This is no ordinary "I found your leather jacket" post. Victoria writes:My husband and I were on a late night dog walk [on 36th Street near Ashworth Ave N and Carr Place N] last Friday morning when we encountered a car prowler getting out of our neighbor's vehicle. After we questioned what he was doing, he ran off, dropping a leather jacket. I suspect the leather jacket was taken from another vehicle and I would like to get it back to…
Phinneywood and King5 report that the monkey that escaped from the Woodland Park Zoo has been recaptured and returned to safety in the zoo.He jumped across the perimeter of the Tropical Rain Forest exhibit at approximately 10:40 this morning. Within the 45 minute incident, the 12-year-old monkey was tranquilized by the zoo’s animal management staff in the vicinity of the African Village exhibit at approximately 11:15 a.m. and then safely secured.Guests were immediately evacuated from the area and escorted to secured…
In response to our recent post about traffic accidents in Wallingford, Marc wrote in that, according to the book "Traffic", more pedestrian injuries occur at traffic lights than from jay-walkers. We thought it an interesting digression for fiercely anti-jay-walking Seattle and did some poking.First, we fear statistic commits the most frequent and misleading crime that popular press writers commit, omitting the base rate. In other words, it doesn't take into account the relative sizes of the populations from which the numbers…
Double trouble from The Stranger. First, Twitterer @yanokwa tweeted The Stranger's Letter of the Day, which reads, in part:It seems that with money, education, children, and having grown up the people of Wallingford have come to the conclusion that tipping is not something they want to do....Funny, I spent 3 years on the Hill as a barista, and had homeless tip, people looking like crackheads, people wanted by the law, students, alcoholics, hipsters, socially inept, hell, a mix of oddballs and…
Hey people, don't forget there's a photo contest on! Full details in the the original Wallyhood Photo Contest post, but the basic skinny is you should enter your photos of Wallingford to win free printing from Wallingford Photo, framing from Frame Central / Museum Quality Framing and the admiration and adoration of your neighbors.Don't be intimidated by Jeff Ng's gorgeous entry at right, "Apple Picking". Deadline for entry is this Sunday, Feb 22nd!
Yesterday, we reported on the mysterious "King of Wallingford" cards spotted around the neighborhood. Today, Wallyhood scoops all major news sources by being the first to reveal the true identity of this mystery monarch. In a moment barely paralleled since the revelation that Mark Felt was Deep Throat, we received a message from Evan Roberston himself, claiming the throne. The story?The whole label of "King of Wallingford," stemmed from a night of drinking beer and pondering what we would do if…
The West Seattle blog reported yesterday that the ripple effects of this winter's snowpocalypse continue:Remember those long weeks of being barely able to get out of the house? Some speculated a baby boom might result … and in fact, two three people have announced their impending parenthood today in the WSB Forums.Any Wallingfordites made similar good use of their down time?