Wallingford, Seattle

Hello and welcome to the first installment of Wallyhood's new weekly contest, which we call (cue the theme music) "What in the Wallingford?" The idea came from Paul Dorpat, who mentioned that The North-Central Outlook used to run a What-Is-It-Where-Is-It contest, in which readers would try to correctly identify an object from the neighborhood featured in a photo (examples below). It has that playful, homey, small town feel that we so love, so why not? So, same deal: each week, we'll…

We chatted with Jude and Jen from Izilla Toys over the weekend, and they mentioned they'll be shrinking the footprint of their Wallingford Center shop by half in the next several weeks, moving out of the South side of their space entirely. "It's just too much space for us," Jen said, to which Jude added "the Wallingford store sells differently than the Capitol Hill store does, we have to adapt to that." They say Lorig, the Wallingford Center property management company,…

In these gloomy days of late winter, sometimes a good belly laugh is exactly what you need.  And who better than an English writer to show the hilariousness of people going nuts in a repressive society and a damp climate? With that, here are my quick "pros vs. cons" of Green Lake's Bathhouse Theater's latest production, My Wonderful Day, by Alan Ayckbourn: Cons I don't pay good money to see the gut of a middle-aged man on stage.  Especially wearing superhero…

The next Wallingford Community Council Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 2nd from 7 pm to 9 pm in the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC) downstairs in the Good Shepherd Center at 4649 Sunnyside Ave N. This way we can review the new community technology center that has been set up! After that, we will go over the transfer station designs we reviewed last month. This month we share our conclusions with SPU. See the end of this post for our recommendation letter,…

Amy writes: Hi Wallyhood! I am a faithful reader, and as such, understand the impact you have in getting the word out about good causes in Wallingford and nearby, so I'm hoping maybe you can help me. I am a member of the University of Washington School of Law Public Interest Law Association, which is a non-profit, student-led organization that funds public interest work and helps with loan repayment for law students pursuing a career in public interest law. PILA has…