No, not selling blocks, but a block full of yard sales. The neighbors up around NE 63rd Ave and 1st Ave NE are holding a block-wide yard sale tomorrow, Saturday June 13th. For a few more garage sales in the neighborhood, the folks at My Green Lake have offered to put together a list and map of garage sales in their neighborhood each Friday. We love the idea. If there's interest in Wallingford, we'd be happy to do the same.
This sounds terrible! Jan wrote: This passive aggressive behavior is getting out of hand. While at QFC someone sprayed the nice lady that sells Real Change with mace. Seriously, what is that about? The police were there. Not sure if they got a good description of the person. That's not passive aggressive behavior, that's aggressive aggressive behavior. That woman has been there for years, greeting comers and goers with a smile and making her crafts. We hope she's alright, that whoever…
While getting a tour of the John Stanford International School to learn about their planned playground improvements (a story for another day), we found out something we didn't know: JSIS is the entry point for foreign elementary students new to the country. When a child moves from another country to Seattle, rather than just throwing them into a public school classroom and leaving them to figure out the whole system by themselves (e.g., the days are divided into periods, the school…
This week at Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies: Mad Chickens! Witness if you will Gallus Domesticus…the backyard chicken. A mere few pounds of feather, bone, and muscle; a creature regarded by many as a rather humorous, though not so intelligent agent of food production. And yet make note of a most singular phenomenon now taking shape across suburb and city. From backyard eggs to the family’s new favorite pet, the urban chicken is forging a fresh place in the pecking…
Chutney's in Wallingford Center (1815 N 45th St.) has opened a juice bar. They're selling fresh squeezed juices (carrot, orange, apple or pineapple) as well as lassi and other tasty drinks from a booth on their patio. On our way out of the Farmer's Market last night, Baby Z and Mr. Wallyhood shared a mango lassi, to both our great delight.
Not a Number Gifts (1905 N. 45th St) has about a dozen free passes for two to an advanced screening of Away We Go (written by David Eggers and Vandela Vida). The showing is tonight, Thursday, at 7 pm at the Guild 45th. We watched the trailer and found it heartwarming, whimsical and all that other stuff that seems to make for good date movies. Stop in, pick 'em up and enjoy.
Ellen reminded us that the Seattle Peace Concerts ("Rockin' the Pacific Northwest since 1981") are kicking off this Sunday, June 14th with a concert from noon to 6 pm at Lower Woodland Park Shelter 1. The line-up includes (in reverse order of appearance) Tangletown String Band, Don Glenn, Sourmash Stevedores, Lost River String Band, Baxter T Bleu, and Percy Hilo. The shows are all free, but attendees are encouraged to bring donations for the Northwest Harvest food bank. If you're interested…