Wallingford, Seattle

Free Consult at Union Physical Therapy this Tuesday

In honor of National Physical Therapy Month (who knew?), Union Physical Therapy LLC at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Ste. 302) is hosting a day of free consultations and assessments on Tuesday, October 30, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Here's more info from the owner, Mitch Owens (MsPT, CMPT): The sessions will be from 15-30 minutes depending on the level of community interest and can cover a broad range of orthopedic physical therapy topics. These topics could include but…

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Hershey-free Halloween

While Hurricane Sandy threatens to wreck Halloween for children up and down the East Coast, here in Seattle, it's merely supposed to rain. Please, don't let that stop you from going out and trick-or-treating. Here's a grab-bag of thoughts on the topic. Please, take only one: Alice asked us to make sure folks knew that there is a boycott on of Hershey's chocolate, which has been using child slave labor (yes, five year-olds working without pay) in the Ivory Coast to…

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Slide to Nowhere

The lunchroom was all a-twitter at Lincoln High this week (Lincoln being the semi-permanent home of APP@Lincoln Elementary School). Rumor had it that someone at a nearby home had installed a slide in their front yard - a slide which slid straight into a fence. The slide was quickly dubbed the "sui-slide" and the kids eagerly discussed whether there was any safe way to go down it - perhaps dressed in one of those sumo wrestler costumes or if you propped…

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Happy Birthday, WWBM

Happy Birthday, Wide World Books and Maps! Terrell writes: Hi! We'd love to tell the neighborhood that we're celebrating our 36th birthday this Saturday, October 27th at Wide World Books & Maps. Everything in the store will be 20% off, we'll have a huge selection of Lonely Planet "hurt" guides at 50% off the cover price AND we'll be serving birthday cake all day long! We don't have sales very often, so this is your chance to save on all your…

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Trick or Treating in Wallingford

While we may have earned third place as the most Trick or Treatable place in Seattle (according to Zillow), the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce tells us that they have every intention of taking back the #1 spot -- and they mean business! (< see what I did there?) This year, the Chamber has enlisted the support of 65 Wallingford merchants to hand out treats on Halloween, between 4pm - 7pm.** Look for an orange "trick or treats here" sign on participating…

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Food Swap

We've had a few last minute cancellations for this Saturday's food swap, so if you've got any canned goods, baked goods, pickled goods, preserved goods, frozen goods or just plain ol' good goods, then pack 'em into a checkered towel, tuck 'em into a wicker basket and head over to Wallingford's on Food Swap this Saturday at 2 pm. No buying, no selling, just swapping what you've got for what others got. Last year, we had  beet shallot vinaigrette, kale pesto, basil…

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‘Carnival Saturday’ in Wallingford

You're gonna want to stick around in the neighborhood this Saturday (October 27) because there are two, count 'em, two family-style carnivals you won't want to miss: Bring the family to The Good Shepherd Center and Meridian Park from 1:00-4:00pm for The Meridian School's annual Fall Carnival -- A Wallingford  tradition that's been around for over 30 years! The carnival takes place in the school’s South Annex gym adjacent to the Good Shepherd Center’s south parking lot, as well as in the southern portion of Meridian…

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