Wallingford, Seattle

Thursday: Dining Out For Life

This Thursday, April 25th is the 20th annual Dining out for Life, when participating restaurants donate up to 30% of the purchase price of meals to the Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Lifelong "empowers people living with or at risk of HIV/AIDS and other chronic condition to lead healthier lives." Looking for somewhere walking distance? There are four restaurants in Wallingford to choose from: Blue Star Cafe and Pub Djan’s Thai RoRo's BBQ Tutta Bella Stone Way Lifelong AIDS Alliance is a Wallyhood…

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4th of July Fireworks are a ‘go’

Ready or not, Wallingford, the 4th of July fireworks show for this year is a done deal. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce, along with Mayor McGinn and Seafair, just announced that the 4th of July Fireworks are going to take place this year on Lake Union, with Gas Works Park as the location for day long festivities including food booths, a beer garden, music, displays, and activities. Beth Knox, President and CEO for Seafair, announced that Western Display Fireworks will launch…

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The straight skinny about the big white house

Wallyhood correction: the address of the big white house on Wallingford Avenue is 3519, not 3522. I know this well because I lived there for nearly ten years. Also, the house was not sold in 2000, because its second floor occupant, Dr. Joseph Scardapane, proudly owned it from a few years before I moved in in 1975 until he sold it last year, 2012. He also purchased the small house to the south, because he did not want an “ugly modern…

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Ivar’s Whalemaker Lounge gets a makeover

It's o-fish-al! After s three-month remodel, the Whalemaker Lounge at Ivar's Salmon House (401 NE Northlake Way) has re-opened for business. The snazzy new lounge has a whole new interior, including expanded seating, plus they've flipped the bar 90 degrees to the right and extended it, topping it with a copper. The folks over at Ivar's tells us the lounge also has more water views, and the fireplace, which might have an updated fireplace tile, has river rock masonry with “KEEP…

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A Muddy Parrot

Sarah from A Muddy Cup, the coffee shop at 45th and Latona, writes: There is a parrot in the parking lot behind my shop. We spotted him last night in a tree behind our shop and he is very large.  We tried calling as many animal sevices last night as we could with no luck.  Could you please post this, someone is missing their friend. The question, of course, is what is he saying? On a barely related note, if you want some morning…

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House no more

For more information about this house, see our latest post: The Straight Skinny About the Big White House. David wrote to tell us that the big white house in lower Wallingford (3519 Wallingford Avenue N.) has been demolished: Lots of changes going on in lower Wallingford.  I came home today to find the big house (I think actually a triplex) at 35th and Wallingford demolished!  Always stood out to me as such a big residence with a nice view.  Nothing but…

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Prowling Around

Jill Z over on 42nd and Latona wrote: Just heard from our tenants that their cars were broken into last night. The locks appeared to have been jimmied through the windows and the contents of the glove boxes were spilled out all over the seats. Neighborhood, beware! We live just a block away, and when I went out to my garage this morning, I noticed that someone had tried to pry open a locked tool cabinet in our shed sometime over…

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