So what do you have planned for Thanksgiving Day, Wallingford (besides joining me and a crew of your neighbors at the JSIS playground for a disorganized game of kickball and hot toddies?) In case you don't have it sussed out yet, take heart in the fact that Ireland does not celebrate Thanksgiving! Thus, Murphy's Irish Pub will be open Thanksgiving Day starting at 11 am, with a full service menu until 4 pm and limited menu after that from the kitchen.…
Guttenberg. Wedgwood. Daguerre. Edison. Bell. Seitzer. The next world-changing advance is 3D printing: using a computer-controlled dispensing head that slowly, meticulously builds up a 3D design into a 3D object, 3D printers promise to open up new possibilities across an dizzying spectrum of domains. Need a part for your washing machine? Print it. Want a lego piece that doesn't exist? Print it. How about a gun that's banned? Print it. Want to try out an idea for a new product? Print it.…
Enough of this "stealing" stuff. Let's have more "finding". Two folks have written in that they've come across bikes that were apparently abandoned, and they're looking for the rightful owners. Judy writes: Two bikes were left in my yard probably the night of November 2nd. Hopefully someone will recognize them & contact me for their retrieval. That's a picture of them at right. Also, Fathia wrote: Found bike, looking for the owner. Walgreen store was closed. Tuesday Nov.19. Found a bicycle at 10:30 pm…
For some reason, I've always had this image in my head of a Thanksgiving that starts with a game of touch football in a grassy park, red and orange leaves blowing through sharp, crisp air, everyone earning a good appetite before retiring back to warm houses and food laden tables. So, why not? The grassy field is a bit of a walk for me, but the John Stanford School, where there's a huge, empty playground, is right across the street. So,…
First off, I want to apologize for letting this go so long. I created this forum as a way for neighbors to get to know each other and to form a tighter, more cohesive community. I was afraid that too many of us walk from our front doors to our cars, off to work, home again, and never have a chance to meet and talk. Dialogue, whether about "important" topics like laws and taxes and schools and land use or "unimportant"…
From the Seattle Parks and Rec: Seattle Parks and Recreation began construction this week on the Lower Woodland Park ballfields at Green Lake Way N & N 50th St. The work will replace ballfield lighting and provide other ballfield upgrades. The ballfields will remain closed through February 2014. The project provides lighting improvements at Lower Woodland Park’s cloverleaf ballfields (#3-6). The upgrade begins with demolition of the existing, outmoded lighting system and replacement with a state-of-the-art system. The goal of the project is…
This one seems cool enough to warrant the extra few steps from Wallingford down into Fremont: Makerhaus a shared workspace / studio / class space, "at the intersection of technology and craftsmanship [and near the intersection of 2nd NW and NW 36th, 122 NW 36th] where you will find the latest 3D printers alongside manual milling machines" will be hosting a "Holiday Pop-Up Shop" tomorrow from 10 am to 7 pm: A one day holiday pop-up marketplace featuring Seattle’s best designers.Saturday, November 23 10am-7pm. Hand…