Last September, Jordan reported a house theft on 43rd, between Wallingford and Burke, and we have good news: a new and improved house has replaced the missing one! If you look at the comments from last year's post, you can read responses from both the architect and the owner, as well as kerrizor's promise to, upon completion of the house, leave a jar of jam at the front door. Can we have confirmation that this did, in fact, happen?…
Reader Joan spotted this flyer today for a "FREE Community Picnic" at the Wallingford Playfield, and wondered what it was all about, so we just walked the doggies over to the park tonight and this is what we found: It's a FREE Community Picnic tomorrow (Saturday, July 23) at 12:30pm at the Wallingford Playfield, hosted by the Vine Christian Ministries.
Reader Gayle shared the good news with us, that Doggy Style, the hot dog stand we told you about earlier in the year, is set to open! Looks like the hotdog stand on Stone Way just off 45th is finally going to open! As my daughter and I were walking home today we saw that they had just hung their sign, it's called Doggy Style. I mentioned that I had been wondering when they were going to open and was told…
Don't ask me how they get the horses on the bikes. But horse or no horse, everyone (everyone 21 and up, that is) is invited to a fundraising party at The Wherehouse (3310 Wallingford Ave) from 7pm Saturday night and supposedly ending at 5am on Sunday. From Seattle Bike Polo: BIKES, BANDS, BEER AND MORE!!! All proceeds will go towards the 2011 World Hardcourt Bicycle Polo Championship [September 7-8, 2011 in Magnuson Park] in Seattle. Live bands, bike games, drinks, dj...everything…
Seattle Police Department are conducting another "Pedestrian Crosswalk Enforcement Patrol" to catch crosswalk violators on Stone Way, between N. 40th St. and N. 41st St. today. Back in March, SPD wrote 33 crosswalk violation tickets in the one hour and fifteen minutes they were on Stone Way.
Next Friday (July 29), New Belgium Brewing is hosting their “Clips of Faith” Beer and Film Tour at Gas Works Park, beginning at 8pm. Enjoy an evening of New Belgium Beer, food from local eateries, and a special screening of films that were shot by independent filmmakers and chosen as this year's winning Clips of Faith. The annual "Clips of Faith" contest, held by New Belgium Brewing, challenges filmmakers to produce films from 10 seconds to 10 minutes in length. They…
Update 7/25: we made a correction to this story, since we were told that the Mayor is only taking personal training sessions at Fuerte Fitness, and is not contributing toward the purchase of a bike rack in any way. When Fuerte Fitness owner Adriana Medina asked the City to install a bike rack in front of the gym, she was surprised that SDOT turned her down. Under SDOT's "Bicycle Spot Improvement Program" business owners can apply for a free bike rack…