Wallingford, Seattle

A heart-y pancake breakfast

Valentine's Day may be over, but it's still  heart month; and to celebrate, the Wallingford Community Senior Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N #140) is hosting a Pancake Breakfast this Sunday, featuring free-formed heart-shaped pancakes and lots of other goodies for the whole family. Pancake Breakfast With Heart – For Everyone   Sunday, February 24       9am - 12 noon Adults - $5; Kids -  $2.50 Choice of Pancakes or French Toast; Ham or Veggie Sausage Beverages – Orange Juice, Coffee, Tea, Milk  

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Self defense workshops

In response to the recent attacks in the area, Oom Yung Doe (3845 Bridge Way), along with ADT Security, is offering a new series of self defense seminars free to the community. If you can make it, the first one starts this evening (2/20) at 6:30pm at Oom Yung Doe; but for those who can't, each session will cover the same techniques and situations repeatedly. For those who attend multiple workshops and are able to learn the techniques, there are intermediate and advanced…

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I Love Recycling Because

The Think Green Recycling Challenge rolls on. Wallingford's Waste Management route, Friday North,is in ninth place as of the end of November 2012. Hey, we have nowhere to go but up! But we do have a good chance of winning up to $10,000 for neighborhood projects as a result of monthly Recycling Challenge outreach activities. Some past activities have been a Halloween costume exchange, no-waste Thanksgiving recipes, recycled-material holiday ornaments along 45th, and a Recycling Challenge display and sorting game at…

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A plea for kindness

We received a very moving account of an incident that occurred today in front of Bartell's. The reader who sent this to us wishes to remain anonymous:  As I was walking home from the U-district today, I encountered what appeared to be a man passed out at the bus stop in front of the Bartell’s on 45th. A few men were walking away, saying things like “he’s fine”, “he’s breathing”, “let him sleep it off”. I noticed a couple of women…

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Prowler targeting businesses in Wallingford

Ed Hartman over at The Drum Exchange wanted to let folks know about a prowler in the neighborhood: A prowler has trespassed through several businesses' back doors, attempting to steal computers, etc. He's African American, about 6 ft. tall, medium-build with a mustache. He's been seen drinking a can of either tea or beer and appears slightly drunk, and he smokes cigarettes He walked into our business today (Mon Feb 18, 2013 4pm) saying he didn't realize it wasn't OK to do. …

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Miyabi Opens

Miyabi, the new "Japanese Gastro Pub" that's filling the spot previously held by Rain Sushi on 45th, opened last week. We ducked our heads in for a quick peruse, but, as we only discovered that it had opened by walking by, and as conducting an interview with a new restauranteur can be difficult with a tired four-year-old in a superhero costume riding on your shoulders, we're going to be short on details. What we can say is that the house was…

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New Construction

What with all the condo construction going on, it seems like Wallingford is the new Ballard. The latest property up is the former AV Tech building at 34th and Wallingford, just above Gas Works park and across from the Varsity Inn Restaurant. The Seattle Times is reporting that Chicago-based AMLI Residential has proposed a 240-unit complex in that location. Jason Moll writes: While we are a welcoming community, 240 new neighbors adds a lot of density to our little slice of…

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