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Historic Wallingford Launch Party Saturday, January 6th, 2:30 to 4 p.m. Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N., Room 202 Please RSVP to [email protected] Hosted by the Historic Wallingford Board After more than a year of planning and assessing interest, we are proud to announce the formation of a new neighborhood organization, Historic Wallingford. We, the board of Historic Wallingford, invite you to join us Saturday, January 6th, as we share our story and vision for the future of the organization—a…

As I did last year, I reviewed the analytics for this site to uncover the top ten stories of 2017 as judged by page views. While 2016’s top ten was spread rather widely across topics, it was clear that in 2017, HALA (the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda) was what was on neighbors’ minds. Business openings and closing also figured prominently. I looked a little further down the list at the top 20 and 30 to confirm that, yeah, we still…

Here are a couple of PSAs to send out 2017 on a good note. If you're like me, you like to take Christmas decorations down on the last weekend of the year. If you're also like me, you wind up with a few strands of dead Christmas lights to deal with. You can recycle these at various locations around the city. The city has compiled a list of locations that will take them for recycling. Although there are none in the neighborhood,…

The most popular day of the year for couples to get engaged is Christmas Eve. For all of you newly engaged Wallingford brides-to-be, there is good news. Ever since I Do Bridal Too moved their shop from 45th street to Greenwood in June, Wallingford brides looking to shop locally for their dresses were out of luck. But no longer. The Dress Theory is now open for wedding dress shopping at 1423 N 45th street, next to Chile Pepper restaurant. Dress Theory specializes…

Let’s first get a couple of things straight. This article is not about a Friday afternoon tea; it’s about Friday Afternoon Tea which recently opened on Stone Way. And the other thing to realize is that many may not consider Friday Afternoon Tea to be a replacement for the Teahouse Kuan Yin which closed it’s doors last year. While Teahouse Kuan Yin had that very “lived in” feel that comes with being in its space literally for decades, Friday Afternoon Tea…