Wallingford, Seattle

After a long trip to the Northern Canadian wilderness our family returned to Seattle hungry for ethnic urban eats.  What better place than the new Bamboo Village at the corner of Stone Way and N 49th St? I include this sign facing Stone Way because it makes me smile.  It's authentic. View from the surprisingly spacious parking lot (although we walked - yes! walked to dim sum in Wallingford). Inside, it's also surprisingly light, bright and spacious with clean high ceilings…

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Sometimes -- not very often -- but sometimes, newsworthy events take place outside of Wallingford. Here's this week's sampling: "One of the best known and most popular gardens in Eastlake is in trouble with the City of Seattle..." writes the Eastlake Ave Blog.  Looks like there's a little controversy brewing, and maybe a four-way stop coming to E. Lynn and Minor E.  Let's hope the solution extends beyond throwing fines at a parking strip gardener. CHS Capitol Hill Seattle reports a…

The Wallingford subject here is historical - quite. This, I'll wager, is the first time the Gasworks were used for playful purposes and musical performance.  Although we were more impetuous then, it was not a guerilla invasion of the industrial ruins, for Richard Haag, the architect who proposed, planned, and carried the conversion of gas factory to wind swept park through much political and physical turmoil was complicit.  He allowed it. Richard graciously opened the gates to friends (chorus members) and…

Since there isn’t a whole heck of a lot going on in Wallingford this weekend, we wouldn’t blame you if you trotted over to Capitol Hill for its annual block party. The three-day passes are long gone but there are still single day tickets available for Saturday and Sunday.  Just be sure to come back to Wallingford afterwards! For those of you sticking around, here’s some cool stuff to check out: BBQ at Leny’s Saturday, July 24th from 1 – 4…