the layout on the new system). In the meantime, folks have used the Comments section of the placeholder page as an impromptu Forum, which tells me that there's enough of a need for this that I better get on releasing the new system soon. In the meantime, though, I thought this set of posts was worth a broader audience:…
The Wallingford Community Senior Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Basement Level) is hosting Family Movie (and Pizza!) Night this Saturday (Nov. 3) from 5:30-8:30pm, featuring "WALL-E". Bring the kiddos and your appetites for some pita pizzas (made in the WCSC kitchen), salad, beverages, and, of course, popcorn for the feature presentation! All ages are welcome. Entrance is free though donations are always appreciated. Click on the flier for more info and please register in advance, since space is limited! You can…
In honor of National Physical Therapy Month (who knew?), Union Physical Therapy LLC at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Ste. 302) is hosting a day of free consultations and assessments on Tuesday, October 30, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Here's more info from the owner, Mitch Owens (MsPT, CMPT): The sessions will be from 15-30 minutes depending on the level of community interest and can cover a broad range of orthopedic physical therapy topics. These topics could include but…
While Hurricane Sandy threatens to wreck Halloween for children up and down the East Coast, here in Seattle, it's merely supposed to rain. Please, don't let that stop you from going out and trick-or-treating. Here's a grab-bag of thoughts on the topic. Please, take only one: Alice asked us to make sure folks knew that there is a boycott on of Hershey's chocolate, which has been using child slave labor (yes, five year-olds working without pay) in the Ivory Coast to…
The lunchroom was all a-twitter at Lincoln High this week (Lincoln being the semi-permanent home of APP@Lincoln Elementary School). Rumor had it that someone at a nearby home had installed a slide in their front yard - a slide which slid straight into a fence. The slide was quickly dubbed the "sui-slide" and the kids eagerly discussed whether there was any safe way to go down it - perhaps dressed in one of those sumo wrestler costumes or if you propped…
Happy Birthday, Wide World Books and Maps! Terrell writes: Hi! We'd love to tell the neighborhood that we're celebrating our 36th birthday this Saturday, October 27th at Wide World Books & Maps. Everything in the store will be 20% off, we'll have a huge selection of Lonely Planet "hurt" guides at 50% off the cover price AND we'll be serving birthday cake all day long! We don't have sales very often, so this is your chance to save on all your…