Chris Witwer

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Chris S. Witwer likes to call herself Wallyhood’s “Lower Wallingford Correspondent.” Chris is a former Texan (is there any such thing?) who came to Seattle in 2005 for three reasons: weather, scenery, and coffee culture. It has taken her four years to begin to understand Seattle humor, but she’s getting there. Chris is a bureaucrat by day, and caffeine-fueled blogger when she’s not reading novels or pretending to write one. She lives with her partner, Laura, and two cats — Dolce and Molly, and uses the internet to make fun of stuff on her personal blog, http://felsputzer.wordpress.com.

Weekend Roundup

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for weekends! Oh, that’s not how the saying goes, is it?  Ah well. Here’s what’s up in and around the ‘hood:

FRIDAY

Dia de los Muertos Celebration at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave N.  Parade starts at 6:30, main program starts at 7:15.  C’mon, I know you haven’t hard your fill of parades OR costumes yet this year.  Learn all about it here.

SATURDAY

Solo Travelers @ World Wide Books.  Saturday at 9am.  4411 Wallingford Ave N. An informal gathering of travelers who meet and learn from each other.  Call 206-634-3453.…

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New Puddle Announced

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In Monday’s Seattle PI, Scott Gutierrez wrote about a new puddling situation along the Burke-Gilman Trail at Meridian Avenue North, near Gasworks Park.  The puddle is the result of recent construction along the trail.  The City is aware and will resolve the problem by the end of the year.  Til then, keep your feet dry!

Mr. Gutierrez’s story got some of the WallyWriters to thinking last night.  One of us asked, “When you see a big puddle, are you tempted to run out and get really small objects, like model boats and clay tentacles, and pretend like you’re actually photographing …

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Weekend Roundup

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Are you ready for the weekend?  I sure am! What a week!  Here’s what’s on tap nearby this weekend:

Friday, October 22nd

Apples and Pears, A Harvest Celebration. 5:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the Wallingford Community Senior Center (WCSC), Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, room 202), basement level.  Tickets can be purchased ahead of time online through Brown Paper Tickets.  Pre-registration is $9.99 and tickets at the door are $15. Green Lake Pumpkin Flashlight Hunt for kids 4-11 years old. 7pm-8pm starting at the gym, but don’t be late.  Kids will collect coins & candy by…

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Transfer Station Stakeholder Meeting 10/21

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Seattle Public Utilities is holding its next stakeholder meeting for the North Transfer Station on Thursday, Oct. 21 from 5-8 p.m. at the Institute for Systems Biology (837 N. 34th St).  Not familiar with what’s planned for the North Transfer Station?  Visit this previous Wallyhood post, which will link you to other background posts so you can get caught up!

This week’s draft meeting agenda includes:

Overview of the four layout designs carried over from the 9/14 meeting Review of what’s changed since 9/14 Introduction of five brand new layout design concepts Narrowing the 9 concepts down to just…

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Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford

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Happy National Coming Out Day, Wallingford. As has been my habit since I began the coming out process in Texas back in 1992, I took stock of my relationships this week to identify who I might come out to today.  But there’s a problem.  For the first time, there is no one to come out to.  Not one soul.

Well, okay.  In the interest of complete honesty there IS one person I could come out to, but I have decided it’s better for her if I don’t.  “JB” has severe Down Syndrome and would be seriously confused if I came …

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ZomBCon call for volunteers

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The world’s 1st zombie convention, ZomBCon, will take place in Seattle starting October 29th. While it’s not a Wallingford event, I know a few of you Wallyhoodies were on the #26 bus before & after we zombies broke the 2009 world record back in July.

So, to all of you Wallingford zombies — there’s a call for volunteers to work the convention with some nice little freebies tossed in.  To register as a volunteer, go to www.zomBcon.com/volunteers or stop by Fremont’s The Red Door this Saturday, October 9 at 3:00-6:00 pm to get the scoop.

This is serious stuff, folks.  …

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Weekend Roundup

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Okay y’all.  Hang on, hang on… Don’t hibernate completely yet!

I know you’re tempted.  I’ve heard the hush that falls over the neighborhood as soon as rush hour ends in the evenings.  But don’t give in!  There’s still stuff to do before you have to carry your raincoat everywhere you go.  Here’s a sampling for the weekend:

Friday 10/8

8 PM – LP/CD release event, FLIGHTPATTERNS by Open Graves (Paul Kikuchi and Jesse Olsen) along with guests Stuart Dempster and Chris DeLaurenti.  Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, 4th floor.  $5-$15 sliding scale.  Read more…

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