Wallyhood received a plea from lower Wallingfordite Jay yesterday that's beginning to sound very familiar: I've lived in more well-off neighborhoods and impoverished neighborhoods and never have I seen so much crime in my neighborhood. Most of this crime in Wallyhood is attributable to all of the broken windows I've seen on my street (I live at 36th & Bagley and walk to 40th to catch the bus). Since the beginning of December I've counted at least 10 cars that have…
Have you received every received one of those spam messages where they've just taken a bunch of words and strung them together randomly to make it seem to the spam filters as if the message is about something other than V1aGra? It's like electronic schizophasia, some sort of auto-generated word salad.So, anyway, apropos of nothing, here's how the publisher describes "The Sound Mirror", a recent book of Andrew Joron, one of the two authors who will be reading this Friday at…
I've tried to start this entry a dozen times now, but the depth and breadth of complexity that is the Israel - Palestinian crisis defies the constraints of a blog post. There are so many psychological and historical forces at play, so much sadness, so many lost opportunities, that it's impossible to do even a single aspect justice.I will say that what happens grieves me.This week's "Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies" sponsored by Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice is…
Garrett tipped us off to the Love 'Em or Leave 'Em Valentine's Day Dash, a 5K fun run to be held this Sunday at Greenlake, "the Puget Sound Region's unofficial headquarters for athletically focused romantic encounters". They're expecting 2,400 participants, which features costumes, prizes, and vendors. Full details at the Love 'em of Leave 'Em web site.Wallyhood isn't quite sure what "athletically focused romantic encounters" means, but we're pretty sure they're sweaty.
As promised, we went to the Wallingford Neighborhood Council meeting tonight and, we are sad to report, there were no displays of supernatural strangling (although we admit to a brief daydream involving our outstretched hand and one muttering nutjob). On the bright side, Council President Mary Heim confided that she dressed in black in the hopes of living up to our vision of her in the Vader role.Wallyhood will now seek to earn our keep and boil down the main topic…
Tipster Hoyt pointed us towards Spokespeople, who sponsor a monthly bike ride from Wallingford Field at Wallingford and 42nd St to nearby neighborhoods. Here's what's on tap for this Saturday, Feb 7th at 2pm:SPOKESPEOPLE will test lights and reflective clothing for kids walking and biking to our neighborhood John Stanford International School. Safe Lights to School is a SPOKESPEOPLE project awarded a Seattle Department of Transportation grant. We'd be delighted with community help on this project. http://www.seattle.gov/Transportation/saferoutes.htmIf the 800 m from…
So, what's your suggestion for the best way to spend Valentine's Day in Wallingford? Bizarro is taking reservations, as I'm sure Cantinetta, Tilth and Joule are. But perhaps a slice from Pudge Brothers and a trip to Blue Video is in cards? Wallyhood wants to know.Best suggestions published in time for the big day. Leave as comment or e-mail [email protected].