Wallingford, Seattle

When we were young, we spent a spring and summer in Washington, DC, a town known both for its political intrigue and its oppressive, humid heat. Being a cost (and environmentally) conscious college student, we found a simple alternative to air conditioning: the grocery store. Many a stifling afternoon found us cheerfully, slowly strolling the aisles of the local IGA, reading labels, chatting with stockers, and simply standing peacefully in the frozen food section. A trip to the Museum of Modern…

(This week's market report comes from Chris Witwer) In the mid-70’s my grandfather grew watermelons and cantaloupes on his Midwestern farm.  When I was tall enough and strong enough to help out in the late summer, we’d go pick those melons, and toss them in the back of his yellow and white striped pick-up truck. Then we'd drive to the town square to sell them to our “neighbors” – if the word neighbor can be used to describe someone who might live…

Two Lost signs from Wallingford Park this past weekend: Come on, how could you hold on to an iPod Touch knowing someone with such excellent handwriting lost it?

Harley answers queries on the QFC: Sources tell us at Wallyhood that the big QFC remodel we covered back in March (here and here) is officially slated to start August 8. We figured something was up when we saw the rent-a-command-center hiding out in the parking lot (right). We reached out to Kristin Mass, the QFC Public Affairs Director, with a few questions. We were particularly interested in impact to the neighborhood. With regards to the location of the construction, Kristin…

Next week, from Monday August 3rd to Friday August 7th, is Stories from the Community week on Wallyhood. That's right, all week, we're going to be running stories written by you, people from Wallingford. Why? Because we're going on vacation! Aaaanndddd....because from the beginning, it's been the goal of this blog to help people from the community get to know each other, to make us feel more like a community. And what better way to get to know each other than…

If you've been wondering what all those paintings that have been going up on telephone poles around Wallingford look like, Greg sent in a photo of one he recently spotted that we haven't shown before: a href="http://www.wallyhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/poleart.JPG"> On Wallingford Ave, between 36th and 37th.

At the risk of turning Wallyhood into the PNN (Park News Network), we share with you one more story today about park improvements around the 'hood, this one to the playground on the south end of the John Stanford school. The story starts off a bit like an after-school special: some years ago, a precocious 5th grader (as all the fifth graders at that school seem to be) approached the principal with a complaint: the playground was too small, and as…