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Safety Patrols on Aurora begin tomorrow

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is beefing up its patrols on the Aurora Corridor tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday (November 8 and 9) as a part of the Be Super Safe Seattle effort. The patrols will be at various points between the Battery Street Tunnel up to North 145th Street, and will focus on speeding, impaired driving (DUI), cell phone usage/distraction, and failure to yield. Some eye-opening stats from the SPD: In Seattle:  33 percent of collisions involve speeding. If a person is hit…

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Couch Film Festival comes to Wallingford

Do you love movies so much that you're willing to sit on a complete stranger's couch to watch one? Well, then, you're in luck! The 5th Annual Couch Film Festival is happening this Saturday, November 10, featuring short films that are screened in participating homes worldwide. This year, there are 4 homes hosting screenings in Seattle, including one right here in Wallingford, hosted by McKenna and Marshall. Here's what they wrote: Our house is one of 4 in Seattle that will…

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The Whale Wins

Stone Way has been a busy corridor this past week, with Eltana Bagels opening at the Prescott Wallingford complex and Joule (re)opening at The Fremont Collective. Chef Renee Erikson (The Walrus and Carpenter) has also opened her newest restaurant, The Whale Wins, in The Fremont Collective (3506 Stone Way North). The menu features food with influences from southern Europe and northern Africa, with an emphasis on wood-fired vegetables like oven roasted tomatoes, radicchio, or cauliflower.  Whole roasted trout, clams, chicken, or beef are…

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Now Open: Eltana Bagels

The much anticipated Eltana Bagels has finally opened on the SW corner of the Prescott Wallingford complex (nee, "The Big Pit"), at 3920 Stone Way N. The bagel purveyor specializes in hand-rolled artisan bagels that are baked in a wood-fired oven, which customers can see right as they walk in the door. I'll admit, I was a little worried I wouldn't like them since I read that Eltana's bagels were not the traditional NY-style bagels, but closer to Montreal-style bagels. Having lived…

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2011-12 School Reports for Seattle Public Schools

Today, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) released its District Scorecard for the 2011-12 school year, along with school reports for each school in the district. The SPS Office of Public Affairs sent an email out to families enrolled in the District noting that "The District Scorecard for the academic year 2011-12 shows year-to-year growth in 12 of 23 area, including one of the District's most crucial goals: on-time, four-year high school graduation." Both the District Scorecard and individual School Reports can be…

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Lost a set of keys?

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If you're an owner of a Nissan and you're missing keys, then today is your lucky day. Reader Alex writes: I found a set of Nissan keys, along with 3 others at Wallingford Playfield yesterday. I would be happy to deliver them to the owner. If you think you are the owner of these keys, drop us an email at [email protected] and we'll put you in touch with Alex.

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Sunny Enough for Solar

Ever since my husband and I decided to install solar panels on our roof, we have frequently been asked by the solar-curious if it’s really worth it to install solar in rainy Seattle. The short answer: it’s worth it! Which is why I hang out by the mailbox whenever it’s electricity bill time - getting paid for the surplus electricity that our system has generated is truly electrifying! For starters, we haven’t paid an electricity bill since we installed our solar…

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