Yep, in just one week (on Wednesday, June 1), the Wallingford Farmers Market kicks off the 2011 season in their new location at the Meridian Playground field (corner of Meridian Avenue North and North 50th Street). The Wallingford Farmers Market hours for the public will be from 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm, with a special 30 minute time reserved for chefs from 3:00 - 3:30 pm to pick up restaurant orders and stock up on ingredients just in time for the…
Wallingford-based Assistance League of Seattle has awarded seven students from Salmon Bay Middle School summer camp scholarships through its Enrichment Scholarship Program (ESP). According to their announcement: ESP awards scholarships to students in grades 6 through 11 who exhibit a keen interest in a variety of fields such as music, art, science, debate, mathematics, language, drama, technology, leadership and journalism. This year Assistance League received and funded 70 applications from fourteen middle and high schools in the Seattle School District. Students…
Joe Hurley, president of the Wallingford Neighborhood Office board (and architect-occupant of one of the more attractive houses to grace our neighborhood) dropped us a note to let us know that they are seeking sponsors for the events they put on, including the upcoming Garden Tour, the Home Tour and the Kiddie Parade and Street Fair: We are facing a particularly tough financial situation, as the City of Seattle has decided to no longer provide street notices and barricades for non-profit…
Wallyhood introduces a new guest blogger, who we'll call "Annie" here. She's our little anonymous mouse, guest blogging about the Seattle Cannabis Farmer's Market in Wallingford. Welcome, Annie Mouse! Hello everyone! Today Wallyhood got a tip that there is a medical marijuana dispensary in Wallingford & that there was a smoking tent outside. Did Wallyhood know what is going on? I do! I do! Wallyhood thought I might, and asked me to write about it. Thank you for letting me do…
If you were looking for something positive regarding our cold spring, the slow start means the bright, hopeful spring green foliage lingers. Some trees haven't leafed out, apparently having trouble deciding, leaving more light for the plants in bloom. Also, it seems like the early bloomers are lasting longer in this refrigerator-like climate. Here’s another installment of flower ID, helping you get to know the flowers growing around Wallingford. I hope you enjoy it! The electric blue of Ceanothus (California lilac)…
A tree house. Is there anything that more perfectly embodies the dream of the ideal childhood? Nestled high in branches, like a castle in the clouds, insulated by dozen of feet of height from the reach of authority, leaving an overalled, dirt-smudged child free to dream and scheme. We have spent close to twenty years refining our little Wallingford craftsmen to be the home we want, but there's always been a sad lacuna. Without a sizeable tree on our property, we…
Earlier today, a group of demonstrators converged on the corner of 45th and Meridian, in front of Chase Bank, holding a large banner that read: BANKsters: They Get The GOLDMINE We Get The SHAFT! The demonstrators dispersed by the time we made it up there, but someone in the Twitterverse posted a picture here: http://twitpic.com/50ot2p Reader Luna sent us some pictures of the chalked epitaphs that were temporarily left behind, and we've put them in a slideshow below (folks on phones…