Wallingford, Seattle

Robert writes: There is a new art school in Wallingford....4106 Stoneway N. next to Kuma Coffee and Design Tile. We're in the process of moving in..but we'll be ready for summer camps in June for students grades 1-8 (we're already half full!).  In the fall, we'll have classes for adults, children, and classes for a variety of different artistic levels. www.studio9arts.com Info on the summer camps is somewhat sparse, but it still looks like fun. Sessions topics include sci fi, dinosaurs,…

A new Seattle mayoral candidate has thrown his hat into the ring (joining the likes of Dan Savage), and this one's from...Wallingford! Joe Mallahan, a T-Mobile executive, declares: I have been a part of the leadership team at T-Mobile for the past 9 years. At the time I joined the company in March 2000, we had about 500 Seattle area employees and over $1 billion in losses. By the end of 2008, we had about 4,500 Seattle area employees and over…

Over at the Wallyhood homestead, we were entertaining relatives this weekend, and didn't make it to Tilth's Edible Plant Sale. Instead, we headed up to Swanson's, known for great selection and quality, albeit commensurate prices. Six varieities of tomatoes are safely enshrouded under a cloche, trailing rosemary has replaced dead rock rose, cilantro is nestled amongst tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, lettuce and peas are planted, and there's even a sprig of cat nip for our geriatric feline. Don't have your garden settled…

And God said unto Noah, . . . Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it…

It's always heartwarming to see Americans, so often stereotyped as self-centered and xenophobic, embrace the cherished aspects of other cultures as if they were their own. Today, for example, millions of Americans will take to the streets to show their respect for Mexican culture by celebrating the Mexican army's unlikely defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, Cinco de Mayo. While many Americans will express their multiculturalism by drinking themselves blind on Corona, Tecate and…

Just in moments ago (via Twitter), Maria Hines of Wallingford's Tilth Restaurant has just won Best Chef in the Northwest at the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards. Congratulations, Maria!

More progress on the new Archie McPhee store posted to Flickr: Oh, the insensitivity! Don't they know about Wallingford's terrible history of escaped monkeys?