Back in January, we noted that a note had gone up at the Alterations and Reweaving Center on 45th that it was closed due to illness. Commenters noted that Phyllis Brown, now in her 80's, has been at it a long time and were worried that she wasn't doing well. Holly dropped us a note the other day asking for an update: I came across your posting online regarding Phyllis Brown while I was searching for a way to contact her business.…
(Welcome Wallingford Neighborhood Council President Mary Heim to these pages. She will be contributing directly to Wallyhood, including both notes from the Council meetings, like this, and other thoughts and issues as she pleases.) The monthly Wallingford Community Council, WCC, board meeting was held Wednesday February 3rd at the Good Shepherd Center. A small but committed group of community members were present to talk about some pretty serious issues facing Wallingford and Seattle as a whole. As with most community issues,…
(Wallyhood welcomes our newest contributing writer, Patrick Shaw) My wife and I moved to Wallingford in August. As we were moving in, I had a flashback to hearing Linda Waterfall in concert at Seattle University. Her guitar player made a joke about moving to Wallingford and having to join the Keep Wallingford Dull Society, and as my wife and I were unpacking, I had a bad moment: It couldn’t be true, could it? Could Wallingford really be dull? (Turns out –…
If you're wondering what those fire trucks are about, Seattle 911 Dispatch service says there's a boat fire in the marina at 2321 N. Northlake Way. Given the number of units responding, it looks significant.
There was a comment to my last Playground post “Hold it or run,” sent in by a Wallingford Mom that made me laugh and cringe at the same time: Today at the Wallingford park, a little girl stepped in dog doo, then went down the slide making a dog poo streak all the way down. Before I noticed, my daughter was on the slide and had it all on her hands and clothes! There is nothing more gross… Generally, I find…
Worried that Seattle's wet winter is depriving you of your dark and handsome looks just as we creep onto Valentine's Day? Tropical Tan (the tanning salon next to Q Lube, that replaced Electric Beach) is offering free tans Valentine's Weekend, no purchase necessary, February 12 - 14. Says they: "Each customer can come in and tan one time for free on either a level 1 bed, or our mystic spray tan booth. One free tan per day, for three days, up…
This coming Wednesday Lucid Jazz Club in the U-dist is hosting a silent art auction to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. The owner of Lucid, David Pierre-Louis, after traveling to Haiti to help his family, is spearheading a grassroots relief effort based right here in our backyard. They are currently raising funds and also looking for several hundred tents. This is a perfect opportunity to make a difference in a direct way. Get behind this neighbor of ours and lets help…