Street foods pod: more days, more trucks

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Good news for street food fans: Wallingford Eats, the folks who launched the mobile food truck pod last Friday, have told us that they'll be adding more days to the schedule, starting tonight with Parfait setting up in front of Uptown Espresso (2300 45th St) from 5-9 pm. Then, tomorrow night, Here and There Grill makes its Wallingford Eats debut from 5-9pm. You can follow Wallingford Eats on Twitter (@WallingfordEats), visit their Facebook page, or go to their website to get updates on their schedules.

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InterConnection Open House and Sale

InterConnection.org recently moved from their location near Gas Works Park to a more convenient space at 3415 Stone Way North (that's the southwest corner of Stone Way N. and 35th Street).  They're celebrating the move this Saturday, October 1, with a Grand Opening Sale and Donation Drive from 10am-5pm. And get this -- the Grand Opening Sale includes refurbished laptops for as low as $99 (one per customer) or 20% off items in the store if you donate an old computer. …

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Canning and Cooking with Wallingford Community Kitchen

If you're a tomato lover, you might be interested in the Wallingford Community Kitchen event happening this Friday, September 30. This month, the Community Kitchen is a two-parter, focusing on canning AND cooking with organic tomatoes. Details are below, but you must register online today to reserve your spot. Click here to register. Please join us for our exciting September Wallingford Community Kitchen. We'll be canning organic tomatoes and using those recipes to make a wonderful meal. Our very own Cathy…

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Tintin in Wallingford

As a kid, nothing was more thrilling to me than to read The Adventures of Tintin, action-packed stories of a young journalist from Belgium. Tintin and his witty sidekick and canine companion, Snowy, somehow always managed to get themselves into a bit of a scrape with a wide assortment of thugs and evildoers. Whether they sailed the high seas in search of a meteorite with the drunken Captain Haddock, or gave the bungling Thom(p)son twin detectives the slip; in the end, Tintin and…

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Don’t Throw That Out!

Inevitably, you get to an age where some of your possessions are older than grown adults walking around who weren't even born when you bought them.  This sad situation occurred recently in our house with my husband's pajamas.  Yes, he loves them, but, yes, they were purchased in the late 1980's, which not only makes them old enough to vote, but also serve in the military and drink alcohol.  They had to go. Now, in these days of environmental awareness I…

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Present Sense

Kate Talbott, who runs the Present Sense space at 42nd and Woodland Park Ave. N. wrote us recently about what she's created down that way. Here's what she had to say: I started Present Sense because I wanted a place to do the things I loved with other people: make art, write, practice mindfulness, and create community. These practices have brought so much richness and meaning to my life, and I am thrilled to have the chance to give back some…

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Street Food Comes to Wallingford

We mentioned this earlier this week, but just think it's so awesome it's worth a reminder: tonight is the kick-off of what could be a semi-permanent street food pod right here in Wallingford. Sure, we're never going to be a Portland in this regard, but if there was ever a trendy we can get behind getting all trendy on, it's food trucks! From 5 - 9 pm tonight, Friday, CurryNow, Barriga Llena and Buns will be setting up shop in the lot in front…

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