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Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow at Wallingford Center

Wallingford Center's annual Easter Celebration takes place tomorrow (Saturday, March 30), beginning at 9:00am. The fun starts with the Bubble Man appearing at the West entrance. Then at 10:00am, round up the kiddos (and their baskets) for some good, old fashioned egg huntin'. The hunt will be organized into four different age groups: those under 3; ages 4-5; ages 6-7; and kids ages 8 and up. From 10:00am - 12:00pm, kids can meet that long-eared galoot, the Easter Bunny, and afterwards,…

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Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club Open House

If you've got kids 10 and up who love being out on the water, then you'll want to check out Seattle Canoe and Kayak Club (SCKC), which meets just over yonder, at the Green Lake Small Craft Center. This Saturday, SCKC is holding an Open House, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, for kids (and parents) to come and see what the club has to offer. Here's some information from the club: Is your 5th grader/middle school student looking for a great sport that…

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Slim Your Waste With These Easy Steps

We are now in the home stretch of Waste Management's "Think Green Reuse and Recycling Challenge" which has viciously pitted neighborhood against neighborhood in an attempt to get us all to reduce our "waste" lines. As of late January, Wallingford, as part of the "Friday North" group along with part of Greenlake, was ranked 8th out of 10 in the city in terms of outright waste reduction. Yikes! We are not doing so well at reducing our waste in this part…

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McDonald Elementary Language Immersion Fundraising

Every year, John Stanford International and McDonald International Elementary face the daunting task of raising funds to cover the cost of placing full-time language immersion Instructional Assistants (IA's) in every classroom. The IA's are native Spanish or Japanese speakers who help to provide each classroom with a lower-student-teacher ratio. What's more, having an IA in the classroom enables students to hear conversations in Spanish or Japanese, providing a higher rate of language acquisition. On the school's PTA website, McDonald Elementary explains…

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The Baker 10: Climbing for Cancer

Setting out to climb only one mountain in a lifetime may be just fine for some, but not for Ryan Tuttle. During his first "Climb for Cancer" last year, the Wallingford resident got to watch the sun rise from the top of Mt. Rainier, and raised nearly 10k for breast cancer research. The experience was so alluring, he wants to do it again; only this time, he's chosen Mt. Baker and has asked 9 of his friends to join him. The…

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SuicideGirls at Comics Dungeon

OK, quick Internet lingo lesson: Everyone knows what "NSFW" means, right? Not Safe For Work, as in, "if you work in an open workspace and are concerned what your those around you think you're doing with your time online, don't click on this link." So, anyhoo, this Saturday, March 30, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Comics Dungeon (which recently moved across the street to 45th and 4th Ave NE, next door to Kate's Pub) will be hosting models from the SuicideGirls, an…

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Mailman, Melman, Artist

One of the things I love about Wallingford is how there's a little bit of artist in all of us. Even, apparently, the mailman. Nancy Merrill tipped me off that Mel Campos, the mailman for the 98105 chunk of Wallingford stretching from the water up to 45th Street around Thackeray* has been making kinetic sculpture out of objects he finds along his route and throughout his days. Mel, a native of the Philippines, has been delivering mail in the 98105 for…

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