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Growing up, my family was not particularly religious. I learned Hebrew from a private tutor, alongside the children of a couple family friends, but only stepped foot in a synagogue once or twice throughout my childhood. My family was part of a group of similarly-minded Jewish families that would gather in a church basement on high holidays and celebrate together, sans rabbi, children chasing each other down the thinly carpeted halls and across the linoleum floors. My bar mitzvah was held…

Matt from the Pacific Northwest Shop (4411 Wallingford Ave N, a Wallyhood sponsor) writes: Summer doesn’t officially start for another few weeks, but the Pacific Northwest Shop will begin celebrating early with their Second Saturdays of Summer event kicking off this weekend. Select groups of local makers will be coming to the shop each second Saturday in June (9th), July (14th), and August (11th) from 11 am to 3pm. They'll showcase their work and chat with customers. The event this Saturday, June 9th, will feature Joe…

40th, 50th, and Green Lake Way north of 50th are all to be repaved next year, which includes a full redesign of the streets that is happening now. Current plans swap out parking lanes for bike lanes, with protected bike lanes added to 40th and a cycle track added to Green Lake Way. In the Green Lake Way cycle track both directions of bike traffic will be on the lake side of the street. The transition between the cycle track and…

City Fruit is a Seattle non profit that promotes the cultivation of urban fruit to build strong communities.  They saw the abundance of fruit trees in the city, and how little of the fruit was consumed.   They have done great work to solve that problem.  Last year they harvested 34,000 pounds of fruit with 19,000 of it going meal programs and food banks.  One tree in Wallyhood’s own Meridian Park generated 490 pounds of fruit. To do that great work,…

I'm taking advantage of my publisher privilege to invite you all to visit my yard sale today. Sunday, June 3rd only, 8 am - 3 pm, lots of good stuff, including: Camping and climbing equipment Snow chains for trucks and cars Kids books and toys Computer displays, cords and brand new Chromebook Pillows, pillows, pillows Weird and amazing coffee making device All the other stuff you find at yard sales except exercise equipment Come on by today, Sunday June 3 between…

(This post provided by Wallingford realtors Kris Murphy & Daniela Dombrowski of Keller Williams. They are Wallyhood sponsors.) I am sure you have all heard by now, the Seattle Real Estate market is incredibly competitive (HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT).  Here is a more localized look at our own neighborhood.  I had to check my figures twice to make sure I was seeing correctly, but as expected our sweet neighborhood is becoming more and more popular.  As a result, inventory of homes for sale is…

Wallingford Playfield equipment is scheduled to be replaced this Fall (and will be closed for a while while that happens) due to a termite infestation in the swings. While they're replacing the swings, they'll be replacing all the old equipment with metal equipment as well, presumably to avert future termite incursions. It's a $400,000 project, and the Parks Department is collecting feedback from park users on what they'd like to see replace the old equipment: something as close as possible to…