Wallingford, Seattle

Two opportunities for movie watching in Wallingford this weekend. Murphy's, we're told, has started showing movies on their outdoor patio. Saturday will be the Big Lebowski. We don't know what time it starts, and we're feeling a bit lazy, but the phone number is 206.634.2110. And then, of course, we have Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies from 7:00 - 9:30 pm (tonight, Friday, natch). This week, it's all about intellectural property: Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age…

This post comes from our new (hopefully) regular contributor, Toby Kammer: If you live in Wallingford, Ballard or Fremont you’ve likely come across murals by Ryan Henry Ward.  Erika Bigelow took note of the murals and had a thought: can Henry help transform a bland grey retaining wall, which people walk by all the time en route to the Essential Baking Company, into something worthy of conversation? In two words the answer to Ms. Bigelow’s question: Space Lizards. These are the…

Let's not think of it as "stolen", let's think of it as "ephemeral art". And let's not think of those who stole it as thieves, let's think of them as "unknowing participants in a social experiment". Yes, after just two and a half days on the telephone pole, the Brave Little Painting, created by the Mystery Painter of Lower Wallingford and nailed to a pole on N Pacific, at the foot of Sunnyside (below 37th) by Barb B., has disappeared. The…

Michelle spotted one of the paintings created and donated by Lower Wallingford's Mystery Artist, nailed to a telephone pole at 41st and Corliss. Reports are that all the paintings offered were taken, so no viking funeral was required. However, Barb wrote: We finally got the nerve to post the next-to-last painting on N Pacific at the foot of Sunnyside – so I can watch from our house. Yesterday we sae three 20-something guys gingerly try to pull it off the telephone…

Every few weeks, we'd like to take a moment out to thank the local businesses that have offered their generous support for what we're trying to build here at Wallyhood. We just introduced a new sponsor (The Folk Store) yesterday, so there's one to thank, but we also want to extend a thank you to: Archie McPhee, who invite you to enjoy their new, expanded hours (Mon. - Sat. 9 am - 9 pm, Sun. 10 am - 7 pm) and…

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…