Would you like to grow apples on your tree that you'd actually want to eat? Now is the time for some quick cleanup tasks that will give you better fruit next year. Pick up fallen fruit. Regularly collect fruit that is on the ground and add it to your yard waste. This is the single most important thing you can do to prevent insect pests next year. Pests in fallen fruit overwinter beneath the tree and are in the perfect place…
The buzz on Eater and Seattle Met today is that Pinky's Kitchen, a new barbecue/comfort food trailer, will open this Friday, at 210 NE 45th St., across from the Rancho Bravo truck on the old Winchell's lot. Take a look at the menu on the right to see their offerings: a Boneless Rib Sandwich, sliders, and sides like mac 'n cheese and coleslaw. Yes, please! Seattle Met tells us that the food truck is a joint venture between Rancho Bravo's Freddy Rivas and…
Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2011 Wallyhood Pumpkin Carving Contest! We had one heck of a lineup this year and we'd like to thank everyone who also took the time to cast their votes. It was a tough call this year, eh? Everyone did such a great job. All the votes for the best adult and kid pumpkin carvings have been tallied and we're pleased to announce the winners: The Steve Jobs pumpkin, carved by 22 year-old Stefan Frohlich…
Wallingford neighbor and food blogger Judy Ramey is planning to cook an entire Thanksgiving meal for residents of the Plymouth Housing Group and she's seeking a few volunteers in the neighborhood who are willing to donate just a couple of hours the night before to help. She's got two people coming so far, and is looking for three more folks to help peel, chop, and prep. In her blog, Eat! The best food in the world, Judy writes: Come on over…
Don't forget to mail in your ballot today. Sure, it's a vanishingly small probability that your single vote will have any actual impact, and you could even argue that the act of voting is a pacifier, preventing you from taking more direct and meaningful action to change the course of our country by convincing yourself that you've "participated in democracy", but if you all you do is give yourself the satisfaction of voting No on Tim Eyman's latest piece of greed-driven…
Hot on the heels of the Mighty-O Donut deal, Kate's Pub (309 NE 4th St) is jumping on the deal site bandwagon with a $13 for $30 worth of pub fare and pours offer. Doesn't apply to happy hour, blah blah blah, but she's a fine pub and even finer at that price. (Photo ripped off from Go Time Seattle, which ranks Kate's as the #1 Happy Hour in Seattle)
Today's deal on Living Social is from Mighty-O Donuts: Buy a dozen for only $7 (a $16 value!) Hurry and grab 'em while they're hot because the deal ends on 11/10. Click here to view the deal. Nom!