Calmar writes: Recently at South Lake Union a mammoth or mastodon tusk was found in the ground and removed and taken to the Burke Museum. Wallingford has something of the same, for if you go to Keystone, between 53rd and 54th, N, there is a new house being built. On the parking strip is a pile of granite boulders removed from the soil. If you look at a brownish boulder in that pile, close to the sidewalk, you will see that…
If you're looking for something to do this sunny day, the cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus are in full bloom. (Photo by Scott Smithson)
Here's an interesting one happening at the Chapel Performance (in the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N) tomorrow, Saturday, March 22: topographies (an evening of music about navigating space) Seattle composer John Teske presents an evening of music about navigating space. Local musicians will perform topographies, a new series of graphic scores which requires performers to navigate through contour maps composed of musical symbols. The pieces are a study on individual and group intention. Each player creates a narrative as they traverse…
Tracy Marcella sent in this announcement of a new pop-up pastry and juice bar operating out of Satay (1711 N 45th St) on Saturdays: Marcella’s Juice and Pastry will be open weekend mornings at Satay in Wallingford from 8:00-11:00 A.M. Beginning this Saturday, March 22nd, Marcella’s will be serving up a small variety of organic, made-to-order juices alongside a rotating selection of artisan breakfast pastries. Pastries will be baked daily by precise hands. Croissants, bacon-cheddar scones, and cinnamon brioche rolls are just a…
(Patricia Fels, Friends of Gas Works Park Board Member, contributed this article. FOGWP is a Wallyhood sponsor.) In January of 2013 Gas Works Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Gas Works Park is historically significant not only for its conservation of Seattle’s industrial heritage, but also as “a project that represents the work of master landscape architect Richard Haag and as a resource that embodies the distinctive characteristics of landscape architecture in the 1970s.” Haag integrated the industrial…
Angela T. popped in to ask the guys doing construction on the old Yogurtland Building (or old Boston Market building, or old Sunshine Market building, depending on your timeframe) at the corner of Sunnyside and 45th what they were constructing. Domino's Pizza. Sigh. Let's change the subject and think about something else: what's your favorite pizza in Wallingford? I'm partial to Pudge Brothers myself. Good cheese, decent sauce, nice chewy crust. I've got mail in to Domino's HQ to ask them…
So you live in Wallingford and, of course, you faithfully collect your food scraps and haul them out to the yard waste cart. But do you yearn for a container that's a bit more stylish than that old quart-size yogurt container? Now's your chance. The City of Seattle is offering compost buckets (pictured right) to give - for free - to residents who pledge to compost. The buckets retail for about $15 and are dishwasher-safe. Pick up your free compost collector…