When we were in high school, a friend of ours was something of a musical prodigy. He'd learn the piano part for the school musical just by listening to it on his car tape deck on the way to the show and we remember one night sneaking our way into a jazz open-mic jam session at a local bar filled with grizzled old bluesman. After Jamie played, there were suddenly all these old men pressing their phone numbers into his palm,…
Last month, we posted a reader's question asking how one goes about holding a block party (including getting city permission to close off the block). For those of you who didn't read the comments, here's the skinny: There is a city-sponsored "Night Out Against Crime" coming up August 4th, where they're encouraging people across the city to hold block parties and stay out late, talk to neighbors and not break into each other's cars. If you're interested in organizing one for…
My Green Lake reports that Milk Carton Derby was a big success: Most notably, 500 pounds of food and $500 was donated to Northwest Harvest. It was a bit windy out (though talk about luck with the weather considering today’s rain) so we found it most exciting to watch the boats battle to stay behind the starting line until “Ready! Set! Go!” From the looks of it, there were some great floats afloat: Unfortunately, we couldn't attend the Kiddie Parade, but…
We saw this photo (by SRDaly) appear recently in the Wallingford Flickr Pool, but it took a while to figure out where in Wallingford it is. How about you?
SDOT says: A contractor working for a private development will close North Pacific St to through traffic between Meridian and Bagley avenues on July 14 and 15 to repair street pavement following work on underground utilities. The street will be closed from 7 a.m. on Tuesday, July 14 until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, to provide time for the concrete to cure.
As promised, we present our map of the garage sales around the Wallingford / Green Lake area this weekend: View Wallingford / Green Lake Garage Sales in a larger map Our pick o' the week: 3645 Interlake Avenue North: Furniture, Luggage, Books, Displays, Antiques, Kitchen, Collectibles, Antique Steamer Trunk, Household, DeWalt Radial Arm Saw, DeWalt Shop-vac, Antique Cradle, Lighting, Shelving, Sewing Machine, 15 Foot Submarine, and much more! They're selling a submarine, people, a submarine! If you live in Wallingford and…
Nick sent us a link to this fun time lapse video of Wallingford Ave on the Fourth of July from the Seattle Times: