Wallingford, Seattle

Bus revisions include Wallingford routes

Beginning Saturday, October 2, Metro riders will see a few changes made to some of the bus routes in the neighborhood.  We’ve listed below those services added and discontinued to the most frequently used routes.  Check Metro’s website for a full list of service changes if you don’t see your route listed here. Routes with added service: Route 5 On weekdays, two trips will be added each day to improve service frequency from downtown Seattle to Greenwood Ave N & N…

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Take Back The Bridge

Did you know that the Aurora Bridge has the second highest suicide rate for a bridge in the nation, just behind the Golden Gate Bridge? In 1932 the Aurora Bridge was marked as a National Historic Landmark named the George Washington Memorial Bridge; but, sadly, today it is known because of its suicide rate. According to the Take Back The Bridge Project, one person a month attempts suicide on the Aurora Bridge, on average. The organization is asking the community to…

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Wallingford Trivia Night and Open Mic

We know there are trivia nights going on all over Wallingford: Kate's, Grizzled Wizard, Moon Temple, Murphy's and more. We'd like to create a round-up, compare the types of questions or something fun like that, but we don't know the details. If you organize a trivia night in Wallingford, or know who does, please drop us a line with some details and contact info. Oh, same thing with open mic nights.

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Let’s Make A Deal with Greenlake Moms

Have you seen those Daily Deal junkies?  Are you, in fact, secretly one? I used one recently to get a haircut (paying a lot for haircuts is a pet peeve) and the stylist said a huge wave of people cashing it in had come through, all opening up about their deep obsession with getting deals (psychiatrists should do double duty as hairdressers). Well, a very local outlet for those outrageously discounted, virtually irresistible bargains has opened under the aegis of the…

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3rd Annual Dine Out For Animals

At age five, I was organizing tea parties with Cabbage Patch dolls and My Little Pony make believe horse shows; five-year-old Lucas Engles-Klann is organizing this Sunday, October 3rd's Third Annual Dine Out for Animals Silent Auction, Make-Your-Own Pizza Dinner (vegetarian of course), and Fundraiser held at Elemental and Elemental Next Door from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.  The space has been graciously donated by Phred Westfall and Laurie Riedeman. All proceeds made will benefit the Woodland Park Zoo.  Last year the annual…

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In other news

My Greenlake announces that painting the new street mural on Stone Avenue N. has been postponed until Friday,October 1. Eastlake Ave. reports that the intersection of Fairview Avenue N. at Fairview Avenue E. is one of 11 city-wide projects to receive funding from the Neighborhood Street Fund Large Project for reconstruction. Fremont Universe points out some green rooftops in Fremont. PhinneyWood provides details for the “Phabulous Phinney Pig Out” held on Thursday, October 14 Capitol Hill Seattle describes the swanky new…

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Costume Swapsies!

Closet getting full with Halloween costumes that are either too small or too big? Perhaps you're just too tired of being a "sexy cat" year after year? Well, we know it's slightly beyond the neighborhood, but this is definitely worth mentioning:  in the spirit of promoting a Green Halloween , beginning this Friday, October 1, Whole Foods will be collecting gently used Halloween costumes for the National Costume Swap Day in exchange for a ticket to pick out a "new-to-you" costume…

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