From everything I’ve heard, the Wallingford Farmers Market in Meridian Park burst into full bloom this year: Wallingford turned out in droves both of the last two Wednesdays, with a lines at the produce stands and a park full of families.

But if you didn’t manage to get your produce there, you have another local option every Saturday: City Grown. For the past seven years, they’ve been growing vegetables in their own plot on Eastern Ave N as well as other “land partner” plots throughout Wallingford, Ballard and other neighborhoods, then selling those veggies at their farmstand at 4108 Eastern …

This Saturday, May 26, Cubes Baking Co. (2315 N. 45th St) will be celebrating their one year anniversary in Wallingford, and are having a little party to celebrate, noon – 5 pm, including

Seems worth the trip just to check out their unusually beautiful cakes. Cubes is the work of Kevin Moulder. From their website:

Kevin grew up near San Antonio, TX and …

I’ve always been fascinated with sourdough. With regular bread, you’ve got your flour, your water and your yeast. The yeast comes in a powder from Fleischmann’s or whomever, and it’s yeast: you mix in with the flour and water, you wait for the little yeasties to eat the sugars in the flour, toot out some carbon dioxide bubbles to make your bread fluffy, and you’re good to go, wherever you are. Same flour, same yeast, same bread, give or take.

All around us, though, are literally millions of different microorganisms floating in the air, a tiny micro-ecyosystem, and everywhere it’s …

May Day is an ancient holiday, dating back at least to the days of the Roman Republic, when it was celebrated as part of the Floralia celebration on April 27th. Obviously, they didn’t call it May Day back then, both because it wasn’t May and also because they spoke Latin. It can also be traced back to the Gaelic Beltane celebration, reaching back into the fog of pagan pre-history.

Here in Seattle, several groups of Morris dancers have been celebrating this ancient holiday in the chilly dawn hours at Gas Works Park. Kimberly writes:

Join the Sound and Fury Morris …

The Seattle Police Department announced today that they have made an arrest in the homicide case of Wallingford community leader Lita Byrnes:

SPD Homicide Detectives have arrested a 25-year-old man for the murder of his roommate, a 38-year-old woman, in Wallingford last month.

The arrest in this complex case came after an extensive investigation, working in conjunction with the Washington State Crime Lab and the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

The suspect was arrested early Thursday morning in Seattle and was booked into jail for Investigation of Murder.…

Spin (Spyridon Nicon) curates a rotating collection of local art on his barber shop walls (4501 Interlake Ave N). Given how often swaps in a new artist and how often I get my hair cut, it’s almost a guarantee that there will be someone new and interesting on the walls each time I head over for a clip.

This month is no exception, and if you’re out for a stroll, and want to enjoy sharp and vibrant prints, you could do worse than popping your head in. You’ll find Mike Klay on the walls, paying homage to the majesty of …

April is National Poetry Month, so in honor of such, I took a pedal around to the three spots where you can consistently find public poetry in our neighborhood.

The Poetry Bench at Eastern Ave N at N 40th St had a piece by Leigh Hunt (1784 – 1859) out: