Just outside on our border, but impacting our travel, there's road work planned for tomorrow on the northbound I-5 entrance ramp at 45th St: SDOT paving crews will work tomorrow, October 9, in the right hand, northbound lane of Seventh Avenue NE at NE 45th Street, at the on-ramp to northbound I-5. During this work, general traffic headed for I-5 will use the HOV lane to get to the on-ramp. The paving crews plan to work from 7 a.m. to 3:30…
Teresa sent in a great list of web resources and phone numbers to use when you come across something unsafe or illegal around the neighborhood (e.g., graffiti, prostitution, illegal dumping, etc.). We've added it to the Wallingford Resources page under "Safety".
Stand down people. Pull the nails from the plywood hastily hammered to your windows, stow your shotguns and emerge from your rough hewn basement shelters. We just heard from Freddy that the Rancho Bravo will be re-opened at 11 am today. You're safe.
The last Wallingford Art Walk of 2009 is tomorrow, Wednesday October 7th. The weather is supposed to be clear, so get yourself on out of your house and take a stroll. The Wallingford Art Walk web site lists some of the goings on, click the image at right to check it out.
(Sharon continues her Notes from the Playground series) The official start of fall may have been last week but now it feels like the real deal. A little rain here and there, mixed in with crisp blue bird days that feel refreshing yet cozy at the same time. Fall is my favorite season in Seattle. I love going on evening walks, hearing the sound of autumn leaves crunching beneath my feet as I savor a hot cup of coffee and watch…
These last weeks, we've enjoyed watching as a flock of birds (black, flecked with iridescence, long narrow beaks: anyone know what they are?) have been grabbing grapes from our arbor, carrying them to our neighbor's rooftop, then pecking at them madly as they roll down the pitched slope, bouncing off the gutter and hurtling to the ground (the grapes, that is...the birds are more about flying than hurtling). That bird-watching has given us time to notice the high quality gutter our…
Saw this posted by Mcoughlin in the Wallingford Flickr pool. How did we not know about this? We love random outdoor art! Who can tell us where it is? We aim to sit it pronto!