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Cantinetta (3650 Wallingford Ave N) and the new Union Saloon (3645 Wallingford Ave N) are hosting a block party Monday, and you're invited! Kate Kilgour of Cantinetta writes: We are hosting a neighborhood block party on Monday August 14 from 4-8pm as a community appreciation of our customers at Cantinetta. We have joined with Union Saloon across the street to offer free vino, antipasti and dolci. Backyard games will be had! We are hoping to meet more members of this community and say thank you to those…

The long-awaited opening of Seattle Pops (1401 N 45TH St) has popped! My son is dairy-free, so when other kids hit the ice cream, he hits the popsicles. And as a family, we eschew artificial dyes and corn syrup fairly religiously, so even a good popsicle can be hard to find. Which is why he's been adamant about regular attendance at the Wallingford Farmers Market: it's the only place we've been able to find Seattle Pops popsicles. No longer! As of last…

Much to my Subaru’s dismay, our neighborhood’s last surviving auto parts store, Big Wheel Auto Parts across the street from Tuta Bella’s, closed its doors in the Fall of 2015 as we reported here. Purchased by Revolve Development, the property has sat empty since that time with little sign of any thing in the works. But now, that may change. Eric at Revolve Development writes: We are working with a non-profit that supports the work of emerging artists, and they will…

If you’ve got a hankering to party in the street, and you don’t mind being limited to a really small space -- say, a space the size of a parking spot -- then Seattle’s PARK(ing) Day is for you. Parking Day, which will take place on September 15 from 9am to 7pm, is a chance for residents to create their own pop-up parks. As per the Seattle PARK(ing) Day website: PARK(ing) Day happens once a year in September and is an…

Summer means the somewhat annual Wallyhood summer meet up. Come meet the editors, writers, sponsors, and commenters of Wallyhood. We are hoping Densmore Dave returns from exile. It has been awhile since he commented. The meet-up is being graciously hosted by Murphy's Pub (1928 N. 45th St) on Wednesday August 9th from 7-9 pm. There will be a few rounds of beer and appetizers for everyone, and lots of neighborhood talk. Past years have been a relatively low-key, celebratory affair for…