Tomorrow is a big day for Wallingford. Not only is it the first Wednesday of the month, thus Wallingford Art Walk, but it's also June 1st, the grand re-opening and relocation of the Wallingford Farmers Market. A day for getting out and celebrating? Maybe, hopefully. But it's no longer the beautiful alignment of the planets that it was in past years. In past years, a warm sunny day took you to the festive, if undersized, bazaar that sprouted in Wallingford Center's…
*Updated Tuesday, May 31 at 11:54am Last night, the Cooking Channel aired Childhood Favorites: Unique Sweets, featuring Trophy Cupcakes at the Wallingford Center location. The program highlighted Trophy's "Hummingbird Cupcakes" (banana pineapple coconut cake with cream cheese frosting, zOMG!) and a few of Trophy's patrons made their television debut! If you missed the program, here's a list of dates/times for the re-broadcast: June 4: 5:30pm June 6: 10:30pm and 2:30am June 24: 9:30pm and 1:30am The Cooking Channel can be found…
If you've traveled on Aurora Avenue North lately, you might have noticed a radar speed sign that's posted at N. 48th St. facing southbound traffic. According to the SDOT Blog, in the next couple of weeks, there will be another one installed on the northbound side near N. 39th St. The signs are part of the Aurora Traffic Safety Project we told you about back in April, when SPD and WA State Patrol nabbed hundreds of traffic violators on Aurora in…
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of barbecue season; but for most of us, grilling under the cover of an umbrella until July 5 is kind of a drag. If it's a cookout you're craving, forget having to kill all of the spiders that have found refuge in your BBQ over the winter and head to Joule's Urban BBQ which kicks off next Sunday, June 5 and continues every Sunday through August 28 at 3pm. Adults $20, Kids $12. Every week…
Chroma, a new hair salon, will be opening by the end of June at 1905 N. 45th St., in the larger space formerly occupied by Not A Number. Chroma will be an Aveda Salon focusing on hair and featuring a wide assortment of Aveda retail products. Owners Dan Deaver and Bryce Francis have been Wallingford residents for five years, and in an email to me, Dan told me that they're excited to be located in Wallingford and are shooting for the…
Wallingford, Wallingford Center, and Trophy Cupcakes are mentioned in the current edition of Seattle Channel's Magazine Show, CityStream. You can view the program via the embedded link below, or go to: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3071121 Seattle Channel Video can be played in Flash Player 9 and up
Are you ready to see spring in full swing? Our neighborhood has an incredible assortment of gardens, and if you come out to the Wallingford Garden Tour on Sunday, June 5, from 10am-4pm, you'll get a chance to talk with the owners and creators of several gardens and meet other garden lovers. Jennifer Veninga, Wallingford's Garden Tour coordinator gives us a summary of what you can expect to see on the tour: Enjoy a self-guided tour of ten private gardens in…