Monthly Archives: June 2013

Wally Apartments and Seattle Sound Repair

Wallyhood welcomes two new sponsors, which also happen to be new to the neighborhood and right across the street from one another: Wally Apartments and Seattle Sound Repair are located on Stone Way at N. 41st St. Wally (4111 Stone Way North) is a boutique apartment building on Stone Way. They're currently leasing studio and one bedroom apartments with plank flooring, stainless steel appliances, and extra height windows. They have a fantastic roof deck with views of Lake Union, downtown, the…

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Grab some funding for your Neighborhood Night Out

Seattle's annual Night Out will be held on Tuesday, August 6, which means it's time to register; but did you know that you can apply for the city's Small Sparks Fund to cover the cost of your block party? Yup, that's what Jenny Frankl from Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods tells us: The $1000 Small Sparks Fund provides matching funds for neighborhood-initiated projects that promote community engagement.  Your Night Out activity may qualify! Seriously –Block Party Outreach, Educational Fairs, Bike Parades, Neighborhood…

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DishCrawl: Wanderlust in Wallingford

Hey foodies, up for a little adventure this week? Dishcrawl is coming to Wallingford this Wednesday. Julia writes: I'm writing to let you know about an awesome event I'll be hosting in Wallingford on Wednesday, June 26th at 7:00pm. Dishcrawl was founded on the idea of putting the community feeling back into neighborhoods, bring good people together or great food. In the past three years this company has taken off all over America and in parts of Canada. In one night we'll…

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Scarecrow Party

Longtime Wallyhood sponsor and final line of defense against the Netflixification of the movie world Scarecrow Video is hosting a party tonight, Saturday June 22 starting at 8 pm. Jen explains: Since Scarecrow Video opened in 1988, our mission has been to unite people with film. The execution so far has been pretty simple: Have all the movies, TV shows, and other random things anyone would want to watch, all under one roof. It’s also about the connection you get having…

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Help Harvest Fruit Trees

Mariah at Lettuce Link wrote to tell us that we're approaching harvest season and that the community fruit trees will soon be ripe for picking. They're looking for volunteers to help harvest the fruit so that they can donate it to local food banks. Here's the skinny: Harvest Fruit for Donation! The Community Fruit Tree Harvest, a program of Lettuce Link at Solid Ground, serves our community by gleaning fresh fruit from backyard trees to donate to food banks and free…

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Honk! Fest West

This weekend, June 21 – 23, is Honk Fest West, the annual conclave of community street bands from across the nation, and Saturday, June 22nd they'll be taking to the streets at the Fremont Solstice Parade, beginning at 3:00PM, before traveling on to Gas Works Park for an afternoon of musical revelry until 8 p.m. What exactly is HONK! you ask? Well, we're glad you asked and all too happy to provide the answer (thanks to the HONK! website, or course) : HONK!…

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Make Some New Kinder-Friends

Intrepid play date organizer Joe, father of one current BF Day student and a soon-to-be kindergartner, wrote to invite all incoming BF Day kindergartners to meet for some play time this summer: It would be great if our kiddos could get together this summer to get to know each other before the big "K." How about we give the kiddos some play time on Thursday, June 27th, from 10:30 until 12:30 or whenever. Let's meet at the B.F. Day lower playground…

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