Wallingford, Seattle

There's another chance to save 50% off at a Wallingford business with the Green Lake Moms / Wallyhood Deal Coop: in today's deal you pay $15 for a $30 certificate good for make-up, non-prescription medicine and other merchandise at their Wallingford store.

Gorgeous, sunny Sunday morning at Green Lake.  Snippets of conversation overheard while walking around in the opposite direction to most people: "I make a ton of chicken nuggets, when I make chicken nuggets" "Remember that movie The Turning Point with Mikhail Baryshnikov?" "I can't sit down and focus on anything for any length of time" "She drinks several large mochas a day" "He's always dated white women."  - "I know" (mutter)  - "Okay, that is NOT TRUE!" I tell ya, 75%…

As one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy seems middling.  Worse than Gluttony or Sloth but not as bad as Wrath or Greed. I was in Fremont the other day and experienced a pang of Envy.  Over a cute, new little pie shop.  The pies were little and the shop was little and the whole thing was shiny new and super cute.  The thought crossed my mind, "Why don't we have one of these in Wallingford?".  Some time later I stumbled…

There's a type of movie we're pretty familiar with.  It's set in a small town and is full of local oddballs who do wacky things but have hearts of gold.  It's easy for these movies to get condescending and make fun of its characters.  What's refreshing about Cedar Rapids, the new comedy at The Guild, is that it follows the formula but with affection and respect. As you can guess from its name Cedar Rapids is set in the the down-to-earth,…

Wallingford's own Mighty-O Donuts is the Green Lake Moms / Wallyhood Deal of the Day today: $8 for a dozen donuts (regularly $15.75). Organic ingredients, no chemical preservatives, no trans fats, no colorings or artificial flavors: their chocolate-topped is topped with chocolate, the cinnamon-sugar has cinnamon and sugar.  

(Attendees at Wednesday night's Wallyhood meet-up had the opportunity to meet Grandpa Wallyhood, who is visiting from Back East. As he has in the past, he offered to write a piece for Wallyhood during his visit. His latest entry is below. Why he chose to take such a benign view towards pot-smoking now, instead of during our high school and college years when it would have made our life easier, we can't explain.) Just think of it as a small museum…