February is the month of love; and to get you in the mood, Spokespeople is hosting a bike ride this Saturday (February 2, from 2-4pm) to the Rose Garden at the Woodland Park Zoo and to Theo Chocolate in Fremont. Here's a little bit more about the event: All Spokespeople rides meet at the south end of Wallingford Playfield at N 42nd St & Densmore Ave N and ride on the road to an adjacent urban center. New riders welcome! Please…
A reader wrote to tell us her home, on N. 40th (west of Sunnyside), had been burglarized during the day on Monday. The burglar kicked in the back door and, she writes, "Everything of value in the house (2 computers, a camera, two phones, a ring) was stolen." The reader adds, "A man, a possible suspect, arrived at my neighbor's door and asked if this was the (Bensons? or something) residence. She thought something was funny, so it might have been…
Wallyhood sponsor, Cometa Playschool (4106 Stone Way North), is hosting an open house at the school on Saturday, February 2, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and invites parents and children to explore their preschool and Pre K programs. Cometa Playschool is a neighborhood preschool offering Spanish language immersion. It’s ideal for tots who will be enrolled in the language immersion programs at John Stanford International School or McDonald Elementary. Students at Cometa are also exposed to world cultures through play and music, and they…
Reportedly, your child won’t receive an admission letter to Hogwarts until they turn 10. If you are wondering what to do about your child’s education during the intervening years, one of our local public elementary schools might be the answer. In Wallingford, public school students attend one of our three neighborhood reference schools: McDonald Elementary, BF Day Elementary or John Stanford International School. Your reference school is determined by your address, which you can enter into the handy-dandy Seattle Public Schools…
Just last month, we said "sayonara" to the Subway on 34th and Stone, to make way for Skanska's Stone34 deep green project, and the future home of Brooks Sports. Tomorrow (Tuesday, January 29), Stone34 will hold an official groundbreaking ceremony at the site, beginning at 10:00am. You can check out the event here, on Facebook.
It's certainly not the first time we've posted about thieves poaching Amazon Fresh deliveries from people's porches here in Wallingford (and, we receive more reports than we publish), but this is the first break in the case we've heard. Joshua writes: I live on Meridian Ave between 38th and 39th. Today, upon returning home from lunch, I noticed someone leaving my drive way with an AmazonFresh bag (there was no AmazonFresh truck parked in front of my house). The person appeared…
Have you made dinner plans yet for Sunday? Forget about cooking and take a stroll over to St. Benedict School for their Annual 6th Grade Spaghetti Dinner, from 11am-7pm. Tickets are just $12.00 for adults and $8.00 for children. Dinner include spaghetti, salad, bread, and ice cream. NEW THIS YEAR: Gluten free options! Wine and beer sold separately. Proceeds benefit St. Benedict graduating class of 2015. Tickets available at door, contacting St. Benedict School at 206 633 3375 or Chantel at 206 465 5472 St. Ben's…