If you’re looking for a fun indoor activity for your little tike during the rainy season, check out Chickadee Music. Mary Anne Aiello and the rest of the staff keep everyone singing, dancing and having lots of fun. Winter session just started, but there are still spaces available, so check them out at www.chickadeemusic.com. Chickadee has two locations: University Heights Center and Phinney Neighborhood Center.
A group of neighbors are gathering this Friday, January 22nd at the Good Shepherd Center for some communal cooking and meal sharing and the theme is Stews and Casseroles. From the Facebook event page for the Community Kitchen: Based on the survey/discussion results of our November Community Kitchen, we have put together the plan for 2010. • We will plan a theme for each Community Kitchen along with a list or required ingredients. Each person is asked to contribute an appetizer,…
This coming Saturday, the 23rd at 10 am and Tuesday, the 26th at 6 pm, the brand new Huckleberry Forest Seattle Preschool of the Arts and Science will be holding an open house. The school is located at 2102 N 40th St. (40th and Meridian) on the ground floor of the Gift of Grace Lutheran Church. While it is housed in a church, it is not a faith-based school. One-on-One Appointments are also available by contacting [email protected]. They are offering a…
My full, legal name is Jordan Luther King Schwartz. Kind of an unusual name for a white guy (and a Jew, no less). How did I end up with a name usually reserved for civil rights memorials and streets running through the hood? Back in early 1960's, Jim Crow laws, mandating separate facilities for blacks and whites throughout the South, were still very much on the books and enforced. When Dallas County, Alabama blacks showed up on one of the two…
The Seattle Crime blog's Twitter stream is reporting that a child was found by police wandering near Meridian Park: Scanner: Police found a barefoot 5-year-old wandering near 50/Wallingford. Child is carrying a rabbit and has lighter in a purse (Thanks for the heads up, Kerri)
Being a mom of young kids, living in Wallingford is a gift. There are so many places you can go, on foot or by bicycle, to amuse the little ones and yourself, as the winter days start to give everyone cabin fever. Just the other day, we made a solid two hour outing of walking around, doing a “tour de wallyhood” if you will. We were gone so long that the baby bjorn straps cut into my shoulders, creating semi-permanent grooves. Perhaps I…
In an effort to escape the merciless downpours and warm up with a pint, my sister and I ducked into Al's Tavern (Corliss and 45th) around 9pm on Monday. Accustomed to seeing just a few bearded-and-flannelled men in their fifties and the occasional mutt stretched out under a booth on weekday nights, we were surprised to find the dive bar packed. Then, we heard the music. About five or six bluegrass/folk musicians had crammed themselves, several chairs, guitars, violins and what appeared…