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Abacus West Adds Hours for Homeschoolers

Back in September, we wrote about Abacus West, an after school math enrichment program at the Good Shepherd Center. Now, Abacus West is offering math classes during weekday hours to allow homeschoolers to take advantage of the program. Here's a little bit of info: Starting in January 2013 Abacus West is offering enrichment math classes during weekday daytime hours making it convenient for homeschoolers to join this popular program. Classes will be offered at Wallingford’s historic Good Shepherd Center. Abacus West…

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Funny House

On our way to the Densmore Working Group meeting last night, a new mural set next to the Wallingford Art Walk robot, on the side of Bottleworks on 45th St and across the parking lot from Key Bank, caught our eye:   As luck would have it, Carlos Aguilar, the artist, was just dusting on a few last shots of spraypaint and wrapping up for the day. He told us he got turned on to the project by a guy from a "graffiti…

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‘Georgia’ on my mind

One of my regular running routes from Wallingford to Green Lake is along Wallingford Avenue. It's an easy mile from here to there and the street is, for the most part, pretty quiet with roundabouts aplenty above N. 50th St. Over the years, I've seen houses for sale, houses under renovation, and houses painted and repainted. But what I'm most impressed about this stretch of Wallingford is that it's very neighborly. During the warmer months, it's not uncommon to see neighbors…

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Christmas Resolutions

As an atheist, anti-consumerist Jew, I've generally felt that Christmas isn't "my holiday". I feel a little different this year. I know that New Year's is usually the "resolution" holiday, but honestly, it seems to me that if you're going to pick a day to model your year after, it should be one built around family and giving instead of booze and hollering (as fond as I am of all four). The rolling toll of gun-fueled violence this past year in our…

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Churro Chip at TnT Taqueria

Heather over at Chow Foods wanted to let everyone know about a new promotion at TnT Taqueria (2114 N. 45th St.): Right now with every purchase we are handing out a small coin called a Churro Chip. The Chip is always good for a free churro; valued at a dollar, customers need to turn the coin in to get their churro. One day a week we have a Churro Chip special where we pick an item from our menu that the Chip…

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Urban Pollination Project

Susan Waters is a scientist at the University of Washington, and she's trying to get the public's help with citizen science research on bee colony collapse and urban farming. They have just 21 days to raise $1600 to keep the project going for another year, and they currently have a Christmas countdown on their site, with a new entry every day showing how pollinators contribute to Christmas holiday traditions and foods. Here's what she sent us: Interested in sustainable food, gardening in the city,…

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Lego Thief

Ugh, this is such depressing news we received from Kris today. What a way to sour someone's holiday cheer: I just found out today that a large package from Lego.com was stolen off of our covered porch at 4 pm on December 11th, 2012.  It had been sitting there for one hour and fifteen minutes and was worth about $115. One camera caught the guy pacing in front of our house for quite some time before he decided to approach the…

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