OMG! We missed it! Monday, January 11th marked the one year anniversary of Wallyhood. Check out our first post, from January 11, 2009, Welcome to Wallyhood. And 974 posts later, it's our birthday! Happy birthday to us, Happy birthday to us, Happy BIRTHDAY dear Wallyhood, Happy birthday to us! Whoooooosh!
On February 9, residents within the Seattle Schools district will have a chance to vote for two new levies, using a special election mail-in ballot. These levies replace two that expire this year and cover basic costs of education--from employee salaries to school building safety and maintenance--and will result in tax rates at current levels . According to School's First, the levies campaign organization, the Three-year Operations Levy, totaling $442.7 million, funds 23% of the Seattle Public schools operating budget for:…
(Full disclosure: the author of this post is a proud member of ISB's administrative team.) Have you spotted a gaggle of grinning scientists in Lower Wallingford this week? You just might! Wallingford's own Institute for Systems Biology was ranked #1 in the United States, and 3rd globally, for highest scientific impact of their research papers by the SCImago Research Group in Spain. The Institute for Systems Biology is an internationally renowned non-profit research institute dedicated to the study and application of systems biology. ISB has…
Reminder: Fuerte Fitness (1225 N 45th St.) is celebrating their one-year anniversary tomorrow, Saturday from noon to 2 pm. They promise food, drinks, games, ten minute massages, raffles and great prizes. And abs of steel!
The My Green Lake blog has a great piece on the hidden fall-out shelters sprinkled around the city. Many are now hidden and forgotten, or hiding in plain sight. See the Fallout Shelters of Green Lake for maps and photos.
Sorry for grim news on a Friday morning, but a tipster pointed us towards this story on King 5: a body was found floating near the Fremont Bridge yesterday afternoon. King 5 reports that "the SPD Harbor Patrol recovered the body, said to be of a man in his 30s who had been in the water "a considerable amount of time" as the remains were apparently in the 'advanced stages of decay.'"
Wallingford's very own Joule hosts its second annual winter supper series, serving family style comfort food, which to me sounds like just the thing to ward off those winter blues. From Joule's website: Joule presents 2nd annual Winter Supper 2010: Globe Trekker Series. We will serve a casual family style meal around different themes on Sundays from January through March. Each dinner will have 5-7 different dishes that are to be shared among the table. Please visit Joule's Facebook page weeks…