Wallingford, Seattle

Cowbell Jam

The Drum Exchange (4501 Interlake Ave. N.) is celebrating 20 years of business with a free celebration on Saturday, October 20th from 1 pm - 4 pm, including Seattle's largest cowbell jam and special guest appearance with Bruce "More Cowbell" Dickinson (a.k.a., actor/musician Tim J. Hickey, who apparently does an stunning impersonation of the Chrisopher Walken SNL character). Here's a bit about the shop: The seeds that sprouted The Drum Exchange actually began in Chicago, where a young Ed Hartman was making noise…

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Found Kitty

Gary wrote to tell us that he found a cat a week ago and hasn't had any luck finding her owner: We live across the street from John Stanford International, and a week ago Sunday I was in bed when I heard a cat repeatedly meowing…I thought it was one of ours, so after hearing it for a while, went out and found a scared, hungry, thirsty little brown tabby right at the entrance to the JSIS basketball court/playground.  She clearly…

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Wdeunfrol Wdors

This Friday, Stone Soup Theatre kicks-off its 2012 season with Wdeunfrol Wdors - 8 Vignettes by Shel Silverstein and David Ives. Here's a synposis: Stone Soup Theatre opens its 2012 season with a vibrant slate of one acts featuring the darkly comic wit of Shel Silverstein juxtaposed with the absurdly wry humor of David Ives. The result is a truly unique theatrical experience where we realize that sometimes saying the right thing can be very wrong. Enjoy the quirky wit of…

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The Mayor’s (not so) Wallingford Town Hall

If you went to the Mayor's Neighborhood Town Hall on Saturday at the Good Shepherd Center, you may have been a little disappointed by the lack of Wallingford-centric issues that were raised during the hour-long Q&A session. Or, maybe you had expected the lack of Wallingford representation, in which case you may not agree with the following assessment. But this was my take: There were 76 people in attendance during the Mayor's hour-long Town Hall. People were able to ask a…

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Wallingford *Evergreen* Pediatrics

As we reported back in August, Dr. Springer and the staff at Wallingford Pediatrics said good-bye to Wallingford at the end of September. Wallingford Pediatrics had served the community since 1981, helping generations of Wallingford kids grow up healthy and answering bazillions of new-parent questions for new Wallingford parents. Luckily, there wasn't a pediatric void in Wallingford for long! Evergreen Pediatrics of Kirkland bought the practice, and pediatrician Dr. Basma Raees began seeing clients on October 1. Dr. Springer wrote of his…

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Mayor McGinn holds Wallingford Town Hall tomorrow

This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that Mayor Mike McGinn will be holding a Town Hall tomorrow at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue North) in Room 202, from 11am-12pm. The Mayor’s visit to Wallingford is part of his Engage Seattle initiative “to ensure that as many people as possible who live, work, or play in Seattle are able to voice their concerns and offer their feedback directly to the mayor.” You can download a flier here. Neighborhood Town Hall Good Shepherd Center…

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Blessing of the pets

Wallingford is such a pet-friendly neighborhood, isn't it? So much so, that our neighbors look out for one another's pets with almost as much care as their owners. Take Jenny and Janna, for example: Two lovely neighbors who helped get Muffy the cat out of a rather tall pine tree last week. Or how about the time when the Jai's dog Stella was stolen right outside of the Durn Good last year, in broad daylight, and neighbors rallied together to put…

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