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Jordan

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Wallyhood is a "group blog" with many contributors. However, whenever you see a post written by "Wallyhood", that's Jordan Schwartz, Wallyhood's founder, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher, community manager, janitor, account executive, and chief enthusiast. Jordan has lived in the same little house in Wallingford since 1993. He arrived from points east with his cat, Fourth, and has since been joined by his wife Michelle, son Zevin, chickens Dominique, Winny and Betty and bees innumerable and unnamed. Days find him working on Pathable, a social networking service for conferences and events.

Another Kid on the Block

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Back in November, we mentioned that Next Door Media, the Ballard-based company that controls a host of “hyperlocal” blogs such as My Ballard, Phinneywood, Fremont Universe, Queen Anne Review and Magnolia Voice, was recruiting someone to write a Wallingford blog for them. At the time, we invited you all to come join us on these pages, and the many writers you’ve seen here on Wallyhood since then took us up on the offer. Truly a blessing.

Meanwhile, we saw today that Next Door Media has launched their site, titled My Wallingford. Like the rest of the NDM sites, much of …

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Outdoor Art Around Wallingford

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Robert Delaware has been snapping photos of street art around the city and posting them to Brightkite, a service that allows you to “tag” messages and photos with the location they were sent from. Here are a few  of the shots he’s taken from around Wallingford:

Now, regular readers will know that we’re huge fans of street art (newer readers, check out some of our older posts on the topic, including Wallingford Art, More Outdoor Art, Mystery Painting, Easy Chair, More Yard Art and New Yard Yart), so this got us to thinking: wouldn’t it be great if there a …

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Old Tweedy, New Tenant

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John writes:

The old Tweedy & Popp store has decloaked. There are now big color posters in the windows with pictures of oriental rugs. One of them reads, “Heirloom Rugs.” I dunno if that’s the actual name of the new business. I wonder if it’ll be one of those oriental rug shops that have perpetual “Going Out Of Business Liquidation Sale!” signs but never actually close down?

Sweet. I can see it now: “Grand Opening Sale! Going Out of Business!”…

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Pothole Rangers

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DOUG. writes:

If you’ve ever taken the 26 bus from northern Wallingford toward downtown, you’ve probably been jolted awake by the mammoth pothole on the 4200 block of Thackeray. Now you can rest easily. The Pothole Rangers were notified by a concerned neighbor on Friday afternoon and were out in force early Monday morning filling the gaping wound. It took mere minutes.

So if you see a pothole that needs to be filled, call 206.684.ROAD. It really works!

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Crush

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As long as we’re talking about fabric, we thought we’d let you know that Fabric Crush, “a fresh, modern fabric boutique specializing in cotton fabrics, patterns and books from a variety of designers”, is opening in Wallingford Center. It sounds like they’ve burst the seams of their old home in Magnolia and have decided to weave themselves into Wallingford, instead. Opening day is Monday, March 15th:

This move will allow us to have more classes and much more room for inventory in a more easily accessible neighborhood location. The close proximity to I-5 will make it nice for our out …

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Fiberati

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There’s something about the phrase “nationally renowned basketmaker” that just tickles our fancy. We imagine velvet ropes pulled back, excited murmurs of recognition, and stadium crowds roaring for this expert weaver. Ah, would that we lived in such a world.

Perhaps if the artists of Fiberati have their way, some day we may. This Saturday, March 13th from 10 am – 5 pm at the Good Shepherd Center #202, the 12-person collective will be holding a group show and sale. The show includes “nationally renowned basketmaker Dorothy McGuinness, a weaving series by the prolific Linnea Donnen; and a mixed …

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And the Oscar goes to…Wallingford!

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We’ve got a little bit of red carpet here in Wallingford, in form of Ed Hartman, owner of Wallingford’s Drum Exchange. Since no Oscar star is complete without an official press release, we hand the mic over to Ed’s:

Olympic Marimba Records is proud to announce that the Academy Award winning film, “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock (best actress) features a piece of music by Ed Hartman, Seattle musician and composer. Ed writes music for film and television, and is a well-known percussionist and teacher in the Pacific Northwest.  […]

Ed’s piece, “Football Funk” is used in a key …

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