This Friday, April 1st is just another day for some; but for others, it's April Fools Day. For Archie McPhee, Friday marks The Great Rubber Chicken Giveaway. That's right folks, the first 100 people who come in to Archie McPhee this Friday will get their very own rubber chicken. I happen to think this giveaway is highly appropriate for Wallingford since we're friends of the fowl, and so I hereby proclaim that our neighborhood mascot is the chicken, be it rubber…
Wallingford's Fresh Fitness and Dance has a great deal with Green Lake Moms this week: Buy a 10-visit punchcard at Fresh Fitness for just $45. That's over half-off from what you'd normally pay, plus you can mix and match from a variety of classes, and bring the kiddos to join in on the fun. (Pssst, you don't have to be a mom to enjoy this deal, either. It's open to everyone!) Choose from the following genres of classes: Dance: ZUMBA, Salsa,…
Imagine acquiring the power to produce your own food. Boom! Veggies over here. Bam! Herbs over there. Wham! Strawberries! Zap! Fresh-laid eggs, coming right up! Most city-livers are so distant from the sources of what they eat that this seems like magic. But in her new book Your Farm in the City, Lisa Taylor of Seattle Tilth explains that starting an urban farm is no mystery, but rather something deeply satisfying that we can all do. Meet Lisa, learn about the…
Wallingford has been dubbed as one of "The 20 Best Places to Live Now" according to the April issue of Seattle Met. In an interview with Wallyhood's Jordan Schwartz, Seattle Met's Matthew Halverson provides a perspective on our neighborhood's "crunchiness": When Jordan Schwartz moved to Wallingford from the East Coast in 1993, he found a neighborhood overrun by felines. 'You couldn’t walk down the street without seeing cats,' he says. 'They were all over.' Nearly 20 years later, he still feels…
Acoustical scientists explore the Harmonic Scalpel! Get wet in a "surround sound opera bath"! Hear scenes from Rosenkavalier, Tosca and La Boheme! Honestly, we don't know what half of that means, but it sounds intriguing, no? Well, it's all going down at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center this Thursday, March 31st: Watershed Opera presents Opera and Science An evening that will nourish the soul and stimulate the brain On Thursday, March 31st 2011 at 6:30 pm, Wallingford’s Chapel Space…
With the economy the way it is, the long-time goal of Wallingford community activists to extract money from the city to bring a community center to Wallingford has drifted further out of reach. But, if we are nothing else, Wallingford is a neighborhood of roll-with-the-punches problem solvers. When they say it can't be done, we do it just to be show 'em. Thus, we unveil the "distributed community center" (or "virtual community center", if you prefer). It's like a building, but…
Can you think of anything more small town America than the editor of the local newspaper getting his news about the farmers market while getting his hair clipped at the local barbershop by the head of the local chamber of commerce? I swear, if Opie had walked in barefoot with a PB&J on white bread, Normanl Rockwell would have risen from his grave to paint it. Of course, it's not a newspaper, it's a blog, and Cutz Meridian isn't a barbershop,…