Seems like everyone's jumping on the bandwagon to do some sort of mass couponing nowadays; and today, two of the daily deals are right here in Wallingford: Rain Modern Japanese Cuisine (2208 N. 45th St.) is offering 52% off ($24 for $50) for their cuisine through Groupon OmCulture (2210 N. Pacific Street) is offering one month membership for $22 through Living Social I see a Sun/Rain themed pun in the making here, but I'm just not witty enough to pull it…
Back in October, we were inspired by TEDxRainier, a day of fascinating and inspiring talks by local geeks, chefs, visionaries, authors and do-gooders. What we enjoyed about the day wasn't just the series of talks themselves, each worth the price of admission in themselves, but the conversations between that the talks inspired. Of the talks, one stood out in particular: Michael Hebb argued that how we share food together is as important as what the food is or where it comes from.…
This Thursday, January 27, Hamilton International Middle School (1610 N. 41st St.) will host a school tour for all 2011/12 incoming families. Meet in the Commons by 6pm for a 20 minute overview followed by a 20 minute Q&A session. There will be a self-guided tour of the building from 6:40-7:00 pm. If you stay a little longer, you'll have an opportunity to catch Hamilton's jazz bands and choral jazz ensemble perform a concert in the Commons at 7:30pm. The concert…
Here's a little bit of trivia: The first Dick's Drive-in opened on 45th Street right here in Wallingford during a snowstorm on January 25, 1954. A few days later, after the snow melted, they had a re-grand opening on January 28. To celebrate 57 years of flippin' burgers, Dick's is offering 2-for-1 burgers (cheeseburger or regular hamburger) on Tuesday (1/25), between 2-6:30 pm. Buy one cheeseburger or hamburger and get one free (limit 3 free burgers per customer); and on Friday…
Think the rest of it is buried under there? Alas, the curse of January. Festive decorations going away. Handy, aren't they? Key Bank coming soon. Do-it-yourself lock repair at The Fainting Goat. Touching up the Taekwondo place too.
Last week, we reported that many businesses along 45th Street had been tagged with graffiti, and the comments that we received from our neighbors about coming together to clean up the mess inspired us to want to help out, too. So, we did a little digging and located Daniel Sims, the Seattle Public Utilities contact in charge of Graffiti Education and Outreach. Here's what we learned from Daniel: If you are interested in removing graffiti from private property, we offer paint, supplies, and…
After living with an old, decrepit Safeway on Stone Way at N. 40th, followed by its demolition in 2006 and the festering pit left in its wake, it’s official: According to a spokesperson for Stoneway Village II, LLC, excavation will start next week for a new residential/retail building. We have a statement from one of the owners who provided us with some background behind the long wait and the details of the new building: The “pit” and the old store were…