According to the Twitterverse, Blue Star, Dick's, Kate's, Taco Time and Molly Moon are open. May and Djan's seem to be closed. Mixed report on Rain (they answer their phone, but it cuts out almost immediately). Darcey adds "a ton of cars stuck on 45th, driving westbound up the hill from I-5. There were about six guys helping out, and they really were making good progress getting cars up the hill (me included, just now) Thank you mystery ice hill helpers!"…
Weather service says we'll be done with snow by around 4 pm today. After that, we'll just have to enjoy these beauties: (Photos from Dana Wells, Angela Baker, Helen x2, Suzanna and Caroline Hansen Kleban)
#snOMG! It's a winter wonderland out there. Here's a couple shots of Baby Z crafting his first snowman, cuz there's nothing cuter than pictures of someone else's kid: Send us your photos of today's snow and we'll repost here (if you use Flickr, use the WallySnow tag and we'll pick them up there, otherwise e-mail to [email protected]).
Paul Dorpat and John Sundsten sent us this classic shot taken in Wallingford, 1952. It appeared in the North Central Outlook along with the story below. BRAINS, NOT BRAWN, is supposed to be one of the essential differences between man and animal. The ability to reason has enabled man to rise above other earthly creatures. But he has never been entirely tamed, and reason failing, resorts to brawn in an attempt to solve his problems. Little boys, like grown men, and…
Metro announced Sunday night that all Metro buses will be on Snow Routes for the Monday morning commute. Even if the streets are dry. And some snow routes have been changed since last year. I took a look at some Wallingford routes and found the following: #26 southbound will turn right on 45th, then left on Stone Way, back to regular route at Stone Way & 35th. So it looks like anyone commuting from Lower Wallingford to downtown on the #26…
Patty Murray: Helping People Solve Problems such as how to get that bicycle off the tree stump
Just saw this photo posted to Twitter by Natalie Greco of a memorial at Gas Works, where people were putting candles in balloons and setting them afloat. She says she's not sure what the memorial is for, but "People were calling out names as they released them. Then clapping as they flew off." Beautiful. Anyone know more? Update: Nicole found that the Japanese lantern ceremony was for a man named Luke, who passed away from cancer this past Monday. There is…