Dorothy writes: Hi, I wanted to let you know about the response I received to my request (last September!!) to add crosswalks on Wallingford Avenue and 41st street, closest to Hamilton Middle School's main entrance. My son walks to school every day, straight up the hill from our home on Sunnyside, along with many other students, and they all tend to cross the street either there or on 42nd. Since they need to be in their seats and working by the…
Two great "literary" events are happening in Wallingford this Sunday (March 24). First up, Spokespeople will lead a Kidical Mass bicycle ride to several local Little Free Libraries from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. Then, they''ll head to Seattle Public Library's "Sundays are Special" celebration at the Wallingford Branch (1501 N. 45th St.). The Spokespeople ride begin in front Wallingford Center (1815 N 45th St, Seattle, WA) From Spokespeople: This is a perfect ride for children! Just three miles with minimal hills on Greenways and other slow family-friendly streets. Riders of all ages and abilities are…
Heads-up, folks: the University Bridge will be closed this weekend. Here's the scoop from The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT): The University Bridge will be closed the weekend of March 23-24 in order to make in-water repairs to be to the north fender of the bridge which was damaged in an earlier marine accident. The bridge will close at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, March 23. It will remain closed until 10 p.m. Saturday evening. At that point, the bridge will reopen until…
Two readers sent us mail yesterday alerting us to the following: Last night (March 18th) at 9:45PM we were sitting on our couch in our front room when my wife noticed a white passenger van (an older Dodge, I think) with dark windows stop out side our home. A young Asian man got out of the passenger side and casually walked up our side drive. We have an au pair who lives in an apartment in the rear of our house,…
Seattle Met and Eater Seattle report that Skillet founder Josh Henderson is planning to open up a restaurant and grocery store on North Lake Union this summer. Westward and Little Gull Grocery will be right on the waterfront (in fact, with its own 156 ft dock!) conveniently located off the Burke Gilman Trail, at Eastern on Northlake (2501 Northlake Way). The space was called The Lakeside in a former life and it held special events like weddings and proms and all that.…
I was getting my hair trimmed at Spin's Barbershop on Interlake and 45th a few weeks back when Spin's parents, John and Joann Nicon, stopped in. As is the habit at barbershops, we struck up conversation and chatted about their days business. Both Wallingford born and bred, Lincoln High Class of '57 and '60, they've been working on what they call a "Greek American Historical Museum of Washington State": an online collection of video interviews of Greeks in Washington State. It turns…
Greg Martin from Oom Yung Doe (3845 Bridge Way) wrote to tell us that the school's first self defense workshop had a great turnout, and the second workshop is this Wednesday night, (3/20) at 6:30pm. Here's an overview of the class: You will learn a simple, but powerful self-defense technique that can be used against many different attacks such as a grab to the wrist, arm, shoulder or hair. The same technique can even be used against a punch or a choke! With…