Wallingford, Seattle

Yes, Wallingford, you've got music, you've got film, you've got theater, but do you have dance? Yes, yes you do. And no, we don't care if it's called "Fremont" Danceworks. Stone Way is Wallingford, or Wallymont at least. Fremont Danceworks, a troupe of accomplished teen dancers will perform works by leading Seattle-area choreographers in its March show, “XpOsed.” All the performers attend Dance Fremont!, a ballet and modern-dance school, located in the Fremont neighborhood for more than 15 years. A play off of…

The New York Times had an interesting story yesterday on the benefits of bilingualism. We'd heard that children who grow up in bilingual households tend to hit language milestones a bit more slowly than their monolingual peers, but eventually catch up. Once caught up, there are some obvious advantages to being bilingual, not only for traveling, ordering in restaurants and working, but also for interacting in a meaningful way with people outside your daily strata. The Times article, The Benefits of…

We received the e-mail below from Tara last night. Before I quote it, I want to warn you that it's unpleasant news, nothing you want to read on a Saturday morning, I'm afraid. Today at 12:20pm a Metro Bus, coming along Meridian hit my dog and killed him. Having heard that a Metro Bus hit a pedestrian this week I want to ask: Do these buses need to drive like maniacs through our neighborhoods? I am always shocked at how fast…

We've always been fans of InterConnection, the computer re-use and job skills organization based here in Wallingford (they recently moved from North Pacific near OmCulture over to Stone Way, but still Wallingford). They take donations of used computer equipment, fix it up, and offer it for sale or donation to those who aren't able to shell out for the iPad 3, but still could benefit from access to the Internet and software. You may remember we ran a story about the…