I was headed out of town to a family wedding and stopped in the Pacific Northwest Shop (Wallingford Ave, south of 45th street) to pick up a few local specialties to share. Much to my delight, I discovered not one, but several Wallyhood merch items! A chic wooden ornament, a big coffee mug and a charming sticker with the happy statement: "I heart Wallyhood". Pictured below is also a sticker with the more traditional "Wallingford." All made, of course, by Northwest…
The Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC), located on the ground floor of the Good Shepherd Center, is restarting its programs and services for the community. The pandemic closure gave the opportunity to repaint and reorganize the space so it is even more welcoming now. Because of the emergence of the delta variation of the Corona-19 virus, WCSC is requiring everyone who visits the Center to show evidence that they are vaccinated. Face masks are optional, but highly recommended. WCSC is open…
Perhaps you know the Pacific Northwest Needle Arts Guild for their marvelous sale of interesting crafts each year at Christmas. Well, this summer they are having a sale of the arts and crafts supplies you will need to make such wonderful things. We’re talking books, patterns, yarn, beads, threads and more. The sale will be on Saturday, August 21 from 9 am to 3 pm. PNNAG’s workshop is located on the ground floor of the Good Shepherd Center, room 120. (They…
National Night Out started formally 38 years ago, sparked from an effort in the western suburbs of Philadelphia to bring neighbors and police forces together for increased safety. The first National Night Out involved 2.5 million neighbors across 400 communities in 23 states. Now a national community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships, it reaches 38 million neighbors in 16,000 communities! Wallingford Seattle is one of these lively communities and on the first Tuesday evening in August, you can see neighbors gathered…
A mentor to many, a friend to all By: Mary Schilder, Neighborcare Health Connecting with tweens and teenagers can feel like an impossible wall to scale, not true for longtime Wallingford resident, Janet Cady, who is retiring after 43 years working as a nurse and nurse practitioner in community and public health, with most of that time spent supporting young people. “I like their emerging ability to question, to learn self-care, their curiosity,” said Janet. “They are at that fork in…
Since our post a couple weeks back, there's been a lot of activity around the closed W Green Lake Way N issue. I was about to post a lengthy update including the city's response to our blog post, the mayor's interest in "connecting the parks" through a permanent road closure, and Councilmember's Strauss' consistent advocacy for reopening the road immediately with a plan to create a two-way protected bike lane. Instead I'm pleased to share with you the following update from…
This Saturday, July 31, SDOT will host a bike ride on the new two-way cycletrack adjacent to Green Lake Park. Two years in the making, this protected bike lane is finally complete, giving cyclists a safer way to navigate East Green Lake Way N.Riders will meet in the “Flamingo” parking lot of the Woodland Park Zoo, located at the corner of N 50th Street and Phinney Ave N. At 10:30am cyclists will ride down the improved bike lane on North 50th…