We were out of town this last week (Atlanta, if you must know), so we're doing a bit of catch-up. The other Wallingford blog had a nice shot this past Sunday from the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine's Now and Then column showing a pictures of the corner of Wallingford Ave N and N 45th St from 1950.It appears there weren't cigarette butts littering the sidewalk outside of Babalu in 1950.
Tipster Heidi writesWallingford's OfficeMax location is closing. February 21st is the last day of business. The good news: all display models are on sale. Most of these items sell for 50% of the original price. Digital cameras, printers, phones: it all must go now.With its proximity to highway entrance and exit ramps, it would make a convenient location for that homeless liquor store.
We do not use our cell phone while driving. We certainly don't send text messages when driving. We have a friend, though, who loves to knit while he drives. Not quite sure how he pulls it off, but he does, and we have one ill-fitting but otherwise attractive sweater to prove it.We were reminded of this by a recent mail we got from Karen:Just wanted to tip you that I took a class last weekend at Bad Woman Yarn, and it…
With Wallingford's solid waste transfer station such a hot topic, it's worth taking a detour down Pacific by Gasworks to a little Wallingford-based business that's doing its part to keep computers out of the dump and, as long as they're at it, provide low-cost technology and skills to poor communities all over the world.You may have seen them on your walk down the Burke, nestled back in a non-descript, warehouse-like building up on Pacific next to the "Home Made Wine" sign.…
Though this is not strictly Wallyhood news, Sunday is a slow news day, so we'll give it to them. Chef Dustin (normally serving at Art of Table on 39th by Gasworks) writes:Hello, people! Just letting you know that there are still spaces left for Chef Dustin's Mushroom Goodness menu at Culinary Communion tonight. If you are looking for some good food and good fun sign up now...Join Chef Dustin as he kicks off Culinary Communion's inaugural Muse Symposium demonstration class. Chef…
Wallyhood heard the claim made that Tweedy and Popp, opened in 1920, is the oldest continuously operated business in Seattle. Always one to check our facts, we decided to ask The Google. Unfortunately, there seem to be a handful of better placed claimants dating back to the 1860's, with the now doomed Seattle Post-Intelligencer ultimately taking the prize (1867). The oldest business in Wallingford, then.As long as we're dispelling myths, we had also been told Murphy's Pub was one of the…
Amber from Hollow Earth Radio (whom we covered in January) dropped us a line to let us know they're applying to the Small and Simple Projects Fund, a Seattle program that awards up to $15,000 to neighborhood group projects. She'd like to get equipment to record the closet musicians of Wallingford.We think more Walllingfordites should be applying. Projects must fit into certain classes defined by the fund, such as Race Relations or Social Justice, Neighborhood Climate Protection, and Neighborhood Planning and/or…