A year ago, it was hard to imagine any other retailer in the ol' Tweedy & Popp space (unless, of course, you lived in Wallingford prior to 1956, when it was the Ernst Hardware Company store, and had been since 1936). But as it sat vacant for months on end, any sign of life was welcome. Back in March, I saw workers rolling out a vinyl sign above the door, and raced home to Google "Domo Home Collections". The only lead…
Without further ado, here is my pros-versus-cons rundown for The 13th of Paris by Mat Smart, at Greenlake's Bathhouse Theater until June 13th: Cons: A love story set in Paris? How cheesy is that? Bah, humbug. Love sucks French people, even American people pretending to be French people, get on my nerves Pros: A love story set in Paris. How romantic! I love stories about love French people are charming and if you don't think so, YOU suck A young man…
Not the stadium wave (good riddance, no offense). I mean that friendly little gesture the other motorist gives you after you courteously pull over on a narrow Wallingford street to make room for him or her to go by in the other direction. This used to be absolutely compulsory under the super-strict--Seattle-civility code. It didn't matter if it was in the middle of the night, if the other driver only had one arm, was in the middle of a raging argument,…
Surely you remember Mad Libs? You know, someone would read a sentence, you’d fill in the blank and before you knew it – you had a story! Well – if you spend ANY time at all on the Wallyhood Forums (and if you don’t, you should), you’ll know that between the posts, and the names of those posting – this is a classic case of the truth being better than fiction! Why, just this week we had these words popping up…
We met a new neighbor this weekend, Benton. "New" in the sense of "new to us", not in the sense of "new to the neighborhood": either one of us could have put a rock through the other's window from our respective front porches for over ten years. (It is a testament to the cordiality of the neighborhood that it has never occurred to either of us to do so, despite our proximity.) Earlier last week, we met another neighbor, six houses…
The annual general membership meeting of the Wallingford Community Council will be held on Thursday May 27th, 2010 in the Chapel Performance Space, 4th floor, of the Good Shepherd Center. Anyone interested in joining the community council or serving on the board of directors is invited to attend the meeting and join in the fun. Proposed slate of officers: President – Eric Fisk Vice-President – Jon Deleeuw Secretary – Allison Hogue At large – Cathy Tuttle At Large – Martin Powers…
Snippets of interesting goings-on in the lands beyond our fair realm: Free (Empty) Milk Cartons!: According to My Green Lake, PCC on Roosevelt is giving away free Organic Valley milk cartons on May 27th from 2-6 PM for the Milk Carton Derby. Somebody must have had to drink an awful lot of milk. Boom Noodle Coming to U. Village: U District Daily says a new Japanese restaurant is set to open in early July (and they're hiring, so send in your…