Saturday, October 1st, join local residents, community leaders and business owners to clean the streets of Wallingford! This is the second year Wallingford resident, Colleen, has organized these efforts to keep our neighborhood tidy. She is working with the Wallingford Community Council and the city of Seattle on an adopt-a-street program, but for now, she is gathering volunteers who want to make a difference in our neighborhood.
October 1st, 10:00am – 1:00pm Meet at Animal Storm (the cat totem pole at the Wallingford Center) Colleen will have trash bags, pickers, gloves and vests, but feel…OH, RATS! Public Health – Seattle & King County Survey
King County are launches a Rodent Prevention and Control Survey.
The only rat I’ve ever loved is Splinter from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — and I’ve had a lot of time to think about this. Labor Day weekend 4 years ago, my family moved into a Wallingford bungalow. We had finally hauled the last load from the moving vehicle and were enjoying refreshments on the porch swing when we saw them – scurrying across the power line, black as night with tails billowing behind — 2 FAT RATS?!!
Living in NY before we met, my husband has stories of …
Cooling off with YoYo & CoCo
With YoYo & CoCo now gracing 45th Street with taro frappes and frozen yogurt cubes, Wallingford is asserting itself as the frozen treats district of Seattle. Even as someone with no sweet tooth and a lactose-intolerant spouse, I still find this claim-to-fame far more exciting than the direction we are threatening to head of becoming the unofficial smoke shop district of Seattle, but that is a topic for another story…
Today’s 90 degree weather served as ample excuse to ruin my kids’ dinner and sample this new Wallingford wonder.
I can safely report that YoYo & CoCo passes the 3 …
Ramen Refresh
After a mid-summer closure to remodel, Yoroshiku will have a soft open today, August 17th as a ramen bar specializing in Ramen, Tsukemen, Zangi (Japanese Fried Chicken), and a few other fan favorite dishes.…
TODAY: Buy-Nothing Day Wallingford, Fremont and Green Lake (July 30)
In Wallingford TODAY (9am-3pm): A community garage sale style event, in which everything is free!
Check out the Facebook Event for more details and scan the QR code below to see a map of registered sites!
Per the facebook event: This event is being hosted by members of the Wallingford, Upper Fremont and Greenlake Buy Nothing groups, along with Fremont Freecycle. All items are free, but please don’t take tables, sheets or tarps that are being used for display unless they are clearly marked “free.” Please check the “discussion” tab on the event page for the maps and other details!…See you at Murphy’s TONIGHT (7/27)!
Looking forward to some good old neighborhood chatter TONIGHT!
It’s a hot one out there, Wallingford. All the reason to cool down with a beverage and some fresh conversation.
Join the Wallyhood editors for a summer gathering on the back patio of Murphy’s Pub from 6pm-8pm tonight!
We will spring for a few appetizers and pitchers of beer, so join us right at 6pm to get in on those.
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Wallyhood Mix & Mingle This Wednesday – Murphy’s Pub
We hope to see you there!
6pm-8pm — Come share your neighborhood gossip, pester the writers with story ideas, consider writing a story or two yourself or jumping in as an editor!
We can’t wait to see the neighborhood for a mid-summer hang and maybe even some heated dialogue about RV parking and outdoor cats!
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