Wallingford, Seattle

The old media is taking a beating. First, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ceased its print operation, then the Christian Science Monitor followed suit, and now, in a final blow, the Wallpaper has announced it will merge with the Wallingford eNews: A few members [of the Wallingford Community Council] still request the Wallpaper by mail, but most find it in their email inbox, typically along with the Wallingford Enews. Why two different, often overlapping publications for Wallingford news? There doesn’t seem to be…

We know what you've been thinking. Your house is well appointed, everything in its place, comfy, warm and inviting. And yet...there is one spot that feels a bit empty. And you've got this nagging worry: "what if a dozen people, connected one to the other at the hip, were to show up and want to sit down? Where would I seat them?" Never fear! Frequent Wallyhood tipster Alan writes that the Woodland Park Presbyterian Church is selling its pews, and you…

The Friends of McDonald School (a group dedicated to improving the playground at the McDonald School on Latona Ave NE and 54th St NE) is holding a ribbon cutting this Saturday, April 25th at 10 am for their new basketball hoop: On the westside of the school a fabulous new basketball hoop will be installed - regulation everything - bring your hightops and your b-ball moves and have some celebratory food too! We'll be skying around the rim. (Thanks Alan for…

If you're a Wallingford walker, you must have seen him: every day, 70-ish gentleman walking about the neighborhood, snapping pictures of the seemingly ordinary. And if you're like us, you've been thinking "that man is obviously planning a terrorist attack against Wallingford cherry trees and sidewalk cracks!" But no, it turns out that man is Paul Dorpat, the very same Paul Dorpat whose Thumbnail History of Wallingford we have frequently consulted, the very same Paul Dorpat who's published 12 books about…

This Saturday is Wallingford Clean-up Day and you've got two, yes count them, two opportunities to participate: 10 am - 2 pm at the Wallingford Neighborhood Office (2100 N. 45th St, behind Tully's, door faces Meridian) to join the clean-up with the the WNO. They will provide: tools, litter pick-up bags, waste pick ups, grabbers, gloves, and safety vests for those working in/on streets and ramps. Starting at 10 am, the East Wallingford Hot Tub Association will be reprising its clean-up…

The old Loki Cafe spot (2114 N 45th Street) has been empty since August, and guessing what's going to replace it has become something of a parlor game in Wallingford: a new Thai restaurant? Lunchbox Laboratory? Condos? In the hopes of getting some answers, we contacted Kate Perry, the Marketing Coordinator for Chow Foods (who operate The 5 Spot, The High Life, Coastal Kitchen, Atlas and others, and who we understand hold the lease). She replied: Thanks for getting in touch.…

We managed to peel ourselves off from work today long enough to stroll the Earth Day celebration in Wallingford. There was a marimba band playing music (from Hamilton Middle School), chalk, folks in costumes, kids, laughter, free cookies, and all sortsa Earth Day happitude. Congrats to Sustainable Wallingford for organizing! Is that Flat Stanley on the right?