Margaret, Author at Wallyhood

PEPS Lecture: Choosing the Right Preschool

Margaret March 28, 2012 Comments are off

With all of the excellent preschool choices offered in the area, it can be downright maddening to decide which one will be the right fit for your child; but here’s a lecture offered by PEPS that may help to take away some of the guesswork:

Choosing the Right Preschool co-sponsored by PEPS and Grow Parenting with Anoo Padte

Monday, April 9th, 6:30pm
Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.)

This workshop covers information on early childhood learning and preschools. Some of the topics covered are:

How children learn in the early years Important factors in choosing a preschool How important…

Strange happenings in the ‘hood

Margaret March 25, 2012 10 Comments

A reader wrote to tell us about a strange encounter last week, and wants to know if anyone else has seen this person around the neighborhood:

Has anyone else encountered a youngish man-early 20’s-military style hair cut, bright yellow jacket? As I left my house Monday morning 5:50AM he was on Latona between 43rd and 44th examining the cracks in the sidewalk carefully with a small flashlight. He was acting paranoid and most likely tripping. As I got in my car he started unbuckling his belt… (To urinate, to suggest sexual violence-hard to say.). I haven’t seen him since. He …

Belly Dancing at Fuerte Fitness

Margaret March 25, 2012 1 Comment

Wallyhood sponsor Fuerte Fitness (1225 N. 45th St.) is starting two new 8-week Belly Dance classes for advanced and beginning students:

Advanced Belly Dance Class starting Tuesday, April 3rd at 7:30pm-8:30pm: Bella Jovan is holding a continuing 8 class series every Thursday. This ultimate core and cardio workout will have you breaking a sweat, shaking your hips and spinning the night away! Purchase your class series today. 8 week series $100.00 non members, $80.00 members Drop in $ 15.00 non members, $10.00 members.

Beginning Belly Dancing Class starting Wednesday, April 4th at 5:30pm – 6:30pm: Come learn Belly Dance with…

Another Stolen Package

Margaret March 24, 2012 7 Comments

You may remember our last post on this subject: Package Thefts. Now, Marilyn writes:

Amazon shows that I had a book delivered to my porch last Friday night at 6:58. It disappeared sometime during the night. This is the 4th package, all from Amazon, that has gone missing from my porch in 2 months.

While not entirely comforting, at the very least, we can rule out the suspect involved in this month’s rash of burglaries.

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Neighborhood school roundup

Margaret March 23, 2012 1 Comment

Here’s a recap of things happening in our neighborhood schools:

B.F. Day is holding a clothing drive

What? A clothing drive. Clear out your closets of unwanted clothing of all ages, coats, linens, towels, shoes, scarves, handbags, etc. Who? Northwest Center, the non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults and children with disabilities, and B.F. Day families. But this event is not limited to just us. ANYONE can donate, ANYONE can participate. Where? Right at our school (3921 Linden Avenue N.) Northwest Center will provide barrels to be placed around the school and will pick up items throughout the week…

Greenway Par-tay

Margaret March 23, 2012 6 Comments

The organizers of the soon-to-be Wallingford Greenway are making plans to throw a block party this summer, once the greenway is complete. Wanna help them plan one? Here’s the skinny:

Hello Wallingford folks,

As you know, SDOT is currently working to complete our first Greenway
in Wallingford! What better way to celebrate than to throw a summer
block party?

Join us next Thursday, March 29th at 7:30pm as we start to plan for
this block party. All are welcome to come brainstorm what food, music,
activities, etc. we would like for this event. The plan is to meet
upstairs at …

Joule is moving

Margaret March 22, 2012 16 Comments

Puget Sound Business Journal reports that Joule Restaurant is closing on N. 45th St. at the end of April and re-opening this summer at the Fremont Collective (3506 Stone Way N.). (Aw, Joule. You didn’t call; you didn’t write; you just sent your “Dear John” letter to the PSBJ. Sniff! Sniff!) Ahem, anyway, according to the article, the move will give them more space and “seasonal outdoor seating.”

The Fremont Collective is a new project (in the building where the Inner Space Indoor Skate Park was located) currently under development by Evo Properties. Evo has developed sites in Fremont (Revel/Quoin …

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