Just shy of its sixth Birthday, The Octopus Bar (2109 N 45th St) will lock up for the last time at the little Jules Verne-themed building they carved out of the old Wallingford Pizza House building on 45th Street. Fortunately, while they're losing their lease on the building, they're planning to take their theme just down the block to the old Iron Bull building on the corner of 45th and Bagley. This came as a surprise to me. Last I spoke…
The Wallingford Community Senior Center invites members and the general public to join them for a thrift store shopping outing: When: Monday, November 18, 10am-2pm. Cost: $10 public / $8 WCSC members. Advance registration required Ride the WCSC van to check out thrift stores in the Overlake neighborhood on the Bellevue/Redmond border. We’ll be stopping at the large and bountiful Redmond Goodwill, and at the Children’s Hospital Bargain Boutique, which specializes in clothing appropriate for people of our age. If there’s…
Traffic is not-so-great right now. Take the annual return of rainy traffic, add in work due to the "Green Lake and Wallingford Paving & Multi-Modal Improvements" project, and then layer on I-976 passage and the future can look pretty bleak. The governmental reaction to I-976 so far has simply been to throw a legal tantrum, but there is an opportunity for Seattle government to pull up their big boy pants and practice good governance. King County taxpayers subsidized transit by 6…
(Correction: This was LAST weekend, Nov 8 - 11th. Sorry for the false alarm!) Crackerjack Crafts at Wallingford Center is having a Trunk Show this weekend (beginning Friday, in fact) featuring special guests Annie de Vuono, Kristin Ford and Paige Selden. Friday, 5 - 8pm Saturday, 11am – 6pm Sunday, 12 – 5pm Refreshments will be served. From their website: Join us as we celebrate the opening of our Annual Trunk Show featuring Kristin Ford Jewelry, Annie de Vuono hats and…
The iconic May Restaurant & Lounge (1612 N 45th) abruptly closed its doors and spent last weekend taking down signage, removing decorations, and cleaning out the interior. A sign on the door announces the opening of a new restaurant Sisi Kay Thai. May Restaurant confirmed that the space is under new ownership that wants to do something new. In 2006 May Restaurant transformed a Craftsman lot into a 2-story neon-blue pagoda with brilliant aluminum adornments. They opened to much fanfare and…
Although many private businesses do not recognize it, Veteran’s Day is today — a national and Washington State holiday. To mark the occasion, a number of local restaurants are offering free food to veterans on November 11, and while they're not exactly like the restaurants in Italy or the same quality - they're still great old-fashioned home comfort food, for free. Ivar’s Salmon House The Salmon House, located at 401 NE Northlake Way, is among several Ivar’s locations offering free entrees…
We’ve had some prime yard-raking weather this week and last. So if you got out there and cleaned the place up, you’ve probably got piles of yard waste lying around waiting for the inevitable winds to blow it all away. What to do with it all? Seattle Public Utilities allows extra yard waste to be placed by the curb throughout the month of November. Here are some details from the SPU website: Have you raked more leaves than can fit in…