Wallingford, Seattle

Seattle Restaurant Week begins Sunday

Seattle Restaurant Week kicks-off this Sunday, April 10 with Wallingford's Joule, Tilth, and Ivar's Salmon House serving three-course dinners for $28.  You can make your reservations online by clicking here. Restaurant Week takes a break on Friday and Saturday night, and resumes on Sunday, April 17 through Thursday, April 21.  Here's what you can expect from the three neighborhood restaurants (each menu has three choices for each course): Tilth (1411 N. 45th St. ) Phone: 206-633-0801 Appetizers Young Carrot Soup miner's…

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Wallingford Goes Uptown

It's going to take more than a good rain or a smudge stick to cleanse the lot at 45th and Corliss of the evil spirits of Payday Loans. Fortunately, Peter Noble has some powerful mojo: he's got the "unique alchemy of the Velvet Foam". In about a week or two (pending permits and such), there's going to be a new coffee shop on 45th Street: Uptown Espresso. It's the eighth in the locally owned chain, but where the other seven are…

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Mighty (Food Network) – O!

Gourmet . . . donuts?  You better believe it! The Food Network Challenge has selected another neighborhood eatery for its show, Tangletown's Mighty-O Donuts.  The episode airs Sunday, April 10th at 8 PM. An enthusiastic donut-eater myself, I caught up with Mighty-O's competitor, "donut creator extraordinaire" Sara Beth Russert. I know you aren't supposed to give away the ending, but what was the challenge? We had to make several different kinds of donuts and create a showpiece, a giant donut sculpture. …

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Ladies, Duck!

Eliza gave us the heads up that Adult Co-Ed Dodgeball is starting up for the season at the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club. Unfortunately, as is often the case, all the boy spots are taken, but there are girls spots still available (unless you can put a full team together). Games are either Wednesday or Sundays, more details on the Underdog Dodgeball web site. Don't worry, they assure us it's played with no-sting Rhino Skin coated foam dodgeballs. Ah, Dodgeball, where…

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We Ate The Books

The Sixth Annual Edible Book Festival has concluded.  And I'm going to tell you all about it because it was super fun. First, though, if you have no idea what I'm talking about, catch up here.  Contestants created works of edible art that were inspired by books. There was the Caramel Sutra (Bronze winner in the Drop-Dead Gorgeous category), and the Harry Potter Series: the Deathly Ho Hos, The Peeples Almanac, and Ethan Fromage.  And many more!  While I didn't manage…

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Double (XX) Fest

Stone Soup Theatre announces The Double (XX) Fest, a festival of plays written and directed exclusively by women, April 7 - April 24th. And no, get your head out of the gutter. I said DOUBLE X (XX) as in DNA, chromosomes & all that.  I did not say triple X,  cheeky monkey.  The (XX) Fest continues in the tradition of the now-defunct Mae West Fest, which ran for nearly a decade.  But the (XX) Fest goes a step further. It's a…

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McDonald Elementary

This is the final installment in our series of neighborhood schools.  Here's a look at Wallingford's newly-reopened school, McDonald Elementary.  Please take note: The McDonald Elementary PTA and the District are seeking feedback from families who do not want to attend McDonald this fall because of the language immersion program.  A meeting with Seattle School Board Director Sherry Carr and Bree Dusseault, Executive Director for NW schools for SPS, has been scheduled for April 4, 2011 from 6:30-7:30 in the library…

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