The St. Benedict Catholic Church is sponsoring a home tour, Home for Christmas, this Sunday Dec 20th from 1:00 - 4:30 as a benefit for their Catholics Welcome Home Initiative. Five parish homes will be decorated for viewing, including the stately 4333 Wallingford Avenue N, which, should you like what you see, is offered for sale by one of our sponsors, Cooper Jacobs (previously mentioned in Wallyhood here). Tickets for the tour are $10 adults / $5 children under 12 /…
Here's a bit of small-town feeling holiday yumminess that's sure to be a winner. Paul Dorpat and crew are putting on their second annual Up The Down Chimney Christmas show, complete with readings, music and heart-warming merriness. Paul writes: Here's something a mother might enjoy. Starts at 7:30, next Tuesday evening [December , it is the second annual use of the Good Shepherd Center Chapel for our not yet popular Christmas show, "Up The Down Chimney." Those attending during last year's…
For about fifteen years now, Sharon and Fred Ehrig @ 3916 Woodlawn have put together one of the most spectacular yard displays of Christmas lights in Wallingford. With 15,000 lights, reindeer (with personlized saddles), snowmen, candy canes, a rubber ducky gate, teddy bears and elves -- you just gotta see this house. And the best part -- Santa. Santa visits the porch every night from 5-9pm through December 23rd. He hopes to stay until 11pm on the 23rd so everyone who…
The past week or so, Wallyhood readers have been treated to posts about Gypsy Cafe and (sort of) Essential Baking. So, in the spirit of covering all the coffee shops in a single 2 block radius, we'd like to tell you about Solsticio at 34th & Stone Way. They're not strictly Wallingford -- but they're only a few feet on the wrong side of the boundary, so we'll think of them as Fremont-on-the-cusp-of-Wallingford. Solsticio opened October 1st in the old Speedy Reedy…
Lest there be any doubt that the Hollywood Video disappeared under a shroud, we need only check this sign Kerri spotted added to their window:
We're just a month away from our one year birthday here at Wallyhood, and we're kind of curious how we've been doing, and, more importantly, what we can do to make Wallyhood even more useful. To that end, we've created a short survey that we would very much appreciate it if you would respond to. It's just a dozen or so multiple choice questions, so it shouldn't take you more than a minute to answer, and, to properly incent you, we're…
The Wallingford Chamber of Commerce handed out their "Wally Awards" this past week to Chamber members for outstanding outstandingness. Including in the recipients was Wallyhood sponsor Bedrooms & More as well as once and future Wallyhood sponsor Fuerte Fitness. The winners were: Best New Business: Fuerte Fitness Best All-Around Business: a tie - Boys & Girls Club and Chutney's Restaurant Outstanding Service to the Community by a Business: Kris Murphy & Daniela Dombrowski, John L Scott Realty Outstanding Service to the…