Wallingford, Seattle

Friendship can't really be quantified, except perhaps on Facebook, where, thanks to the random efforts of Charles Brashears, we topped 1,000 Friends today. As of this writing, we're up to 1,004. We feel loved. As a small token of our appreciation for ushering over the threshold of this milestone*, we are presenting Charles with a gift certificate worth 1,000 cents donated by the newest Wallingford business, A Muddy Cup (266 NE 45th St) coffee shop. Thank you, Charles, and thanks to…

Wallingford Community Senior Center invites you to a free evening event: “Aging Well: Challenging Myths, Embracing Possibilities.” This evening kicks off “New Thinking for Healthy Aging”, a series of learning conversations and workshops. Not just for seniors …. aging touches us all! Adults of all ages are encouraged to attend and participate in this dynamic discussion. Bring your friends, parents, neighbors; build your communities. Keynote Speaker: Cyrus Appell, MD. Palliative care & hospice physician, and active Wallingford neighbor. Co-leader of Sustainable…

Did you know Kris Kringle lives in Wallingford? He's my neighbor Dick (Kris Kringle isn't actually his name) who's such an expert gardener that he confidently picks and eats wild mushrooms.  These are Birch boletes growing near the roots of a birch in the traffic circle.  He says they taste like Shiitakes.  (NOTE:  DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF AND POISON YOURSELF AND BLAME US). Dick's house is on the corner behind him and his garden fills every inch of space along…

The other day, someone in the Wallyhood home office (okay, there really is no home office) pointed out this article about growing a moustache in November. This set off an idle train of thought about how handsome moustaches look on some guys.  To wit: (Okay, the last one, not so much.)  Still the vision of a Wallingford peopled with newly-moustached guys was enticing, so I contacted Spin the neighborhood barber who is promoting the event to ask what we at Wallyhood…

I sincerely wish I knew more about trees to identify these.  Readers, could you help? A final blaze of light before the darkness settles in . . . Sunflower thrown in for good measure.

We at Wallyhood have cooked up a new regular feature called Wallybits where we serve up little tasty nuggets of news that aren't big enough for a main course.  So, without further ado, here are the early-November Wallybits.  Bon appetit!: A reader Sarah writes:  "an artist/trick-or-treater left behind a big portfolio of their work on our porch last night.  The name on the front reads:  'Peter Bauer.'  I'd love to reunite the lost works with their owner." Peter Bauer, are you…