Wallingford, Seattle

Holiday Lights Recycling

Update: The Girl Scout office accepts light strings for recycling only during their office hours Dec. 27-30, so call 800-767-6845  before you try to drop them off.  Barb's offer to pick up your lights before the 30th still stands (see her email below). Do you feel guilty about sending those burned out strings of holiday lights to the landfill? Plus that extra weight in your garbage can will hurt Wallingford's numbers in the "Think Green Recycling Challenge." Now is your chance…

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Studio Evolve

Wallyhood welcomes Studio Evolve as a new sponsor. Studio Evolve is a fitness studio that offers Pilates, Gyrotronic Expansion System,® and SPRE Bodywork. The studio is located in lower Wallingford (3333 Wallingford Avenue North, Suite B), about halfway between Wallingford Avenue N. and N. Densmore. If you're interested in squeezing in a fitness session before the New Year, why not give them a try? This month you can purchase a single private session for only $40. Click here for details. Owner…

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Christmas Ship Finale Friday

The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival returns to Gas Works Park for the Parade Finale on Friday, December 23rd. Not familiar with the Christmas Ships? Check it out here. The Seattle Girls’ Choir’s most accomplished performers, the group known as Prima Voci,  will sing from 9:45 – 10:05 pm.  See Argosy’s website for more information. So come on down to Gas Works Friday night, listen to the choir, enjoy the decorated boats, and warm your hands near the bonfire.  I'll be there…

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Empire of Wallingford

We've got some new news on the 4111 Stone Way development under way. Patrick writes: I think I mentioned to you a while back that my firm Lake Union Partners is re-developing a site at 4111 Stone Way into a 4-story apartment building with commercial space at street level.  Image is attached. In case you are interested in posting this on your blog, I wanted to let you know that we signed an agreement with Empire Espresso of Columbia City to take…

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Lice Knowing You

Wallyhood welcomes Lice Knowing You, a new salon that does just what you think they do - lice removal.  As they said in their email to Wallyhood, "Now, now -- before you roll your eyes in exasperation [about yet another salon opening], let me just tell you that this particular salon is nitpicky. Literally. Lice Knowing You is a head lice detection and removal salon." I spoke with Lice Knowing You owner Nancy Gordon this week.  She owns four other lice removal…

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Grifters

Eric Lippert, a Microsoft coder* and blogger, posted a riff last week on the increasing number of aggressively creative "roguelike people" in Wallingford: Roguelike People on MSDN. He's right, they're not really grifters, even if that is a more enchanting word than "liar", but still a fun read.   * It seems that "engineer" is the preferred term these days for someone who writes computer software, but that always leaves us with the image of someone in a striped cap leaning…

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Dr. Doo’s Holidoo

Kisses might begin with the letter "k," but they don't begin with "Kay."  And I will not be adding the Lexus ringtone to my partner's phone Christmas Eve (sorry, honey!). I just spent a week at a hotel/mall that's been overtaken by holiday-themed consumerism.  They charge $30 to decorate gingerbread cookies with "Gingy" while waiting to have a photo taken with Santa. The 19-story atrium is decked out in twinkly Christmas lights.  Christmas trees line the hotel lobby. Parking valets wear…

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