The Wallingford Farmers Market is closed for the season, and your summer garden has been dug under, composting for the winter. I've got a winter garden going, two kinds of kale, some cabbage, but it certainly doesn't grow as quickly as summer time crops. So what's a hungry locavore to do? Janelle Maiocco has a solution: Farmstr.com. She explains: I live on 37th and Burke Ave in the house surrounded by chickens. My day job for the last 8+ months has…
So you know that the Rusty Pelican closed a few weeks back, and that at the same time, we noted that building that housed it, along with Murphy's Irish Pub, the rug shop on the other side (and, it turns out, the north half of the block including Cutz Salon and the house next door) were for sale, with development plans listed (see RIP Rusty Pelican). Well, put your fears to rest: we caught up with Costas Antonopoulos, the property owner…
Jenny Brailey sent along this update on the contention CVS construction project in development in the old Tully's / Moon Temple building: NEXT PUBLIC MEETING IS NOV. 4 The Design Review Board will meet Monday, November 4 to review CVS’s new project plans. The meeting is open to the public and will start at 6:30 pm at the University Heights Community Center, Room 209 (same place as last time). CVS’s developer is expected to present three design options that focus on restoring the existing building, after…
From where I stand, Halloween ain't what it used to be. And no, I'm not talking about the rise of "stranger danger" phobia that drove kids away from neighborhoods and towards the malls, where retailers encourage a pallid, plastic simulacrum of the old ritual, tasteless as candy corn. Best as I can tell, Wallingford, at least, is past that: the streets have been filled with roving packs of vampires and robots these past few years. No, there are two things that…
The Rusty Pelican has shuttered its Wallingford location after 11 1/2 years. According to a friend of the owners, the store was successful financially, but the owners were unable to renew the lease, as the building's owner, Costas Antonopoulos, is looking to to build a mixed use development on the lot, which includes the rug show next door as well as Murphy's Pub. The Rusty Pelican's Mill Creek and Edmonds locations remain open and their Facebook page states simply: We would like to…
Wallingford Residents - here's your chance to hear from Mayoral & City Council Candidates prior to the election! The neighborhoods and Chambers of Wallingford, Fremont, Green Lake, and Greenwood/Phinney are hosting a Post-Primary Candidate’s Forum & Debate for the 2013 citywide elections for City Council and Mayor’s Office on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 5:30 – 7:30 PM at Lincoln School, 4400 Interlake Ave N. The focus of the forum will be on the unique role of neighborhoods in shaping the character and future of…
Remember that skateboard park, Innerspace, down by 35th and Stone Way? It was the only indoor skatepark in Seattle, and it closed last February for the same reason most businesses succumb: more cost than income. But there are dreamers in this town, dreamers who see providing healthy indoor activities for youth in a city notorious for its nine month rain jags as a noble calling. The ski and snowboard retailer evo, which recently built out its space in Wallingford alongside The…