Seattle Tilth’s Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour is in the final stages of planning and is looking for a few more participants. I've gone on the tour a couple times and been on the tour a couple times. It's a lot of fun to do with kids and doesn't conflict with the Kiddie Parade this year. Also, most of the setups you see are done by the owners that show you around. It's a great opportunity for a personal connection with…
Have you remodeled your Wallingford home or added a backyard cottage? Then you'll want to consider submitting an entry to the Wallingford 2012 Home Design Awards. But hurry, because the deadline for submitting an application is this Friday (June 1). From the Wallingford Neighborhood Office: The Wallingford Home Design Awards Committee invites all Wallingford home owners to submit their new or renovated homes for consideration in the Wallingford Home Design Awards program. Recognition will be given to those designs which show special care…
Chris W. sent us some sad news she read on the Gasworks Park Kite Shop Facebook page: We are finally announcing the closing of Gasworks Park Kite Shop. The building we are in is going to be torn down- a good reason to retire after 33 years. We are targeting July 31 as our last day. In our family, buying and flying a kite is a childhood rite of passage, and having a kite shop conveniently located next to Kite Hill made…
The long winter is over! How do we know? The Wallingford Farmers Market kicks back into gear this Wednesday, May 30th, 3:30-7:00 p.m. After a tumultuous, community rendering debate on its location, you may remember, it landed over at Meridian Park behind the Good Shepherd Center, and, while there remains some imperfections with this spot (some neighbors are bothered by the parking shenanigans), in general it was a huge success. The trees and park gave a bucolic backdrop to the market…
Neighbors who live at the Stone Way Building (1215 N. 45th St.) are throwing a "Community Stone Way Party" this Saturday, May 26, from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM and everyone is invited. Here are the details from Fathia Atallah (Wallingford's Edith Piaf incarnate): Our Spring Party is a always a lot of fun for the residents and our neighbors who live around and near the Stone Way Building to spend time with each other in the lovely garden behind our…
Green Lake Mom Sheryl wrote to the group about a new women's boutique that just opened here in Wallingford: I just wanted to let everyone know that the boutique Wish (formerly in Phinney on Phinney Ave) just opened in Wallingford. Very exciting addition to Wallingford!! Super stylish dresses and clothing and great jewelry with a VERY reasonable price point. Great for your own closet or as a place to get a reasonably priced gift! Opened on Wallingford Ave and 45th St, across…
Seattle Met reports that The Whale Wins, a new restaurant by Chef Renee Erickson (Boat Street Cafe and Kitchen and The Walrus and the Carpenter), will open this summer in the Fremont Collective (3506 Stone Way N.). Erickson told Seattle Met that "her new place will have the same approachable vibe as Walrus" but it will have a wood-fired oven for signature vegetable dishes rather than an oyster bar. As we mentioned back in March, the Fremont Collective will also be…