Wallingford, Seattle

(Wallyhood is honored to welcome Paul Dorpat, author, observer, prankster and Wallingford's official unofficial historian, as an occasional contributor. In addition to his regular column for the Seattle Times, he writes his own Seattle history blog at http://pauldorpat.com/.) Here is a candid record of one of the saddest moments in Wallyhood's Pop History. It was, as far as I know, unannounced.  They just did it! The photograph was taken by itinerant Frank Shaw from the top of the nearly new "Toxic…

First person to leave a comment on this post gets two free tickets to the Sounders for tomorrow, Sunday July 11th, 7:30 pm. We attended a joint Wallingford - Fremont Chamber of Commerce Meeting last month, dropped our card in the hat and, thanks very much to Seattle Bank, walked out with the tickets. The trick, in case you're wondering, is to crimp your card slightly. Makes it much more likely to be drawn.

Stacy writes: I was on my porch last evening (south of 40th, on Meridian) when I heard a rustling in my neighbor's tree.  I looked up in time to see a small raptor wing its way across my yard, right at eye level, maybe 10 feet away.  I think it was some kind of hawk or falcon, but I don't know much about bird identification.  It was around a foot long, from beak to tail.   I got the impression it…

Hot and thirsty? Get yourself to Sunnyside and 42nd, where Grady and Whitney are selling salvation, one cup at a time Thanks for the photo, Michelle!

Back when we were in college, we spent a semester in the OTHER Washington, working at CBS News. It was memorable and life changing in many ways, but at the moment, the lasting image is of the crushing heat and humidity of the DC summer. To get a break from it, we spent a number of afternoons strolling the aisles of the local grocery store, idling reading box labels, dreaming up recipes we had no intention of cooking and generally passing…

Now here's a tale that's just begging to be made into a movie, and all the more heartwarming because it's true and it all happened here in Wallingford. And the best part is that this Saturday, you can see the story play out on 45th Street. Adriana Medina of Fuerte Fitness tells us about the March day that Joseph Lee walked over from the Wallingford Boys and Girls Club and into her gym looking for gym membership. He was 16 years…