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Small ‘n Simple deadline is May 9

Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has three Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) application cycles in 2011 for community groups who want to apply for the Small and Simple Projects Fund. The deadline to apply for the current cycle is 5pm on Monday, May 9, and applicants must register online here at least two days before submitting an application. Past awards of Small and Simple Projects Funds include the 46th Street Mural and the installation of new playground equipment at McDonald School which was…

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Don’t forget the piñata

I grew up in the American Southwest, so you’d think I’d have memorized the story of Cinco de Mayo by now. But like many, I’ve fallen victim to the blight of the Internet, i.e., a complete lack of short-term memory, facilitated by repeated exposure to high doses of Google and Wikipedia (and symptomatically treated with the hair of the same dog). I know there are others like me out there, so if you want to know more about the origins of…

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Biking, The Dump, and Wallingford’s Annual Meeting

In keeping with a 40 year tradition, the Wallingford Community Council will be meeting tonight from 7 to 9 in the Good Shepherd Center in room 202. We would have met on Sundays but the nuns didn't want us working then. Tonight's meeting will focus on the dump (of course) and bike projects in Wallingford. Virgina Coffman from SDOT will be talking about bike plans in the neighborhood that will impact Latona and Thackeray, and will give an update on the…

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Archie McPhee Gets ‘Wired’

Wired Magazine's April 28 issue includes a profile of Wallingford's wacky, wonderful retailer Archie McPhee and owner Mark Pahlow, who founded the store in 1983. Wired's columnist Dylan Tweney describes his visit to the store, located in "Seattle's earnestly funky neighborhood," and mentions Pahlow's memoir, Who Would Buy This? which includes stories of how Archie McPhee once ran into trouble with the Secret Service, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Some other interesting Archie McPhee facts…

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Eat the Sun!

Craving a closer relationship with this elusive object, I recently picked up Richard Cohen's Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life.  It explains how life on earth depends on the ability of green plants to harness the energy of the sun, thus making almost all other living things plant parasites (the only exception being deep-sea life near thermal vents but this still requires oxygen created by plants on the surface and you don't want to…

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Bald Man Watching

A week or so ago, we spotted this cut-out on telephone poles going up 40th from the U District. We asked the Twitterverse what was up: Seen these popping up along 40th in Wallingford. Who knows the story? http://t.co/lYW7Y7z But heard few clues back: Sarah said she'd seen similar signs around Green Lake, but without the hair, but that was it. Fast forward to this past Thursday evening, which found us at the Fred Wildlife Refuge on Capitol Hill for the City…

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Wednesday – Wallingford Art Walk

Happy May everybody, it looks like Spring has arrived and brought Art Walk-worthy weather with it. Participating businesses will be easier to spot this month, as the Art Walk committee is rolling out a fancy new set of sandwich boards, plus you'll have the opportunity to enjoy the new mural on the side of Bottle Works, the Wallingford Art Walk robot. Here's the line-up, courtesy of the Wallingford Art Walk organizer, Tara Shuttleworth: Julia’s Restaurant- Painter, Levi Hastings Fuerte Fitness –…

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