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Mail Theft

Jordan April 5, 2010 9 Comments

OK, we’ve got a little confession. You want to know the real reason we don’t want to write about crime on this blog? It’s because our mom reads Wallyhood every day, and she worries about us! We write some little thing about car prowl and we’ve got fliers for The Club in our mailbox; someone gets their camera swiped from their counter and suddenly we’ve got deadbolt catalogs stacked on our kitchen table.

That said, we must stay vigilant. Michelle writes a warning on her Wandermom blog not leave checks in the outgoing mail:

I looked at the screen and …

Please, Drive Your Car Regularly

Jordan April 4, 2010 35 Comments

Carrie writes:

I wanted to give you the heads up about parking tickets and infractions in our little neighborhood.

My fiance and I live on 43rd & Stone, have 2 cars, and always park on the street. Because we both work downtown, we either carpool or take public transportation. This past week we noticed a few orange stickers on the windshields of cars parked in that area. On Thursday, my fiance’s car (and the one we drive less frequently) had one of these orange stickers on the windshield and a parking ticket (for $39) placed on the dash.

Turns out …

Wallingford Talks!

Patrick April 3, 2010 Comments are off

If you haven’t spent time poking around the Wallyhood Forums, you should. Head on up the the page there, that’s right – just next to the home button, and click!

Our community is chatting a fair bit – here are some recent highlights:

People Living in Vehicles: Want to know the Seattle regs about what vehicles can park where? This conversation has been going on for 2 months! Dogs on the Playfield: This is great – a long conversation about dogs, humans, parks, rules. Not All of Us are Armed: Whoa – this covers crime, homelessness, and posters on poles!…

Get Ready to Ride and Ride to Get Ready! (or Walk…)

Mary April 2, 2010 Comments are off

Whether you are celebrating Passover, Easter or April coming in like a roaring lion this weekend, I hope you can take time to join the Spokespeople Bike Ride tomorrow between 2:00-4:00 PM. This month’s ride, they are always on the 1^st Saturday of the month, is a tour of the Community Preparedness Communication HUBS. If you don’t have time to make the bike loop, take a look at the map and hoof it on over to the nearest hub to pick up some information on the City’s “3 To Get Ready” preparedness challenge.

Communication Hubs are being identified in …

Wind Farm collection

Jordan April 2, 2010 Comments are off

Kimberly C. writes:

CoolMom.org will be doing a pinwheel “wind farm” installation at Green Lake for Earth Day. We’re collecting used pencils, at least 6 inches long and with at least a little bit of eraser left, as the bases for our pinwheels. Deadline for collection: April 9th.

We have collection spots at the John Stanford International School (the entrance on 42nd. The bucket will be just inside that door), the Green Lake PCC (inside attached to a cork board above the shopping carts) and at my house (3827 Bagley Ave. N, down the street from Irwin’s).

Here’s more info …

Permaculture intensive

Jordan April 2, 2010 Comments are off

Feeling a bit garden shy? Not sure your thumb is green enough? Jenny Pell of PermaCulture Now is offering a two-day, intensive class to learn you right:

Design and Plant an Urban Edible Yard
When: April 17 – 18, 10 – 5 both days
Cost: $195, some work trade available (offer something to barter!)
Teachers: Jenny Pell and Marisha Auerbach

Imagine transforming an urban lawn into an abundant garden in a weekend! Join us and learn:

– Design techniques to quickly & beautifully convert an average urban yard into a diverse edible garden
– Sheetmulching techniques
– Trellising and vertical …

3 Years of Mosaic Coffee

Helen April 2, 2010 1 Comment

Wednesday was Mosaic‘s third anniversary. For those of you who don’t know, this is a coffee house where you decide how much you want to pay. And they’ve been doing this successfully. For three years. Kind of restores your faith in human nature, doesn’t it?

Mosaic is located in the basement of Seattle First Church of the Nazarene, on 2nd Ave and 44th Street, right behind Dick’s. It’s slightly dark and very spacious with lots of old couches, armchairs, heavy tables, and even a little electric fireplace and piano. To one side is a large meeting room which groups can …

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