We had a good year beekeeping in Wallingford this year: 16 gallons of honey, weighing in at 180 lbs. Perhaps it was our new set-up (which you can read all about on our newly revived beekeeping blog, Hive Mind Honey) or just the bee gods smiling on us. We don't sell our honey, but if you want a jar, there is a way: as we did last year, we're giving a pint jar Wallingford's own Hive Mind Honey to the first…
This Wednesday will be the last Wallingford Art Walk of the year. With temperatures dropping to the low 40's, it may be tough to get a crowd out, but on the other hand, it's a great opportunity to do some local holiday shopping and Tara Shuttleworth, the new director, has been hard at working wrangling in new businesses, reviving participation from old and keeping the old standbys on-line (including Wallyhood sponsor School of Oom Yung Doe). She writes: Please welcome Fainting…
Paul Dorpat, Wallingford's official unofficial historian is at it again. This time, he worked with Ron Edge to scan in a huge map of Seattle from 1912, breaking it down into individual PDFs for careful viewing. What's amazing to us is how much the basic layout and grid of the city was already well established by that time (we'd always thought of Seattle as "newer" than that), but it's also fun to see how street names and such have changed. Take…
The Christmas Ships are coming to Gas Works Park this Wednesday, December 1st. From Argosy's web site: The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition for 61 years. [...] Each night, through December 23rd, 2010 the Argosy Christmas Ship™ sails to different Puget Sound waterfront communities, over 45 in total. Choirs onboard sing 20-minute performances to these communities, all broadcast via state-of-the-art speaker system. [...] On shore, thousands of people gather around roaring bonfires…
(Updated Friday, 3:58 PM.) Here are some fun things to do in Wallingford this weekend, while you're digesting all of that food you've eaten yesterday: Friday, 11/26 - Sunday 11/28: Friday kicks off Izilla Toys' weekend-long, store-wide sale with 10% off all in-stock merchandise. Friday, 11/26 - 5PM-7PM: City Cellars (1710 N. 45th St.) has its last wine tasting for 2010 and it's "Turkey Leftover Wines". Mmmm, mmmm. No, wait, not leftover turkey-tasting wines, but wines that pair nicely with your…
With schools closed and sheets of ice covering all the roads, Wallingford residents cleaned off their sleds, tobaggans, and saucers, and took to the slopes in our parks. Some even made use of their streets. Wallingford Playfield photos by Margaret. Gasworks photos by DOUG. Street photo by Jordan.
Seattle Public Schools just announced that there will be no school for all students on Wednesday, 11/24. The central offices at the John Stanford Center down in SODO are closed as well. Listen to the message. The Meridian School will also be closed on Wednesday. Update: Jacqui asked us to mention that the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club will be closed on Wednesday, too, as they follow Seattle Schools' closure rules. Thanks, Jacqui!