Wallingford, Seattle

Good Morning, Wallingford, I'm home! Back in March, I handed over the reins of Wallyhood to Eric Fisk so that my family and I could take a little Grand Tour of Europe. In case you're curious, we had a great time. We started off in Seville, Spain, made our way north to Basque country, then over to Lisbon and southern Portugal, where we spent a bit over a month (with a brief side trip to Fez, Morocco). Finally, we hopped a…

The city announced that the reconfiguration of N Northlake Way at Stone Way N now has a contractor and will get built this this fall. It's a project I worked on with the WCC last year, so I have some attachment to it. It seemed like a straight win-win to us all. From the City: This project will construct the following changes at this intersection: A new sidewalk on the west side of Stone Way N, south of N 34th Street…

Jeff from Bedrooms and More says: It has been a long time coming. Five years and now we break ground. We will be having a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sunday, June 28th with the official bulldozing starting on the 29th. Construction will pose challenges, both for us and neighbors. We will attempt, to our best ability, to make everything go as smoothly as possible but there may be inconveniences. Our plan is to have a building that all of Wallingford can be…

Friday through Sunday is the Fremont Solstice Fair (Friday is just main stage music). The parade starts at 3 on Saturday, which means that being down at Stone and Northlake Way at 4 is a good solution for seeing the good stuff. If you come at 3, expect to be watching naked bikers for over an hour (it does get old). Beyond that, a few things jump out: There's a dog parade on Sunday starting at 2:30 plus you can take your dog…

The elections this fall represent a complete turn over for our local leadership. Not only is Seattle City Council moving to a district election process, but our long time Seattle School Board representative Sherry Carr is leaving and will be replaced by a new face. My understanding is that the school board's role is to be like the board of a company- it chooses the superintendent, helps them set priorities and policy, then evaluates the superintendent and chooses whether to keep them…