In a few months, Wallingford resident Ryan Tuttle will embark on the climb of his life. Tuttle will be scaling Mt. Rainier for the Climb to Fight Breast Cancer, benefiting Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Tuttle lost his grandmother to breast cancer when she was 56, and his sister-in-law, Shannon, to lung cancer when she was 23; but as an employee at the "Hutch", Tuttle has seen some of the amazing progress in early detection and treatment. In an email to…
Ever wonder what the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce does for our neighborhood? Lesli Dalaba, owner of Treetop Acupuncture (a Wallyhood sponsor) was curious, so she contacted Wallingford Chamber of Commerce president Colleen Kurke to get the scoop. Prior to becoming a member of the Chamber, here's what she learned. Take it away, Lesli! Wallingford is a neighborhood that takes pride in maintaining a small business community against what sometimes seems like great odds. As economic hardship and mega stores continue…
If you've driven up and down Stone Way recently, you may have noticed new construction of center islands at N. 43rd St. The islands are part of the Wallingford Neighborhood Greenway project, though they've been scaled back a bit from SDOT's original plan, which you can read here. In a nutshell, SDOT was going to "install a median crossing island in the center two-way-left-turn lane on Stone Way N at N 43rd Street, including cut-through access for bicyclists;" but according to the Seattle Bike Blog,…
Freelance writer Jonathan Shipley is working on a story for a state history magazine, and he's currently doing some research on old Washington State homes for "wayward girls" including the Home of the Good Shepherd. Shipley has asked us to reach out to the neighborhood to find anyone who a) lived there, b) know someone who lived there who could connect Shipley with that person; c) worked there, or d) knew someone who worked there before it closed in 1970. If you've…
Nancy warns: IF you take a vehicle to the Roosevelt Ave TJ's note that the paid parking has been extended to 8pm (the little number 6 has been changed to a little number 8 way up high on the way up in the sky sign, no notice anywhere). The parking ticket police vehicle is LURKING and they are issuing tickets at $44 each at a fast clip. What a gig harsher and basically entrapment. We dunno about entrapment, but definitely a gig harsher. We…
Borrowing tools from neighbors has always been common practice, but now communities are stepping up efforts to make tools accessible to everyone through a tool lending library. Sustainable West Seattle opened its tool library in June 2010 and now have over 1,500 tools available for people to use, from ladders to lawn mowers, and extension cords to clamps. The tool library is such an awesome idea that even Popular Mechanics took notice. Now, plans to start a Wallingford Tool Library are under way,…
Between Wine World, with its yodeling dominatrixes and oyster shucking, the Wayward Music Series at the Good Shepherd Center, and Seattle Tilth classes alone, we've practically got our own cultural in this little wedge between I-5 and Aurora. And then there's Wide World Books and Maps, dolloping a creamy spoonful on the top of it all. Here's what we've got there next week (as written by Yvonne's publicist): Next week is the 21st anniversary of America’s declaration of success in Kuwait during…