I’ve always been a huge sucker for a yard sale (or “tag sale,” as we called them back in New England). Cruising around the neighborhood on a bike, it’s a low-bar way to have a chat with a neighbor and also a sort of voyeuristic pleasure, like a visit to the museum of someone’s life. There are the tchotchkes from a long-ago trip to Greece, the Easy-Bake Oven harkening back to life in the 1970s, the abandoned exercise equipment yearning to…
The following was received from Kimberly Christensen of the Sound and Fury Morris Dancers: The Sound and Fury Morris Dancers would like to invite the neighborhood to join us for our traditional May Day sunrise greeting at dawn this Friday, May 1, at Gas Works Park. This celebration has been going on at least 40 years and is a gathering of all of the local Morris dancing teams in Seattle. We dance, sing, and ensure that the sun rises to usher…
Oh, hello again, tiny, annoying sugar ants. Greetings, elegant, vibrant tulips. And heyo, spring cleaning! As we turn to freshening up our homes and gardens, let’s not forget about the space just beyond the property line: our sweet little neighborhood! How many times have you walked past that soggy, old paper cup and thought, “someone should clean that up.” Well, guess what? You are someone! And on Saturday, May 2, you can join your fellow ‘someones’—AKA neighbors—to spruce up Wallingford’s sidewalks, parking…
Here at Wallyhood, we often write about institutions and landmarks in our neighborhood. This story is about a living icon. If you have spent any time at all in Wallingford, especially near the freeway, you’ve seen him: the trim, steadfastly persistent man with a long beard, sitting in front of now-faded Ukrainian flags. Driving rain or baking summer sun, he sits on his folding chair, waving to the cars lining up to enter the freeway and handing out brochures to those…
As a sure sign of spring, here is an overview of the many activities taking place in the neighborhood this Saturday, April 25th. Whether you want to advocate, protest, run, learn, or get creative, you can do it all on Saturday in and around Wallingford! What: Book Club Run of We Loved to Run by local author Stephanie Reents When: 9:30 am–12 pm Where: Woodland Park & Red Arrow Coffee, 425 NW Market Street, Other: Get your tickets in advance; the cost…
The upcoming community meeting on April 25th (10–11:30 am) at Hamilton International Middle School, 1610 N 41st Street, represents a pivotal moment for the future of Lower Woodland Park. Seattle Public Schools (SPS) is set to present refined versions of both the district’s Option A plan and the community-driven Option C plan for a sports field for Lincoln High School. Friends of Lower Woodland Park have rendered Option C to clarify the design of the proposed field at N 50th Street and…
Since 1974, National Volunteer Week has been an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service—the power of volunteers to tackle society’s greatest challenges, build stronger communities, and transform the world. National Volunteer Week was established by President Richard Nixon, and in 1990, President George H.W. Bush established one of the largest volunteer associations, called Points of Light. National Volunteer Week takes place annually in April, which is Global Volunteer Month. This year, we celebrate our volunteers from April 19-25, and…