The Good Shepherd Center is the large, five-story building set back in a campus at N 50^th St and Sunnyside Ave N. It is just east of Meridian Playground. Both the large building and the park were part of the Home of the Good Shepher, operated since 1906 by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd as a safe place for young women who were having problems with their families or without a family. It provided not just shelter and stability, but also education. One of the main sources of income for them was a contract with the railroads to …

Well, it’s been a quiet week in Lake Wallingford, my home ‘hood. So quiet, in fact, that like all legitimate big city news organizations, Wallyhood is compelled to fill the reporting void space with tales of flashing blue lights and small crime.

I was working the night beat at the Wallyhood Crime Desk. Actually…I had just returned from the Mariners’ home opener, in which they had soundly thrashed the much-loathed Houston Astros 11-1. I had turned in for the night, when Boss Editor Megan sent a message: There’s something going on by the John Stanford International School (JSIS). This is …

If you’re dying for Himalayan food – perhaps a dal bhat – then you’re out of luck if your destination is the Himalayan Sherpa House in Tangletown. It is permanently closed. But if you’re fancying some delicious “seasonal northwest comfort food” then Restaurant Christine, now open in the Himalayan Sherpa House space, may be for you.
The owner and head chef at Restaurant Christine is Adam Furler. Furler held a stealthy, “super soft” opening of his place back on October 1, but plans something grander in the (hopefully near) future. “I still have done no advertising due to covid and …

We recently reported on the violent altercation that took place outside of Murphy’s Pub in the heart of Wallingford, along with the subsequent arrest of the accused perpetrator in Meridian Park. While these kinds of incidents in our neighborhood make all of us uneasy, it occurred to the editors at Wallyhood…well, one of them, anyway…that it also provided an opportunity to learn about the process of criminal justice in Seattle, and how it (literally) is prosecuted.

My original idea was to follow this case from beginning (the confrontation and arrest in the heart of the neighborhood) to end (resolution in …

Change expert and Revolve You founder Julia Claeys Freeland recommends organizational leaders stop trying to manage change and start actively modeling what it looks like to engage in change.

In her new book, Take Your Shoes Off First, Freeland shares principles to help individuals and corporate teams bridge divides between colleagues, cultivate inclusion and accelerate innovation in our dramatically different world.

“To change the world, we must first change ourselves. This means engaging in change, not just managing it. When we shift our perspective and challenge our beliefs, we make room for different and open the door to new …

If you see someone in a chartreuse vest carrying a clipboard in the neighborhood, it may well be a volunteer supporting the non-profit organization Historic Wallingford. Volunteers are recording styles and architectural details of homes in the part of Wallingford now being studied as a potential Historic District to be included in the National Register of Historic Places, an activity of the National Park Service.

The Wallingford community, as well as the city of Seattle, have benefited greatly from past historic preservation designations of key buildings and structures in our neighborhood. Notable are the Good Shepherd Center, The …