You may remember last month we posted a call for volunteers to walk around the neighborhood and identify some of the trees. Mike Ruby, who's been heading up the project has been pretty pleased with the response so far, but needs a little more help. Mike sent me the following e-mail last night: We got the last list from SDOT (Seattle Dept of Transportation) yesterday and are ready to work on the area north of 50th. We have four areas, mostly…
We had the great pleasure of attending TEDx Rainier this past weekend. You've probably heard of TED: a multi-day, single track conference in which great thinkers from around the world and from all disciplines (and, ideally, from many disciplines at once) give powerful, inspirational talks. If you haven't heard of it, visit the TED web site: the talks are all available for viewing on demand, and they are truly, stunningly fascinating. To attend TED, though, you must apply, and for those…
Last year, a neighbor's teenage son from up the street made the coolest Mario Jack-o'-lantern I'd ever seen; and the more I looked around while trick or treating with the kids, the more super awesomely cool pumpkin carvings I saw. We've definitely got some talented folk here in Wallingford. And now we'd like to put your pumpkin carving skills to the test with our first annual Wallyhood Pumpkin Carving Contest. Our good friends over at Archie McPhee have put together some…
Last week, Paul Dorpat issued a challenge: he had several pictures taken down near Gas Works in Wallingford from near the the turn of the century (no, not this turn of the century, last turn of the century), and wanted to see if readers could figure out exactly where they were taken. The prizes: copies of Paul's book and jars of honey from Wallyhood's own backyard bee hives. We've had some great and well thought out suggestions (including, as we had…
Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford. As has been my habit since I began the coming out process in Texas back in 1992, I took stock of my relationships this week to identify who I might come out to today. But there's a problem. For the first time, there is no one to come out to. Not one soul. Well, okay. In the interest of complete honesty there IS one person I could come out to, but I have decided it's…
Coming of age in the late '80's, we were always confused about "Contra Dancing". What did this particular form of dance and music have to do with Oliver North and Nicaraguan rebels? We had a vague image in our head of the clean-cut, corrupt Marine Colonel do-se-doing Che Guevara, but knew that somehow was wrong. Now, of course, we know that the phrase comes from the French contredanse (court dance), and, while Marines and Latin American rebels are not banned from…
A few weeks back, we reported that East Wallingfordians would soon have a new java spot, and now we have an official date: A Muddy Cup will open on Tuesday, (10/12). Their hours will be 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to start, and depending on the neighborhood's need for a twilight caffeine fix, they may adjust their closing hours. A Muddy Cup is located on the northwest corner of 45th at Latona. Sarah Dolezal told me that they'll be using Sol…