Wallyhood, along with other local blogs, got an e-mail a few weeks back from a resident concerned about a homeless couple with child asking for hand-outs in front of the QFC. "What can we do to help", the writer asked? As parents to 14-week-old Baby Z, we've sometimes tried to imagine what it would feel like to hear your baby cry for hunger and simply not have the food to offer him, much less the food to sustain yourself while you…
The Seattlest reports: No Zoo Doo this spring! Woodland Park Zoo just notified us that their highly popular Fecal Fest Zoo Doo lottery--which brings that "fresh Zoo smell" to your backyards and P-Patches--has been canceled for spring because of a shortage of safely Grade-A poop. Turns out there are "unacceptable levels of the herbicide clopyralid" in the Zoo's doo--the herbicide is used on hay and wheat fields, doesn't break down easily, and now that it's stored in the animal manure, would…
OMG, we have not been this happy to hear about an event since 2001, when a friend suggested we check out something called "Burning Man". Check this out: The Seattle Edible Books Festival. According to the web site, "An Edible Book can look like a book, pun on a title, refer to a character, or just have something to do with books - whatever the inspiration, it must be edible. Think---> The Unbearable Lightness of Bean and Alice in Wonderbread and…
Tonight (Wednesday, March 4th) at 7:30 PM at the Chapel Performance Space in the Good Shepherd Center, the Subtext Reading Series presents: Laura Moriarty's most recent books are A Semblance: Selected & New Poetry 1975-2007...and An Air Force, a chapbook from Hooke Press. Other recent books are Ultravioleta, a novel...and Self-Destruction, a book of poetry... She is findable on-line at A Tonalist Notes and related blogs. J. W. Marshall is co-owner of Open Books, the poetry-only bookstore in Seattle. He won…
According to the Stranger: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band are always looking for creative ways to promote themselves—weird videos, handmade CD cozies, and now they've partnered with Molly Moons and created their own flavor of ice cream. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Ice Cream is "coconut ice cream with chocolate chunks and huckleberry sauce." It sounds awesome. They'll be guest-scoopers at Molly Moon's in Wallingford on Thursday, March 5th at 6 pm. Their CD release show is at Neumo's the following…
Astute readers have noticed a new sign up in Wallingford. A cigar shop appears to be going in where High Maintenance Bitch went out. Michelle snapped a photo for us to gaze and wonder at. What are we wondering? Well, for starters, we'd like to know who thinks to themselves "gosh, we're in the midst of an economic meltdown and Washington State ranks 5th in the nation for non-smoking. Maybe I'll pick one of the crunchier, family-friendly neighborhoods in Seattle and…
In previous post, we asked Ballard to send Lunchbox Laboratory to Wallingford. Bubbling up this comment from Jenny: A phone call would have gotten you some real information. Owner Simpson has a non-compete for the 45th St. area that prevents him from opening a restaurant here. Fortunately, it expires this year. He's been actively looking for expansion sites, considering Fremont and the Eastside as well. And he does have his eye on the Beeline/Jitterbug space. OK, we'll do our homework next…