In the spirit of the Occupy movement, a new "Occupy Wallingford" group has sprung up in the neighborhood. This announcement comes from one of the organizers, Jessica Severance: Last night at 7pm a dozen or so of our friends and neighbors met at Keystone Church, at 50th and Keystone Place, to start our own Occupy Wallingford group. We discussed lots of issues, including our support of local businesses and our desires to see some peaceful actions in the neighborhood to raise…
Today's deal comes from Green Lake Moms and Wallyhood sponsor, Fuerte Fitness: $55 buys you a 12-class package -- a 50% value! Choose your 12 classes from the following: Abs/Core - From crunches to v-ups, planks and side bends, these 30 minutes target and tone that hard-to-firm-up mid-section. It’s a short class with big results. Abs/Conditioning - This hour long class focuses on abs and core and also shoots for a higher level of cardio/muscle conditioning to get your heart pumping and muscles…
Did you know that more than 14 million people visited the Seattle Public Library last year? I'd be willing to bet that a large majority of Library patrons are right here in Wallingford, too, and if you're one of them, you might want to help the Library by providing some feedback about its services. The Seattle Public Library Board has laid out four specific goals for improving Library services, along with several options for each goal. You can share your comments…
The Wallingford Community Council will review two new recreational additions to Wallingford at the WCC’s meeting on Wednesday, January 4th. The first involves a park-open space development in conjunction with the rebuilding North Transfer Station. Members of the Community Council have been negotiating for months with Seattle Public Utilities regarding contract details for the rebuild of the transfer station. Part of those negotiations concerns an open space and park development next to the site. Details of the project will be presented…
A Muddy Cup has been closed the last several weeks, due to illness (see Muddy Cup Closure). Good news, though, Sarah says it's set to re-open tomorrow: I just wanted to let our Wallyhood friends know that Mathew and I will be opening our doors again Monday, January 2nd and hope to share some warm drinks and pastries with our friends again. I also wanted to thank everyone for their warm wishes and understanding. Thanks again, Sarah
Happy New Year, people! I've got a good feeling about this one. Hope you had a good time last night and that the new year brings you closer to where you want to be.
Wallingford got its own double rainbow on Friday. Luna wrote: Oh how I wish I had a better camera to catch the DOUBLE rainbow over Wallingford this afternoon around 3pm! Not only were there two rainbows – the “main” one even had dark lavender as the bottom layer. Here are the photos I managed to get. In #28, you can vaguely see the second rainbow on the right edge and in #30 you can almost see the extra stripes of color.