Category Archives: Wallingford, Seattle

It’s a perennial problem for the organic, locally-grown fruit loving flaneur: juicy purple plums hanging over the sidewalk, shiny red apples practically dropping into your hands, apricots sweating juice on bended boughs…on someone else’s property. Should you let it fall to the ground to rot, or enter it into your own personal food supply chain?

On the one hand, we’re respectful neighbors who wouldn’t think of poaching peaches: it’s stealing! But on the other hand, with the hunger in the world, the California drought pushing up produce prices, and the specter of our mothers’ Depression-forged admonishment not to waste perfectly …

This weekend is going to be overcast with a chance of rain and not much is going on here in Wallingford. The big name events in this penultimate weekend of Seafair are the Capitol Hill Block Party and the Torchlight Parade.

So here’s a grab bag of stuff to do. First, go get a free LED light bulb. Also, if you get a Chinook Book you can get a free shower head plus a free home energy assessment, which normally costs $150 through Puget Sound Energy, so not a bad deal.

Next, the folks who organize soccer for teenagers at …

The Pianos in the Parks has returned for a second year, and Green Lake is hosting one of the 22 artistically enhanced pianos that have been sprinkled throughout the city:

The Pianos in the Parks program … encourages the discovery of parks through music and art by placing one-of-a-kind, artist-designed upright and grand pianos in parks and open spaces across Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island, Seattle and other parts of King County. All pianos are made available for free public use and music exploration through Aug. 16.

All 22 previously owned pianos are procured, repaired, tuned, transported and maintained by Classic …

Adrian wrote to the Iron Bull (2121 N 45th St):

I am a neighbor of yours near The Iron Bull. This afternoon your [cook Callie] beat the fire department and put out a fire that was growing fast on the deck of the house south of the bar. I called the fire brigade, she stepped in with a hose, climbed up onto the burning deck, and put the fire out.

Great job, great attitude, and you should be happy to have her.

Nice work to Callie the cook and Emily the bartender for jumping in and helping out!

In a …

Seamonster is almost through digesting Boulangerie after devouring it a few months ago. Here’s Q&A with owners Sarah Altman and Andrew Nunez:

How will Seamonster be different when it reopens, aside from being bigger?

When sea monster reopens we will have a capacity of 220, up from what the city had deemed a 50 seat establishment as the original Seamonster. There will be a new double stalled ladies room in addition to the two existing bathrooms. There will be a giant west facing patio with awning along bagley ave, another bar for faster service, lots of nooks for dining and …

“Echoes of a Lifetime” portraits displayed at Wallingford Community Senior Center this summer

Local artist Savvy Dani has completed eight portraits of Wallingford and other local area elders as a part of her “Echoes of a Lifetime” project, which has been awarded a grant from the Office of Arts & Culture. Savvy has worked closely with Wallingford Community Senior Center participants over the last several months for the portrait project, which includes short interviews with the subjects about their lives.

Savvy’s powerful work will be on display at Wallingford Community Senior Center beginning next week through the end of September. …

There are times when a community needs to come together behind a cause, and this is one of them.

Folks, we need to rally here. Please share this to Facebook, tweet it and update your LinkedIn profile to help us find the answer. If you don’t have a Google+ account, get one, and do whatever it is one does with Google+ to get the word out. Probably Reddit should be involved. And Pinterest. Somebody talk to their teenager, find out what else we’re missing. Snapchat.

We will not rest until the answer is known!

(Sign spotted on N 43rd St …