Joan C. tipped us off to an energy efficiency program the EOS Alliance is offering Seattle residents. It sounds like they'll send a pro to do a full assessment of your home, inside and out, with recommendations for how to improve, and it's free. But there's a catch. They can't do everyone, so they're choosing which houses to provide the service to based on how many people from a single block apply. Here's the scoop: EOS Alliance is helping Seattle residents…
It's Gay Pride Weekend, Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and Wallingford is not going to let Capitol Hill have all the fun. Changes (2103 N. 45th St), our one and only gay bar, will be celebrating with some sort of tropical themed weekend, including a Pride Luau BBQ Celebration on Saturday, tropical drink specials and noon to 2 am happy hour all week (except Sunday, when you'll have to wait until 2 pm for happy hour). We've…
Barb Buril has a volunteer opportunity for you: be trash! Do you want to test your knowledge of the new city recycling rules? Do you get a warm feeling when you see food waste go to compost instead of landfill? Do you love using those trash grabbers to pick up things? We have a volunteer opportunity for you! This year the Wallingford Street Festival will have recycling / composting / garbage stations to reduce the amount of landfill waste generated. We…
We saw this note from Helen on the well-trafficked Green Lake Moms mailing list: Just got back from my Yogalife class and Michael announced he's signed a lease for a new space in Wallingford at 35th and Pacific. It'll open in September and he also mentioned they will be having classes for preschool age kids! Stay tuned for more details . . . sounds exciting! We had never heard of Yogalife ourselves, but The Google had: Yogalife has studios in Queen…
The Aurora Bridge will be closed this Saturday, June 27th from 6 am to 2 pm for the Rock and Roll Seattle: A Running Nirvana Marathon. Apparently, there are to be bands at various points along the route (although we suspect it may hurt your time to stick around a rock out for a few tunes) and there's some fitness expo associated with it, too. Don't look for us on the route. Just reading the web site left us out of…
Chris W. from Lower Wallingford sent us this photo of an oil painting nailed to a telephone pole. It's actually not the first time we've covered this particular piece of random Wallingford outdoor art. Back in January when this blog was born, a shot of this painting, along with a couple of its brethren, was our third post: Rogue Paintings. At the time, we asked if anyone knew who the artist was and how the paintings came to be nailed to…
When we heard last week that Bella Cosa was serving dinner on Saturday night, we wondered how they were going to pull it off. Last we knew, their full, professional kitchen lay on the far side of a daunting permitting process. So what's their secret? Read on! Hello from Bella Cosa, Last week's dinner was a such a success, we've decided to make this a regular thing, Saturday, June 27th we'll be offering a four-course dinner from 6 - 9pm (reservations…