Pssst...buddy, you wanna Asian pear Shinselki? How about a Paperbark Maple? Oh, I see what you got your eyes on, and you can't have it! That's a Reivers Purple beech, and she's my favorite, I wouldn't give her away to just anyone. You just anyone? If you got a hankering for free trees, head on over to the Seattle reLeaf web site, where the city is giving away trees to qualified homeowners: The Trees for Neighborhoods program helps Seattle residents plant…
If you're interested in sending your pre-schooler to a Spanish-immersion school in the neighborhood, in addition to Cometa Playschool (which we reported on back in June), Zoom Playschool has a Wallingford location with classes for children ages one through ten. Zoom owner Angelica Camargo reports that Zoom is a Spanish immersion program "that is presented in conjunction with a creative curriculum designed to stimulate intellectual curiosity, develop logical thought processes, support cognitive growth, enhance language opportunities and build phonological and written…
Tomorrow is the second (and, if the organizers have their way, the larger) of the two Wallingford music festivals, The Goddess Festival. It runs from 11 am to 10:00 pm on Saturday in Meridian Park and includes a line-up of music, comedy, vendors and other funness. Now, if you're like us, when you think "music festival", you think mud-spattered pits of drunken twenty-somethings, passing poorly rolled joints and water bottles filled with Gatorade and Everclear. What, that's not how you spent your…
A few days ago, we told you about the food drive organized by some very thoughtful neighborhood teens. Grace and her friends busily collected donations from people's porches yesterday, but she wanted to let everyone know that people can still drop food donations in bags at these drop points over the next few days: 3727 Burke Ave N 3634 Woodlawn Ave N 3814 Densmore Ave N Here's a pic of the girls today with some of the neighborhood's donations.
Last year, Jordan created a Yard Art Map, showing locations of outdoor art scattered through the neighborhood, and asked readers to contribute to the map by adding more art spots. Since then, the map's grown to about 20 pieces Wallingford-wide, and it just goes to show ya--we've got some great outdoor art! The organizers of Wallingford Walks agree, which is why at this Saturday, they'll be roaming around the neighborhood to enjoy our neighborhood's yard and public art. Everyone is invited…
Updated 1:47 PM with Rider Alert from Metro (see bottom) Heads-up, Eastern Wallingfordians (most notably, Thackeranians): paving crews will pave Thackeray Place NE between NE 42nd St. and NE 45th Street beginning tomorrow (Thursday, August 11) and again on Friday, August 12 and Tuesday, August 16 from 7am to 7pm (weather permitting). You may have noticed that the street surface has already been ground down to prepare for the new asphalt. The good news is that the crews will pave one…
Back in May, we told you about Jeffrey McCaslin---the guy who called himself "Eric" and burglarized a few homes in the neighborhood. Then, two weeks later, we reported that he had been apprehended. Now, reader Anya tells us his sentencing is this Friday, and since hers was one of the homes burglarized, she'll be there to make a statement. She's provided information below, in case there are other neighbors who would also like to come forward: My house got broken into…