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…

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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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 …

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 6^th Location: Northwest corner of Meridian Park, near the apple trees that grow along Meridian Avenue What to bring: Warm clothes…

HELP SAY GOODBYE TO 2023 AND TO THIS WALLINGFORD GEM

For over 40 years Julia’s has been serving brunch in the Wallingford neighborhood, and tomorrow, the last service will run, leaving an egg-shaped void in our collective hearts and stomachs. Some of you may have bid farewell by attending the yacht rock brunch hosted in mid-December, but for others, tomorrow is the last chance to stop by the corner of Wallingford Ave and 44th Street, and enjoy the charm of this neighborhood favorite.

Since the days of sending a shot back to the kitchen are behind us, as a final …

Saturday morning, the do-gooders of Wallingford were out with their reflective vests, yellow bags and big hearts. Thanks to the crew of volunteers for keeping our neighborhood clean! Sponsored by the City of Seattle Adopt a Street Program, Wallingford Community Council and Street Keepers, this semi-annual event shows community at it’s finest!…

This post comes from Eleanor and Josephine, Girl Scout Troop 42013 — Thank you, Elanor and Josephine, for your contribution to the Wallyhood blog and the Wallingford community!  Two New Signs at Meridian Playground Have you seen the two newly installed signs at Meridian Playground? They are two mosaics created by a couple of local Girl Scouts, (us!), Eleanor and Josephine, earning our Silver Award. The Silver Award is the second highest award a Girl Scout can earn. We worked with Seattle Mosaic Arts to design and create the signs. One of our signs shows the entrance to the Tilth…