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I know, ever since we announced the Chili Cook-Off back in August, you've been hard at work, combing through old recipe books, testing spice mixes and consulting shamans, in the hopes of capturing the chili glory. Tomorrow is game day. It's on! Vivian writes: Dusty Strings Dance Band will be playing and calling dances at the 2nd Wallingford Chili Cook Off. Bring the kids and your appetites! The Second Annual Wallingford Chili Cook Off hosted by Gift of Grace Lutheran Church will be held at 2102…

Ruth writes: Help us celebrate our shed remodel, cistern installation, crushed rock path and new garden beds, all funded by a matching Grant from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard 5th Annual Cider Fest, Sunday, October 4, 2015, from noon to 3:00 pm. Activities for all! There will be free pie slices, cider and yummies, according to the sign. The orchard is on 6th Ave NE, just two blocks south of NE 65th St (west side of the freeway). See…

I'm just a sucker for yard sales, so I'm just crying that I'll be missing this for the Great Pt Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race this weekend: the Montlake neighborhood will be hosting over 80 garage sales on Saturday at the All Montlake Yard Sale! Currently +80 locations registered for the annual yard sale. Shoppers are welcome from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. at locations throughout the neighborhood (just north of Capitol Hill & South of University of Washington). Look for the bright yellow yard signs. Item Summary Sheet…

The Seattle Times ran an article earlier this week, Seattle’s best place to get a parking ticket that featured a look at the most ticketed spots in the city: In a 19-month period, more than 2,500 tickets were written to cars parked on one block of Bagley Avenue North in Wallingford. For a time, Dana Rasmussen tried to do the neighborly thing. When he saw an unfamiliar car parking on his block in the evening, he would warn the driver: It’s residential-zoned parking,…

It's a wide open race for Seattle City Council District 4, with Rob Johnson and Michael Maddux each working to represent our neighborhood on city council. District 6 is O'Brien's to lose, but Weatbrook is hanging tough and forcing him to think locally, so that race is also fun to follow. When you want the government to do something (or stop doing something) odds are your district candidate is the one you'll be asking, so don't be an endorsement zombie, see what the…

Enjoying your glowing rectangle? They are a lot of fun, especially when zombies want to eat your brainz. Still, it's for the best if you deal in the third dimension and see things with faces from time to time, so as you don't get too weird over the winter when the rain hits: Final Farmer's Market with Good Shepherd Apples this Wednesday: The Wallingford Farmer's Market has its last session of the year this Wednesday from 3:30 to 7 PM (it…

When: 1-3pm Saturday 3rd October 2015 Where: Waterway 21 (the wooden viewing platform located between Stone Way and Gasworks on N. Northlake Way). Why: Wallingford’s various waterways are wonderful features of our community and the Wallingford Community Council is making the public waterways a regular item in its monthly meetings.  Your input is vital. What: We will visit each Waterway of Wallingford, generating ideas and making plans as we go.  Please join us and add your thoughts to the mix. Do…