Wallingford, Seattle

Nothing says autumn like some hand-cranked cider! This weekend you have two opportunities to enjoy some fall fun by crushing apples the old-fashioned way. The Freeway Estates Community Orchard (FECO) is hosting their third annual cider press, which features an old-fashioned cider press (aka kid magnet), apple bobbing and a scavenger hunt. Head on over to FECO between 2 pm and 5 pm on Saturday to meet neighbors and partake of the apple harvest. If Saturday's event whets your appetite for cider making, you are in…

The Wallingford Pizza House, "Seattle's Only Classic Chicago-Style Pizza House", has served its last deep dish pie. Their number doesn't seem to be in service anymore, and there's no other contact info on their web site, so that's pretty much all we know. In its place, you may soon find the Octopus Bar, which, according to their web site: will be a neighborhood Seattle bar synonymous with a deep-sea search for a new experience, combining the familiar with the soon-to-be. We…

We've semi-finalized the debate script. The debate will be in the Lincoln High School auditorium, entering from 44th and Woodlawn Ave. The City Council debate goes from 5:30 to 6:30 and includes Bagshaw, Bellomio, Licata-ish stand in, Fruit, Sawant, Conlin, and Shen. The Mayoral debate goes from 6:35 to 7:30 and features McGinn and Murray. This is our neighborhood debate for city races, so we need a good community turn out to show the candidates we're paying attention. I thought it would be interesting…

New proposed boundary maps have been released for the October 16th school board meeting. Sherry Carr, our school board rep, offers these thoughts to our community: In alignment the District’s schedule,  the updated boundaries have been posted on the ‘Enrollment Planning - Growth Boundaries’ webpage. This link will take you to the site and you will need to page down to the title ‘Recommendations to the Board’. I urge you to read the statement and then review the updated Growth Boundaries Attachment for October 16. Please note that…

Nicole from the Wallingford branch of the public library sent us this late birthday announcement: Margaret Parker has been a volunteer at the Wallingford branch for over 10 years. Marnie, as she is known, lives at the University House now, but over the years has raised 8 children, with 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren! Loves to volunteer, has enjoyed book clubs and still reads the Wall St Journal and New Yorker. Played tennis avidly since she was 6 and continuing through raising all…

Crime, art, redemption. I love getting my hair cut at Spin's. Spin's Barbershop has a rotating display of art on the walls, and the latest set caught my eye a few weeks back, as I sat in the chair under the blade. "What's the story with the art," I asked. So he tells me. Ow and Phantom attend a local high school and produced art, which they distributed for free. On stickers. Where "distributed" meant "stuck in public places that seemed that…