Reeve Baily, a Wallyhood reader and neighbor, alerted us of a new steakhouse in the old Miyabi place at 2208 N 45th Street. He set out to get the story for us and was able to chat with the owners and the chef of this new Japanese inspired meat house called Kokkaku. I love Japanese cuisine and had not heard of this new place yet, so I was happy to have Reeve give us the scoop. Check out their website and…
I personally only like to share good news. News about the artists, farmers, businesses and neighbors in our community, the things that make where we live great. I like to find beauty and bring light to the small and lovely things that surround us. But this terrible story of the 3 brothers in the house near Green Lake is deeply disturbing and I feel the community should be made aware. I cannot bring myself to write about it or even…
Experience a unique variety show this evening August 24th from 7:30-9:30 pm in the Chapel Performance Space on the fourth floor of the Good Shepherd Center. The hostess, vocalist, interviewer, and entertainer of the night is local chanteuse Julie Cascioppo. Julie builds community by bringing together talented people including visual artists and performers. Tonight's performance showcases local artists at an event she describes as "a cross between the Dinah Shore Show and Pee Wee's Playhouse" "It's a cross between the Dinah…
Wait a minute—jazz at Murphy’s? That’s right, each fourth Wednesday night Phil Sparks and Leif Totusek play straight ahead jazz. Both Phil and Leif are elders in the jazz scene. Phil’s bass can strike awe into any jazz lover’s heart. Leif’s ancient Stratocaster sings, dances through Phil's awesome bass. Come out to Murphy’s 9:00 to 'round midnight each 4th Wednesday. Enjoy the food that you love to feel guilty about. Hear and toast these two wonderful musicians as they create ingenious…
If you feel like City Hall is not listening, it’s time to subscribe to our 4 to Explore newsletter for North Seattle, in addition to Wallyhood. Founded four years ago, 4 to Explore covers issues and events from Wallingford to Wedgwood. No ads and no holding back. Legendary urban thinker Jane Jacobs quickly discovered that City Hall often ignores individual neighborhoods. “Sometimes the city [government] is not the potential helper, but the antagonist of a street,” she wrote in her seminal work The…
The fire started about 11:45 am near the intersection of 40th and Pacific nearly under the I-5 bridge. This grassy, wooded area has been host in recent years to Rent-a-Ruminants as well as a homeless population. It is currently fenced off. I couldn't see how it might have started, but the fire department was there pretty fast to put it out. No injuries or damage (other than to grass, shrubs, etc.) that I could see.
The Ballardization of Stone Way continues with this beauty, located at the corner of 46th and Stone Way, by the Wallingford Post Office: There's not much information available yet, even through the Seattle Design Review, but keen-eyed observers may raise an eyebrow at the ratio of units to parking spaces. Some residents will argue it is ludicrous, whereas mathematicians will simply describe it as undefined. This isn't the first development near Wallingford to go up recently without parking spaces. The new…