More stretch for less

Back in June, I wrote about Sutra Yoga (1605 N. 45th St.)--the cozy little neighborhood yoga studio sandwiched in between the 45th Street Clinic and Sutra Restaurant.  Well today, Chris alerted us to Tippr's daily deal for Sutra:  $20 for three weeks of unlimited classes. Twenty bucks!  Normally, I pay $65 for a 5-class card! Grab the deal folks, because this is one of the best discounts I've seen so far.  Better hurry, too--the Sutra Yoga offer on Tippr ends in…

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Pumpkin Carving Contest – Vote for Readers’ Choice

Tired of reading "have you voted yet?" Alright, well I'm sorry but I'm gonna ask you just this once--but this one is for a hyper-local initiative:  Wallyhood's Pumpkin Carving Contest.  Take a look at our slideshow below which features entries from some very talented neighbors. As our judges work through the dozens of entries we've received to choose the best in our dedicated categories, we're asking you--the Readers--to select which jack-o-lantern takes the Readers' Choice prize. To vote, click on the…

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The Neighborhood Plan, Sustainability, and Road Diets

This month at the Wallingford Community Council we meet to talk about the stuff that we supposedly endorsed by electing Mike McGinn. So come join us this Wednesday in room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center to discuss sustainability and road diets! The featured discussion led by Cathy Tuttle will be about sustainability updates to the Wallingford neighborhood plan. The update is supported by a $20,000 grant from the Department of Neighborhoods. Here is a description of the update from Cathy Tuttle:…

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Playground Progress

You may remember back in June, we posed a question in photos to you. The question has since been resolved and construction of the new climbing structure in the southwest corner of the John Stanford School play area is now under  construction. The trucks must be operating during the day, because each evening when we visit the area with Baby Z, he declares repeatedly "No more trucks vooving, all done trucks vooving". "Yes," we tell him, "the trucks have completed their…

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