Goat Milk and Mastic

Ever since we heard that Fainting Goat Gelato (1903 45th St) was planning to buy local, Washington goat's milk to make goat milk gelato (in addition to the organic cow's milk gelato they sell now), we've been in there at least twice a week to pester the Yalcin family: "Do you have goat's milk yet?", "How about now?", "Yet?" While we were interested in goat milk gelato because of its kindness to the lactose intolerant, we were also just curious about…

Continue ReadingGoat Milk and Mastic

Civility

We love you. No, really, we do. Why? Simple stuff. For example, take a look at the comments section the recent Noise vs Neighbors post. A potentially flame war in the making as the peace-and-quiet clan squared off against the vibrant-nightlife crew. But did Wallyhood readers wade into fiery tussle of name-calling and chest pounding? Nope, just a bunch of folks offering their opinion about where the balance should be and, it seemed, listening to each other and offering suggestions. And…

Continue ReadingCivility

Wanted!

Sounds like there was a break in at Dick's last month, and they have pictures of the perp on their windows. We stopped in for a sundae this evening and snapped a picture of this wanted sign: Reward money payable in cash or burgers.

Continue ReadingWanted!

Common Street Trash

(This is a guest post from Greg Porter. If you're interested in writing, please drop us a line. All voices from the community are welcome.) I'm talking about actual trash here - paper cups, plastic bags, coffee lids, newspaper, etc. While Seattle is admittedly one of the cleaner U.S. cities I've lived in, there's no denying we still have our share of litter. We also have a bit of unintentional litter. Stuff that blew out of the back of a truck…

Continue ReadingCommon Street Trash

Joule: A Love Story

We thought we had a sci-fi story. Turns out, it's a love story. John from Not A Number mentioned to us that he had heard that Rachel Yang, chef-owner of Joule (1913 45 St), had been invited to cook at Richard Branson's estate in the Virgin Islands. Knowing Branson's involvement in commercial space flight, we quickly deduced that Yang would be rocketed from Boeing field through the stratosphere to a secret space dock on an uncharted volcanic Carribean island with a…

Continue ReadingJoule: A Love Story

No Liquor Store Update

So's ya knows, we pinged Anne Radford of the Washington State Liquor Control Board to see if she had an update on finding a new home for the liquor store Archie McPhee's replaced. Her answer: Not yet…we are still reviewing sites. We're still hoping Archie McPhee will start selling bathtub gin under the counter to tide us over.

Continue ReadingNo Liquor Store Update

I-5 Noise Abatement Update

From club noise to car noise, Wallyhood is your one stop shop for noise news. This comes fresh from the WSDOT: Update on ceiling treatment test planned on I-5 Ship Canal Bridge next year There are multiple sources of traffic noise entering neighborhoods around the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge. This makes addressing noise in this area a unique challenge. Consequently, we are evaluating new and innovative noise reduction options that could be used to reduce traffic noise from the I-5 Ship…

Continue ReadingI-5 Noise Abatement Update