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Marco! Pollock! Marco! Pollock!

Thanks to a Seattle Craigslist ad, we've discovered some fishy business happening at Gas Works Park this Saturday. Apparently, giant sea lions (made of cloth, with humans inside) will be scavenging the park in search of their dwindling food supply -- namely, Pollock.  A Greenpeace press release explains the problem this way: "Seattle based industrial fishing fleets are putting entire ecosystems at risk. Ships leave from Seattle with huge steel nets and heavy chains to trawl the bottom of our oceans…

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Map The Fruit!

Ah, cherry season is upon us. Our fingers are running red with ripe Rainiers, we cherish the Chelans and titter for the Teitons. Of course, long-time readers will remember our paeans to the plum (Field Guide to Plums, Wallingford Plum Soup, etc.), so it was with great delight that we read Kimberly C's mail tipping us off to City Fruit, an on-line map of fruit trees in the city: http://city-fruit.appspot.com/display. Using it, you can register fruit trees that you know about…

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In Other News…

Our neighboring ‘hoods have had some interesting stuff to report last week. Here’s a recap of the haps: Flowers? Aw, You Shouldn’t Have Fremont Universe reports a mysterious midnight gardener who’s been leaving elegant flora and fauna around. Aquatic Divers and Darlings My Green Lake posted a recent Evening Magazine piece on the Aqua Follies that performed every summer from 1950-1965 at Green Lake’s Aqua Theater. Tasty Thai Mobile The Eastlake Ave. blog raves about Kaosami’s Thai Truck parked behind the…

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Free Trees for Streets (and yards)

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Wouldn't it be nice if your street looked like the picture to the right? Well, it can! The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is giving away trees for free as a way to beautify your neighborhood (and help the environment). Here's how it works, from their press release: Groups of neighbors from at least five households living on a street or block can request from 10 to 40 trees per project.  In addition, every participating household can have a fruit tree for…

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Kiddie Parade Photos

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We've lived here in Wallingford for 17 years now, and this is the first time we made it up to the Kiddies Parade. We'd tell you all about it, but a picture is worth a thousand words, and we've got a full set of photos from Neil Parekh. If you're reading in e-mail, you'll have to click through to view. Everyone else, enjoy! If you took photos to share, please leave a link in the comments!

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Keep Your Babies Cool

As the temperature soared to 90 on Thursday, my kiddos and I took advantage of the Wallingford wading pool’s limited hours and sought refuge in the cool water. Friday’s supposed to be another swelter, and thankfully the wading pool will be open again from 12-7 p.m. Keep cool, Wallyhoodites! (Just a Reminder - The Wallingford Wading Pool is open only on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from 12-7 p.m. They only open on days that are forecast to be warmer than 70°,…

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Kiddie Parade and Street Fair

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What kind of neighborhood blog would we be if we didn't remind you that tomorrow, Saturday July 10th is one the biggest Wallingford events of the year? No kind of neighborhood blog, that's the kind of neighborhood blog we'd be. Fortunately, we are every kind of neighborhood blog, so we're here to tell you that tomorrow, Saturday July 10th, is the 61st annual Kiddie Parade and Street Fair. The Street Fair on Wallingford Ave between 45th and 43rd kicks off at…

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