Maria writes: I wanted to let you know about a scam that I fell for the other day. We live in a triplex on the corner of North 38th Street and Wallingford Avenue North. About 8pm our buzzer rang... I went to the door. A man who identified himself as Joseph was standing there. He gave me a very detailed story about how he and his partner had just moved into "that house just up the street." He pointed north on Wallingford.…
The Wallingford Community Senior Center will serve up a big Paella Dinner on Saturday, July 23 at the Senior Center. The City has significantly reduced funding to the Senior Center, so they are responding by asking you to come together with the rest of the Wallingford community to enjoy dinner and help raise some money for the Center so it can continue operation. Tickets are $75 each. Go to anightinspain.brownpapertickets.com to make your reservation. Thank you for your support
There is a new barber in the neighborhood at the Baseball Barber Shop (4602 Stone Way N). I’m a big fan of the no-frills, affordable, traditional, neighborhood barbershop. There are only a couple options in and around Wallingford so I’m happy to introduce a new face in an increasingly rare business. The Baseball Barber Shop quietly changed hands earlier this year. The new owner, Hamoudi (tel. 206-371-1660), bought the shop from Katie Hansen who had owned and operated it for at least 6 years. When Hamoudi…
Ezell’s Famous Chicken confirmed plans to open a new Wallingford location at 45th and Corliss (the former Uptown Espresso lot). A recent update to their website reads : Following the recent opening in Bellevue (140th NE & Bel-Red Road), the next Ezell’s Famous Chicken will open in Seattle! The new place is located in the heart of the Wallingford neighborhood, at the corner of North 45th & Corliss Avenue. The restaurant will have plenty of parking, and access from the U.W.,…
If you’ve been on the Burke-Gilman Trail between Stone Way and Phinney Avenue in recent days, you may have seen signs indicating that a section of the trail will be closed due to construction from July 11, 2016 to October 31, 2016. But as of Tuesday, July 12, the trail was still open. So what gives? A July 6 Washington State Department of Transportation blog post states, “A short section of the trail in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood will be closed for…
This Saturday is Seattle Tilth's annual Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour: This is your chance to visit folks who are keeping chickens and creating "urban farms" in the Seattle area. Glean great ideas from creative neighbors who are incorporating animals and unique gardens into their home landscapes. Visit the event page for the full scoop. In this self-guided tour, you will see simple chicken coops built in one afternoon and elaborate finely-crafted coops that took weeks of planning and building. See…
All images courtesy of Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren.