Mild weather has coaxed out some very early buds along with a handful of intrepid creatures. Welcome back! Thank you, readers, if you can identify these brave plants. By the United Methodist Church on Bagley and 42nd. The very rare giant "Purplefly". Reddish buds. Plywoodasaurus Rex. Actual flowers, yet. Pink ones, at that.
When Maria Hines decided to open a new restaurant in Ballard, she asked her friend Claire Barnett, owner of Seattle Mosaic Arts here in Wallingford, to design, create, and install a mosaic on the kitchen's stainless steel oven. Given the restaurant's open kitchen floor plan, the 26 square foot mosaic will be seen by anyone sitting at the bar or dining at a table facing the kitchen in the Golden Beetle. I met with Christina Vaule--one of the four women in…
Awhile back, Jordan wrote a post on the art of geocaching--which is kinda like being on a cool treasure hunt--and he mentioned that there were quite a few geocaches right here in Wallingford. Having an 8 year-old son with a penchant for adventure (although, really, don't the two go hand in hand?) I created an account on the geocaching website (geocaching.com), picked a couple of easy "puzzles" that were close by, plugged the coordinates on my GPS phone, and we set…
The City Attorney's office has asked the King County Superior Court to shut down Jiggles, the strip club on Roosevelt in the University District that opened in the spot where Giggles used to be (see Strip Club Coming the U District). Zoning law requires that "adult entertainment" facilities be located at least 800' from schools, child care center, community centers, public parks or areas where children may congregate. According to the complaint (and confirmed by anyone who knows how to read a map),…
Here's a list of some fun things happening in Wallingford this weekend: All weekend long: Sutra Yoga and Restaurant (1605 N. 45th St.) is offering an In-city Detox Retreat. Spaces are still available as of this publishing. $165 all inclusive. See their website for full details. This weekend-long retreat includes yoga, meditation, and nutrition classes plus food tastings on Sunday and a light breakfast on Saturday. Register online by clicking here, or calling Sutra: 206-729-YOGA (9642). Fri, January 28 5pm –…
The Seattlest has a visual puzzle this week, courtesy of our old friend RoKet and the Seattle Municipal Archives: a photo of Wallingford taken sometime around 1929, but from where? The angle suggests from a height, but an airplane doesn't seem likely. Go on over, read what RoKet has to say, then speculate on where you think it was taken from. (Photo from the Seattle Municipal Archives)
Wallingford will soon get a bike boulevard, thanks to the efforts of Cathy Tuttle, founder of Spokespeople--an organization dedicated to safe bicycling in Seattle. A bike boulevard is a designated street on which bicycles have priority over motor vehicles, and bikes are free to use the middle of the street while the use of installed "traffic calming" techniques (signage, traffic circles, stop signs at intersections) force drivers to slow down, and be aware of bicyclists. Bike boulevards are the foundation…