Eric, Author at Wallyhood

Internet Options in Wallingford, Cheap and Otherwise

Eric June 27, 2015 20 Comments

A little known erstwhile awesome thing in Wallingford is that Interconnection offered $80 per year broadband via Clear wimax to anyone with a student in the house, meaning if you had a kid in school you qualified. Yes, no need to be poor, you get semi-broadband Internet for less than $7 per month! Yeah, only about 3 MBPS, but still, $7! Fortunately, it’s not too late to switch to far more superior options such as compareyourbusinesscosts.co.uk/.

Well, the cheap times end in November. Sprint bought Clear and stabbed wimax through its sputtering heart. There’s still cheap options out there, …

Wallyhood Calendar: Free Zoo, Free Movies, Free Cars

Eric June 26, 2015 26 Comments

Free Zoo Tonight at 6:30: The zoo does an annual neighborhood appreciation thing, just show up at 6:30 at the West Plaza on Phinney Ave. N. between N. 55^th & N. 56^th Sts. Chat with your neighbors, enjoy ice cream, and hang out with the zoo’s new maned wolves. There’s no residency check, parking is free, so bring anyone you like.

Unfortunately, the new, fancy, 15 million dollar “Banyan Wilds” exhibit will not be open to you. Apparently the new animals there are still getting acclimated and they don’t want to stress them with night time visitors yet.…

NATCO next to Olympic & Drum Exchange Is No More

Eric June 23, 2015 14 Comments

The NATCO mailbox/shipping store behind Olympia Pizza is now vacant with a “For Lease: 206-595-5752” sign in the window. George wrote the following to his mailbox holders last month when his lease could not be renewed:

To all mailbox holders, I had the pleasure of serving you all these years. However, I am retiring due to a family emergency and my age, 71 years. We had someone who was going to assume our business to insure the continuity of your address at this location but the landlord refused to sign a new lease with him and informed me just end…

N Northlake Way at Stone to be Reconfigured This Fall

Eric June 21, 2015 10 Comments

The city announced that the reconfiguration of N Northlake Way at Stone Way N now has a contractor and will get built this this fall. It’s a project I worked on with the WCC last year, so I have some attachment to it. It seemed like a straight win-win to us all.

From the City:

This project will construct the following changes at this intersection:

A new sidewalk on the west side of Stone Way N, south of N 34th Street A new sidewalk on the south side of N Northlake Way at Waterway 22 A new striped crosswalk on…

Bedrooms and More Ground Breaking on June 28th

Eric June 20, 2015 19 Comments

Jeff from Bedrooms and More says:

It has been a long time coming. Five years and now we break ground. We will be having a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sunday, June 28th with the official bulldozing starting on the 29th.

Construction will pose challenges, both for us and neighbors. We will attempt, to our best ability, to make everything go as smoothly as possible but there may be inconveniences. Our plan is to have a building that all of Wallingford can be proud of and be a true “Gateway to Wallingford”.

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Fremont Solstice Fair Lands at Reopened Gasworks Park

Eric June 19, 2015 5 Comments

Friday through Sunday is the Fremont Solstice Fair (Friday is just main stage music). The parade starts at 3 on Saturday, which means that being down at Stone and Northlake Way at 4 is a good solution for seeing the good stuff. If you come at 3, expect to be watching naked bikers for over an hour (it does get old). Beyond that, a few things jump out:

There’s a dog parade on Sunday starting at 2:30 plus you can take your dog into the beer gardens on Sunday. Sunday is your day if you prefer domesticated wolves to hairless…

Interviewing Seattle School Board Candidates for District 2

Eric June 17, 2015 10 Comments

The elections this fall represent a complete turn over for our local leadership. Not only is Seattle City Council moving to a district election process, but our long time Seattle School Board representative Sherry Carr is leaving and will be replaced by a new face.

My understanding is that the school board’s role is to be like the board of a company- it chooses the superintendent, helps them set priorities and policy, then evaluates the superintendent and chooses whether to keep them on. The school board is not supposed to muck about with individual personnel issues or school issues except …

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