Strolling just beyond the northern border of Wallingford this weekend, I came across a man attempting to cross a frozen 250 foot span between two of the docks at the Green Lake Aqua Theater. He got about 30 feet out when his friend on the shore yelled, “What are you doing? Come back!” The man thought better of his traverse and returned to solid ground, though he defiantly declared, “I would have made it!”

As he walked past me I noticed he was well into his 50s, proving that the old adage “With age comes wisdom” is not necessarily universal.…

In this election season, perhaps the only thing lengthier and more ridiculous than the campaign for U.S. President was the ballot we residents in King County received. My ballot has 39 candidates and issues on which to vote, only four of which are uncontested. So if you were to spend just 10 short minutes (which really isn’t enough time) researching candidates and issues for the 35 contested races, you’d be mulling over your ballot for nearly six hours!

Fortunately you don’t have to. You have DOUG’S VOTER’S GUIDE.

This year the nation has been captivated and nauseated by the race …

This week, The Stranger (aka “Seattle’s Only Newspaper”) is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first issue. I moved to Seattle in 1992 and, like many Seattleites, I have had a love/hate relationship (mostly love) with the publication ever since. The Stranger is so closely identified with Capitol Hill, that it was much to my surprise to read in this week’s An Oral History of the First Year of The Stranger that the newspaper’s birthplace wasn’t on Broadway or Pine, but at 4039 Latona Avenue.

From 1991 to 1993, The Stranger operated somewhat surreptitiously out of an upstairs apartment in …

There have been multiple reports of smashed car windows and two reports of stolen vehicles in the middle of last night in the area of Latona/Thackeray/2nd between 42nd and 43rd. According to neighbors, the best estimate of the timing of the thefts and smashes (assuming they are related) was sometime between midnight and 2:30am.

If anyone has any information that would be helpful to the folks who were affected, please leave it in the comments.…

Angelo Moore, lead singer, saxophonist and thereminist of the Los Angeles funk/punk/rock band Fishbone is playing three nights at the Seamonster Lounge (2202 N 45th St). Last night (Tuesday, Aug. 16)) was the first night. It cost me seven bucks and was amazing. I suggest you try to make it out for the Wednesday and/or Thursday night shows. I might be there too.…

In June, SDOT installed an on-street bike corral in front of McDonald International School, near the corner of NE 54th Street and Latona Avenue. Marjorie, who lives across the street from the school, contacted Wallyhood with her concerns about what this bike rack will do to possibly intensify the current traffic backups on 54th during school drop-off and pick-up times.

Marjorie writes:

A bike rack in that location will make navigating NE 54th and that corner even more difficult—but also less safe. It’s pretty unsafe now, with people having to back up (sometimes onto Latona) just to deal with the …