Wallingford, Seattle

We previously reported that Wallingford is expecting huge crowds this Fourth of July due to the cancellation of the only other in city fireworks display at Elliot Bay. Wallingford leaders were trying to rally local businesses to sponsor port-a-potties to help relieve the crowds as they streamed through our little 'hood. Since then, Kara, president of the Wallingford Chamber, told us the quest for port-a-potty sponsors is close to complete. Unfortunately, after weeks of pestering her, we've been unable to get…

Flashing blue and red lights in our dark hallway are never a good sign. Peered out the front window to see a handful of police cars out on the Ship Canal Bridge. We twittered, asking if anyone knew what was up. @dacort responded: There was a "Rescue Rope" earlier tonight (http://bit.ly/O0jUg), which usually means somebody was threatening to jump. :-\ The web site he links to is a live feed of 911 activity that includes this line: 6/22/2009 8:46:42 PM F090057597…

Just some quick reminders about all that Wallyhood offers: If you're on Twitter, we invite you to follow us at @Wallyhood. We tweet news from the around the neighborhood (often retweeted from the Wally's we follow) plus tweet reminders from the Wallingford Events Calendar we maintain. We maintain a calendar of goings on all around Wallingford. If you have an event that you'd like to see added, use the form on that page or send us an e-mail. We maintain some…

Our friends Monica and Jason mentioned to us that they're looking to rent a 3bd house in Wallingford. We'd love to have them in the neighborhood. We also noticed that there's been some talk in the Wallyhood Forums from people asking about housing and apartments in Wallingford (seeking and selling). All that housing talk jogged our memory, reminding us that Amy Singer, the building manager at Wallingford Center, was kind enough to give us a guided tour of the apartments that…

While it's great to hear that a whole host of kids previously on the waiting list for the John Stanford school next year now have slots, Rebecca notes that it does create a bit of anomaly in the neighborhood. Many kids from the previous year will see their older and younger peers head off to the neighborhood school each morning, but, because they entered kindergarten at the most competitive time, they'll bussed off elsewhere: The neighborhood will now experience a very…

Lettuce Link, the group that connects Seattleites with extra fruit on their trees with volunteers who harvest them and deliver them to food banks, is having an orientation meeting for volunteers on Tuesday, June 30th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at Solid Ground (1501 N. 45th St. Check their web site for additional orientation times in Phinney / Greenwood, Ballard, Capitol Hill and more). Some more info via Barb Burrill: In 2008, 14,000 pounds of pesticide-free plums, pears and apples were…

Reminder, Sunday's Wallingford Walk will take ambulators through four Wallingford urban farms, sporting chickens, goats and, compliments of yours truly, bees. We'll be opening up the hive to take a look inside, plus sampling some different honeys at our place. The walk starts at 1 pm at Tully's and continues through the neighborhood from there. See you tomorrow.