Following the destruction of the old Chuck Berry / Elvis Presley / Jim Hendix mural on the side of Golden Oldies back in August and the aborted replacement, a new new replacement is finally underway. The Seattle Weekly notes that the new mural is the work of noted muralist David Heck and will feature the likenesses of the Fab Four, a la Abbey Road...if Abbey Road was a stretch of I-90 leading up to Snoqualmie Pass, perhaps? (Thanks to Nancy M. for the…
Sick of paying $5 for a bunch of organic kale? Tired of anxiously peering into your CSA box every week only to find 14 pounds of your least favorite root vegetable? Maybe it's time to switch it up a little bit, and trade trips to the grocery store produce section for the promise of a delectable supply of super-duper local produce via a CSA from City Grown. Wallingford's own urban farmers are expanding their operations and looking for new Community Shared…
Tomorrow is the big day people, the one you've all been waiting for: the day Madison Avenue unveils the greatest advertisements of the year! Yes, tune in tomorrow for the finest in one-minute entertainment from Volkswagen, GE, Audi and more starting tomorrow, Sunday Feb 5th at 1 pm. Also, there will be some sort of sporting event broadcast amongst the commercials. Now, should you wish to gather with your fellow Wallingfordians to watch said commercials and sporting event, there are certainly opportunities.…
Wallyhood reader Andrew wrote to tell us this bit of bad news from Wednesday night: On Thackeray Pl., north of 45th St., mine and my neighbor's car were both hit by a drunk driver. I was asleep at the time, and was woken up by a roommate, around 10:30, after the incident. My car got a good scrape on the passenger side, largely bad comestic. The drunk driver proceeded straight into the right front fender/headlight area of the car, knocking it back…
Looks like Wallingfordians took Metro up on it's offer to "Have a Say" regarding its proposed system-wide restructure. You may recall, there were many advocates who wanted Metro to keep Route 26. Now, with a new round of changes to the proposal, King County Metro has decided the following: Routes 26, 28X, 31, 40 (now numbered as Route 20), 48X, 355X, and the Water Taxi shuttles operated by the King County Ferry District (Routes 773 and 775) were previously included as…
Last June, we wrote about a new bilingual preschool in Wallingford -- Cometa Playschool. Future families of Wallingford's two language immersion schools will be interested to know that Cometa Playschool (4106 Stone Way N.) will be offering a Spanish Immersion Pre-K class beginning this fall. Owner and lead teacher, Manuela Slye wrote to tell us that she's be hosting an open house at the Wallingford location on Saturday, February 18, from 10:00AM to noon. For more information, email Manuela at [email protected] or call…
Seattle is a really cool place to live. We have an incredibly vibrant collection of community-driven projects, where residents act on their passions for sustainability, public art and usable public space to create everything from public orchards to street murals to ballfields. Sometimes, these projects require more resources than the participants can offer up, and this is where Neighborhood Matching Funds grants provide a huge leg up. There are 3 levels of grants within the NMF program, each designed for different sizes…