National Clam Chowder Day? Fer reals? Aw, come on, how can your resist a bunch of guys with chowder bowls on their noggins? Grab your best girl and head on down to Ivar's Salmon House tomorrow (Tuesday), buy a cup of chowder, and your lady's chowder is free.And hey, got the Global Economic Meltdown Blues? Grab a couple extra bags of those oyster crackers for snacking on later. We won't tell.
Now we know why the police are too busy to investigate car prowlers in lower Wallingford. They're busy investigating abandoned bags.From the Seattle 911 BlogA Seattle police bomb squad is investigating a suspicious bag or briefcase found Monday along the Green Lake walking trail. The item was discovered about 8 a.m. near the tennis courts on the northwest side of the lake. Police have closed down an area of the trail while the bomb squad investigates, police spokesman Mark Jamieson said.…
Don't you hate those people who take some amazing vacation and then manage to work a mention of it into every conversation? "You'd like me to pass the butter? Oh, that reminds me of this amaaazing butter we had in Italy..." Anyway, we're totally those people ever since we took this amaaaazing three month trip to Europe a year ago last Fall. We first mentioned it a few weeks ago in our City Cellars Wine Tasting post, when we used the…
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina ripped through, a group of Seattleites and Californians, organized in large part by Jesse Robbins, headed down to help out. I was part of that group. The experience was humbling and heartening, surreal and sublime. One woman told me"I had white caps in my living room! I had swim over to keep my refrigerator from floating out the front door. Twice! I got it though. I tell you, when my walls starting to shake from the wind,…
We're sure there's a story out there that can jerk a tear quicker than a bunch of neighbors coming together to restore a dilapidated, needle-strewn playground as a community hub and playground for local children, we're just not sure what it is.OK, Slumdog Millionaire maybe. But that takes place in Mumbai, and this isn't Mumbaihood, it's Wallyhood, so we're going to cover the Friends of McDonald School.From their web site:The McDonald School [at 144 North 54th St]...was an active elementary school…
Meagan tipped us off that Greg Martin from the new School of Oom Yung Doe is offering a free self defense workshop at their new Wallingford location (4319 Stone Way N) this Thursday, February 26 at 6:30. Call 206 285-9789 for more info.No word on whether he will be covering techniques for knee-capping car prowlers, but we can hope.
Wallyhood is sponsoring a Wallingford Photo Contest. Winner gets free printing and framing of their photo from Wallingford Photo Center and Frame Central, respectively. The deadline is today. Details in our original Wallyhood Photo Contest post.