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The hotline has been buzzing with questions about the Proposed Land Use Action sign that sprouted up in front of QFC last week, and speculation has been rampant: 4 story grocery store / apartment monstrosity? Underground missile silo? Jeff went the extra mile and dug up the application on the DPD's web site, but it's short on details. We tried calling the phone number on the PLU sign, but they simply referred us to the QFC, who didn't respond. Unable to…
Nobody who passes the festering pit at the corner of 40th and Stone Way can help but wonder what is going on (and even to feel a bit wistful for the Safeway that once stood there, dilapidated as it was at the end). So what's going on? Does reader Cammi have the right idea: mega-swimming pool? No such luck. The Seattle Times has a good brief history of the hole, leading to the existing plan for a single structure that blends…
Wallyhood has an apple tree and a peach tree in our yard. You're welcome to the fruit, but only if we get any. This past year: nada. Zilch. It could have been the lousy weather (our normally fecund tomato plants were near barren) but we suspect our poor pruning skills may be to be blame as well. That's why we were so delighted to hear from Barb that help is on the way: Bob Baines, senior gardener of Seattle Parks Department,…
Wallingford's own Joule got a shout-out in the Wall Street Journal last week in an article on the growth of Korean cooking. Noting that it once was limited to Hawaii, you're now seeing it pop up all over, including: At Joule in Seattle, Rachel Yang's pot-au-feu with sweet soy broth is a play on kalbi jjim, a Korean dish of stewed short ribs. Her vinaigrettes often incorporate kochujang, the spicy pepper paste that is part of the Korean flavor trinity, along…
Ed Begley Junior is coming! Ed Begley Junior is coming! No joke, he's coming to Wallingford! Yes, THE Ed Begley Junior! The guy who played "Young Man" on Maude, Hank on Happy Days, Steve on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Harv Schwab on Starsky and Hutch, David Philips on Quincy, Jamie on Fantasy Island, Paul Conway on M*A*S*H, Kenny on Charlie's Angels and... Listen people, that's a partial list of who he's played and we haven't even hit 1979! Do you know…
How do you know it's Tuesday night? Our clue is the gentle strains of a marching band banging out what I take to be the Muppet Show theme song wafting in through an open window. Why? Because we have the distinct pleasure of living next door to the regular rehearsal space of the Yellow Hat Band, a Klezmer-Zydeco-Sousa Marching Band (or that's what it sounds like to us). So close and plugged in as we are, it comes as no surprise,…