Wallingford, Seattle

Editor's note: The events below have been added to the Wallyhood Calendar. Spring is a time for renewal - what do you want to re-commit to this April? At Wallingford Community Senior Center, find opportunities to enjoy music & dance, learn about resources that are available for you or just come together in community to find more joy! Check out these programs being offered in April: Jazz Standards Concert Enjoy a piano and vocal duo performing favorite jazz standards during lunch!…

(note: this is an April 1st post, which I can now freely say as it is no longer April 1st) I went to the Move Transportation Levy meeting at Roosevelt on Monday night. I had figured the levy would just amount to adding a couple crosswalks to the neighborhood and then focus all the real money on Northgate and other light rail stops, but the draft proposal currently includes funding for making 45th and 50th one way streets. SDOT is maintaining…

Paul Dorpat style "Now and Then" posts in Wallingford are easy. Just go to 45th or Stone, take a picture, then look at what Google Street View has for the same place. Here is the site of the new CVS that will be replacing what was Moon Temple, Tully's, and the Wallingford Neighborhood Office. The new store is supposed to keep the architectural look of the original building, so I assume the stonework at the top is just temporarily removed: There's…

The project proposing to prevent Tangletown cut throughs by blocking easy I-5 access from Tangletown received 90 comments, more than all the other NPSF projects put together. Justin wrote the following, which seemed to encapsulate the general tone of many of the comments: I live on NE 51st St at the corner of 5th NE, literally 50 feet from the proposed barriers. Yes, plenty of traffic “cheats” and cuts through the neighborhood rather than sit through the snarl that is the…

My hope is that the calendar will be of use to people that are sitting around with their coffee on Saturday morning wondering what to do with themselves or their kids. The calendar tab is now back in the Wallyhood menu and the calendar is up to date. I also cleaned up the page so it hopefully more legible and useful. So that you and I don’t forget the calendar is there, my plan is to have an article featuring events…

There's few life transitions more abrupt and potentially isolating than having a kid. For one thing, there's remarkably few people out there that want to hear about the color and consistency of your baby's 3 AM poop. Discussion boards aren't enough to do the topic justice, there's no playground or school for 2 month olds, and it's not like you want to hang out with somebody that has a 6 month old. Your baby on their back will look defective next to that baby sitting…

If you have a dog then your summer plans consist of going on long, sunny walks. Aside from picking up the poo, it sounds nice. Kids are pricier and generally less grateful. My son has an awesome if dorky summer consisting of going to the DOTA championships at Key Arena, volunteering in Guatemala to build computer labs, then skipping ahead a grade in math by taking summer school. The current plan for my 11 year old daughter is to see how bored…