This Saturday (May 19) is going to be a busy day at B.F. Day Elementary School -- and everyone is invited to take part in the festivities and show support for the school's music program. From 1:00PM - 3:00PM: the B.F. Day Playground Improvement Committee invites you to an open house in the library. You'll have a chance to look at the approved playground design and perhaps get involved in the fundraising part of the project. From 2:00PM - 4:00PM: come…
Mother's Day may be over, but why not treat mom once more with an old fashioned high tea? This Friday (May 18), beginning at 5:30PM the Wallingford Community Kitchen will hold an old fashioned ladies high tea by prepping and serving the following fancy treats and delectables: Chicken Curry Tea Sandwiches Old Fashioned Cucumber Sandwiches Mini Veggie Quiches Scones with Jam and Clotted Cream Chocolate Truffles Not to mention an assortment of teas, of course. The Wallingford Community Kitchen meets at…
Have you taken walks around the neighborhood and admired other neighbors' vibrant, colorful groundcovers? Garden blogger Paige Embry has a post on her blog, A Year in Seattle's Gardens, that explores some of the groundcover in Tangletown through description and photography. Paige explains her gardening know-how and the reason behind the blog: I used to run a garden design/coaching business and have just set up a blog, www.ayearinseattlegardens.com. The focus of the blog is pretty obvious from the name. It looks at…
Just in time for a weekend of perfect bike riding weather, SDOT rolled out its new online bike map which you can find here. The online map features citywide routes that you can view via street map or aerial view; and this is the best feature: you can narrow your search by what kind of rider you are. Here's an explanation from the SDOT Blog: The first thing you’ll want to do is choose whether you are a frequent, average or…
Updated 4:26pm with info from the Chamber. The Cheers to Wallingford Business Expo will run from 4-7PM on Wednesday, May 16th. Invite your neighbors and friends to come along for wine and food tasting, demonstrations and more! This event is FREE to the public; donations will be gratefully accepted. From the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce: This year's event features over 40 exhibitors and free food and drink samples - including wine tasting.This is a great opportunity to meet local business owners and…
The first graders at John Stanford International School are hosting their annual plant sale to raise money for their sister school Juan de la Barrera in Puerta Vallarta. The sale will be on the playground (on 4th Ave. NE, above 40th St. NE) near the basketball court on Saturday, May 12 from 10-1 pm. We're told there will be lots of heirloom vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Perfect timing for Mother's Day! The first graders have been planting and tending seedlings for…
This coming weekend, The Wrecking Crew Theater Company will bring their production of Adriano Shaplin's Pugilist Specialist to Wallingford's Stone Soup Theater. Described as a "piercing look at our nation's military power through the eyes of a group of soldiers assigned to perform a black-ops mission," Pugilist promises to step outside traditional theatrical boundaries and engage spectators on an exploration of "freedom, gender equality, power and what it means to be a soldier in the modern age." A core mission of this company is to present the "riskier" side of theater--that…