Wallingford, Seattle

Cookin’ Up Community

(Wallyhood welcomes our newest writer, Helen Kim, reporting on last week's Wallingford Community Kitchen. Slideshow photos by Matt Mason.) Imagine being a member of a big extended family. Big. Really big. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, teenagers, even an adorable little baby. All cooking a big meal together. Now, imagine the residents of Wallingford as the members of that family in the kitchen of the Good Shepherd’s Senior Center. This was the scene at the Community Kitchen I attended on Friday night. About…

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Hold it or run

After a week of rainy days, we Seattleites got a reprieve this weekend, so our family did what comes natural when the sun comes out: we made a beeline for Wallingford Park. We hit the park Friday, Saturday and Sunday, pulling one daily double, and we were certainly not alone. Tons of kids were running in, on, and around the play structure, swings were being swung, and the merry go round was on fire. It wasn’t an atypical park scene by…

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Something for everyone at Science Night

On Thursday night Hamilton Middle School held its first annual Science Night. The halls of Hamilton were busy with kids and parents poking, prodding, bicycling, and blending...among other things. Education and entertainment in one kid friendly package. If you missed it you have a whole year to think about how excited you are to experience it next time it comes around. Here's a slideshow of the evening to whet you appetite.

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Gay Bingo comes to Fremont

We read on Fremont Universe that the loads-o-fun Lifelong AIDS Alliance’s Gay Bingo is moving from the cavernous and echoey South Lake Union Naval Reserve building to Fremont Studios (155 N. 35th St). The kick-off for the new location is this Saturday, January 23rd, doors at 6 pm. They note (and we confirm) that adults 21 and older of any sexual orientation can participate. Gay, straight or somewhere in between, it's a kick, with lots of folks dressing up in costumes,…

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National Pie Day – January 23

It's that time of year when the rain forces us indoors, depriving us of heat and light from the sun.  It makes us want to buy a big ol' pie and retreat to a remote corner somewhere in the house to devour said pie in three bites. Or, maybe that's just me. Either way, it's National Pie Day on Saturday, January 23 and to mark this joyous occasion, Fuel Coffee is offering discounts on 7" deep dish pies and Flipsides (handheld…

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Open House Schedule for Wallingford Schools

Are you getting ready to send junior off to Kindergarten next fall?  Curious about the school to which your child has been assigned?  Is your youngster graduating from 5th grade and moving on to Hamilton? (If so, lucky ducks for being the first in the new remodel).  If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, then I suggest you attend your new school's open house.  Open houses are a great way to meet the principal, get a feel for the…

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Jazz Festival Coming to Wallingford

Seattle’s Avant-Jazz Music Festival is coming up this weekend and next here in Wallingford at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center (50th & Sunnyside). This is the second year for the IS THAT JAZZ? Festival, which “embraces jazz as a living, breathing art-form, one that must change and grow.” Headlining this year’s festival is trumpeter and Seattle native Cuong Vu, who will be performing with his Trio from New York. I’m no expert when it comes to jazz,…

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