Vanity
We don't know nothin' more about this than it says in the flier: Jewelry, Ceramics, Chocolate and Journals. 2202 N. 41st. Friday and Saturday, like it says.
New Yard Art
We stumbled upon this little treasure out in front of a house on Latona Ave NE, between 40th and 42nd. Inside are copies of The Raven. Yay yard art!
Cutz in the News
All sortsa exciting things happening up at Cutz salon. If you've been wondering what's going into that building that used to be a dry cleaners behind Murphy's, you need wonder no longer: CUTZ Meridian Salon-Spa-Art opens tomorrow, Wed, Nov 18th. We understand that the existing location (4429 Wallingford Ave N.) will continue to operate as a salon, while the new location (4515 Meridian Ave N.) will also include massage and spa features. In a brilliant "We don't need an art walk…
Reminder: Photo Contest
Remember, we're giving away two, count 'em two, bags of Pangaea Organica fair trade Wallingford roasted coffee this week to two photographers, one "regular" and one "mobile". The theme: Wallingford in Autum. Snap a photo, upload it wherever you like (but preferably to the Wallingford Flickr Pool) and post a link to it as a comment on this post (or one of the reminders that will follow). Deadline is Sunday, 10/25 at midnight. We’ll award two bags of coffee, one for…
Go Run or Go Zen
Paul Dorpat, neighborhood historian and itinerant photographer sent in a couple of beautiful shots from around the neighborhood to share: Paul wrote: In the fall - well all year long really - I refer to the trees along 44th between Burke and Wallingford as the "Flame Trees" and I have snapped them many times over the last four autumns. The same is so for the Good Shepherd P-Patch. The detail with the sophisticated rock path leading to two chairs and a…
Neighboring Neighborhoods Round-Up
Phinneywood notes that they've got their own crime wave going on, including a serial robber who targets dentist offices for their cash, drugs and gold fillings. Fremont Universe is helping B.F. Day recruit tutors My Green Lake is offering lessons in how not to be a douchebag, courtesy of someone named Horseknuckle. Hilarity ensues. EastlakeAve has embedded some b-boy (breakdancing) videos shot in the Eastlake neighborhood. They're pretty good. This one's our favorite:
Couch Fest Films
Wandering from house to house, watching movies in the living rooms of perfect strangers? We must have died and gone to heaven. Celebrating its second annual year in 2009, Couch Fest Films is a cozy shorts film fest hosted in people's houses. During Couch Fest Films, lovers of film can sit shoulder to shoulder watching short films while stuffing their faces with the snacks they thought they had to sneak in. On Saturday, November 7th, 2009, each Couch Fest Films house…