Wallingford, Seattle

Weekend Roundup

What a week!  Finally, it's time to start planning the weekend.  Woot, eff tee dub, and all that.  Here's what's going on: Friday 5:00-7:00pm Wine tasting City Cellars (1710 North 45th Street) Continuing with Washington Wines, this week, they'll feature Tertulia Cellars from Walla Walla.  $3.00-$5.00. Christopher DeLaurenti, a composer and sound artist living right here in the 'hood, invites us all to his gig at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center.  It's called "Thrill: A Jazz Madrigal." …

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House Fire

Eagle-eye Shannon sent over some pictures she just took of a house fire on Corliss, between 44th and 45th, behind Kabul.  Seems like everything is under control and there was tremendous response from the fire department.  We'll let you know when we have more information to share.  Hope everyone's ok.   Update, 3/10:  We just received an incident report from the Seattle Fire Department.  Thankfully, this wasn't a fire, but excessive smoke caused by a previous fire lit in the home's…

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Wallingford Walks

Sustainable Wallingford is looking to recruit a new organizer for Wallingford Walks--a monthly guided stroll around the neighborhood that occurs from May through September.  Each month, the walks take on a new theme that highlights our unique little hamlet.  Here's the scoop: For the past three years Sustainable Wallingford has sponsored a walk around the neighborhood each month from May through September. We need someone to come forward to be the organizer for Wallingford Walks this year. The walks have generally…

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Power Out

Brian tipped us off that there's a power outage in Lower Wallingford this morning due to a downed pole. From his photo, it looks to be at 34th and Meridian. He sends his condolences to Burks and the other Wallingford pole polishers. Alixito adds that it was caused by a car accident and that approximately 630 homes are impacted. Estimated fix by 2:07 pm.

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Wallingford Community Kitchen: Indian Inspired

This Friday, March 11, the Wallingford Community Kitchen will be hosting an Indian inspired evening of cooking, starting at 5:30 pm, at the Wallingford Community Senior Center, located in the basement of the Good Shepherd (4649 Sunnyside Avenue N).  Buy your tickets now online through Brown Paper Tickets. Down in the root cellar; time to get creative with the pre-spring remaining veggies. . . Join us at our Wallingford Community Kitchen celebrating the coming of spring with an east Indian twist. …

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Satay and Potatoes

We stopped in Satay, the new Malaysian restaurant on 45th on Friday for some lunch and spotted this sign on the door. Patrick McCready, one of the two owners, told us the Food Network's Meat and Potatoes was filming that day for a spot next season. He said all told, they shot close to 9 hours of footage for what will end up being around a 7 minute segment. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, try the red curry. It's amazing.

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Baby Chick Season Has Begun!

We've had chickens for a decade, raising most from chicks. If you want to raise chicks, your season starts now: From this week through to the end of April the Bothell Feed Center is selling baby chicks. We currently have Rock Star and Plymouth Barred Rock birds, but Orpingtons and Australorps are our favorite breeds (gentle, good layers, not so destructive). Chicks are easy for the first month or so- you just need a box, a lamp, and some starter feed.…

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