Wallingford, Seattle

Amber over at Hollow Earth Radio writes: I produce a weekly show based around Northwest music & stories (past & present) called "The Seaport Beat" on HER every Wednesday from 10am-Noon.  I am collecting sounds, interviews, & music for an upcoming show that will be based on my neighborhood, Wallingford. I want to get suggestions about field recordings that I should capture from Wallingford (i.e. sounds that keep you up at night, the woodpecker that has stationed itself in your backyard,…

Ever wonder about those "Apple Maggot Quarantine Area: Do Not Transport Home Grown Fruit" signs you see heading north on I-5 and east on 522? Ever make you feel a tetch skitchy living in a Quarantine Area? Come learn what you can do to control the dreaded apple maggot in your own backyard. Lily writes: I am organizing an I.P.M. Workshop at the Good Shepherd Center this Sunday morning, May 24th from 9 am to 11 am which will teach people…

For those of you who missed it, yesterday 2009 inaugural Wallingford Farmer's Market was splendid! Some highlights: Bought a jar of freshly packed pickled asparagus. Memorial Day + Pickled Aspagarus + Bloody Mary = Wonderful Chatted with Carrie from Growing Washington, a collection of local organic farms that are offering a "local choice food box": Each week, you jump on their web site and pick the vegetable, fruits and herbs that are fresh and ripe, they put together a box for…

Christine writes that traffic should be slowing down on 40th (in the "don't speed so near my children" sense, not the "OMG, it's like 45th St at rush hour sense"): "They" (traffic cops? whatever) have set up one of those "You are going X mph" devices on 40th! it is located just west of Bagley--measuring speed of drivers going east on 40th. Hopefully this will lead to something about people driving WAY too fast on all the streets around here. :-)

Probably too late to do anyone anything about it, but Seattle mayoral candidate and ex-Sonic James Donaldson is meeting and greeting at Not A Number on 45th right now. He's really, really tall.

Reminder: Wallingford Farmer's Market begins in 1 hour at Wallingford Center (3 - 7 pm, Wednesday). Also, we got to give it to Janey, who reminded us in the comments of our last post (Wallingford Farmer's Market) that just because some produce wasn't picked today, that doesn't mean it's not local: remember that the frozen blueberries were probably grown by Siddhu farms in Puyallup (maybe better bought in the fall, but great to add to smoothies or hot cereals), and the…

We did a little wardrobe check and realized that after years of constantly culling our t-shirt drawer, we finally managed to cut eliminate all the t-shirts we never wore...leaving none. Time to replenish. So how about a little neighborhood pride, show the colors: a Wallingford t-shirt? Molly Moon's has been selling a simple and attractive design for some time now, just the word Wallingford with a star. The Wallingford Chamber of Commerce also has plans underway for a t-shirt in time…