Both the Rock and Roll Marathon and the Mountains to Sound Relay Race are coming to Wallingford this weekend. That means a couple of things: 1. Traffic may very well be snarly on Saturday! (Rock and Roll Marathon). But there will be a band at every mile – so you can head on out to cheer and hear some music, all at the same time! The Whole Bolivian Army will be at mile 18 (36th and Aurora). The Rock and Roll…
A movie about greed and guilt, Please Give drew a mixed reaction from movie-goers at The Guild: "I prefer this more independent style, where they take time with the shots and linger over people's reactions and facial expressions. It's refreshing. The story was wishy-washy. But the performances were really polished and interesting. That grandmother was astonishingly brilliant." - Mary "A well-cast film, very interesting, a great character study. But a rambling, clunky story as well as having disjointed character development." -…
This would aptly be titled "Host French", but then there's no pun. Jill Zawatski is coordinating a summer exchange program that has placed 15 French students in homes around Wallingford, Green Lake and environs. However, she's looking for a host for the group's chaperone, Nathalie: A school teacher from Paris, Nathalie is the French chaperone who is traveling to Seattle with 15 teenagers this summer. During her stay, Nathalie will be busy working approximately 30% of the time. She enjoys horseback…
You're a creative lot. Remember when we challenged you to come up with a mnemonic to remember the order of Wallingford streets? Well, see Wally Mnemonic Results if you don't. Good times. Anyhoo, Janet Stillman over at the Wallingford Neighborhood Office is issuing a new challenge: we need a better name for the new park near Gas Works that is presently known as Waterway 18. Yes, Waterway 18 does have a certain ring to it. Reminiscent of Slaughterhouse 5, perhaps? But…
In the few blocks around Dicks one afternoon. At Sunnyside and 44th, a man with a shaved head, eyeglasses and dark crimson monk's robes gets out of a car with Utah license plates. Two blocks over, a disproportionately large inflated blue and green tower looms up in the yard of the house next to Mosaic Coffee. On closer inspection it looks like a child's water slide. Inside Mosaic itself, my daughter sits reading her book while a woman on a couch…
Every Fourth of July—around 4:00 p.m. or so—I watch as scores of drivers swoop in for one of the precious few remaining parking spaces on my street. As the hours pass, the scene changes from motorists to pedestrians, who make their way down Wallingford Avenue in a slow and steady stream. They’ve got quite a few blocks to go before they hit Gas Works Park, but this stretch of Wallingford becomes a giant block party in and of itself. The street…
Got this update a few minutes ago from our contact with the city: A large Coast Guard vessel has just made its way eastbound/inbound through the Ballard Locks and is heading for the Ballard Bridge. The 1,000 ton vessel will require both the Ballard and Fremont Bridges to open for its passage – and during that time, the two bridges will be closed for vehicle traffic. Estimated time for passage at the Ballard Bridge is 4:15 p.m. and Fremont Bridge at…