Hi there! In case you didn’t realize it, we live next door to one of the best sources of low-cost entertainment and education in the Pacific Northwest (shout out to my $5 Ronan Farrow tickets). Below is just a sampling of what’s going on at the UW over the week.

I’m particularly excited about Emily Pothast’s lecture You Are Not Invited: A Critical Survey of Seattle Art History and Crisis Management and Informatics (or any panel) with Kate Starbird. Pothast has been performing, writing, and lecturing on media and culture around Seattle for years, and I’m excited to see where …

One of the best things about Wallingford is the walkable sidewalks we have, separated from roadways by planting strips. Unfortunately, sometimes trees or hedges or other vegetation blocks those sidewalks, especially when it’s raining outside.

Legally, sidewalks and planting strips are public land that adjacent property owners are responsible for maintaining. People are required to keep their sidewalk entirely clear up to a height of 8 feet. The first-time penalty for violating that ordinance is $150. The penalty for additional violations is $500.

If you are on good terms with a neighbor and can be diplomatic and see them outside, …

Have you accumulated a whole bunch of junk, but just never seem to find the time to haul it away? Here in Wallingford, we’re lucky to have the transfer station right nearby, but if you’re like me, the size of your car (if you even have one) and the size of your load of junk are badly mismatched.

Balo USA, a non-profit working to support impoverished women, children and families worldwide and headquartered right here in our neighborhood, will help you clear out your accumulated detritus while you help them raise money for their cause. Balo will haul away your …

A year after their first anniversary, Cubes Baking (2315 N 45th St) is turning two. (See how that works?) They’re having a bash, and we’re all invited!

The party will take place at their store on Saturday, May 25th from 11am – 3pm.

The festivities will feature:

tamales by Los Tamaahlesaguas frescas by Agua Frescaspecial items, including tres leches donuts, tres leches cold brew coffee, tres leches fruit tarts, create your own tres leches cake slices and much more!

More information is available here.

The 2nd Anniversary party will also serve as a launch party for Tres Lechería. Writes …

Wallyhood resident and future Lincoln HS parent Karen sent this hot tip for a fun event happening on Thursday 5/23:

Reuben’s Brews & Performing Arts for Lincoln present “Thank You Thursday,” a fundraiser for The Lincoln High School Music and Performing Arts Program.

Lincoln student jazz group Sharp 6

Come join us at The BrewTap at Reuben’s Brews in Ballard where $1 from all pint and growler sales goes to Lincoln High School Music and Performing Arts.

Featuring a special performance by student jazz group Sharp 6 at 6:30.

All ages welcome!

Thursday, May 23, 2019, pop by anytime from …

If you haven’t walked or driven past the 45th St. onramp to I-5 recently, then you may have missed the large banner on the side of the huge building on the northwest corner of the I-5/45th junction announcing the imminent arrival of a new Kindercare. And if you were paying attention to your driving while you passed, you would definitely have missed the large, plastic sign on the roof of the building marking Kindercare as the new flagship business in that building, the former home of Wine World.

While the building has long been home to the Cosmopolitan Apartments whose …

(Ed note: Cathy Tuttle lives here in Wallingford, and is running for the Seattle City Council seat for District 4, covering Wallingford to Sand Point.)

When friends tell me they understand what it’s like to run for political office because they’ve worked on campaigns, they remind me of me and my husband when we were expectant parents, thinking we knew what we were in for before our baby was born. We had no clue.

Running for office is the hardest and most overwhelming job I’ve ever had, on par with parenting an infant. And like having a new baby, it’s …