Margaret, Author at Wallyhood

Christmas Ship Visits Gas Works Park

Margaret November 23, 2012 Comments are off

Next Saturday (December 1), Argosy Cruises will sail its Christmas Ship filled with Dickens Carolers, with a stop planned at Gas Works Park between 8:25-8:40pm. If it’s not storming outside, you can hear the carolers sing clear up to where we are atop Wallingford Avenue. Of course, what’s even more fun is filling a thermos of hot apple cider, and coming down to the park for a front-row view of the Christmas Ship and accompanying parade boat lights twinkling on Lake Union.

If you miss the Christmas Ship on December 1, no worries — it will return to Gas Works …

How To Boil A Frog

Margaret November 22, 2012 Comments are off

I assure you this isn’t a recipe for Thanksgiving, but rather an invitation to a free movie tomorrow night (Friday, November 23), hosted by the good folks who run Meaningful Movies:

Please join us! All films are FREE and open to the public

…and please feel free to forward to friends and neighbors – Thanks!

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! …In the US, believe it or not, the Friday after Thanksgiving is statistically the highest movie attendance day of the year! Come join us for this irreverent look at our consumer culture and unsustainable status quo!

HOW TO BOIL A FROG …

Shop Local on Small Business Saturday

Margaret November 21, 2012 5 Comments

Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and shop this Saturday without leaving Wallingford. The third annual “Small Business Saturday” is happening this Saturday, November 24.

And if you want to save $25 while you shop on Saturday, American Express card members who enroll their cards in the Small Business Saturday program will receive a $25 credit on their statement when they use the enrolled card on a single purchase of $25 or more from a participating small business. You can learn more about the program here.

Here’s a list of some local businesses participating in AMEX promotion during Small Business …

Turkey Out

Margaret November 20, 2012 Comments are off

Don’t want to cook for Thanksgiving? I don’t blame you, and I do have a little piece of good news if you were planning on having a Thanksgiving meal out:

Chutney’s Bistro in Wallingford Center will be serving a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner buffet with all the trimmings, from 11:00am until 8:00pm. I’m told, too, that guests may also order from Chutney’s regular menu. For more information, call Chutney’s at (206) 634-1000.

After phoning some neighborhood restaurants (Blue Star Cafe, Ivar’s Salmon House, Joule, Tilth, Djan’s, and Rusty Pelican), I discovered that Chutney’s is the only place among them that will …

A Tough Nut to Crack

Margaret November 19, 2012 4 Comments

Fruit tree steward, neighborhood recycling guru, and overall swell neighbor, Barb Burrill, shared a recent adventure in the Wallingford urban orchard:

A couple of weeks ago while walking home from my son’s school, I noticed a bunch of lime-like fruits lying on the ground and sidewalk beneath a huge tree. Some had split open and looked like what might be black walnuts. I remember finding a funny-looking nut shell when I was a child and learning from my mom that it was a black walnut. I took two samples home and verified that, yep, that’s what they were.

I returned …

Festival of Hope at Keystone Church

Margaret November 16, 2012 Comments are off

Are you ready to do some holiday shopping? No? Well, here’s something close to home and a fun way to get you in the mood: Keystone Church (5019 Keystone Place N.) is holding its 34th annual Festival of Hope — an alternative Christmas fair this Saturday and Sunday (November 17 and 18).

You can browse, have a deli lunch, maybe some pumpkin pie, and feel good knowing that the fair is a non-profit event, and the money you spend will support hunger relief and self-help projects here and in developing countries. The money doesn’t go to the church, but is …

Raffling for Japan

Margaret November 15, 2012 Comments are off

Boy, oh, boy, the fifth grade Japanese language-track students at John Stanford International are lucky ducks. Not only will they have been immersed in Japanese for 6 years by the time they enter sixth grade, but they’ll also have the chance to visit Japan for some real cultural immersion, which, for most of us, is an opportunity of a lifetime!

But, as you can imagine, a big trip like that can be pretty costly, and the kids rely entirely on fundraising to make it happen. So, if you’d like to help out, the students are holding a raffle this weekend …

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