WSDOT (that's pronounced whiz-dot, in case you're curious) sez: During the early morning this Sunday you may notice some extra activity on the Interstate 5 Ship Canal Bridge. Our maintenance crews will be out there replacing portions of the glare screen between the north and southbound lanes on the bridge from 4 a.m. to 10 a.m, Sunday Nov. 8. To keep drivers and workers safe crews will close the left lane of northbound I-5 on the top deck of the bridge…
If the ongoing construction at the QFC is giving you that jonesin' feeling for the big old Wallingford sign, you can sate your craving over at Paul Dorpat's blog. He's got a short and pleasant retrospective of the sign, including this fine shot from Back in the Day.
Is there any air sweeter than the gusty blow of a lightning storm? Maybe it's the ionized air, maybe it's just the primal power of it, but when that wind blows, we can't help but tumble out into it. And wasn't Thursday night a doozy? Around 8 pm, we pulled a rainsuit on Baby Z and wandered out into the bluster, stopped to chat with our neighbor John, ambled over to the John Stanford School and generally opened our nose to…
Reminder: this Saturday, November 7th, 11 am - 8 pm, is the Couch Fest Films film festival, a series of films shown in people's living rooms across Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, the U District and Ravenna. Each location will have its own genre of short films playing in rotation throughout the day, so hop on a bike and check out a few. We're not sure whether it's cool to help yourself to something from the fridge, though. The map of locations…
We want to send out a quick thank you to all the folks who have stepped up to sponsor Wallyhood: Find A Dog Walker: Despite it’s name, this matchmaking service won’t just help you find someone to keep Fido’s legs stretched and healthy, they also help find pet sitters and the like. It’s a nation-wide service, but founded and run out of our own ‘hood. And if you're a dogwalker, mention the promo code "Wallyhood" to get a second year free!…
(Sharon's Notes from the Playground) I took my daughter to the park today – pretty typical excursion, baby swings, watching other babies, waving at shadows. All fun stuff for a 7 month old. After maybe fifteen minutes or so, we meandered around the big play structure and I was struck by something, or maybe more accurately, a lack of something: there was a big void where the monkey bars used to be. At first I thought I had just missed them.…
Sounds like there was a power outage last night in parts of Wallingford (or, as the Seattle City Light web site prefers to refer to it, "the Fremont and Ballard neighborhoods"; thanks for the link Rob). Cause is unknown, but Chris W. notes that the My Ballard comments on the incident have some people reporting a loud bang just prior to the outage. Forrest took advantage of the opportunity to check out the neighborhood after dark, so to speak: When the…