Wading pool season is upon us! The Wallingford Playfield wading pool officially opened last week, to less than spectacular weather. This week is looking better – so if you find yourself in need of a refreshing wade or if you are hoping your kids will run themselves silly, head to the playfield between noon and seven p.m. on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Here’s an interesting tidbit from the Parks’ Department website – one public wading pool uses the same amount of…
July Fourth is a regular trash pick-up day. That is all.
Friday is the Fourth of July, that special time of year when cozy little Wallingford plays host to the city. Sort of the Brazil of fireworks, if you will. I'm sad that I'll be out of town for it this year (heading into the Cascades), because I get such a kick out of the whole day: stopping in at yard parties, checking out the lemonade stands, waving at the traffic. For my money, the best place to watch the fireworks is…
The Wallingford Community Council will meet on Wednesday, July 2nd, 7:15 PM at the Good Shepherd Center. Among the items on the agenda will be updates on current neighborhood issues, including WCC’s appeal of the project on the former AvTech property, updated CVS plans for the old Tully's site, and a request for a zoning exception to allow an office building on the site of the Northlake Ave. boat storage facility. Everyone is Welcome to attend and voice their opinions.
(Ed Note: Wallyhood welcome Tara Richards to the writing crew. Tara is a native Seattleite (by way of the Eastside), a UW grad, and mom to Theo. She and her husband, Donovan, love to explore the city through its best restaurants and are constantly striving to try new things together. Tara works for a major retailer by day and as a freelance writer/copy editor by night.) After the birth of our first child three months ago, my wannabe foodie husband and…
This afternoon, my family headed to the Wallingford Library is replenish our supply of summer reading material. We were enthusiastically greeted by librarian-in-chief Heather, who immediately registered the kids for the library's Summer of Learning program. They were handed a free book (Minecraft for the 9 year old and Rainbow Fairy Magic for the 6 year old) along with a chart on which to track their summer reading and activities. Between now and August 4th, every time they log 10 activities…
Barb is posting this for her City Fruit coworker. Hey, Wallyhood! My name is Luke Jesperson and I am a rather new resident of the good neighborhood of Wallingford. I am also the Harvest Coordinator for City Fruit, a Seattle non-profit which harvests surplus fruit from neighborhood trees and donates it to nearby food banks, meal programs, and shelters. Over the course of the past five years, City Fruit has harvested and donated over 55,000 pounds of fruit that otherwise would have…