Crime Watch

Brian recently posted a comment on an old post about car prowls asking if the neighborhood was still having issues: This thread went cold back in April. Over the months since we were the victims of a car prowler in early April, my level of vigilance has definitely increased. That being said, I haven’t heard much lately about either the car prowl/home burglary issue or the police response to it. Is crime down a bit recently? How have people responded to…

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Kidical Mass Friday

Kidical Mass, the semi-regular kid-friendly bike ride organized by our friends over at Totcycle, will be making its way through Wallingford tomorrow. Kids, parents and kid-friendly adults will convene Friday, July 17th at 5:30 pm at Wallingford field for a 6:00 pm launch time. The ride will take the convoy up through Tangletown over to Greenlake, where sweaty cyclists can enjoy a dip in the lake or a BYO-picnic dinner (or pop over to Tacos Guaymas for some take out). Leave…

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Lower Woodland Gets $5M Facelift

Continuing a trend of park improvements, Lower Woodland Park is due for an upgrade, and Mayor Nickels will be on hand next Thursday, July 23rd noon - 12:30 pm between fields # and #2 to kick down the inaugural shovel: Please join Mayor Greg Nickels and Seattle Parks and Recreation as we mark the beginning of construction for Lower Woodland Playfields  #2 and #7. This project, funded by the 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy, is one of Mayor Nickels’ Seattle…

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Food Lifeline Frenzy

Brownen Carpenter of Bella Cosa writes: For the next week (7/15/09 - 7/22/09), Bella Cosa will be collecting food items and monetary donations to benefit Food Lifeline as a part of their annual Food Frenzy event (the firm I work for, The Portico Group is competing and Bella Cosa is helping).  Bella Cosa is also donating a gift basket that will be raffled off for $1 a ticket. Drop off some dough, pick up some bread.

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E.N.D.

A few weeks back, we put out a call asking readers to offer up their reviews of some local restaurants. Our first response comes from Toby Kammer, who covers Elemental Next Door (Elemental's more casual next-door neighbor). Elemental Next Door (3309 Wallingford Ave N) is understated in true Seattle fashion.  This is not the sort of place that you'll see advertised from the freeway.  It is a little like a lake you find when you veer off of your normal I-90…

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Welcome Sponsor: The Folkstore

Wallyhood would like to offer a warm welcome and thank you to our newest sponsor, The Folkstore. Tucked away behind the shade of a green maple on Roosevelt Ave, the Folkstore has that what-ya-see-is-what-ya get Appalachian sensibility that makes sense anywhere you can find it: it's a music store, operated by a musician for musicians, buying and selling musical instruments, books, strings and all manner of musical necessity. There's just nothing to argue with about that. While a Seattle Times article…

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