Wallingford, Seattle

Hey, you remember back in September, how we all filled out that form to tell the phone book companies to stop dumping phone books at our doorstep, because, you know, we've heard of Google? It worked! According to the Seattle Public Utilities department, 75,000 residents and businesses have opted out (more than one-fifth of all Seattle households and businesses), which in turn has stopped 420,000 unwanted deliveries of phone books, or roughly 375 tons of paper. If you figure 12 trees make about…

We rolled down 45th Street today over I-5, pulled into the left-turn lane to head North and waited. From the backseat, Baby Z's three year-old voice piped up with one of those "why" questions you hear from three year-old all the time. This one ended up being a bit tough, though. "Daddy, what bus is that man waiting for? Where is he going?" Now, I got to give it to Baby Z that he understands bus stops sufficiently to know that…

OK, look at the drawing on the left. Contemplative. Introspective. Restrained. Now, look at the video on the right. None of the above. Now, go see both of them, Monday night at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center. Join Julie Cascioppo and friends, on Monday, April 30th, at 7:30pm when the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center will be transformed into "The House of Julie." This tribute to the golden age of television's variety shows is…

Courtney writes: Mosaic Coffeehouse (4401 2nd Ave NE) is having a FREE FRIDAY CONCERT this weekend (from 7-9pm) featuring up-and-coming local artists! The show is low-key and 100% family friendly. And in case you are thinking that your kids couldn't sit through a whole concert, you are in luck! We will have our kid's room open and set up with games, a climber, and lots of toys... so bring the whole family with you for a night of music, lattes, and fun! The "up-and-coming…