Category Archives: Wallingford, Seattle

Let me begin by saying I really hate social media. If you agree, please click the facebook “like”, “share”, and “data mine me” buttons at the bottom of this article.

The New Yorker recently ran an article titled “The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle“. That wasn’t the title when you viewed the article on their site- that was the title that The New Yorker put in the metadata on their page so that it would have that title in search engines. The visible title of the article on the page was “The Really Big One”. This means the New Yorker …

“Who are you?” said Eileen to the Caterpillar.

This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation, especially one had with a multicolored stuffed animal on one’s porch.

“What do you mean by that?” said the Caterpillar to Eileen. “Explain yourself!”

“I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir, as I can’t explain you,” said Eileen. “You have shown up on my porch without explanation, and I worry you might be the wrong place.”

“Wrong? What’s wrong with this place,” the Caterpillar replied, sucking suspiciously on its hookah.

“There’s nothing wrong with this place,” said Eileen, with exasperation, “it’s just I …

Interconnection (3415 Stone Way N.) is one of those little charities quietly working to make the world a better place right for their little Wallingford / Fremont office. They are a great place for basics like RAM or a $5 USB mouse, they provide low-cost, recycled computer equipment to non-profits and underserved communities around the world, and they collect and recycle used computer equipment, keeping potentially hazardous waste out of the landfills.

Jayme Busser wrote to let us know they’re having a ribbon-cutting this Friday at 11:30 am to celebrate their grand re-opening, after a major remodel:

InterConnection is eager …

If you were wondering what all the hullabaloo at Gas Works Park was last night, Geekwire reports that it was a party for Microsoft interns, featuring the band Maroon 5. Sounds like the interns made off with more than hoarse voices and a hangover, too. Here’s the news from Twitter:

Summer internship at Microsoft is incredible. Surprise Maroon 5 concert and a free Surface Pro 3 ?

— Josh (@joshmkorn) July 16, 2015

Maroon 5 for #Microsoft #internWeek #signatureEvent pic.twitter.com/BOs6eejkNR

— Jim K. (@dkloz) July 16, 2015

The Microsoft Signature Event: Maroon 5 pic.twitter.com/SVlpoKu9K6

— Jake Pereira (@jakepereira_) July 16, …

So I have this rad setup for my bike that lets me attach Zev’s bike to mine. It’s like those third wheels you see, where the kid gets their own seat and pedals, but instead of a front wheel, it just attaches to the adult’s seat post, except in this case, you can take a normal kid’s bike and just attach it to the back of the adult’s bike.

The advantage over the other setups is that when you get where you’re going, you can decouple the bikes and the child can ride independently. We do this quite a bit: …

The HALA rezone proposal has been all in the news since it was released on Monday and is city-wide. Here is the zoning change map, and here is that map overlaid in Google Maps. The key element of the plan is to expand urban villages and eliminate single family zoning near urban villages.

We’ve also been looking at the major U-District light rail upzone that will become reality this fall. Here is the 588 page Environmental Impact Statement for the upzone. Don’t want to read all 588 pages? A synopsis:

Existing zoning in the U-District maxes out at 8 stories…

Tuesday August 4th is the annual Seattle Night Out Against Crime. All over the neighborhood (and the city), folks come out of their doors to spend a evening with their neighbors. Streets are blocked off, lawn chairs are dragged out front, card tables are set up on sidewalks and lawns, kids play, chit is chatted, gossip is passed, potato salad is forked, and wine is paper cupped.

For the last several years, I’ve bike toured the block parties of the neighborhood, sampling the deviled eggs and meeting new people, sometimes by myself, sometimes with my son Zev in tow, and …