The Christmas Ships and the Parade of Boats will serenade Wallingford from Gas Works Park this Thursday, December 1st from 8:20 - 8:40 pm. It always seems to last longer than that, though. In a good way. From Argosy’s web site: "The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition for 62 years... From our flotilla of ships to the crowds of people who gather onshore, this celebration is one of the gems of the…
Cascade Bicycle Club is hosting a family-friendly Moving Planet Seattle - Wallingford to Lake Union ride next Saturday, September 24th. Oodles of Wallingfordians are predicted to meet at the Wallingford Center (1815 N 45th St) at 11:00 a.m. and arrive at South Lake Union Park (860 Terry Ave. N) at noon. The ride will be easy and paced for riders of all ages and ability levels. Riders will regroup after the 3:30 p.m. aerial photo for a festive ride back to…
One Reel announced that they have secured 80% of the required funding to produce the Family 4th at Lake Union, and as such, the show will go on this year. Businesses such as Allstate Insurance, Adobe, Smith Brothers Farms, Underdog Sports, along with many private contributors, added to the donations by Microsoft and Starbucks totaling $400,000. One Reel is still trying to secure the remaining $100,000, but has every intention to move forward. “We had planned to secure our budgetary goal…
Did you catch the announcement this morning on KONG 6/16 about the fate of this year's Family 4th show on Lake Union? Jon Stone, One Reel's Executive Director announced that Microsoft and Starbucks have already donated $125K each for the 2011 show. One Reel needs about $200k more to make the event happen again this year, and is once again turning to the public for donations. They hope to meet their goal by March 1. After Chase Bank dropped its sponsorship…
Traffic along Wallingford Avenue, above 40th Street, began to build by 11:00 a.m. As I mowed my lawn, I marveled over the families that hauled their blankets, coolers, chairs, strollers, and kids 8 blocks down the hill. By 3:00 p.m. the rain pretty much put the kibosh on my yard work, and the steady stream of people tapered down to a trickle. But around 6:00 p.m., the thickening crowd resumed their pilgrimage to Lake Union. During a dinner party at my…
Every Fourth of July—around 4:00 p.m. or so—I watch as scores of drivers swoop in for one of the precious few remaining parking spaces on my street. As the hours pass, the scene changes from motorists to pedestrians, who make their way down Wallingford Avenue in a slow and steady stream. They’ve got quite a few blocks to go before they hit Gas Works Park, but this stretch of Wallingford becomes a giant block party in and of itself. The street…
With any luck, southeast Wallingford may have its wish granted for less noise from the I-5 Express Lanes overhead--at least that's WSDOT's goal as it begins its I-5 Ship Canal Noise Study; but don't break out the bubbly to celebrate just yet. The study involves installing 700 noise absorbing panels on the ceiling of the Express Lanes over the south end of the Ship Canal Bridge, and they'll be monitoring the noise levels for three years for their effectiveness before securing…