You are invited to join Play Reading at Wallingford Community Senior Center on Mondays from 2:30 – 4:00 PM. Play Reading is open to the greater community and free. It’s a fun and stimulating chance to interact with others as the group encounters a play together.

Why play reading?  Molly B, a play reader, answers:

“When you read a play out loud, you have the chance to enter into a character’s perspective. You can behave as they do without feeling responsible for the character’s actions.” 

“Plays are generally written for a mature audience, so they are rich with life experience …

We had a great time meeting all of you on Murphy’s Wednesday night at the first “post”-pandemic Wallyhood Mix & Mingle. Wonderful to see familiar faces and meet new neighbors. We love knowing how people read the blog, what topics you like and hear new neighborhood stories.

We were also happy to see avid blog reader and our own District 4 Councilmember, Alex Pedersen. Thanks for stopping, by Alex!

Please keep the feedback and ideas coming!

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This post comes to us from John Klees, Marketing and Operations specialist with the Snow Leopard Trust, located in Good Shepherd Center. 

After over a year of pandemic lockdowns and social distancing, I have vowed to never take our city’s parks and community spaces for granted. And a recent tour of Wallingford’s Good Shepherd Center and Meridian Playground further cemented this rejection of complacency. Throughout the tour our group was reminded that the existence of these parks, and specifically this beautiful building and accompanying playground, did not happen easily or overnight. Through the stained-glass windows of the chapel and among …

This post comes to us from neighbor Patricia Bannister. 

Wallingford has 10 public access points to Lake Union. Yes, 10! And we explored each one on June 28 during a guided neighborhood tour that was organized as part of the Visions of Wallingford community filmmaking project.

Our tour leaders were Lee Raaen and Ted Hunter, who have been diligently studying the complex ownership and management of the 23 numbered waterways. These parcels of shoreline along Lake Union are partially intended to provide public access for the surrounding communities. Currently, they are managed by The Washington State Dept of National Resources, …

Congratulations to our own North Central Little League Seniors who won the Washington State tournament in Port Orchard, last Saturday. This combined team of 15-16 year olds from Northwest Little League, Ballard Little League, and North Central Little League played undefeated in the tournament.

The team now heads to Oakland, CA for the regional Little League All Stars Seniors competition next week. We also sent a combined Seniors team as Washington State Champs to Regionals in 2019.

NCLL is hosting a fundraiser to off-set travel costs. Please join us in the excitement by making a 100% tax-deductible donation. Any amount …

This post comes to us from neighbor Margaret Jerabek, age 10. Register now for the final guided neighborhood tour for the Visions of Wallingford project. Melissa Irish will walk us through the “eclectic side” of 45th street this Thursday, July 7, 2-4pm.

A local group of residents, including several school kids, parents and even a six-month-old baby toured Wallingford on Sunday June 26. This guided neighborhood tour was part of the Visions of Wallingford community filmmaking project. We met up at Irwin’s Bakery to greet everyone, grab a delicious cookie and learn details about the tour. A local mom, …