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Helen has lived in Wallingford for 16 years and think it’s the best neighborhood in Seattle, possibly the world. She has worn a track between her house, QFC and the library and spends a lot time poking her nose into things. She is a mother, does volunteer work and is interested in local, green and child-related issues. She has an advanced degree in English literature and thus reads a lot and enjoys the craft of writing. She also works part-time for her husband’s software company (doesn’t everyone have a software company around here?).

Talk to Me, Baby!

Helen August 11, 2010 Comments are off

Want to read what readers are writing, or write something for readers to read?

There’s a place for that, it’s called the Wallyhood Forums.  Let’s take a peek at what’s going on:

Recommendations.  Optometry, Dental and Physician.  You only get one set of eyes, teeth and body.  Take care of them. If you cast your eye down the list, you will see people posting for all sorts of other advice, information and services.  You could be one of those people!  Need a rental, babysitter, job?  Reach out to your neighbors – they can help.

If you read a post that …

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Fantasia to Fremont

Helen August 11, 2010 2 Comments

A whole series of gigantic potholes being repaired on Woodlawn south of 41st?  No, must be Hamilton construction.  A man with tired eyes walks up the block with a fussy baby in a Snugli.  The man walks and walks, the baby cries and cries.

On 39th and Carr Ave. N. (a lovely “hidden” street) earsplitting shrieks – catfight!  A burly ginger tom blurs after a gray-and-white under a car and then back into some bushes, screaming the whole way.  The tom swaggers out, triumphant.

This fellow, mysterious and menacing, is on what looks like a garage door directly opposite the …

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Stuffed with Dim Sum and Very Happy

Helen July 27, 2010 5 Comments

After a long trip to the Northern Canadian wilderness our family returned to Seattle hungry for ethnic urban eats.  What better place than the new Bamboo Village at the corner of Stone Way and N 49th St?

I include this sign facing Stone Way because it makes me smile.  It’s authentic.

View from the surprisingly spacious parking lot (although we walked – yes! walked to dim sum in Wallingford).

Inside, it’s also surprisingly light, bright and spacious with clean high ceilings and big tables.

“The cart” and the dim sum menu.  I’m not an expert but my husband and …

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Shake, Rattle and Roll at Izilla Toys

Helen July 20, 2010 Comments are off

After a soggy opening day of the Wallingford Farmer’s Market back in May our family ran for shelter inside the Wallingford Center to warm up with board games and free pizza at Izilla Toys‘ Family Game Night.  Their next Family Game night will be Wednesday, July 21st (again, during the Farmers Market) from 5-7 PM.

Here’s what we found:  Folks gathered around several tables reading instructions, shuffling cards and sorting game pieces.  There was a great assortment – here are some I noticed:

Tiki Topple Telepathy (created by a local company called FunHub Creative) Catch the Match Quiddler Cir Kis…

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West Wallingford Walk

Helen July 14, 2010 2 Comments

Chocolati on 45th St. is playing the dance-sequence music from Napoleon Dynamite (Jamiroquai).  A guy in line suddenly busts out his moves.

At the Chevron station, a driver is sitting perfectly still on the asphalt next to his cab with head bowed.  At first glance, it looks like he’s having a cigarette but there’s no smoke.  Prayer, meditation?

The new Caffe Appassionato on Stone Way seems to be open, late hours?  No, a private party.  People drinking glasses of champagne, tables loaded with cupcakes and gifts.  A birthday, perhaps.

A row of 5 heavily-equipped guys on bicycles wearing headlamps on …

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Tidings from Tangletown

Helen July 1, 2010 4 Comments

June full moon.  Cold, gray sky.  Tangletown north of 50th St. is full of messages:

Inside Mighty O Donuts.  Truly words to live by, my friend.

Outside Meridian Market.  No, that is not the sun.  It is a figment of your imagination.

Holy moley!  Drinks of the Decades at the Pour House.

Disclaimer:  I take no responsibility for libel.  I am just a reporter.  Sign at the corner of 55th St. and Keystone Ave.

I don’t know what the questions are, but this car has the answers.  Rain happens.

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The Chill of “Winter’s Bone”

Helen June 30, 2010 Comments are off

This isn’t actually about current climactic conditions.  But Winter’s Bone, new at The Guild, sounds like it has a bite as fierce and hard to withstand as winter’s worst.  Here are some quick impressions from your neighbors, caught as they exited this past weekend:

“Great.  Very very well done.  Very depressing.  Very raw and gritty.”  – Kim

“I hope Middle America is not actually like that but I’m afraid it is.  Pretty scary to think of what meth has done to that whole community.” – Scott

“Grim.  Very Grim.  A slice of live with no happy ending.  The acting …

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