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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…

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…

Here's your reminder: tomorrow, Saturday Sept 10th from 10 am - 4 pm is Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair at Meridian Park behind the Good Shepherd Center. What do you want? There's live music, good food, demonstrations, an organic farmers market, chickens, goats, ducks, bees, cider, a seed swap, buskers, authors, and more. The weather people say it'll be sunny and in the low 80's, a finer day you couldn't ask for. Summer's here for another one, two weeks tops. Celebrate it.…