Wallingford, Seattle

Tilth Organic Cuisine chef Maria Hines kicked some ass and won her match against Iron Chef Morimoto on last night's airing of Iron Chef America.  What a sweet win for this young James Beard Award winner.   A hearty congratulations to Ms. Hines and to her talented sous chefs, Larkin Young and Jason Brzozowy. Hines' natural style and organic cooking lent themselves to a compost joke in the show's opening moments.  Then it was all business.  The secret ingredient didn't hurt:…

North Crime Prevention Coordinator Diane Horswill tells us that a suspect in the July 26th Key Bank robbery was arrested at the Wallingford Playfield last Friday.  We suspected as much Friday morning, and now our hunch is confirmed. The arrest was made thanks to the keen eye of newly appointed Community Police Team (CPT) Officer Loren Street. CPT officers work a little differently than patrols cops.  Rather than respond to 911 calls, they are assigned to specific areas or neighborhoods with…

If you've walked down the 4400 block of Thackery recently, you may have noticed a house floating above the ground. Peg offers an explanation: I've had a few people tell me that my house (4400 blk of Thackeray) is looking like something out of the Wizard of Oz these days. The great design/build firm JAS (neighborhood loved and located!) is putting my house on a firmer foundation - namely a basement!!! The house - she's 100 years old this year --…

We stopped posting our yard sale map many moons ago, but we happened to have received two notes from readers letting us know about their fabulous, huge sales this weekend, so, just because we love yard sales so much, we're passing it along: Anne writes: Having a big moving sale this Saturday July 31st!!!! 3925 2nd AV NE, Basement Apartment - Unit B I've fallen in love with the most wonderful man who ever existed (of course, this takes nothing away…