Wallingford, Seattle

Muraltastic Wallingford is getting a new splash of color: the new Mack Urban development at 45th And Stone Way has hired Los Angeles street artist Bumblebee to create a piece for the wall that overlooks Walgreen's, facing Stone Way. Mack Urban's VP of Development (and Wallingford resident) T.J. Lehman explained how the project came about: We have offices in Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York, so I’m down in LA regularly. One day by happenstance I drove by a mural of a boy on his back…

(This is a sponsored post, written by the Abel Pacheco for City Council campaign.) Wallingford is a great place to live. I know this first hand - I’ve lived here since graduating from the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs. However, we need new leadership to tackle our neighborhood’s greatest challenges; confronting a broken development process, Waterway 20, Northlake Way safety, parking and cyclist concerns, and many more. This is why I’m running to represent our district on the…

Tonight at the Wallingford Playfield there will be a free outdoor showing of the movie Frozen beginning at 7 PM. It gets a 7.6 user review on IMDB. Don't forget to rehearse "let it go" so you have the lyrics right for the inevitable sing along. The presentation a nice annual thing Calvary Wallingford does. At the same time, the Meaningful Movies is showing “From Neurons to Nirvana: The Great Medicines” at Keystone Congregational Church at 5019 Keystone Place N. The movie looks…

I haven't scared the bejebus out of my mom in a while, so here's a quick rundown on some prowling and crime reports that have come across my screen recently. Over on Facebook, Michelle wrote: Nic just caught a prowler in my neighbor's garage on 1st ave NW [...] Early to mid twenties, light brown wavy hair cut short on the sides and longer on top in "jersey douche" cut. Tanned, dark framed square eyeglasses, white T-shirt, black backpack and blue jeans.…

I followed Jordan's advice and read the voter guides put up by local media. They are all horseshit, my pardon to Doug. Why does The Stranger support Mike O’Brien? Because he opposes the downtown tunnel and the "lying bureaucrats running it". Why does the the Seattle Times oppose him? Because he does "lefty" things like take a kayak out to the Shell drilling platform to oppose it. Doug mentions a few policy issues, but fails to draw any contrasts with the other candidates,…

Primary elections are coming up, with ballots due by this coming Tuesday, August 4th. Incredibly, there are 47 candidates running for city council alone (not in one district, but still), so maybe you need a hand getting your decisions all sorted out. Thankfully, there are people wonkier than thou who have taken the time sift through the candidates and develop opinions they'd love you to share. Here's a quick rundown on some sources you may wish to reference: DOUG's Voter's Guide:…

Fences have been erected along 40th starting at Latona and continuing under I-5, which means the goats shall return! They'll be there shortly, munching on blackberries and other hard to remove invasive weeds. Thankfully, the fence posts have been sunk into the ground this year, to avoid a second showing of the Goat Rodeo of 2013. (Thanks for the tip, Madi!)