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This Friday evening, Meaningful Movies in Wallingford is showing the documentary Sustainable, providing food for thought on the future of agriculture. From the website, Sustainable weaves together expert analysis of America’s food system with the story of one remarkable farmer, Marty Travis, who is creating a future for his family and his farming community by adopting sustainable agriculture. The film examines the inter-relationships between the environment, economics and public health. Dr. David Montgomery, a professor at the University of Washington and…

Familyworks (1501 N 45th St) is stretching a toe into the yoga game with a free session the first Wednesday of the month from now until the end of the year: FAMILYWORKS PRESENTS: YOGA & MEDITATION WORKSHOP SERIES FIRST WEDNESDAYS 5-6PM FREE EVENT Join us for an hour of gentle stretching, mindfulness meditation and live sound bowl playing. Yoga mats are available to borrow for free, and we’ll be meeting in 1st floor conference room of the Solid Ground building at 4501…

Fans of soba will soon have a new place to go to get their fix when Kamonegi opens in the space formerly occupied by Art of the Table. Wallyhood was contacted by Chef Mutsuko Soma who is proud to be opening her first restaurant in our neighborhood. Soma comes to Kamonegi after 3 years at Miyabi 45th. (Miyabi recently closed after an attempted reboot which we wrote about here.) Says Soma: I was opening chef and co-owner of Miyabi 45th (which closed…

There's a line stretching down the block at the Poke Stop at Sunnyside and 45th at the moment for a Philippino ice cream pop-up shop, today only until supplies run out. The ice cream is a passion project for Donald Gacilo, and features unusual flavors as ube (purple yam) and matcha (green tea) served in fish cones. Check out Donald's instagram feed, @matchamansea, for luscious shots, and if you stop in, please post a review in the comments! It sounds like…

The 4th of July in Wallingford! In the summer of 1994, on July 4th,  I rolled into Seattle for the very first time.  I pulled over to the side of the road near Gasworks Park and watched the fireworks while sitting on the hood of my car.  The fireworks, the lake, the space needle in the background - I was hooked.  I moved to Seattle that December.  I have been a resident of the Wallingford area since 1995, and the 4th of…

In years past, New Belgium Brewing sponsored Clips of Faith, a beer and short movies festival in Gas Works Park. Clips of Faith is taking a year off in 2017, but it looks like Sierra Nevada is stepping in with something more beer-specific: Beer Camp on Tour. This Friday, June 30th from 6 pm - 10 pm: America’s largest craft beer festival is coming to Seattle! This summer, Beer Camp on Tour takes over Gas Works Park with hundreds of craft beers,…

With the end of the school year and that long-awaited but brief Seattle sunshine just around the corner, we thought it would be neighborly of us to offer some (mostly free!) family-friendly ideas for that small window of opportunity for sun lovers in Wallingford. Hot Spots to Cool Off With the closing of the school doors comes the opening of the many spray parks and wading pools in the Seattle area. The wading pool at Wallingford Playfield is one of the…