Wallingford, Seattle

Travel and Leisure Magazine has realized what we've known all along: Wallingford has some great eats. Their annual 50 Best New U.S. Restaurants list has given the nod to Wallingford's Joule: One of the city’s most disarmingly personal spots is Joule, which resembles a petite Continental café that just happens to serve both esoteric sparkling sakes and Korean kimchi. After bonding in the kitchen of Alain Ducasse in New York, Seoul-born Rachel Yang and her half-Tunisian husband Seif Chirchi moved west…

We first mentioned this a month back (It’s flooding…comic books!), but it's coming up, so it bears repeating: get your free, that's right, free comic books at Comic Dungeon (250 NE 45th Street) this Saturday, May 2nd. They'll be celebrating Free Comic Day, a nation-wide event where comic stores give-it-away: Free comics for everyone! Including first print stories on Green Lantern:Blackest Night, The Avengers and great reprinted stories from Aliens and Predator, Little Lulu, Korgi, Johnny Boo, Transformers, Sonic The Hedgehog, and…

We don't ordinarily do "Lost and Found" as posts (but encourage you to use the Forums for them). However, this one can't be passed over. Mehal wrote: I found a 6-foot crucifix on 39th and Stone.  Is there any lost-and-found in Wallingford that I should turn it in to?  If not, is there a contact in the police department I should report this to? Police department? No, no, no. Separation of church and state, after all. But, if the Bishop of…

Maybe that monkey never would have escaped from the zoo (see Where's my organ grinder?) if the zoo had provided some chillaxin music in the cages. Zoo Tunes to the rescue! Phinneywood has the line-up: Wed., June 17 - The B-52s ($27) Wed., June 24 - Mavis Staples with special guest Allen Toussaint ($19) Wed. & Thurs., July 1 & 2 - Three Girls and their Buddy featuring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin & Buddy Miller ($36) Wed., July 15 -…

We've always been curious about that brick building at the corner of 42nd Ave NE and Meridan Ave. School? Apartment? Jail? Artist studios! And we hear from Michelle that four of the artists will be holding an open house / art sale this weekend, Friday May 1st 6 - 9pm and Saturday May 2nd 11am - 8pm: Michelle Rak:  Leather Handbags (below right), Aprons and Handmade soap Janusz Pozniak: Blown Glass (below left) Heather Kraft: Reclaimed vintage china Rachel Rader:  Glass…

The last issue of the Wallpaper notes that the Wallingford Community Council board elections are coming up on Thursday, May 28th. Board president Mary Heim writes: Our annual meeting is coming up soon. At the meeting, we will have our Board election. Current nominations are: President—Mary Heim, Vice President—Jon DeLeeuw, Secretary—Cathy Tuttle, Treasurer—Jason Moll, At Large 1—Lee Edlefsen, At Large 3— Eric Fisk. If you are interested in serving as a board member, please contact me at [email protected]. Could be you.

On our way back from Guemes Island this weekend, the Wallyhood family primly passed Starbucks, eschewing the corporate behemoth for a "little guy" stand. We were rewarded with two cups of warmish milk tasting mildly of burnt coffee. Given our obviously self-destructive behavior, it should come as no shock that we're no fans of the Starbucks Coffee and Lifestyle MegaCorp. That said, we're also no fans of empty storefronts, so it was unfortunate to hear that the Starbucks at the corner…