Wallingford, Seattle

Whack ’em over the head and grab the checkbook

Are you and your sig other clashing over design styles at home? Then sweat no more, my friend. Interior designer Melinda Slater and financial advisor Stacy Willoughby are hosting a workshop on financing and interior design this Wednesday (February 29), from 6:30-8:30PM at Wine World (400 NE 45th St.): Let Interior Designer Melinda Slater and Financial Advisor Stacy Willoughby help you tackle two tricky areas where couples often collide: finances and interior design. Issues we will bat around: An alternative to…

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Happy Birthday, Thrive

Thrive Natural Family Medicine (5020 Meridian Ave N., Ste 104) is celebrating its first year with an open house next Wednesday, February 29, from 4:00PM - 8:00PM. The public is invited to join in the celebration which includes birthday cake, appetizers, goody bags, and door prizes. During the celebration, the clinic will offer $10 vitamin B-12 shots and all proceeds will benefit the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club.

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Honk for Honk

Honk Fest West, the fabulous, boisterous bacchanal of tubas, trumpets, accordions and drums put on by street musicians from all four corners of the country, will be returning to Gas Works Park and other spots around Seattle this June 1st - 3rd. To help you get in the spirit (and to help put it on), they're holding a fundraiser this Saturday night over in Fremont. Tina touts: The fundraiser is called Honk! Around the World! and is being held Sat 2/25 at Hales.…

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What’s that smell? Breakfast…

Let’s talk UTILITY SAFETY, specifically natural gas. Ever wonder what you should do if you smell natural gas or how to turn off your gas in case of a leak, fire, or major earthquake? Aging appliances, corroded pipes, and aging infrastructure can be the cause of fire or explosion in your home or neighborhood. North Seattle experienced an explosion in September 2011 and gas fires have caused widespread damage in many cities after a major earthquake. The Wallingford Community Preparedness Committee…

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Wallingford Still (Barely) First in Recycling Challenge

Results for the first four months of the Think Green Recycling Challenge have been released. The Friday North route - which includes Wallingford and part of the Green Lake neighborhood - is in first place, but not by much. Our .98% diversion rate is followed closely by Tuesday North with .71%. See the latest Recycling Challenge Results. Scroll to the bottom of the linked page to view the most recent diversion rate data and chart. This page also shows the boundaries…

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Pancake Breakfast at WCSC this Sunday

Have you been to a pancake breakfast yet at the Wallingford Community Senior Center? No? Well, why on Earth not? Aside from the obvious benefit of not having to make your own breakfast or coffee on Sunday, it's the perfect time to cozy up to your neighbors and stuff yourself silly with mouth-watering homemade pancakes or delectable French Toast. Plus, while you're there, you can check out all of the upcoming programs the center has to offer for everyone in the…

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Stone Soup Theater’s ‘The Young Man from Atlanta’

There's a bit of the voyeur in all of us, isn't there? A draw to those certain pieces of literature that offer a glimpse into someone else's private tragedy or sorrow. Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning play gives the audience more than a glimpse--its characters break down the human condition blatantly, emphatically and simply. I could touch their pain and feel the tension. I wanted to move the few feet from my seat onto the set of the Kidder family living room and…

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