Wallingford, Seattle

Another festering pit update

Wallyreader Darcey e-mailed us with a link to a new permit from the Department of Planning and Development for 3920 Stone Way--a.k.a. "the festering pit" on the corner of Stone and 40th. Folks may recall that we did a "festering pit update" a little over a year ago, when we spoke with Mike Derr of Redimensions--the general contractor.  There really wasn't much news but Derr sounded hopeful that financing would be resolved in the future. So we phoned Redimensions again, and…

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Satay slated to open in December

A few Wallybits back, we mentioned a new restaurant, called Satay, that'll soon be opening in the old Avila space.  Satay (1711 N. 45th St.) will offer quick casual Malaysian street food for lunch and dinner.  The restaurant now has a website (www.satayseattle.com) and is scheduled to open sometime in December. Satay is the brainchild of owners Peter Ringold and Patrick McCredie -- two friends from college who toured Southeast Asia during their junior year of college.  They were really impressed…

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Get a Brazilian at Cutz

We had a totally different idea of what it meant to get a "Brazilian" than the stylists at Cutz Meridian (4515 Meridian Ave N). Cutz is the current Tippr deal, offering 50% of Brazilian Smoothing, Cut and Style. According to Tippr page, a "Keratine Express Brazilian smoothing" is "one of the most innovative and effective professional smoothing treatments in the industry. This treatment produces immediate and noticeable shine and conditioning effects after just one treatment." Totally different than what we thought.…

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Holiday Drinks Are Upon Us

I was walking around downtown near my office a while back when I noticed a bar offering pumpkin pie shots. Now, I’m not normally a shots type of gal, but I had to give that one considerable thought. Pumpkin pie in liquid form? Yes please! I ultimately decided to forego that particular temptatation, not because my taste buds were insufficiently intrigued, but because it was about 9:30 a.m. and thus too early for a liquid lunch. Especially on a weekday. But…

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Hagiography

St. Benedict's is getting down with St. Vincent de Paul for some closet sanitation action. Richard writes: Clean out your closets and bring clothing, books, household items and furniture to St. Vincent de Paul truck at St. Benedict Catholic Church 1805 North 49th St, Seattle, Sun. 11/21 from 8AM-11:30pm.  Larger items schedule free pick-up at 206-767-9975 or online at www.svdpseattle.org. St. Vincent de Paul works to prevent eviction, hunger, utility shut-off and more in our community. Receive a Tax Receipt. Feel…

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Meet-up Tomorrow

Quickie reminder: we're hoping to meet you tomorrow at the Blue Star tomorrow, Wednesday, between 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Jacqui mirrored our own thoughts: I’m wondering how many of us will lay eyes on each other and say, “Oh! It’s the dude/chick I always see at QFC/Fuel/Starbucks/etc…” It’ll be nice to put faces to names… and names to faces! If you have no idea what we're talking about, read about the Wallyhood meet-up and RSVP now!

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Got Yer Goat?

While heading over to check out the Free Table at the Good Shepherd Center (you would not believe the amazing stash of brand-new Beanie Babies there, by the way), I stumbled across a goat: Evidently, goats don't like rain so she and her owner were sheltering under a bush.  But, what were they doing there?  Turns out, they were guests of Seattle Tilth's "City Goats 101" class being held run by Jennie Grant, Founder and President of the Goat Justice League…

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