Night Life

Wally-ween Weekend – For Grownups

(Updated 4:12 p.m.) Since Halloween falls on a Sunday this year, it's become an Über holiday--jam-packed with activities all weekend long--kinda giving people more bang for their buck in the costume department.  Now at least you can justify getting that cat suit cleaned before wearing it.  Better hurry though, because we've found a ton of activities for grownups, including lots of costume parties and contests.(Parents, don't worry, we'll cover the Halloween festivities for the Wally-wee set in a separate post!) Friday,…

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Wallingford Weekend

Labor Day Weekend is upon us, marking the end of outdoor festivals, movies, and block parties. It’s a time when we honor thy mighty Bumbershoot and prep the outdoor grill for that last barbecue. While many plan to get the heck out of Dodge for that last long weekend until…Thanksgiving (Ugh, really? Is the next one that far away?), we’ve got some suggestions for those who plan to stick around: Thursday, 9/2 (Still a weeknight, but worth mentioning): 8 PM –…

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Wallingford Nightlife: Do You Care?

A few weeks back, we introduced a new resource to our ever burgeoning trove of Wallingford wonkery: the Wallingford Nightlife Calendar, an oft-updated compendium of all the adult-focused music, trivia nights, and dancing around our unprepossessing little 'hood. It listed the bands playing at SeaMonster, the trivia nights and open mic nights at Murphy's, North Indian music night at Kabul, even salsa nights at that bar we love to hate, Babalu. Nobody seems to care. That is, based on our spot…

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Weekend Wonders in Wallingford

Tax Season has officially come to a close!  Huzzah!  Now, get out and do something fun this weekend.  Here are some of the cool things happening in Wallingford: Friday Grab yer partner and dosey doe to Hamilton Middle School's Hoedown and Bluegrass Concert, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Lincoln H.S. gym.  Pizza, Vietnamese sandwiches, snacks and beverages will be available for sale.  Proceeds benefit the music program at Hamilton.  Tickets are $25 for a family, or $10 per person. Soak up…

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Break Out Your Dancin’ Shoes

The Latin dance community in Seattle is a large and fast growing scene. You are able to dance, usually with a live band, almost every night of the week somewhere. Wallingford now has three of those night right in the center of our neighborhood. Babalu features Latin Mambo Night on Wednesday. Featuring live music by Cambalache a nine piece high energy Salsa band covering several styles from Salsa to Bachata to Mambo. Some of the best dancers in Seattle come out…

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Marcus Eaton @ Babalu

Sunday evening Babalu was host to Marcus Eaton, an extremely talented songwriter and guitar player.  Joined by Kevin Rogers on Drums, the duo played an intimate show to a very attentive audience.  The show was dynamic fusing Rock, Jazz, and Folk influences with finger picking, strumming, live guitar looping, a drum machine, and most importantly a My Little Pony.

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Not a chopper

We've gotten a few inquiries from readers along the lines of "What's up with the helicopter circling over Wallingford? Are we in a war zone?" Turns out, it's not a helicopter at all. Instead, it's some enormous pavement grinder grinding pavement on I-5. Dan snapped this picture of it: As long as you're not sleeping, you may as well read more about it on the WSDOT web site. (Thanks to Emily for the link.)

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