Kudos to Seattle residents, including our very own Wallyhood folks. The New York Times estimates that Seattleites have cut travel from an average of 3.8 miles/day to an astonishing average of 61(!) feet away from their homes. Way to stay home and stay safe, everyone! Speaking of home, if you’re like me, you’ve spent some serious time at that home recently. No lingering over a latte and an eggel at Irwin’s, no browsing of Peak Picks at the library, no casual pop-in…
Woodland Park Zoo is hosting its annual "Hoot for the Hood" - a neighborhood appreciation night for folks who live in Wallingford, Fremont, Phinney Ridge, and Green Lake: The evening of Friday, June 28, 2013 the zoo invites neighbors to join an after-work mix and mingle. Chat with your neighbors, meet some new faces and hang out with a penguin or two! Then, explore the zoo’s new Bamboo Forest Reserve exhibit. Woodland Park Zoo encourages neighbors to bring their friends and…
Woodland Park Zoo (5500 Phinney Ave. N. Map of location) is hosting an open house this Thursday, February 28, from 5:00pm - 7:00pm to kick-off its "Inner North Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Expansion Project." The plans call for and additional 165 parking spaces in the zoo's North Parking Lot, demolishing two storage sheds, and moving the portable trailers that house the zoo's administrative offices. The zoo says this expansion will also serve to create better pedestrian connections between the North Parking Lot…
You have one more chance to visit the sloth bears at Woodland Park Zoo this weekend (September 15-16). After that, Randy and Tasha, the zoo's resident sloth bears, will be off-exhibit until 2014 while construction begins on the new Asian tropical forest exhibit. Here are some bear facts from the zoo: Randy, the 16-year-old male sloth bear, came to the zoo in June of 1996. Tasha, a 7-year-old female, has lived at Woodland Park Zoo for just under a year. She made…
Woodland Park Zoo's annual neighborhood appreciation "mix and mingle" will be held this year at the Zoo's West Plaza (Jaguars and Penguins) on Wednesday evening, September 19, from 6:30-8:30pm. Admission and parking during the event is free. Enter the Zoo on the West Entrance off of Phinney Avenue North, between 55th and 56th streets. From the Zoo: Chat with your neighbors, meet some new faces and hang out with the penguins! Bring your friends, the more the merrier! Bring the kiddos,…
Woodland Park Zoo is holding its annual Bunny Bounce this Saturday, April 7, from 9:30am - 2:00pm, complete with egg hunts, bunny sightings, and lots of fun activities for kids from ages 1-8. Bring your own bag or basket for the egg hunts on the North Meadow. Guests can also watch as Woodland Park Zoo's animal residents are treated to Easter-themed baskets full of greens, flowers, berries, and other goodies. According to the Zoo, "(The treats) are part of the zookeepers’ ongoing efforts…
Update: The Girl Scout office accepts light strings for recycling only during their office hours Dec. 27-30, so call 800-767-6845 before you try to drop them off. Barb's offer to pick up your lights before the 30th still stands (see her email below). Do you feel guilty about sending those burned out strings of holiday lights to the landfill? Plus that extra weight in your garbage can will hurt Wallingford's numbers in the "Think Green Recycling Challenge." Now is your chance…