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Today: Urban Farms, Milk Carton Boats, Pharmaca Deals

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If there’s one day every year that’s “Wallingford Day”, that would be today. Here’s the line up:

Duck10 to 4: Seattle Tilth’s Chicken Coop & Urban Farm Tour. If you’re at all interested in bees, goats, chickens, or just seeing cool stuff people build in their yards, this is a great event. I’ve been on the tour twice and gone on the tour twice. I’m always bummed when they schedule it the same day as the Wallingford parade / Mike Carton Derby.

11 to 12: The parade, followed by the festival-ish.

12 to 4: Pharmaca (a sponsor) is having a post-parade event with lots of girly perks like facials, makeovers, massages, and lotions. Be careful not to overdose.

9 to 3: Milk Carton Derby at Green Lake, where the good bits seem to be from 1:15 (parade of boats) through to 2:45 or so (end of final races)

I’m off to go stand in front of a barricade. Jordan is continuing to fix what he broke with the redesign, please pile onto that thread with love, hate, and bugs.

 

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Eric

I've lived here since 1998. I spent 13 years at Microsoft as a developer and manager, concurrent with Ballmer's reign. I quit after seeing my third consecutive project cancelled, while my parents needed help, and my wife was getting stressed working at Seattle Public Schools. Since then, I have helped family and community while taking on side projects and volunteer work. I led the renovation of Meridian Playground, helped moderate the South Transfer Station design, helped advance the Green Lake Way road diet, and have guided several transportation and parks projects through neighborhood involvement. I wrote for Wallyhood for a while and was president of the Wallingford Community Council during the great recession, where thankfully, land use was not an issue. I'm an impatient moderate vegetarian who believes in practical win-win solutions.