Wallingford, Seattle

If the cantata of lyric and quotation on display at Open Books tonight hasn't snared you, perhaps you'll want to head over to Wide World Books & Maps tonight at 7 pm for a talk on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Sez their web site:Exuberant Meli Seval, best known for presentation of her Turkish homeland, tonight takes us to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Offering both historic and contemporary views of these far-away lands, her knowledge and enthusiasm will infuse the evening to the delight…

Yesterday, we reported that Shalom House, the assisted living home for adults with cognitive disabilities on Latona and 42nd, shut its doors. We received this note explaining the closing from Rachel Byer, the Director of the Seattle Association for Jews with Disabilities:Yes, after more than 20 years in the Wallingford Neighborhood, Shalom House has closed it's doors as an Adult Family Home (AFH) for adults with cognitive disabilities. While Shalom House was recognized as an outstanding example of AFH programming, services…

The Seattle Times Bumper-to-Bumper column explains today how the bridge lanes are recovering from the snowpocalypse and why the lane widths are what they are:"The recent snowstorms [in December] resulted in the accelerated deterioration of the lane markings due to the combination of plowing, sanding, tire chains and inclement weather," answered Eric Widstrand, the Seattle Transportation Department's traffic-operations manager. "We were aware of the lane-marking conditions on the Aurora Avenue Bridge. In fact, we repainted the lane markings beginning on Jan.…

We previously reported that a bucket brigade was in the offing to spirit Tweedy and Popp from the north side of 45th Street (where it has lived since 1960) to its new home-to-be in Wallingford Center. Intrigued by the idea and eager to play cub reporter, we dropped in on the dusty old hardware store Saturday afternoon to get the poop. [Ed. Note: cub reporters are generally discouraged from using the term "poop" to describe hard bitten investigative journalism.]We were delighted…

Bottleworks on 45th features beer tastings every Monday from 5 pm - 7 pm for a nominal $1 fee (it's illegal to give away beer in Washington State). Tonight's tasting features brews from the Victory Brewery. Sez the Bottleworks blog:We aren't 100% on the full beer lineup but expect to see their Hop Devil, Prima Pils, Golden Monkey, and Storm King Stout. Other may include Moonglow Weizenbock, Hop Wallop, Baltic Thunder, Old Horizontal (likely), V-12, and V-Saison.Wallyhood can't shake the feeling…

Shalom House, run by the Seattle Association for Jews with Disabilities and providing assisted living to adults with cognitive disabilities, has closed its home at the corner of Latona and 42nd Street, which is now for sale ($720k, contact Heidi at Windermere). Wallyhood got its first peek at the now empty interior today, and found it spacious and in good repair, although somewhat institutional in layout and decor.Best wishes to the residents, at least one of whom was a well-known neighborhood…

The rolling hills of Gasworks, the sylvan cloister of the Good Shepherd Center, the bustling mercantile hub of 45th Street, the quiet lanes of Tangletown...is there a neighborhood anywhere filled with such variety and beauty as Wallingford? I think not!To prove it, Wallyhood is sponsoring a Wallingford photography contest. The rules are simple. The winning photo must be:Taken in Wallingford (see Walkscore's map if in doubt)Of something in Wallingford (i.e., no photos of the Cascades as viewed from...)Taken from a publicly…