Wallingford, Seattle

Did you know there are not one, but two Senator Murray's? There's Senator Patty Murray, who represents Washington State in the United States Senate, and Senator Edward B. Murray, who represents the 43rd Legislative District in Olympia. That's us, people! Check out the 43rd Legislative District Map if you doubt it. So guess who's coming to the Hamilton International Middle School Auditorium (at Lincoln) Sunday, March 29th at 2 pm for a Town Hall Discussion? NOT Senator Patty Murray! Right, the…

The Wallingford ENews came out last week, and with it the (unofficial) Wallingford Residential Burglary Report for February, compiled by Dianne Horswill. It notes that total reported car prowls are down to 20 for February, an improvement over previous months (unless, as she notes, you are one of the 20). Snippets from the blotter, below, include the discovery of a now defunct Wallingford pot farm. Now, with that gone, where are people going to get the Wallingford Waui? 02/06 3900blk Latona…

The results are in! As previously reported (here and here), Amazon Fresh's delivery service had Wallingford's Fightin' 98105 pitted against 98034 (chumps), 98053 (losers) and 98056 (Renton!) for the honor of allowing them to sell their groceries to us. And the winner is.... 98105!!!! Wooo! Woooo! We are the champions, we are the champions, OF THE WORLD!!! Take that 98056! In your FACE! Seriously, we hear good things about the quality of the produce, and anything that keeps us from staring…

This one stretched our borders a bit, as it's going on in neighboring Fremont, but it's being put on by Wallingford's own Hollow Earth Radio, who we profiled back in the blog's early days: March 27: Fremont Abbey:: 8:00 pm Seattle Phonographers Union, ST Rainbow, Sweet Potatoes. A night of field recordings & found sound. BRING A PILLOW AND BLANKETS $8 It's part of the Magma Festival, a "month long music orgy to support Hollow Earth Radio". Pillows and blankets? Music…

Just curious, did any readers attend the Community Pancake Breakfast at the Wallingford Community Senior Center this morning? We dined at home (french toast from Essential Baking's Rosemary Diamante, real maple syrup, Gimme Lean faux sausage on the side, and a splash of Bailey's in our coffee, if you must know), but we've always been curious what it's like.