Wallingford, Seattle

Wallingford: ‘Crunchy–But in a good way’

Wallingford has been dubbed as one of "The 20 Best Places to Live Now" according to the April issue of Seattle Met. In an interview with Wallyhood's Jordan Schwartz, Seattle Met's Matthew Halverson provides a perspective on our neighborhood's "crunchiness": When Jordan Schwartz moved to Wallingford from the East Coast in 1993, he found a neighborhood overrun by felines. 'You couldn’t walk down the street without seeing cats,' he says. 'They were all over.' Nearly 20 years later, he still feels…

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Opera and Science

Acoustical scientists explore the Harmonic Scalpel! Get wet in a "surround sound opera bath"! Hear scenes from Rosenkavalier, Tosca and La Boheme! Honestly, we don't know what half of that means, but it sounds intriguing, no? Well, it's all going down at the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center this Thursday, March 31st: Watershed Opera presents Opera and Science   An evening that will nourish the soul and stimulate the brain On Thursday, March 31st 2011 at 6:30 pm, Wallingford’s Chapel Space…

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Earth Hour tonight

Tonight at 8:30pm local time, the Space Needle will go dark along with many businesses and homes across Seattle.  And the entire globe.  Because it’s Earth Hour! There's no need to fret when the city goes dark tonight as  people shut off non-essential lights.  The dark won't be cause by tsunami or earthquake or oil spill or wind storm or flood or even nuclear fallout.  No, the Earth Hour movement is a call to action on climate change, supported by the…

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Woodlawn Santa Update II

Back in November, Wallyhood told you that Woodlawn Santa (aka Sharon Ehrig) was diagnosed with breast cancer and would be unable to maintain her winter wonderland over the holidays. Today, an update.  And a happy one at that! Surgery was a success, and Santa has completed all rounds of radiation. She is - and I quote - "99.9% better!"   She'd be 100% better if she weren't still so tired, but otherwise she's doing great.  She'll have a mammogram in late April…

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60-Second Interview! – Greg Martin

Wallyhood's sponsors are sweet and neat.  Here's a quick snapshot of another one. Greg Martin, Assistant Head Instructor at School of Oom Yung Doe (hefting a Chinese long staff with broadsword, don't try this at home): Where are you from? - I was born in Redmond and was raised in Kirkland where I still live What's the secret of your success? - Connection with the community.  We've had over 100 community events like women's self-defense workshops and stress-relief workshops.  We've worked…

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Weekend Round-Up: Movies!

Did you notice that warm, sunny days of Spring arrived on the first day of Spring? Coincidence? I think not! But the weatherMan (you know, The Man, the one who's always putting us down) predicts rain for the weekend, so hopefully you got your garden dug and there are seeds just waiting for water. And what should you do while your seeds are drinking? It would be a fine time to watch a movie, and we've got a few going on…

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Not Exactly “The Happy Ones”

Here's my quick thumbs-up versus thumbs-down rundown for Green Lake's Bathhouse Theater's current production of "The Happy Ones": Ah, Southern California in the '70.  Even if I wasn't there, I watched it on The Brady Bunch and that was the life The soundtrack to The Big Chill is my favorite Fun-lovin', outspoken leading lady in tall leather boots?  Groovy! Not at all happy.  Sad.  Too, too sad I have no nostalgia for the '70's.  The '70's are over-rated Eh, California -…

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