Margaret, Author at Wallyhood

‘Carnival Saturday’ in Wallingford

Margaret October 25, 2012 4 Comments

You’re gonna want to stick around in the neighborhood this Saturday (October 27) because there are two, count ’em, two family-style carnivals you won’t want to miss:

Bring the family to The Good Shepherd Center and Meridian Park from 1:00-4:00pm for The Meridian School’s annual Fall Carnival — A Wallingford tradition that’s been around for over 30 years!

The carnival takes place in the school’s South Annex gym adjacent to the Good Shepherd Center’s south parking lot, as well as in the southern portion of Meridian Park and the picnic shelter outside the school gym. The Good Shepherd Center is …

Joule (Re)opens tonight

Margaret October 24, 2012 1 Comment

Joule is set to open its doors for dinner tonight in its new location at The Fremont Collective on Stone Way at N. 35th St. (3506 Stone Way N.) You may remember when the restaurant ditched us left its former location on N. 45th Street back in April for bigger digs and outdoor seating.

Joule will be the first of the three occupants to open at Fremont Collective. Sport gear shop, evo, and Renee Erikson’s new restaurant, The Whale Wins will also open soon.…

Meaningful Movies: ‘The House I Live In’

Margaret October 24, 2012 Comments are off

Every Friday night for the last nine years, neighbors in our community have been showing free screenings of “Meaningful Movies” that cover issues around social justice, followed by an open community discussion about the evening’s topic. The screenings take place at the Keystone Congressional Church (5029 Keystone Avenue N.) from 7:00pm to 9:30PM. Many times, the organizers bring in advocates about the issues presented in the evening’s film, or the filmmakers themselves will stop by for a Q&A session after the film.

This Friday night (October 26), Meaningful Movies will show a special screening about the War on Drugs called …

‘Art-full’ Garage Sale

Margaret October 19, 2012 1 Comment

Wallyhood’s architecture writer, Patricia, wanted to let everyone know that she’s holding a big garage sale this weekend, “and there’s lots of art, books, tsatskes for every Wallingford taste (as long as it’s liberal…)” she adds. Here’s more info:

This year I’ve remodeled and moved to a different house in Wallingford (yes, of COURSE, in Wallingford), and am now trying to get my ‘old’ house ready to rent. So, this weekend I’m having a grand garage sale (it’s really in the garage out back). I’ve entitled it ‘My Big Art-full Garage Sale’ The address is 3909 Bagley Ave. N. Time: …

La Casa Azul is Closed

Margaret October 18, 2012 32 Comments

Laura writes:

My family walked up the street on Friday night hoping to get some great Mexican food at Casa Azul, only to be met with a darkened building and locked doors! Are they leaving? Kaput? What’s the deal? Do you know or can you find out? I’m feeling very sad. They serve really delicious food – much better than the cheese fest that was there before them…

Thanks!
Wallyhood res.

I also noticed the darkened space and yesterday, I saw a rather perplexed soda distributor standing out front, attempting to make a delivery. So, I called the Greenwood location …

Video Store Day

Margaret October 17, 2012 Comments are off

This Saturday (October 20) marks the second annual International Video Store Day! And where better to celebrate than our favorite independent video store (and Wallyhood sponsor) Scarecrow Video! Check out the day’s festivities and in-store giveaways:

Our 2012 Video Store Day festivities will feature a VHS Art Show with handmade work from a variety of local artists paying homage to the painted covers of the early days of home video. We’ll also have a special rental section of movies and TV shows shot in and around Seattle from our Scarecrow on Seattle column for the city’s Office of Film + …

Found Kitty

Margaret October 15, 2012 4 Comments

Gary wrote to tell us that he found a cat a week ago and hasn’t had any luck finding her owner:

We live across the street from John Stanford International, and a week ago Sunday I was in bed when I heard a cat repeatedly meowing…I thought it was one of ours, so after hearing it for a while, went out and found a scared, hungry, thirsty little brown tabby right at the entrance to the JSIS basketball court/playground. She clearly has been socialized, is very friendly and sweet. But no collar, no tags, no microchip. We’ve looked at flyers …

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