Margaret, Author at Wallyhood

Groundcover in Tangletown

Margaret May 12, 2012 3 Comments

Have you taken walks around the neighborhood and admired other neighbors’ vibrant, colorful groundcovers? Garden blogger Paige Embry has a post on her blog, A Year in Seattle’s Gardens, that explores some of the groundcover in Tangletown through description and photography. Paige explains her gardening know-how and the reason behind the blog:

I used to run a garden design/coaching business and have just set up a blog, www.ayearinseattlegardens.com. The focus of the blog is pretty obvious from the name. It looks at plants not only when they are at their best but also in other seasons (the times when no …

SDOT’s new online bike map

Margaret May 11, 2012 3 Comments

Just in time for a weekend of perfect bike riding weather, SDOT rolled out its new online bike map which you can find here. The online map features citywide routes that you can view via street map or aerial view; and this is the best feature: you can narrow your search by what kind of rider you are. Here’s an explanation from the SDOT Blog:

The first thing you’ll want to do is choose whether you are a frequent, average or occasional rider. This narrows or expands the routes you might want to use based on their difficulty. From there …

Cheers to Wallingford

Margaret May 11, 2012 Comments are off

Updated 4:26pm with info from the Chamber. The Cheers to Wallingford Business Expo will run from 4-7PM on Wednesday, May 16th. Invite your neighbors and friends to come along for wine and food tasting, demonstrations and more! This event is FREE to the public; donations will be gratefully accepted. From the Wallingford Chamber of Commerce: This year’s event features over 40 exhibitors and free food and drink samples – including wine tasting.This is a great opportunity to meet local business owners and mingle in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere.

What: Cheers to Wallingford Business Expo
When: Wednesday, May 16, from …

JSIS Plant Sale tomorrow

Margaret May 11, 2012 Comments are off

The first graders at John Stanford International School are hosting their annual plant sale to raise money for their sister school Juan de la Barrera in Puerta Vallarta. The sale will be on the playground (on 4th Ave. NE, above 40th St. NE) near the basketball court on Saturday, May 12 from 10-1 pm. We’re told there will be lots of heirloom vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Perfect timing for Mother’s Day!

The first graders have been planting and tending seedlings for over month now in anticipation of the annual plant sale. All of the seeds this year came from …

Looking for Summer Camps? Try the FUNnerator!

Margaret May 10, 2012 Comments are off

Wallingford resident Kristen Hamilton knows fun. So much so, in fact, she is the co-founder of a website called FUNnerator.com, a one-stop site for parents looking for summer camps and activities for their kids. Simply search the website by activity, location (anywhere in Washington State), or actual camp names, and the FUNnerator provides various camp choices within your search parameters. You can even narrow your choices down further by age, dates, and cost. FUNnerator has over 4,500 camps and activities, with new ones being added every day, and future plans to expand to other states.

So how did Kristen get …

Benefit concert for Japan

Margaret May 9, 2012 Comments are off

The Total Experience Gospel Choir (TEGC) will perform at Wallingford United Methodist Church (2115 N 42nd St.) this Friday, May 11, at 8:00PM. You may recall, The TEGC gave a concert at the church back in January, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. This time, the concert is a benefit for the people of Ishinomaki, Japan, a village still recovering from last year’s earthquake and tsunami. Here’s a little more information from the organizers:

The TEGC has kept in touch with the friends they made while visiting Ishinomaki several years ago. The Total Experience Gospel Choir departs for Japan …

Vote to keep Seattle wading pools open this summer

Margaret May 9, 2012 11 Comments

We’d like to thank Wallingford resident Greg Flood who wrote the following guest post:

Ask.com is doing a survey to select a project to fund for Seattle and funding operation of our wading pools is one possibility. It only takes a few seconds to vote at http://www.seattleasks.com/ before May 15. If successful, Seattle pools will be saved for this summer, but what about future years?

Seattle Parks and Recreation has reduced the operating hours of Seattle wading pools in recent years due to budget cuts. Parks has tried to encourage conversion of wading pools to water spray features reportedly …

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