A year or two back, our friend (and James Beard-award winning chef) Tiberio Simone asked if he could have some of the honey our bees make here in Wallingford. He wanted to drizzle over the naked bodies of some friends and take pictures. We didn't end up giving him any, not for any prudish reasons, rather just plain laziness. It's a shame, because the book of photos that he and Matt Freedman created, La Figa: Visions of Food and Form, is a truly…
Things may be rolling along, but it's not too late to get involved in Wallingford's Neighborhood Greenway project! In fact, there's a citywide meetup potluck this Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30pm at the Mosaic Coffeehouse (4401 2nd Avenue, behind Dick's). This is an opportunity to meet with Neigborhood Greenway organizers across Seattle and learn more about neighborhood greenways. Representatives from Ballard, Beacon Hill, Wallingford, and the U District will be there to share plans, best practices and issues. Plus, Frederica Merrell…
The drive to renew the North Transfer Station (NTS, or, colloquially, the Dump) continues on apace. We received this update from Bill Benzer, the SPU project manager for the effort: Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) recently formed a new group of neighbors and community members to build off of the work of the North Transfer Station (NTS) Stakeholder Group process, which ended in June, by planning programming elements of the green space around the new transfer station. This past June, the NTS…
Everybody knows there are zombies, sometimes hundreds of them, in Fremont. What would happen if the crowd spilled east of Stone Way one of these days, and we were attacked by them? How do we protect ourselves? Would rubbing garlic all over ourselves do any good? (No! Try cilantro instead!) Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deemed this topic worthy of attention. See their newish webpage Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse here. This month's Wallingford Walk, "How to…
How well do you think you know your way around Wallingford? Now's your chance to show off your mad map skills and join folks on a 'Hood Hunt, right here in our very own neighborhood, this Wednesday evening (9/14), beginning at 6pm. This free, map-based scavenger hunt begins at St. Benedict Church (Wallingford Avenue N. and N. 49th St.) Here's how it works: Download a 'Hood Hunt map on their website (the map will have a grid with familiar landmarks, but…
We're just about a month away from the 9th annual Wallingford Home Tour and the Wallingford Neighborhood Office is still looking for homeowners to add their homes to the tour. The Home Tour is scheduled for Sunday, October 2, from 11am - 4pm and the proceeds support the Wallingford Neighborhood office. Hopefully the WNO won't run into the same problems as last year, when they had to cancel the Home Tour due to lack of homeowner participation. The good news, though,…
This time, I mean it. Really. Doggy Style East Coast Hot Dogs (4455 Stone Way N, adjacent to Big Wheel) is open for business. How do I know this? I'm munching on a New Yorker now (hot dog with sauerkraut and mustard) for lunch, and it's good. More on that later. I met with Robi who had been hired by owners Odie and Michael to set up the stand, and he gave me the skinny on the whole "open/closed/open/closed" situation. Owners…