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Christmas Ship Visits Gas Works Park

Next Saturday (December 1), Argosy Cruises will sail its Christmas Ship filled with Dickens Carolers, with a stop planned at Gas Works Park between 8:25-8:40pm. If it's not storming outside, you can hear the carolers sing clear up to where we are atop Wallingford Avenue. Of course, what's even more fun is filling a thermos of hot apple cider, and coming down to the park for a front-row view of the Christmas Ship and accompanying parade boat lights twinkling on Lake…

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How To Boil A Frog

I assure you this isn't a recipe for Thanksgiving, but rather an invitation to a free movie tomorrow night (Friday, November 23), hosted by the good folks who run Meaningful Movies: Please join us!   All films are FREE and open to the public …and please feel free to forward to friends and neighbors - Thanks! FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! …In the US, believe it or not, the Friday after Thanksgiving is statistically the highest movie attendance day of the year!  Come…

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Turkey Out

Don’t want to cook for Thanksgiving? I don’t blame you, and I do have a little piece of good news if you were planning on having a Thanksgiving meal out: Chutney’s Bistro in Wallingford Center will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner buffet with all the trimmings, from 11:00am until 8:00pm. I’m told, too, that guests may also order from Chutney’s regular menu. For more information, call Chutney’s at (206) 634-1000. After phoning some neighborhood restaurants (Blue Star Cafe, Ivar’s Salmon House, Joule, Tilth,…

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A Tough Nut to Crack

Fruit tree steward, neighborhood recycling guru, and overall swell neighbor, Barb Burrill, shared a recent adventure in the Wallingford urban orchard: A couple of weeks ago while walking home from my son's school, I noticed a bunch of lime-like fruits lying on the ground and sidewalk beneath a huge tree. Some had split open and looked like what might be black walnuts. I remember finding a funny-looking nut shell when I was a child and learning from my mom that it…

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Cooking for Compost at Thanksgiving

"Cooking for Compost?" Sounds like what happens when no one likes what I make for dinner. Maybe a better description is  "No Waste Recipes." Whatever the name, they'll help you have a more sustainable Thanksgiving feast. Prepare holiday dishes from fresh ingredients, without single-use packaging, where food waste can be used in other food or composted. This should be easy as pie in Seattle, where nearly all food scraps can go in the food and yard waste bin (the main exception…

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Festival of Hope at Keystone Church

Are you ready to do some holiday shopping? No? Well, here’s something close to home and a fun way to get you in the mood: Keystone Church (5019 Keystone Place N.) is holding its 34th annual Festival of Hope — an alternative Christmas fair this Saturday and Sunday (November 17 and 18). You can browse, have a deli lunch, maybe some pumpkin pie, and feel good knowing that the fair is a non-profit event, and the money you spend will support…

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Raffling for Japan

Boy, oh, boy, the fifth grade Japanese language-track students at John Stanford International are lucky ducks. Not only will they have been immersed in Japanese for 6 years by the time they enter sixth grade, but they'll also have the chance to visit Japan for some real cultural immersion, which, for most of us, is an opportunity of a lifetime! But, as you can imagine, a big trip like that can be pretty costly, and the kids rely entirely on fundraising…

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