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Mighty-O on the Food Network

Spoiler Alert!  I'm going to tell you who won the Food Network donut challenge.  So beware if you haven't seen it yet! Helen told us last week that Mighty-O and Top Pot donuts would compete in the first ever Food Network donut challenge.  Well, they have.  And Wallingford has yet another winning Food Network chef.  That's right!  Sara Beth Russert is the nation's first donut champ!  Congratulations, Sara Beth! Actually, I don't know if Sara Beth calls herself a chef.  She's…

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Redeeming Soles

Back in January, we told you about the "Day On" day at John Stanford, where students and their families spent Martin Luther King, Jr. day cleaning up their school and such.  On that day, the students also hosted a shoe drive, in partnership with Redeeming Soles, a nonprofit organization that provides footwear to the underprivileged and homeless living in Seattle. The shoe drive at John Stanford continues, and if you have a decent pair of shoes (no holes, clean laces, etc.)…

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Happy Birthday, Smash

Smash Wine Bar and Bistro is celebrating their 5th anniversary today! Dana says she'll have the patio open and the heaters out, so you can enjoy some early Spring outdoor happy hour (and a fine happy hour they have). Weatherman says sunny with a high in the upper 50's, which, by Seattle standards, is prime outdoor seating weather. Only five years? Doesn't it seem longer? For the life of us, we can't even remember what was there before it was Smash.…

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New Neighborhood Preschool: Exploration Academy

(Wallyhood welcomes Rachel Feldstein to our writing corps! She'll be covering kids-related issues and whatever strikes her fancy.) Have you ever noticed a gaggle of little kids tethered together, exploring the neighborhood?  If so, you’ve likely seen the students from Exploration Academy, a new Wallingford preschool. I had the opportunity to tour the school last week and chat with the director, longtime Wallingford resident Michelle Warren.  She opened Exploration Academy in Wallingford Center last fall because it “seemed like the perfect…

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Wallingford Weekend

In order to ensure a sunny weekend, we must - each and every one of us - plan on spending our weekend indoors.  You understand, yes?  This week's Wallingford Weekend will feature a few indoor performances for you to consider.  And hey, if you see a good play or a fantastic opera, AND we get sunshine, well, drop me a thank you note: Friday night, Stone Soup Theater kicks off their (XX) Fest, a festival of plays written exclusively by women.  …

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The Mighty-O Winner

The winner of the Mighty-O contest is Abby Klingbeil!  Abby and her husband will be attending Mighty-O's private screening of The Food Network Challenge this Sunday, at 8pm. When we asked readers what they liked best about Mighty-O, Abby wrote: Oh, where to start? I love that all the employees at Mighty O’s staff, especially Julie, always have been so sweet and attentive to my little toddler, who made her first trip there when she was just days old. Now 21…

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‘Now and Then’ at MOHAI

Paul Dorpat, Wallingford's very own "celebrian" (celebrity historian--yeah, I made that up), has worked with the Museum of History & Indsutry (MOHAI) for a "Now and Then" exhibit, which opens this Saturday, April 9, and runs until Sunday, June 3. If you're a fan of Paul's weekly "Now and Then" column for The Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine, you'll see quite a bit of his "repeat photography" in which he uses historical and contemporary photographs to reveal the changes in our…

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