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Free and Cheap Eats Day

Let's take the freebie tour of Wallingford, shall we? We'll start with a free pastry at Starbucks (before 10:30 am, print the coupon or show the barista a copy on your mobile phone). Timed, perhaps, to coincide with the Starbuck's annual shareholder's meeting Wednesday? A fine breakfast, but now it's time for some lunch. How about Ivar's? Perfect, because they're celebrating the 105th birthday of their "flounder", Ivar Haglund. Buy one entree, say "Happy Birthday, Ivar" and you'll get a second…

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Best Bloody Mary

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You know the thing we love about the Bloody Mary? It's different everywhere you go. Gin and tonic? It's gin, it's tonic, it's a twist of lime. Whiskey sour? Unlikely you'll say to yourself "wow, this is a really good whiskey sour!" But if you want to test a bartender's chops, taste the difference between a drink slinger and a beverage artist, a poseur and a potation potentate, a liquor ladler and a libation Liberace, you need something that has enough…

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Grizzled Wizard

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Our first clue came from Chuck: I just walked by a door marked Grizzled Wizard on 45th between the UPS store and the Erotic Bakery.  I did a bit of Google sleuthing and found a liquor license application by Savoy Foods and Joseph L. Couden.  But my investigative abilities end there.  Since you're a guy in the know, or at least a guy who knows guys in the know, would you be able to find out any more info? Always up…

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Boat Livin’, Lake Union Style

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OK, so maybe you can't live in a treehouse, but you can live on a boat. Sure, you could shell out $2.5M for the houseboat Tom Hanks lived on in Sleepless in Seattle, but you've got better things to do with your money, right? Instead, for a cool $30,000, you could buy the Frieda Fey, a 40' 1944 Vic Frank Naval Launch converted to a live aboard cruiser. Docked just a stone's throw from Gas Works (literally), the Frieda Fay is…

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Alphabet Monkey Soup…Mmm Mmm good

Alphabet Soup Children's Books hosted the rock'n local kid's band, Recess Monkey, last Saturday March 6th. The news about the concert must have spread far and wide because this sweet little children's bookstore was jam packed when we arrived a few minutes prior to set time. I stood outside with about twenty other parents, bopping my head and tapping my feet to the boisterous rhythm as the band started off with Moon Boots, from their most recent album, The Final Funktier. My…

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Wallingford Crime Update

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We promised you some time ago that we wouldn't run regular, breathless stories detailing all the crimes around Wallingford. There's crime everywhere, and harping on it creates the wrong impression of the neighborhood. That said, when there's news, there's news. Saturday night, Kris wrote: We saw a white male arrested tonight across the street from our house on 46th and Eastern. Six SPD cars responded to the call. I'm not sure exactly what happened or where it took place, but it…

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Wally Pets opens today

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The successor to the Four Legs Good pet store, Wally Pets, opens today. In our original post announcing the opening (New Pet Shop), a number of commenters mentioned their dissatisfaction with the old shop. For example: I eventually had to give up on Four Legs Good after more than once I ran by to get pet supplies there, but was surprised to find them closed or in “be right back” state, and it kinda threw my whole errand schedule off for…

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