Local watering hole, Russell’s Tavern celebrates 10 years in Wallingford! If you can snag a seat at the bar, Russell’s is the perfect place to meet a friend or to read a few chapters of a book while engaging in chatter with friendly bartenders and neighbors. The experience is enhanced further with an order of pickled vegetables or sardines with sweet piquillo pepper . This month, Russell’s will celebrate their 10th anniversary with oysters, bubbles, cocktails and tunes, which sounds even sweeter. The party starts at 4:00pm on Saturday, March 23rd. Pop on to North 41st Street and Stone Way …
Spring Break Game Crafters Camp for K-5
Game Crafters Camp: Play, Create, Compete. April 8th-12th If you are a parent wondering how you will make it through Spring Break without care for your Kindergartener – 5th grader, Latona School Associates, an after school program located in John Stanford International School (JSIS) is accepting kids for spring break camp, even if they don’t go to JSIS.
Tim Sullivan, Director of Latona School Associates writes: Join us for an exhilarating week packed with creativity and fun as we delve into the world of game creation and play. Throughout the week, campers will engage in a variety of game …
Ivar’s Founder Birthday Means BOGO Entrees for $1.19
Tuesday, March 19th, Wallingford’s clammiest restaurant celebrates what would be the 119th birthday of it’s founder, Ivar Haglund (or flounder, as they say) with a buy one entrée, get the second for $1.19. Stop on in and let things get extra fishy!
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Free Half Day Summer Language Camp Research Study
Many parents know the trials of finding summer camps to provide care for young kids. Parent text threads explode reminding each other to be hovering over the mouse on your computer refreshing at exactly 6pm when registration for this camp or that opens up. Stress and guilt and great expense follow.
Just outside of Wallingford, the UW Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences Lab (I-LABS) is now looking for native English speaking kids ages 4-5 to participate in a Free Language Camp as part of their research into the benefits of dual language exposure. The Language Camp Research Study located …
An Uncomprehensive Hunt for Last Minute Valentines
Yesterday morning I set off in search of last-minute Valentines. What I encountered instead was a bit of heartbreak (and no elementary school valentines).
My first stop was Bartell’s where I thought I might find a box of Valentine’s for my 4 & 6 year olds. Seeing the shelves of Bartell Drugs adorned with sale signs was a stark reminder of the store’s closure that our neighborhood has been lamenting for a couple weeks now, but that was pale compared to what I learned when chatting with the owners of PETI and Cedarhouse Flowers, a women’s boutique and flower shop …
Night Light Nails: 20 Years of Grit and Knowing Your Name
As a gesture to bring in more business while giving back to a community that has embraced them for over two decades, Night Light Nails is running a special:
When customers buy a gift card, they will receive value greater than they pay:
Pay $30 get $45 Pay $40 get $55 Pay $50 get $80 Pay $100 get $140Night Light Nails sits on the corner of NE 45th Street and Thackery. With it’s neon signs and seafoam paint, you would never know that this unassuming nail salon has weathered nearly two decades of challenges and success, embodying the …
Wish Good Health to the Trees with Local Morris Dancers
Sound and Fury Morris Dancers invite the neighborhood to a traditional English orchard wassail at Meridian Playfield on Saturday. They have been holding this event combining singing, dancing, poetry recitation, and a toast to the trees for 15 years! There event is free and family friendly with opportunities for neighbors to participate in wishing good health to the trees and to scare away any evil spirits that might spoil the crops.
When: 1:00pm-2:00pm Saturday, January 6th Location: Northwest corner of Meridian Park, near the apple trees that grow along Meridian Avenue What to bring: Warm clothes…