Ian recently wrote us: My wife and I were walking home from the Rusty Pelican last night around 8:30. Some homeless guy was walking behind us getting closer and closer and he started shouting obscene comments to my wife. After 20 seconds she stopped (she's from DC so has a shorter fuse than me). I told the guy that I didn't appreciate him talking to my wife in this manner and that I would appreciate it if he…
When we travelled Europe recently, we spent a fair amount of time in Hawaii couchsurfing with locals instead of paying for expensive hotels. Cost savings aside, it's an amazing when to get to "know the natives" and helps get you out of the tourist ghettos. How did we hook up? Couchsurfing.com, naturally. You fill out a profile and use it to find people in each town who are willing to host. It's all free, with people hosting for the pleasure of…
Wallyhood spent our Sunday in our garden, prepping for the arrival of 10,000 bees later this week (more on that later), so we weren't able to attend the Town Hall Meeting with Sen. Murray. If a reader did attend, we'd appreciate a summary or perspective on what turn-out was like and what was covered. Much obliged.
Wallingfordites are a hearty lot, it must be said. Despite the rain, somewhere close to a 100 people showed up on Saturday to symbolically move Tweedy and Popp from their old locale to their new. While it's true that the move was symbolic (it's going to take longer than half an hour to move the whole hardware store, even with the Wallingford Bucket Brigade), it was good fun, especially for the assortment of items we passed hand-to-hand: garden gnomes, spinning flowers,…
We've noticed that people have been using the comments section to start conversations. It seems a shame that neighbors would have to wait for some relevant post here to start a conversation with their neighbors, so today we're proudly introducing Wallyhood Forums, discussion areas where Wallingford residents (and Friends of Wallingfords) can chat and get to know eachother. Go ahead, click on the Forums links in the navbar at the top and sign in. We've designated areas for general conversation, gardening,…
The signs were all there. From her perch across the street at Chocolati, Mandy L. noticed "40 - 70% off" signs in Bella Cosa's window. Then Christine tweeted us: bella cosa under new management...no more salumi meats or imported cannoli cream. sniff sniff Now, Rachel F. has given us the full story, forwarded from Bella Cosa's mailing list: As most of you already know, Bella Cosa is under new ownership. My wife and I have purchased the business from Lin and…
Reminder: tomorrow, 11 am at Tweedy and Popp, there will be a bucket brigade passing merchandise hand-to-hand from their old location to their new digs in Wallingford Center. The Seattle P-I reports that Molly Moon will be handing out coupons and Al comments that Trophy will also be handing out cupcakes. Free ice cream and cupcakes! Come on down to Wallingford and get your chub on!