Those of us living in south Wallingford now have another dining option with the opening on Wednesday (May 10) of the Union Saloon — across from Cantinetta on Wallingford Ave. I’d been watching the renovations over the past several months wondering what was going on at that location, and on a recent Friday night, my wife and I popped in for dinner.

I have this agreement with the city that whenever a business changes hands, someone goes in and removes from my brain all memory of what used to be there. I’d like to think that this frees up space …

Many readers will remember the Hawaiian Breeze restaurant which closed a couple of years ago followed, shortly thereafter, by Shima Sushi which was owned by the same people. Now, the Breeze space will finally be occupied once again, this time by a new hamburger restaurant called Wallyburger.

Wallyburger is the newest business of long-time Wallingford resident Gary Reynolds. Indulging his interest in music, Reynolds opened the Electrokitty Recording Studio, and is owner of the Revolver Bar on Capitol Hill. While the Electrokitty’s name makes no secret of its purpose, you would be quite mistaken if you thought Revolver was gun …

[Editor Note: May 7th is the deadline for comments to the city on future Green Lake repaving. Jack links to the survey below, but it is time sensitive so I thought it wise to add this quick note.]

Those of us living in the vicinity of 40th St. know that crossing 40th on foot or bike — especially during rush hours — can be challenging. Now, thanks to SDOT’s Neighborhood Street Fund and citizen action by some of our neighbors, improvements are on the way.

Personally, I try to avoid this crossing when headed north on bike because it’s …

The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, founded in 1984 with offices in Seattle, Tacoma, Wenatchee and Granger (Yakima county), supports immigrant populations by, according to their website, “defending and advancing the rights of immigrants through direct legal services, systemic advocacy, and community education.” The organization is headed by Seattle attorney Jorge Baron who was recently profiled in this Seattle Times article.

Interested in supporting this organization? How about if you could drink a beer at the same time? Floating Bridge Brewing and the Blue Moon have teamed up to make this happen. They sent us this press release:

What would America …

Last week, the city introduced a revised set of procedures for the removal of camps on city property. These procedures govern such things as identification of camps to be cleared, notification of campers and storage of their belongings after a camp has been cleared. City workers got an opportunity to flex these new policies last week as they cleared – for the second time – the camp along the Burke Gilman Trail. More on that later.

Wallingford is among perhaps a dozen or so neighborhoods in the city unwittingly playing “host” to homeless campers. Issues arising from this camping have …

From time to time, many of us have suffered the minor transgression of having our garbage cans stuffed by somebody else. As if we don’t have enough of our own garbage! I live on what, for many people, is their direct line to Gas Works Park, so my can probably gets stuffed more often than most. It’s not the end of the world, of course, but I have such a really small can …

Richard writes to report of an unusual twist on this “garbage stuffing”:

I’m writing to report an unusual, likely crime, incident, but not sure whether to …

The following article was submitted by Susan Gulick. Susan is a neighbor representative on the Good Shepherd Center Advisory Board (GSCAB).  Her interviewee, Erin French, is the Director of Admissions and Marketing at the Meridian School.  The following conversation discusses concerns that some neighbors have expressed about the presence of Meridian School at the Good Shepherd Center.

Susan: Before we begin, can you provide some background on Meridian School?

Erin:  Of course!

The Meridian School is an independent, elementary (K-5) day school located in the historic Good Shepherd Center building on Meridian Park. We enroll 190-200 …