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Read more about the article Happy Birthday, Wallyhood

Happy Birthday, Wallyhood

I almost let this one slip by me: today is the 5th birthday of this little blog: the first article, Welcome to Wallyhood, was published on January 11th, 2009. It's been a nice ride: we've published 3,956 articles and presently, we're averaging: 110,000 pageviews / month 45,000 unique visits / month 18,000 unique visitors / month Not bad, considering Wallingford is about 20,000 households. The blog is evolving, and honestly, I'm struggling a bit with the direction to take it. It…

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Harry and the Hendersons

As has been previously reported, the 1987 cult classic movie starring John Lithgow and Don Ameche, was filmed in Wallingford. Mike Ruby forwarded this invite for a potluck and viewing this evening: Red Vine Theater presents HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS Filmed in Seattle and featuring the homes at 4214 Burke and 4210 Burke! Bigfoot comes to Wallingford ! – to 4214 Burke Ave North to be exact – in this 1987 fantasy-comedy with John Lithgow, Don Ameche, Lanie Kazan and others…

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Here We Come A’Wassailing

If you don’t have plans to watch the Big Game on Saturday but you’d still like to experience the thrill of watching athletic people caper through the mud, head to Meridian Park for the Sound & Fury Morris Dancers’ Annual Apple Wassail. At 2:30 pm on Saturday, Morris dancers from Seattle and Portland will bring a bit of English holiday cheer to Wallingford with traditional dance, song and a blessing of the apple trees. Apple trees are sacred to Morris dancers…

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Gnocchi Knocking

Jennifer Daly sent a link to a recent Seattle Met article announcing "Lisa Nakamura Plans Gnocchi Bar to (Hopefully) Open Late Summer": According to the article, Lisa, who recently closed Allium, her Orcas Island-based restaurant is putting "together a business plan and is fine-tuning her recipes in the form of regular pop-up dinners at Miyabi 45th while she hunts for the ideal location—approximately 2,000 square feet in a ‘hood with plenty of foot traffic, like South Lake Union, Ballard, or Fremont—and investors." It continues:…

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Wallingford Library Seeks Mural Help

Back in December, we posted a note from Christine, a librarian at the Wallingford Branch Library asking for photos of the Wilmot Sisters: Alice deeded the lot for the first Wallingford library in memory of her sister, Florence. Our best leads came from Rob Ketcherside, whose family lived in the Wallingford and Green Lake neighborhoods beginning in the late 1800's: I haven't found a photo of her, but she should be one of the students in the 1897 photo of Green…

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Gas Works Park: Cleanup & Development

The Wallingford Community Council will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 8th at 7:00 PM in the Good Shepherd Center. Our meeting this month will be held at the Wallingford Community Senior Center in the basement of GSC, rather than our usual room on the second floor. The focus of this month’s meeting will be upcoming changes to Gas Works Park. Addressing the community will be David Graves, Seattle Senior Planner and Patrick Waddell, President of Friends of Gas Works…

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