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One of our family's favorite hallmarks of summer is Seattle's Annual "Night Out" - a city-wide event of local gatherings for the purpose of encouraging neighbors to come together and deter crime. In north Wallingford, this usually takes the form of good eats, cold drinks and kids on bicycles whizzing around a closed off street. I love the chance to get to know people who live in houses I pass by all of the time and hear about concerns or ideas…

Many folks will fondly remember Shima Sushi located near the intersection of Wallingford and 45th which closed last year (Sayonara, Shima Sushi) due to difficulties with their lease. The owners also ran Hawaiian Breeze, located in the same building, which closed about the same time. The sushi space, sandwiched between an Edward Jones office and the Venetian Nail Spa (formerly Babalu) did not sit idle for long. Today, Tuesday, Coco's House throws open its doors for business. I sat down (well,…

In October 2013, goats came to Wallingford. If the comments on Jordan’s post back then are any indication, most of the neighborhood was delighted by the arrival of our new four-legged friends. The excitement doubled when, a week later, an autumn windstorm blew down the temporary fences corralling the goats, inciting Wallingford’s first “goat rodeo.” The goats were quickly wrangled and resumed their assigned task of clearing brush and brambles in the open space directly under I-5, bordered by Upper and…

Announcements trickle in to us from time to time, and although we're happy to promote neighborhood events and free community services, we don't have any really appropriate places to put them. So I've grouped together a few recent items here! Cooped Up in Seattle 4-H Club Poultry Show, June 11, 2016 (This comes to us from Ju Namkung, leader of the Wallingford 4-H club.) It’s that time of year … time for Cooped Up in Seattle 4-H club’s annual poultry show!…

While paying for my usual 12 oz latte, lemon crepe, and ½ Pacific Northwest salad, I recently took notice of a jar of wooden tokens near the register at one of my favorite cafes, the Essential Bakery.  When I inquired about it, I was told that you could pay for an extra cup of coffee, they would put a token in the jar, and then someone from the community could redeem it for a free cup of coffee.  Here is what…

Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess and Mayor Murray have proposed a new law that would fundamentally change the way Airbnb operates in Seattle, rolling back the conversions of long-term units to Airbnb short-term rentals, and perhaps driving a cold stake through the heart of the Seattle Airbnb market. I've been in this game for a while now: back in 2012, we decided to take the mother-in-law apartment we had built out in our Wallingford basement and convert it from a $900…