The weather is heating up and the sun has been shining bright! Our summer evenings will soon be filled with picnics at Gas Works or neighborhood BBQs and many of those meals will be brimming with local cucumbers, tomatoes, and melons! These are all delicious foods to keep us cool on those hot summer days. These plants are all things that can be grown at home and the time to plant them is now! You have likely seen seedlings around the…
This Saturday, May 26, Cubes Baking Co. (2315 N. 45th St) will be celebrating their one year anniversary in Wallingford, and are having a little party to celebrate, noon - 5 pm, including Loteria every hour for a free cube Elotes by Amano Seattle Handmade crafts for sale by MariGlvn and Amano Seattle Birthday cake conchas A goodie bag raffle giveaway, filled with handmade Latinx-created products from around the country Seems worth the trip just to check out their unusually beautiful cakes. Cubes is the work…
The sun is out, and it’s a good time to pound the pavements and bask in the lovely weather while we can! If you, like me, enjoy walking all around our eclectic neighbourhood, you’d have noticed a beautiful carved tree trunk at 37th & Burke! When one of our editors tipped me off about this, it really piqued my curiosity. I set out to know more. When I went to interview Neal Myerson at his yard, his story wasn’t quite what…
Corinne Manning, a third grader at McDonald Elementary School, is a finalist in the "Doodle 4 Google" contest. Her doodle, titled "The Curious Cat," is the Washington state finalist for the contest. The contest theme, open to students in K-12, was "What Inspires Me." Voting on the doodles is open to the public until Friday, May 18th. (head to Google's website to cast your vote) The winner receives a scholarship and funding for their school for a computer lab. More information can…
Starting today, May 17th, at 5:30pm and for the next few Thursdays, our local tea shop, Friday Afternoon Tea (at 4228 Stone Way N.), is having a series of tea tastings. The first entry in the Educational Tasting Series is a flight of green teas from China and Japan, some steamed and some toasted. Each week they will be sampling different types of teas. Educational Tasting Series: 5/17 – Green Teas 5/24 – Black Teas 5/31 – Oolong Teas 6/7…
Reminder: Just Days Away Join Historic Wallingford for An Evening With Paul Dorpat–Seattle Author, Historian, and Seattle Times Columnist at Seattle First Church of the Nazarene 4401 2nd Ave NE, Seattle 98105 Friday, May 18th, 7 p.m. Join us and our very own Wallingford legend Paul Dorpat for a lively evening reminiscing over old photographs of the neighborhood and its characters. Paul is the author of many richly illustrated books including Seattle, Now & Then; Seattle Waterfront: An Illustrated History; and Washington, Then…
With summer just around the corner, you know that the opening of the Wallingford Farmers Market cannot be far off, either. The first day of operations is this coming Wednesday, May 16. As has been the case for the past several years, the market will be held at Meridian Park at 50th St. and Meridian Ave. Hours will be 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Wednesday through September 26. Parking: You are requested to park along Meridian Ave There is no…