Wallingford, Seattle

Neighborhood Projects applications due Tuesday

Take a look around Wallingford (though, I DO NOT recommend this during a torrential downpour).  Do you see any sidewalks that need repair, or any streets that would be safer with a traffic circle? The Department of Neighborhoods has what's known as Neighborhood Projects Funds (NPF) comprising both Neighborhood Street Funds and Cumulative Reserve Funds, totaling $1.2 million. These funds will be divvied up among chosen applications and will be spent in 2012 for neighborhood improvements for streets and parks. The…

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Wallingford for Gardening

Jane C. spotted Wallingford on This Old House's Best Old House Neighborhoods 2011: Gardening list, and it's a pretty little Wallingford they paint: Colorful kites flying and kids rolling down grassy hills are common sights in south Wallingford's Gas Works Park, a 19-acre green space populated by early-20th-century coal gasification structures—decommissioned, rust-colored symbols of Seattle's industrial revolution. Wallingford is a walkable neighborhood with access to Seattle's Burke-Gilman Trail, a 14-mile path for cyclists, joggers, and skaters. A farmers' market, an independent…

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Blowfish in the Wind

Something fishy this way comes, at least if you're down in lower Wallingford tonight. Smell that stench?  It's not your compost bin. Have you ever seen that television show, Deadliest Catch?  Sometimes the freezers break or the engine fails or some other mishap occurs and the fish die while the boat is still at sea.  Then the captain has to dock the boat so it can be fixed.  Landlubbers hate that.  Fishermen hate it more, of course. Chris C, who works…

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What in the Wallingford

Yes, it's time again for our weekly contest (music please), What in the Wallingford, in which you, the reader, guess where in Wallingford a photo was taken, winning fabulous prizes along the way. Now, you may have noticed that we didn't run the contest last week. Frankly, we were a bit disheartened by how easily our photos are being guessed. Several hours is the best stumpery we've managed. Two weeks ago, we thought we had one far off the beaten path,…

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Wallyhood Forums Round-Up

Want to spread the word or have something to share with the neighborhood?  Check out the forums section of Wallyhood for announcements, referrals, questions, and of course Wallingford neighborhood gossip!  Here are some highlights: The Panhandling discussion continues as several of our readers have reported an SUV trying to scam individuals into giving them gas money or money for their children.  Maybe someone will obtain the license plate number and report the information--be on alert Wallyhood! Need a good place to donate…

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‘S Wonderful. ‘S Marvelous. ‘S Wellegant.

The good folks at B.F. Day's PTSA are throwing the school's biggest fundraiser of the year, Swellegant, this Saturday night, March 5, at Fremont Arts Abbey (4272 Fremont Avenue North), from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.  Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door, and covers dinner plus two drink tickets.  The evening includes cocktails, Hors d'ouevres, live music, a silent auction, plus a "Golden Raffle". In years past, they've auctioned off some awesome items like vacations to Ireland, Buddy…

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‘Zoo Doo’ is Poo for You

Here's an interesting Wallingford fact:  did you know we are neighbors to the most exotic "doo" in the Pacific Northwest? Well, if you didn't know--now you do!  Call yourself lucky because Woodland Park Zoo is the home to this amazing and nutrient packed "doo" and if your luck continues you may be able to obtain some of this prized Zoo Doo for your garden or yard. The twice yearly event, Fecal Fest is fast approaching at the Woodland Park Zoo.  Due to a limited amount of…

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