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The time has come for the second* most important question of October: will I get trick-or-treaters at my house? This is a sticky issue. Guessing wrong has potentially damaging ramifications: overbuy on treats and you end up with a dangerous indulgence situation for at least a month. Underbuy and you'll find yourself crouching behind the couch with the lights off while droves of sugar-drunk hooligans stomp up and down your front steps. As a neighborhood, Wallingford does well for trick-or-treaters. Tripsavvy…

Yes, yes, "Wallingford Home For Sale", it hardly seems worth a mention on a neighborhood blog. Lots of housing for sale, after all. Ah, but this is THE Wallingford home, as in the home that once belonged to John Wallingford, after whom our dear little neighborhood was named. It's standing in all its wee craftsman glory up on 1624 N 50th St, just east of the southeast tip of Woodland Park. According to HistoryLink, John arrived in Seattle from Maine via Minnesota…

Last week, we posted an article soliciting your photos of the unique and bizarre items that decorate the streets of our neighborhood. The response was a little underwhelming. Could that be due to the earlier onset of darkness these days? Rainy weather? Dunno. We did get a few interesting entries, however, to supplement my own. Let us know in the comments if you can identify the approximate location of each one. (Note that the photos are numbered in the captions so…

Just in time for the holidays, there's a new shop opening on Wallingford and 44th, the Pacific Northwest Shop. It's the first branching out from the original Tacoma location for the store, but is spearheaded by Matt and Cedric from Phinney / Ballard. I'll give the mic to Matt Evans to say a few words: My parents, Bill and Ann, began the business in 1978 and still own it today. After many years away after college, I returned to the area…

This Wednesday, October 18, Kerf International, a multidisciplinary artists’ collective, will be holding its first opening-night reception at the Blue Star Cafe. The back room of the restaurant, normally adorned with the well-known and beloved vintage photos of historic Seattle, has, once again been transformed into an exhibition space for local artists. For ten years, Kerf used unleased space in Wallingford Center for gallery exhibitions each month. Unfortunately, this long-standing arrangement came to an end in 2016. Since leaving Wallingford Center, Kerf has…

There is a time of day that is easily forgotten. Roughly 3am to 5am is too late for night and too early for day. If you send an email to someone at midnight, you are working hard burning the midnight owl. Send an email to someone at 3am, they ask if everything is ok. It is a strange time of day that brings out a unique side of a neighborhood. I spend a fair amount of time in these hours as…