Wallingford, Seattle

Wallyhood totally blew it. Several weeks ago, Gene e-mailed us to let us know that the city was holding an open informational session on Saturday, January 31st to let people know how they could go about painting their intersection the way the intersection of 48th and Burke is painted (below), including information on permitting and possible funding sources.Well, we thought we'd be clever and wait until shortly before the informational session itself to let you know, so it would be fresh…

The EWHA clean-up, previously advertised on these pages, was held today and proved an unqualified success. Fifteen Wallingford residents reported for duty, including a number of new faces lured in through the blog. Based on our burgeoning numbers, Hoyt and Scott made the bold and daring decision to expand our officially adopted area to include areas of Thackeray and 5th Ave, a geography previously considered unachievable. Wallyhood's own assigned territory was Latona between 45th and 42nd, so if you see garbage…

Most folks know by now that the venerable Tweedy and Popp, Seattle's oldest hardware store, founded in 1920, is moving across the street and down the block to Wallingford Center. But listen to what we just heard from Jennifer:I just found out today that they are planning a merchandise move where they get a huge line of people from the old store to the new and they will literally be moving their inventory from person to person until it is all…

Reminder: come join your neighbors picking trash from the streets this Saturday at 10 am. We'll be convening at 302 NE 44th St (NE corner of 44th and Latona). As a bonus, you are entitled to keep any loose change you find.Full details in the previous post.

Tipster Margaret reminded us that Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice show free movies every Friday night at Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ (5019 Keystone Place N.) The movies are typically political charged, so those seeking lighter fare should seek out the Wallingford Neighbors for Unicorns and Rainbows, instead.This Friday they're featuring The Orange Revolution:Orange Revolution provides an in-depth look at Ukraine’s historic nonviolent revolution of 2004. In freezing temperatures, over one million citizens poured into the streets of Kyiv…

Dean tipped us off that a new playspace for children is opening in the area just south of the zoo. Needless to say, we're happy that children have a new place to play, especially one featuring up and down roller coasters, but our true delight comes from the discovery that the area south of the zoo is known as SoZo. Despite the fact that it reminds us vaguely of Led Zeppelin, or perhaps The Usual Suspects, we feel it lends an…

Wallyhood was annoyed at this graffiti just north of 45th St on Meridian, but we were amused by the caption provided by Albumen:Yeah, my local area network administrator is a real jerk, too.From the Wallingford Flickr Pool