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…
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…
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…
Neighbors of the construction project underway at N 40th St and Stoneway Ave (previously known as the "festering pit") were awaked to an unpleasant row this morning. According to Erica Thomas, spokeswoman for Stoneway Village II, LLC, the development company in charge of the project, an excavator that was working to clear a previously untouched area for the sub-basement of the complex unearthed what she termed "the spawn of hell". "We're not sure exactly what it is, or whether it is actually…
April is here! (O.k., officially, it'll be here tomorrow). Time to break out that spring jacket (the one with the hood and zip-in liner in case the temps dip ) and get outside to enjoy all the lovely colors of spring (set against the dull gray backdrop). I'm not a big fan of spring, can you tell? Used to be a big fan. BIG FAN. Can't stand it now, because it's when I suffer the most from allergies and I'm forced…
You know what this neighborhood needs? More gargoyles. You can never have too many gargoyles, in our opinion. Last week's What in the Wallingford contest photo was pretty easy to recognize as a gargoyle, but we had lots of guesses as to which gargoyle it was. As it happens, it's on a house on the corner of NE 54th and 1st Ave NE. Sadly, it seems that whoever lives in that house is not a Wallyhood reader, as nobody responded (correctly)…
With the move to their smaller space completed, and the store reopened, Not A Number owners Kara Ceriello and Jon DeLeeuw enlisted members of their Kids Club to raise funds for stranded families in Japan through ShelterboxUSA.org. Many Wallingford businesses have donated all sorts of goodies for the cause, and Not A Number will hold a series of daily raffle drawings for prizes beginning this Friday, April 1 at 7pm----both in-store and online through their website: NotANumberGifts.com. For the past five…