In the heart of Wallingford there is a winery, Solera Bravo Wines.

Well, it is technically a winery, but more specifically it is a vermoutherie. What started as a hobby for Nacho Bravo over decade ago has turned into a full commercial enterprise, which Nacho and his wife, Melissa, run together, turning wine from Eastern Washington into a vermouth made right here in Wallingford, Vermut Del Sol.

Vermouth is an aromatized, fortified wine, produced by blending wine, alcohol, and dry ingredients and aging it until the (typically cheap) wine flavor subsides and a more “drinkable” drink is produced. Inspired by …

I just received this email from Wallingford’s own Sweet Side:

Back in October, we hosted The Food Network at The SweetSide as they filmed for the show Ridiculous Cakes. We have sworn secrecy to the network, but tonight our episode airs and we would love for you to watch along!

The episode will play at 7 and 10pm tonight and the show is called Ridiculous Cakes! Let us know what you think!

I don’t watch the Food Network very often, but according to the guide on my TV (CenturyLink Prism) it is HD Channel 1453 and Ridiculous Cakes airs at …

If you walk down Interlake Avenue, just north of 36th Street, there’s a good chance you’ll see a hive of bright green, two-wheeled activity. That’s because the bicycle share company, LimeBike, has made this Wallingford warehouse its operational hub in Seattle. I recently spoke to Gabriel Scheer, who is in charge of LimeBike’s strategic development in Seattle, to ask him why the company chose Wallingford for its main facility in Seattle. Turns out it has less to do with our proximity to the Burke-Gilman Trail (which is a nice side benefit) than it does with how hard it is to …

You’ve probably seen them by now, the bright green bikes and the bright orange bikes scattered randomly throughout Wallingford and other neighborhoods, signaling the return of bike share to Seattle. With the demise of Pronto earlier this year Seattle became the first American city with a failed bike share system. We are now getting a second chance with not just one, but with two new bike share systems: LimeBike (the green ones) and Spin  (the orange ones).

The biggest difference between these two new systems and Pronto is that Lime and Spin are “free-floating.” Bikes are self-locking and are not …

If you’ve ever walked from Northlake Pizza or Voula’s Offshore Cafe to the University District on NE Northlake Way, you know that the two-block stretch west of the University Bridge is a nightmare for pedestrians. That is about to change.

Thanks to the Move Seattle levy (approved by Seattle voters in 2015), SDOT is currently installing three city blocks of sidewalk between 7th Ave NE and Eastlake Pl NE, two of which are on the north side of Northlake Way and the other on the south side. Additionally, the westbound bike lane on Northlake Way will be extended an extra …

At this time of rapid growth and quick construction in Seattle, it seems strange that the project at 45th and Woodlawn, which Jordan reported on back in 2014, seems to be progressing at a snail’s pace. Anecdotally, I have seen very few workers at the construction site over the past month. Granted, I’m often walking by that location later in the afternoon or on weekends, but on the few weekdays I have walked by, there have been only a few workers in the pit and very little heavy machinery activity.

According to Seattle DPD, a building permit for the four-story …

If you were wondering what all those sirens were about just after 10:00 tonight, so was I. Seattle’s Real Time 911 told me that there was a massive, multi-unit response to a fire in a single family residence on Bagley between 41st and 42nd. I rushed to check it out to find no fire, no smoke, but indeed a massive multi-unit response.

The scuttlebutt on the sidewalk was that the house was filled with smoke and 911 was called. Everyone appeared to be okay. I hope that is the case.…