Tomorrow: The Goddess Festival

This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that The Goddess Festival returns to Woodland Park tomorrow (Saturday, September 14) from noon to 10:00pm: From The Goddess Festival organizer, Tara Shuttleworth: “The Third Annual Goddess Festival will take place in Seattle’s Lower Woodland Park on September 14th, 2013 to bring together the community and create a unified inspirational heartbeat. Live music, local artists and vendors, performance workshops and a Kid Zone will demonstrate to festival-goers that through this heartbeat, we can heal and transform…

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Wallingford Food News

Here's the latest happenings on the neighborhood food scene: Free Slices on Saturday at Pagliacci Pizza on Stone Way  The Pagliacci Pizza location on Stone Way at N. 40th St. (4003 Stone Way N.) has transformed from a tiny take-out spot to a sleek 'n snazzy dine-in restaurant, complete with a new pizza slice bar. To celebrate, they'll be handing out free slices (2 per person) on Saturday (September 14), from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Patty's Eggnest Now Open The popular breakfast…

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The Great Wallingford Wurst Festival

The Wurst is yet to come, neighbors. In fact, it’s this weekend! The 31st annual Great Wallingford Wurst Festival takes place Friday and Saturday (September 13-14) on the grounds of St. Benedict School (4811 Wallingford Avenue North). The festival is family-friendly, featuring lots of kid bouncies, games, crafts, a Biergarten, tons of homemade goodies for sale, plus lots of live entertainment on the outdoor stage. On Friday night, The Dudley Manlove Quartet will be playing for folks 21 and over in St. Ben’s Auditorium from 9:00pm…

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Robot Turtles

A few weeks back, I took an afternoon off to pedal my way up to Phinney Ridge and pick up my son Zev1 from pre-school. Uusally, that's Mrs. Wallyhood's responsibility, but this time, we were off for a little adventure. As we left school, Zev proudly announced to his classmates that he was going to "test a video game". "It's not a video game," I told him. "It's a card game...that has something to do with how you program a computer." He…

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Last Art Walk of 2013

The last Wallingford Art Walk of 2013 is this Wednesday, September 11th from 6 - 9 pm all up and down 45th Street. Even the East end businesses, Wine World, Slave to the Needle, Kate's Pub, Pudge Brothers, Frame Central, a Muddy Cup, Comics Dungeon and (long-time Wallyhood sponsor) Bedrooms and More are throwing down. See the line-up at right. Over at Wallingford Center, the New Orleans-style brass band Tubaluba kicks off at 6:30 pm and Murphy's will have acoustic guitar music…

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Conlin’s Legislation Won’t Affect ‘CVS’ Design

Updated 12:04pm. See (*) below for additional content. Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin has introduced new legislation to implement minimum density requirements to Neighborhood Commercial Zones. You can read the entire legislation here) but here's the gist: "The legislation requires a minimum density for Neighborhood Commercial (NC) zones in urban centers, urban villages and station area overlay districts that have a pedestrian designation overlay. The minimum density level, measured by the Floor Area Ratio (FAR), would be based on the maximum allowable…

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Free Screenings at Scarecrow

Scarecrow Video, a Wallyhood sponsor, has a huge line-up of free movie screenings throughout September. All screenings and events are 21 and over (unless otherwise noted), as beer and other refreshments will be available. September’s screenings have a back-to-school bent with a nod towards punks, juvenile delinquents, and other malcontents navigating public education, including Class of 1984 and Class of 1999, episodes from the 1994 Showtime series Rebel Highway, the always enjoyable Heathers, and more. Mondays at 7pm Rebel Highway series September 9  Runaways Daughters…

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