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Seattle Tilth is holding their annual edible plant sale this weekend at Meridian Park—stock up on organic fruit and vegetable starters, learn organic gardening techniques, and get your gardening questions answered by experts, all while supporting a great local organization. After the rainiest winter on record, are you ready for summertime fun and outdoor recreation? Eager to enjoy the fresh and delicious flavors of summer foods? At Seattle Tilth’s May Edible Plant Sale, you can choose from the largest selection of…

From the 1930's through the 1970's, the Sunshine Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company at Woodlawn and Fourth Ave Northeast did a wonderful job of washing clothes, and a horrible job of disposing of its chemicals. Left in the soil and groundwater (and air) are tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene, cis-1,2-dichloroethene, trans-1,2-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride. I have no clear idea what these are, but they sound nasty, and the Department of Ecology seems to agree, as they are undertaking a clean-up as part of a…

The Landmark Board Preservation meeting held on Wednesday, April 6th took up the nomination of the Guild 45th Theatre submitted by the current owners, Landmark Theatres.  While I was ill and unable to attend, I gratefully received the following notes from Brooke Best of Historic Seattle (this great organization is a Wallingford resident!): The architectural consultant, Chris Hetzel, confirmed that the owners submitted the nomination because they were considering to upgrade the interior to accommodate 4 to 5 screens, but “had…

Folks, I have a new favorite sushi joint, and, if you're not careful, you'll miss it. I don't mean that it's going anywhere: the owners have owned a successful San Francisco Japanese restaurant in the past, so they know what they're doing: I just mean it's craftily hidden behind a convenience store. Seriously, look at that picture. Does that look like the spot you'd pick up the tastiest bowl of Poke you've ever had? No, it does not. But yes, it is.…

Issues of mental health are very much in the news in Washington State and here in the neighborhood.   The deep interrelatedness of mental health and homelessness is particularly front of mind here in Wallingford. The Good Shepherd Center ( 4649 Sunnyside Ave N ) is hosting a showing of Healing Voices to help shine some light on the topic of mental health. HEALING VOICES explores the experience commonly labeled as ‘psychosis’ through the stories of real-life individuals, and asks the question: What…

(Editor: Wallyhood welcomes Adam as a new contributor. Thanks for the first article! ) Is local favorite Bartell Drugs surviving the CVS juggernaut? CVS opened its doors in late December, 2015 (2100 N 45th St). One of Wallyhood's most popular articles compared three of the four pharmacies in the neighborhood. Fully 61% of respondents to an (unscientific) poll at the end of the article said they plan to "boycott CVS, alien invader and homogenizer of our fair neighborhood." I recently stopped…

The Greenwood Food Bank, operated by the Volunteers of America, got a shock when it received its response to their annual application for funding City of Seattle: Zero Dollars. While the City didn't explain exactly why their annual funding of $53,000 was denied this year, their new competitive bidding process, which ranks agencies based on cost and impact, sounds like it worked against VOA. The Seattle Times quotes Mark Johnson of the VOA as saying that the agency's mortgage payments on the Foodbank…