Apparently, cut off from their spraypaint supplies, the city's taggers and vandals have moved on to textiles! The My Green Lake blog is hot on the trail of insidious plot to enshroud our city in renegade sweaters: We found two more guerilla knit cozies this evening! The tree cozy is just south of Ashworth and the pedestrian crossing sign cozy is at Kenwood. So between these and the street sign cozy at 64th, you can take a mini art walk on…
Nick writes: So I live on 43rd St just off of Stone Way. Last week, my fellow apartment dwellers and I discovered some unfortunate news. Our landlord plans to demolish our buildings and the one next door that houses the somewhat new "Oom Yung Doe" dojo to build a huge, '4 story, 92 unit apartment building with floor retail and below grade parking'. You know one of those ugly buildings popping up everywhere and not finding any tenants or retail to…
You hear it from us all the time: buy local, buy local. Well, it's not always a good idea. One of the advantages of buying local is that you can form relationships with your providers and get to know them. It's important to remember this: the point is to get to know them so you know whether to trust them. Or not. Case in point: We were watching Twitter a few weeks ago, and saw someone mention that she been told…
You live somewhere for 16 years and learn something new about it every day. Here's a tip that just came in from Eunice: Wallyhood - I don't think you've covered Pangaea Organic coffee roasters. We discovered them while eating at Sutra. Apparently they roast fair trade organic coffee for Sutra and then walk it over in glass jars - about as sustainable as you can get. They roast coffee twice a week and deliver FOR FREE to 98103 addresses. That means…
The Wallingford Chamber is partnering with the Fremont Chamber to host several Seattle mayoral candidates at a picnic in Gas Works Park this Wednesday, June 17th from noon to 2 pm. From the Fremont Chamber's web site, which seems to have more info than Wallingford's: Join the Fremont and Wallingford Chambers as well as the North Seattle Industrial Association & Aurora Merchants as We Meet The Candidates. Mayoral, City Council and City Attorney Candidates will be present to chat with you…
Maybe that's the wrong title for this post. Our intent isn't to create an us and them with this post, but rather to give voice to some residents who have been writing in with a common concern: the balance between nightlife and the quiet life. Some sample mails we've received lately include this from KBJB: I've got a question for masses to weight in: What are the merits of having night clubs like Babalu and Monsters Lounge situated in residential neighborhoods…
The Seattle Weekly has a fun slideshow of photos shot in Wallingford by photographer Jenney Jimenez. Click below to check it out: