How is it that Stone Way Hardware was celebrating its 22nd (23rd?) anniversary today with a dunking booth and not only did we not know, but nobody has sent us any pictures (photo at right is from elsewhere)? Who got dunked? And what kind of cool dunking booth could you make if you were a hardware store? What's a blog gotta do? (Thanks Ed P. for the tip!)
KIRO ran a story last night on Thursday's mace attack on Mary Varhley, the Real Change vendor who we often see sitting in a lawn chair outside of QFC. Because the attack came from behind, Mary didn't get a look at the attacker, but believes it was "someone who was begging for money across the street", according to KIRO. The comments section of the previous post has some perspectives on the attack.
We just heard about this, get a move on before it's too late! Free entrance to the Henry Art Gallery (15th Ave NE & 41st St) if you ride your bike there tonight: With the days getting longer and the evenings getting warmer now is the perfect time to hop on your bike, trike, or uni & head to the Henry. We’re happy to announce our new evening hours with this special Bike Friday kick-off event! We’ve got your favorite summer…
Sounds like the McDonald School Project is wrapping up their Phase 1: This is a reminder to please join us Saturday, June 13th for the Friends of McDonald School celebration and fun festival. We will be celebrating and thanking all who've generously donated time and funding -- including the 80 people who turned out May 30th for cleanup and installation. We're excited to celebrate the "Phase 1" improvements to the playground area this coming Saturday. The play fields are sparkling with new…
Sounds like new things are up at the old Gypsy Trader. Our new Lower Wallingford correspondent Chris W. sends in this report: The old Gypsy Trader & Gypsy Java Cafe (now the Gypsy Cafe) at Stone Way and 35th is hosting a sidewalk sale this weekend, 6/13 and 6/14 from 9am - 3pm. They're located in the original Archie McPhee spot, right across Stone Way from the Pacific Inn. According to the Gypsy Cafe's Facebook page, new owners Debbie Galassi and…
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…