Wallingford, Seattle

The Seattle Municipal Archives have uploaded another cool photo to the Wallingford Flickr Pool, this one of Gas Works, c. 1966. The city acquired the land in 1962, but it wasn't opened as a park until 1975.

We could have sworn there was a house right across the street from Mosaic just yesterday!

All of Wallingford seemed to be out and in good cheer last night for that once a month combo - Farmer's Market followed by Art Walk. At the market, we picked up a pound of Olsen's grass fed ground beef, a jar of rare star thistle honey and earful of Paul Dorpat's deliciously quirky sense of humor. From there, we caught up with Amy from Wallingford Center (those apartments we told you about have been rented), checked out some cool monkey…

One of our biggest gripes about Seattle is the lack of good street food. You visit so many other cities, and there are vendors selling delicious food on street corners wherever you go. Seattle? Nada lotta. Thus, it's good to see at least one spot open here in Wallingford: Saucisse Kabir is selling hot dogs in front of Babalu on the corner of 45th St and Wallingford Ave on Wednesdays (to coincide with the farmer's market and art walk) and weekends…

Jakey sent in this link to last night's Colbert Report segment on the lawsuit seeking to stop Seattle's Fourth of July fireworks display. Colbert, as usual, makes some excellent points, especially regarding the relative pros and cons on underground benzene plumes.

Last week, we mentioned that Fainting Goat was now serving organic goat's milk gelato with mastic, a spice grown only in Turkey and Greece. We finally had a chance to stop in and try int last night, and it's two thumbs up. It's much less sweet than their other gelatos, with a more creamy richness. It's difficult to describe the mastic: spicy, a hint of mint but definitely its own flavor. Highly recommend trying it, not only because it's delicious, but…

Big night in Wallingford tonight, as our once a month Art Walk (6 - 9 pm) coincides with our once a week Farmer's Market (3 - 7 pm). At the market, this week’s 4pm demonstration chef will be Amy McCray of Eva’s Restaurant and Wine Bar (2227 N 56th) and remember, if you bring something you bought at the market to Bella Cosa, they will take up the challenge and turn it into a dish with other ingredients on hand (see…