The Christmas Ships and the Parade of Boats will serenade Wallingford from Gas Works Park this Thursday, December 1st from 8:20 - 8:40 pm. It always seems to last longer than that, though. In a good way. From Argosy’s web site: "The Argosy Christmas Ship™ festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Northwest tradition for 62 years... From our flotilla of ships to the crowds of people who gather onshore, this celebration is one of the gems of the…
The annual school reports have been released for Wallingford. In general, the school reports don't tell you much. The student and parent survey results are more a reflection of the relative performance of teachers within a school and come out about the same across schools (they are useful within a school, but not for comparing schools). Standardized test results are held up high by reform advocates but mostly just reflect school demographics, with a tweak towards how aggressively the school teaches…
In the end, twenty-four of you took us up on our offer and donated to the Wallingford-based food bank and family services organization FamilyWorks and received a jar our our "fresh from Wallingford gardens" honey as a thank you. The food bank has over $1,400 more to work with thanks to you. We stopped off at FamilyWorks on Tuesday to drop off the honey (donators are encouraged to pick up at FamilyWorks itself, so they can see where their donations are…
Thanksgiving is undoubtedly the most wasteful time of the year as far as food goes. Don't buy more food than you'll need. Freeze leftovers before you're tired of them. Avoid unnecessary packaging. But for those items that just need to get out of the house, use this checklist of what goes in which bin: FOOD AND YARD WASTE: Poultry, meat, fish and bones, pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns (no candles), plus every other kind of food item except fat, oil, and grease (see…
Tom over at Seattle Bike Blog posted a pic of an accident that happened on the Burke Gilman Trail this afternoon. The photo was sent to the blog by Wallyhood neighbor Geoff. It seems the car, pictured below, crashed and came to rest on the Burke Gilman Trail @N. 36th St. and N. Pacific. The incident happened around 2:00pm this afternoon and the trail was reopened by 2:45. No ambulances were called to the scene, according to the 911 report. Be…
The Occupy Seattle folks will be descending on Wallingford on Thanksgiving, but you won't be seeing any pepper spray, just pepper jelly: Occupy Seattle is pleased to announce a community Thanksgiving potluck on Thursday 11/24/2011 at Gas Works Park at 2:00pm. We celebrate the community we have created, the kindness and support we have received, and the hope we are inspiring by our work to shine the light on economic injustice. We gather as a community in support of Occupy Seattle…
Don't want to cook for Thanksgiving? I don't blame you, and I do have a little piece of good news if you were planning on having a Thanksgiving meal out: Chutney's Bistro in Wallingford Center will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner buffet with all the trimmings, from 11:00am until 8:00pm. The cost is $13.95 per person which also includes a complimentary glass of champagne or wine, or a non-alcoholic drink of your choice. I'm told, too, that guests may also…