This is a tale of the pitfalls of our delivered-to-your-door economy (Wallingford edition). I know there are many such weak points in our voracious retail fulfillment cycle. One only has to scan the likes of local Facebook groups, your connected doorbell app, or that always reliable purveyor of bad news and paranoia, NextDoor, to see multiple accounts of packages disappearing from the porch or the mailroom. My story is not quite so criminal or insidious. I don’t think there were any overt evil-doers involved in this episode. But I am still missing an item that should have been delivered to…

The recent inauguration may have some of us feeling helpless. One thing we can do to reclaim our power is to make conscious decisions on where we spend our money according to that company’s values. I have definitely found myself thinking “I will never give my money to that (GOP-aligned) company again!” I’m guessing many of you have had the same thought.

But did you know that companies that are right here in Wallingford make political donations? Using an app called Goods Unite Us (which I highly recommend), I’ve done a search of some of the larger chain stores we …

On January 28th Brooks hosted a Neighborhood Appreciation Day at their “Trailside Store” on the corner of 34th Street and Stone Way.  Brooks wanted to thank the Wallingford and Fremont neighborhoods for their support during the street work that closed Stone Way in front of their store for many months in 2024. Brooks had some appreciation swag for visitors  including coffee & tea, some yummy cookies, a Brooks baseball hat, and some stickers.

The event was also an opportunity to highlight Brooks’ expansion into a new building located on Stone Way and  35th Street.  Brooks is leasing most of the …

The Wallingford United Methodist Church is having a pupusa lunch fundraiser this Sunday, February 9th, to raise money for an upcoming mission trip to El Salvador. WUMC has been working with Sister Parish for the last 25 years and is fundraising for another trip in March.

They are asking for donations for the pupusa meal. Cash and credit cards are accepted. Pupusas are a thick, savory griddle cake that are typically stuffed with a variety of fillings such as meat, cheese, beans, or vegetables. They are muy delicioso. Wallingford United Methodist Church is located at 2115 N 42nd Street. The …

It’s time to pull out the elbow grease– the Green Seattle Partnership is looking for volunteers Friday morning to help pull out ivy and blackberry bushes at Gas Works Park. 

Event details: 

Friday, Feb. 7 

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Meet on N. Northlake Way, west of Meridian Ave. N on the east side of Gas Works Park. 

Parking is available on N Northlake Way or in the Gas Works parking lot. 

For more info contact the event host, Jim Corson: [email protected]. 

Those interested should register at Green Seattle’s website, or at this link. Make sure you’re registered, because …

The halls of Wallingford United Methodist Church will be filled with relaxing and inspiring melodies this weekend as two highly skilled musicians are set to join forces for a vocal recital on Friday evening.

Baritone Justin Birchell will be accompanied by pianist Victoria Kirsch– traveling from Los Angeles to Wallingford just for this performance– for “The Goal of Living is to Grow;” an evening of song featuring a set of classical numbers ranging from German romanticism to Greek folk songs.

Performance details:

Friday, February 7th, 2025
Wallingford United Methodist Church
2115 N 42nd St, Seattle, WA
7:30 PM

A Fundraiser …

Around mid-January, I was bicycling on the Burke Gilman trail where it crosses N 36th St., and I was surprised to see a monitoring device lashed to the nearby stop sign. “Traffic study in progress” the label on the device said. My surprise was due to the fact that, just back in October of last year, I wrote a story for Wallyhood about this very intersection complaining that the design of this intersection was bringing bicyclists and drivers into conflict. I offered up some suggestions for improving the crossing point, and readers also added some useful input in the comments. …