Yearly Archives: 2011

Reminder: Tuesday is Seattle Night Out: all over Wallingford (and the city), folks will be barricading off their streets to traffic, hauling lawn chairs and tables from the back yard out to the street and sharing an evening with their neighbors. According to the City of Seattle’s official map, there’s only one registered block in Wallingford (40th and Midvale, give it up for Shannon O’Leary for registering!), but we don’t believe that for a moment. We pedaled around the neighborhood last year and hit at least 7, and didn’t even get a chance to drop below 40th.

If you and …

Update: there was a kitchen fire at 3907 Wallingford Avenue. No injuries reported. Traffic is now back to normal.

Wallingford Avenue is closed by the Seattle Fire Dept from 40th down to about 37th due to some sort of incident — as best I could tell from the cab I was just in, a car accident.

Northbound Metro buses are sitting at Wallingford & 37th, unable to go north or reroute through the small streets nearby.

We’ll keep you posted if/as we learn more.  Probably best to take Stone Way north & south for the time being.

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Sometimes, it’s so beautiful here, you forget that there are months that begin with D and F. This week is one of those times. What you want to do is wait until the heat of the day has passed and the sky is starting to get that blue-rosy wash, plop yourself down in a lawn chair in a park somewhere, sip a cold beer, chat with the people around you and maybe just relax to a movie.

So here’s your reminder that New Belgium Brewery’s Clips of Faith is tonight, starting at 8 pm at Gas Works Park. Here’s what …