If you travel on 45th just above Stone Way, you might've seen the Off The Wall School of Music "Free Piano Lesson" sandwich board on the sidewalk and the giant banner on the side of a blue house on the corner of 45th and Midvale. I'll admit, when I looked up the music school, I balked at the website's claim, "You can learn a song in 15-20 minutes!" See, I've been taking piano lessons for the last four years and the…
Can you think of a better location than Wallingford to become the newest home to a 4-H club? Well don't think twice, this Lynnwood-based club is heading our way and is seeking Seattle urban kids, ages 5-18 to become new members, and for adults to enroll as leaders. Wild 'n' Woolies will hold their first club meeting on January 2, from 9am-11am. If you're interested, contact Nina Finley for the location: [email protected]. 16 year-old Nina gave us the scoop as to how she…
Christmas came to the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club (WBGC) a few days early, thanks to a generous donation from Microsoft. Yesterday, the club received an Xbox 360 with Kinect. The software company donated the console and two games to 4,000 Boys and Girls Club locations nationwide. As a special bonus, WBGC also received 13 additional Kinect games, courtesy of the Hotmail team, who shipped them using their new Active View feature. Club members were invited to come and try out…
New Haven, 1978. It was a warm spring morning, and they were holding little league tryouts in the field behind the ice skating rink. The coach gave us an encouraging, no pressure smile and lobbed a ball in soft and slow. We had no trouble tracking its slow arc through our thick spectacles, the bat seemed to just swing itself and the pleasant crack of wood on leather sent a thrilling jolt up through our arms and into our torso. The…
Given that Wallingford has become the top spot for trick-or-treating for the second year in a row, your children's first priority is to exercise their right to demand candy from the neighbors. But since Halloween falls on a Sunday this year, there's lots of fun neighborhood activities all weekend long to help add to, and work off the sugar rush. Here's what's in store for the kiddies of Wallingford: Friday, October 29 Oom Yung Doe (4319 Stone Way): Halloween Safety Workshop…
On a daily basis I look around my house and wonder why I have multiple bins, toy chests, and baskets full of toys. I try to conquer and organize, but the task is endless. Just yesterday I went through my son’s toys and got a bag together to donate, eliminating some of the clutter while thinking that the amount of toys my kid winds up with is astonishing, and it'll just continue to grow if I don’t take a stand. Seems…
The other day, Wallingford neighbor Beth posted something on the Wallingford Moms site that caught my eye: A group of parents have gotten together to host a fundraiser at Tutta Bella (4411 Stone Way N.) on Thursday, November 4 (from 5:50 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.) for Diane Broderick--a beloved co-op preschool teacher who had been recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I e-mailed Beth and she provided me with more details: Diane has been teaching preschool co-op for over twenty years and…