You wouldn't know it, but it's summer time. If you're looking for daytime parking anywhere near the John Stanford or Hamilton schools, this will be obvious to you. Also, if you have a school age child who is staring at you at half past nine in the morning with a "OK, so what now" look on his face. And that is what the Good Lord made summer camps for: opening up the horizons of children, introducing them to nature and exploratory…
Seattle author and futurist Rob Salkowitz will be at Comics Dungeon (250 NE 45th St) this Saturday, June 30th from 1 - 4 pm supporting his new book: COMIC-CON AND THE BUSINESS OF POP CULTURE: What the World’s Wildest Trade Show Can Tell Us About the Future of Entertainment The story of “The Con’s” evolution from meek to monster mirrors the legendary transformations of comics’ most iconic superheroes. In 1970, a few hardcore fans assembled to trade issues and meet the pros;…
(Wallyhood welcomes Kimberly Christensen to our writing corps. If you'd like to join her, let us know!) As any good Wallingfordian knows, sunny + 70 = summer! Happily, today's lovely weather coincides with the opening of Wallingford's wading pool. The Wallingford wading pool will be open Wednesday-Saturday from noon to 7 pm through August 17th. As you may remember, the Saturday hours are made possible by Ask.com, which awarded them to three Seattle wading pools following a contest in May. So,…
Wallyhood welcomes our newest sponsor, Cometa Playschool (4106 Stone Way North), a neighborhood preschool offering Spanish language immersion. It's ideal for tots who will be enrolled in the language immersion programs at John Stanford International School or McDonald Elementary. Students at Cometa are also exposed to world cultures through play and music, and they learn about their role as a global citizen. Once a year, the school participates in community service, and in the past, they've done a food drive for Northwest…
Emerald City Spirits (118 NE 45th St), previously the Washington State Liquor Store across from Dick's. And, much to our surprise it looked like...a liquor store! Yep, things are mostly unchanged inside, although the selection of liquor seems to have expanded slightly, especially in the Scotch section. But, whereas before it was owned by the State, now it's owned by the Niesel family, three generations of them: Chet and Nancy, Sean and Greg. They purchased the business from the state, and,…
There's only so much kale one person can eat. In our case, it's not that much. Carrots, though: can't get enough. With all the gardens in bloom around the neighborhood, it sure would be nice if we could somehow swap what we had extra of for what we had extra appetite for. We can! This Tuesday, there's a Backyard Barter and BBQ in Meridian Park from 6 - 8 pm: Simply, Backyard Barter is a community where neighbors barter locally produced…
If you didn't make it to the Wallingford Farmer's Market for your local produce this past Wednesday, here's your reminder that today, Saturday, the City Grown Seattle Farmstand stand at 41st and Eastern will be offering freshly harvested crops from 10 am - 2 pm today. City Grown vegetables are grown in plots around Wallingford, Ballard and other nearby neighborhoods. This week's harvest includes spinach, lettuces, kale, chard, carrots, beets, bunching onions, romanesco cauliflower, broccolini, parsley, and bok choy. -- On an…