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Fiesta Night! Support Local School & Business

Julie Martin March 20, 2021 Leave a Comment

If you are like me, Friday night often means supporting a local business and getting takeout. Next Friday night, we offer you a unique opportunity to start the weekend off with a great meal AND a chance to support Wallingford’s own St. Benedict School.

Thanks to Pecado Bueno (just down the road in Fremont) and It’s All Good Catering, you can order a delicious Mexican dish with fun additions such as a jug of margaritas or chocolate chip cookies (do I have your attention yet?) with 30% of the proceeds benefiting St. Ben’s.

Place your order using the instructions below …

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Business Roundup March 2021

Adam March 14, 2021 2 Comments

As the Wallyhood blog emerges from hibernation, we are overdue for another roundup of business changes. This is a listing of all permanent openings and closings that I’ve noticed since March of 2020 (give or take a few months). The list of neighborhood businesses that closed their doors for good in 2020 is tragically long and they will certainly be missed.

Please leave a comment if you think any businesses are missing from these lists or if you’d like to share your own experiences, thoughts, or memories.

 

Closures

Acadia (now Lassi & Spice) Bishops Cuts/Color (?) never re-opened after…

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Gardening in Wallingford – Planning is the KEY!

Ellen Robinson March 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

After a long, dark winter and a Valentine’s Day snow storm, it is finally time to plan your garden! True vegetable growing die-hards, like me, are already getting our seeds started indoors. For those experienced gardeners and newbies less prepared, it’s time to get planning! My husband loves to quote John Wooden (basketball player/coach) saying,“When you fail to prepare, you’re preparing to fail”! March is the time to prepare for the growing season!

Edible gardening basics to for 2021 What to Plant When Crop selection is critical to early season success. March and April plantings should consist of…

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Get Your Library Fix

dawnoftheread March 10, 2021 5 Comments
librarian with book

The Wallingford branch of The Seattle Public Library, located at the corner of 45th and Woodlawn in the Solid Ground building, is still closed to the public due to the pandemic. Alas, we will be one of the last branches to reopen, due to tight spaces (hard to social distance) and other challenges with keeping patrons and staff safe and healthy. The Wallingford team misses the community and our regulars very much, and we are currently working at nearby locations.

So where can you get your library fix? You have many great options.

If you are in need of …

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Wallingford’s New Community Fridge!

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi March 8, 2021 5 Comments

Take what you need. Give what you can.

During the pandemic, we have seen Free Little Libraries turned into food pantries and now our neighborhood joins others across Seattle in hosting a Seattle Community Fridge. Taking inspiration from cities like San Francisco and New York, Seattle Community Fridge places cheerfully painted refrigerators around the city. These refrigerators and their accompanying pantries offer free food for anyone facing food insecurity. The latest refrigerator popped up in Wallingford on Bagley Avenue, just off 45th Street. The Octopus Bar will provide the electricity, but this venture will truly be powered by our …

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Wallyhood: Another New Beginning

Jack March 3, 2021 3 Comments

You may have seen a few posts trickling out here at Wallyhood like flowers popping up in the Spring. Yes, after a long 2020 and a long winter, we are trying to emerge from our hibernation. A reopening is afoot!

As with so many organizations, COVID-19 dealt a blow to us, as stay-at-home orders and closed schools placed new burdens on many of us. I tried to keep the lights on throughout 2020, but it was never my wish to run this blog by myself. I thought I was saying goodbye in this post, and Jordan followed up with his …

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W Green Lake Way N Update and Safe Streets Wallingford

Julie Martin March 1, 2021 1 Comment

If you have missed the nice cutover to Ballard via Green Lake Way, you may be in luck – partially, anyway. Sometime soon, they are planning to open one-way travel southbound on W Green Lake Way [still closed as of Monday, 3/1].

An updated Traffic Control Plan is being drafted to allow one-way travel southbound on W Green Lake Way for people driving to access the Lower Woodland Park Off-Leash area parking lot as well as the Tennis Court lot. Due to the lead time in ordering materials to protect the users of the Keep Moving Street (on the northbound …

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