If you live in one of the new Restrict Parking Zones in Wallingford, your grace period of parking without a permit is over. I spied a parking enforcement officer getting ready to write up my neighbor’s truck on Friday, and when I went out to try to call her off (“wait, I’ll grab them and have them move it”), she said not to worry, it was just a warning, but that they would begin ticketing “for real” on Monday.

That makes her sound real nice about it, which she wasn’t. She seemed pretty grumpy at me for not respecting the …

The end-of-the-year holidays are often at time when people look to share some of what they have with others who might have less. If you’re such a person and are looking for such an opportunity, look no further than FamilyWork’s Holiday Helper Family Sponsorship:

This year, we asked each child to choose a winter item they need and a toy they’re excited about. Our goal is to fulfill their wishlists and send each family home with a board game, so everyone can cozy up on a cold, winter night and bond over some family fun.

Just fill in their online …

Hey, itchin’ for some cultchuh? Wanna see some free theatah? Wallingford Presbyterian Church (1414 N 42nd St) is hosting Taproot Theatre Company’s Christmas Touring play Foolish Wiseman, here in Wallingford, walking distance from you, tomorrow morning, Sunday, December 9th at 10:30 am.

Meet Ogion [o-jun], the comical and little-known fourth wise man. Afraid of the dark, this befuddled hero has little chance of following the Bethlehem star until he runs into two thieves, Leah and Jacob, who believe it would be profitable to assist this foolish, yet wealthy, man. What they find at the journey’s end is a treasure more …

Megan James from Seattle Pops (1401 N 45TH St) writes:

As promised, here’s a round-up of opportunities to do your holiday shopping hyperlocally, from Wallingford artists (and very close neighbors).

Leading us off, Cindy Krafft writes:

I’m an artist in Wallingford making geeky and sometimes feminist quilts. My website is 8-bitquilts.com . I’ll also be the featured artist at Outsider Comics in Fremont during the First Friday Art Walk this coming week!

Yara El Hage writes that she’s from Lebanon, but has been living here in Wallingford for the past three years. She sells handcrafted jewelry and trinket dishes through her Etsy store, but offers local pick-up.

Aleesha Contreras is …

Over on the Wallingford / Fremont Facebook page, Denys Howard posted this old photo of a poster from a cabaret that used to sit along the Wallingford / Fremont border:

This photo is the northwest corner of N 36th St and Woodland Park Ave N, in East Fremont. At times in the past, what are currently two businesses on the ground floor were a single space.

In the early 1980s, it housed a cabaret called the Kit Kat Club, with its lobby on the corner and the performance space on the right.

My housemates and I would go down there …

We’re heading into gift-buying season (or, you could say we’re already deep into it, for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Chanukah-celebraters.) Either way, though, it’s nice to shop local, so each year we try to do a round-up of local artists and crafts sales timed for the holidays.

Please post in the comments are email me me at [email protected] if you’ve got something going on in the next month. Generally, this is intended to give light to local artists selling locally, not to stores having holiday sales (though go without saying.) Local is generally intended to mean “Wallingford” because that’s …