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I chatted with George Scarola, Seattle's Director of Homelessness, this past Friday to get some additional details about Nickelsville's imminent move to Wallingford. First important note is that the while Nickelsville's Ballard lease expires on November 17th, the city will be extending it until mid-December to give themselves time to raze the City Light-owned building at the Wallingford location and otherwise prepare for the move. That includes setting up electricity and water service, two things that the Ballard site lacked (instead,…

Bad Woman Yarn in Wallingford Center will be closing after a decade in business. Judd Burrow writes: Ten and a half years ago we closed the Bad Woman shop in Manzanita on the Oregon Coast. We were excited to move back to Seattle to be closer to a new granddaughter. We moved Bad Woman Yarn into the Wallingford Center and quickly made it our home. This year, after significant birthday, the end of a lease, and the addition of two little…

If you're looking for something to do this post-Election Day weekend, you might want to check out "Truth is Up For Grabs"--part of the Wayward Music Series and funded in part by 4Culture--at Good Shepherd Center on Saturday evening. Member and 2014 inductee of the Earshot Jazz Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame Amy Denio presents: A song cycle of eight new compositions for chamber ensemble. Inspired by current events, the economy of war, and poetry by Pablo Neruda, Denio’s music is…

Whether you voted for a Moon or a Durkan, Molly Moon (no relation that we know of) is offering you a free scoop of ice cream tomorrow, Tuesday Nov 7 in honor of election day. Just come in with your ballot stub and walk out with a scoop of Blue Corn Chocolate Chip or your favorite flavor. https://twitter.com/mollymoon/status/927693529253666816

Nickelsville Ballard, the city-sanctioned, self-managed homeless encampment presently homed on Market Street in Ballard will be decamping to Wallingford shortly. Founded in 2008 (and named as a not-tribute to then-mayor Greg Nickels), the community operates with the city's blessing, which acknowledges that "there is insufficient supply of low-barrier shelter beds for any given night and outreach workers often find that the City's emergency shelter system does not meet the needs of people living unsheltered." Besides the fact that they fill up…

   As promised, here is the result of my interview with mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan. Due to Jenny's busy campaign schedule, we were unable to sit down to talk face-to-face so I sent her my questions and she provided the following responses to them. I want to thank Jenny and her campaign team for the great communication and cooperation. You can learn more about Jenny Durkan and her campaign at http://www.jennyforseattle.com Glenn:  Your opponent has been described as a “Progressive Urbanist”. How…

Back on October 21, we posted photos (many from readers) of some “unique and bizarre” (or perhaps “whimsical and original” as one reader preferred to term them) items to be found around the neighborhood. We challenged readers to identify the locations where the photos were taken. Scroll through the gallery below to find the answers as well as some interesting back stories that some contributors sent in, and some late entries we just received. If you want to create unique artwork,…