Nancy Merrill has asked that, given the drought, we re-reminder you to water your trees. When the Lorax makes a request, with "tofu on top", no less, who are we to refuse? Will you pretty pretty please with tofu on top re-run the story about watering street trees? Our little planting strip forest is suffering . . . these be dry, sunny, warm and sky water-free weeks of late. Virtually impossible to over water, fun for the whole family. See if…
A week or so back, the Wallyhoods were taking a stroll through Lower West Wallingford (LoWeWa), when we passed an interesting house for sale. It was new construction with unusual ornateness to it, including, as we fogged the front windows, a glass ball on the banister. We admired the front-to-back kitchen / dining room with french doors at both ends, and the efficient built-in appliance and then decided to take our stroll to the back, to see more of the kitchen.…
A few weeks back we mentioned that Wide World Books and Maps changed ownership. In the post, we implied (because we thought) that the reason it was sold was that it was in trouble financially. Turns out it's doing quite well, thank you very much, the old owner was simply looking to retire (or at least "enter a new phase" in life), and was planning to close it if it couldn't be sold. Shortly after that post, we popped our heads…
We're happy to report that readers took to the challenge of developing a mnemonic to remember the order of Wallingford street names with relish. Read the comment section of the Wally Mnemonic post for the full set of suggestions (and to add your own). Our fave is Rob C's tweak of Doug's memorable and accurate: Seattle Is A City Where Drinking Weak Beer May Be Considered Somewhat Embarrassing There's a whole set of other great ones, though, including many taking the…
We're just absolute suckers for yard sales, garage sales, or, as we used to call 'em Back East, tag sales. It's not the buying, it's the rummaging. Think of it this way: it's an opportunity to connect with stranger using props from their life as conversational fodder. When you're done, hop on your bike and you can do it again. Awesome. So we're going to try an experiment this week: we're teaming up with the My Green Lake blog to offer…
While we're obviously big boosters of the Kiddie Parade, it's worth mentioning that there is another option for entertainment in the 'hood this coming Saturday morning: the Milk Carton Derby at Greenlake. Over 100 crafts deriving their buoyancy from milk cartons will be competing for $10,000 in prize money starting at 10 am. Struck with disbelief? Behold! And let's not forget that it's a charitable event, as well: Northwest Harvest and Seafair are partnering to collect food and financial donations at…
Sounds like the usual spate of door-to-door case-the-joint scams are making their way to Wallingford. Ed writes: Comcast scam - a couple of young men, one wearing a yellow vest and with a badge with his picture on it and "Comcast" cruised Meridian between 50th and 52nd this evening, about 6 p.m. They asked me if I was happy with my service. I'd just gotten a new box and it wasn't working and told them so. They replied that they couldn't…