My mom's birthday is Easter Sunday -- at least that's what she's been saying since she was a kid. She's wrong, but what the heck. She's the kind of woman who appreciates flowers, dresses, Easter bonnets, and colorful baskets full of trinkets and bunny shaped chocolates. So we'll give it to her. Her birthday is on Easter. Every year. And if she were in Wallingford this weekend, here are some of the Easter events she'd get to choose from. Most are on Saturday rather…
No, we're not suggesting some sort of accounting scheme. The 5th annual Edible Book Festival is coming to Wallingford Saturday, April 10th. We're writing about it now cuz you still have time to enter your own book-themed work of art. And if you'd just like to show up and nosh, that's ok too. What? People bring a piece of edible art related to books: a pun on a title, an interpretation of a scene or character, or just something having to do with…
Continuing with the premise that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", here is another handy pros-vs.-cons guide to Dying City, now playing at Green Lake's Bathhouse Theater (honestly! Green Lake is not that bad!). Cons: 9/11, The Iraq War, Abusive Families, Infidelity, Homophobia, Lies, Suicide - too much of a downer, man! That actor dude playing twin brothers, I don't get it Why do good women fall for bad men? Pros: The actor dude has terrific stage presence and…
Okay, you may be asking yourself, "Did anything happen worth knowing about outside of Wallingford last week?". To expand your horizons (a bit), here are the highlights from blogs in the surrounding 'hoods: Gertie the Hippo: Sadly, Phinneywood reports that the oldest animal in the Woodland Park Zoo, at 47 years and 5,000 pounds, was euthanized. Let's hope that you and I fare better. Hazel Heights P-Patch: Opened on March 21st at NW 47th St. and Baker Ave. NW according to…
If you read last year's "Good Pesach!" post, you know how we feel about Passover: a truly bad-ass Jewish Holiday. The God of the Old Testament rains His wrath on those who enslaved His people, plagues fire from His fingertips, blood flows in the rivers, frogs pour from heaven, boils erupt on the skin of the oppressors, an avenging angel sweeps across the land in the dark of night, the very earth rises from the bottom of the sea to carry…
Did you ever have one of those weekends where you felt like you needed another weekend just to recover? That was my past weekend. Most of the chaos revolved around partially renovating our kitchen to make way for some new appliances; but somehow, I also foolishly talked myself into running the Mercer Island Half Marathon on Sunday. By the time Sunday evening rolled around, I was too spent to do anything about supper. Then I remembered that St. Benedict School was…
Ever have one of those days where it feels like things are falling apart and you can't keep it together? Wouldn't it be nice to take all those broken pieces and arrange them into a lovely and meaningful work of art? Such is the concept behind Seattle Mosaic Arts, a studio on 46th between Stone and Interlake filled with rows and rows of jars of broken glass in intriguing colors, shapes and textures. You begin by laying out the pieces on…