Jake Weber, Director of FamilyWorks asks: Do you have any gently used books you could donate to the FamilyWorks’ Reading Rocks event? On Thursday, April 17th, FamilyWorks is celebrating the joy of reading by providing 2 hours of fun literacy activities for kids of all ages here in the first floor conference room at 1501 N. 45th St. It is free and we call it “Reading Rocks”. We give away books to kids so they can have them at home to read.…
Just heard from Joe Russell that his new place, Russell's at 4111 Stone Way (Russell's Opening on Stone Way) is still waiting on some permits, and his grand opening has been pushed back a week to next Friday, March 21st. Please standby.
No doubt there will be much bacchanalian up and down 45th Street, down Stone Way and up into Tangletown over the next few days, what with St. Patrick's Day coming up this Monday, March 17th. But there's only one Irish Pub in Wallingford and that's Murphy's* (1928 N 45th St), and they've got a full line-up, starting with the Carrigaline Celtic Band Friday night, the Tom Bourg Nine Saturday night and a full day of music on St. Patrick's Day proper.…
Joe Russell, erstwhile barkeep at Kell's Irish Pub downtown, is hanging out his own shingle in Wallingford: Russell's (4111 Stone Way). Russell's aims to be a neighborhood pub and restaurant, with a small kitchen featuring niblets such as cheese plates, salads, and housemade pot pies. If beer and cocktails aren't your fancy, they'll have wine on tap, as well. Yes, that's wine on tap. Russell's will feature Proletariat Wines, who's goal it is to "bring high quality, otherwise expensively priced wines to restaurant diners…
The aptly named Sara Parent of the BF Day School PTSA sent in a late notice on this BF Day school fundraiser: B.F. Day Spring Fling The Party with a Purpose: PTSA silent auction that helps support teachers, arts education, literacy enrichment and more Buy your tickets by March 14th! This helps the PTSA prepare the auction software and saves you money! Tickets are $45/person* before March 14 and $60/person* after March 14th *And remember your ticket price includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and 2…
It's doorbell season again and the Boys and Girls Club sent along this warning: Boys & Girls Clubs of King County (BGCKC) has discovered that recent suspicious activity has been wrongly attributed to the organization. Recently, residents of the Montlake / Madison Valley area reported that some young men have solicited magazine subscriptions benefitting BGCKC through a company called P.S. Circulation. Earlier last year, this same occurrence was reported in Greenwood/North Seattle and Queen Anne. Boys & Girls Clubs of America…
Nearly every parent I know has lamented at some point during their parenting career that children don't come with instruction manuals. I hear that some parents exist who possess an inner knack for parenting that transforms them into "baby whisperers" once they become mothers or fathers. Luckily, there are parenting coaches [and myriad other support people] to help the knack-less rest of us. In this quest for knowledge and guidance, platforms like alldayparenting play a pivotal role. Here, parents can find a wealth of resources, from articles on child…