Just a reminder: this coming Wednesday, October 12th, from 7 – 9 pm, we’re inviting readers, writers, editors, commenters and lurkers to come put a face with the name at Murphy’s Pub (1928 N 45th St). It’s been something like four or five years since our last meet-up, and we’re long overdue.

On the fence? Murphy’s has offered to pour a few pitchers for us on the house, and Wallyhood will be kicking in for some appetizers to keep you thirsty.

I really hope you come out. I’m really looking forward to meeting some of the people I’ve been seeing …

(The following is a sponsored post from Kris Murphy & Daniela Dombrowski, www.Key2SeattleRealEstate.com)

Wallingford and Tangletown continue to be highly sought after by today’s home buyers.

It is no wonder with our continuing technology boom that people want to live close to the job centers and avoid the I-5 commute at all costs. As we know, our neighborhood is very accessible and convenient and it offers restaurants, shops, parks and other goodies and you don’t even need to leave to cover your daily needs or for entertainment and recreation.

Statistics in the table below are based on home sales in …

So, you remember last week there was a fire on 4th Ave? Everyone, including the twin 6-month-old girls, got out safely.

While most of the second floor tenants’ things were destroyed in the fire, the first floor and basement tenants escaped with only smoke damage to their belongings…

Until the looters showed up.

Moe’s story starts on the Friday afternoon before the fire:

I had just got home from work, my boyfriend was at my place, and my landlord had just gotten there to help deal with a rat that had gotten in the wall. I noticed a bike locked …

Wallingford’s own FamilyWorks Food Bank and Family Resource Center has its largest fundraiser of the year on Nov. 6th. This event includes a silent auction and FamilyWorks is in need of a few more item donations. Would your business be willing to donate any of the following?

If so, please contact Joey Ashenbrenner at 206-694-6725 or [email protected]…

Strolling down to Dunn Lumber on Sunday morning, I was shocked to see a charred facade where our neighbor’s house at 4019 4th Ave NE had stood unscathed just days ago. It was especially disturbing because I know that it was a duplex with newborn twins living on the second floor.

So it was a relief to hear from Scott today that while it was serious, everybody got out safely:

Friday night, we settled in to bed and were awoken at 4:20 am Saturday, when Kim got up for a glass of water, smelled smoke, saw fire from outside the …

Back in March, readers took me to task for calling the police when I caught a young man stealing a basketball off my front porch (Porch Thief Caught).

Today, frequent Wallyhood commenter Marie of Romania brought to my attention that this young man, Walter Burton, was killed by a drunk driver Monday morning while he slept in his tent by the I-5 entrance ramp off 50th NE Street.

According to King 5 news:

Burton was struck by a driver during the Monday morning commute at the Northeast 50th Street ramp from northbound I-5.

The Washington State Patrol says the driver …

Reid Haefer writes:

The community group I work with, Friends of North Lake Union, is hosting community meetings on Tuesday September 13th and Tuesday Sept 27th at Miir Flagship store (3400 Stone Way N) at 6:45 pm. We need the community’s input on a plan to improve a piece of shoreline land called Waterway 22 (between Gas Works and Stone Way). We will be doing a brainstorming design session to get an idea of what everyone would like to see happen with this piece of land. We need community input!

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