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You’ve previously read on Wallyhood about the Historic Wallingford Treasure Hunt along 45th. Many of your neighbors, especially the children, have enjoyed trying to match up the photos and clues in the brochure with the buildings and signs. The time has come to collect the entries and name the winners. Actually, a random number generator was run to pick the winners out of almost all the entries since almost everyone succeeded in getting almost all the queries correct. Each of the…

Wallingford Community Council joins 15 other neighborhood associations in hosting a General Election Candidate Forum on Sunday, October 3rd at 6:00PM. Hear from the following candidates: Mayor Bruce Harrell Lorena Gonzalez City Council Position 8 Teresa Mosqueda Kenneth Wilson City Council Position 9 Nikkita Oliver Sara Nelson Zoom link to join (no registration required): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85390205667   Sponsoring organizations: Seattle Fair Growth Beacon Hill Council Central Area Neighborhood District Council Cherry Hill Community Council Green Lake Community Council Madison-Miller Park Community Group…

Contributed by Kate Johnson: Flutist and leader, Puget Sounds Wind Quintet  Experience classical music that's a little off the beaten path...right here in the Wallyhood at the Good Shepherd Center! In a classical concert that stretches to the contemporary while grounded in approachability, local professional ensemble Puget Sounds Wind Quintet will display the diverse qualities of the winds of the orchestra. Hear the world premiere of Wind Quintet No. 3 by northwest composer David P. Jones, and four other living composer works in the classical contemporary…

Change expert and Revolve You founder Julia Claeys Freeland recommends organizational leaders stop trying to manage change and start actively modeling what it looks like to engage in change. In her new book, Take Your Shoes Off First, Freeland shares principles to help individuals and corporate teams bridge divides between colleagues, cultivate inclusion and accelerate innovation in our dramatically different world. "To change the world, we must first change ourselves. This means engaging in change, not just managing it. When we…

There have been a few twists and turns lately at local Food and Drink establishments on 45th. Here is an Editor's Choice article with some personal observations.  Let’s run them down: Grand Central Bakery I was surprised last week to see the small sign: Closed on Monday and Tuesdays in September due to staffing. Subject to change.  Is there a secret general labor strike going on?  Anyway, I look forward to their re-opening back everyday.   Young Tea In the ‘old’…

This Saturday, September 18th, Seattle emergency communications teams will be practicing and demonstrating how an Emergency Communication Hub will work in the event we face a major natural disaster. The Double Trouble simulation will work through what we will need to do in the event of an earthquake, such as from the Seattle Fault or the Cascadia Subduction Fault. The exercise will be conducted at the Maple Leaf Park, 1020 NE 82nd St, playground area in the southwest corner of park,…

This is part 2 of our 2 part series asking questions of mayoral candidates. Harrell replied, Gonzalez did not. Wallyhood: You have a reputation as a consensus builder, but as we saw with Ed Murray that can mean offering platitudes to the public while letting downtown power brokers make all the decisions (see: HALA). As things work today, find it / fix it requests are followed through on only occasionally. Social media and email to bureaucrats in government and city council…