The teachers’ strike continues: no school for your (public school) kiddos today, Monday Sept 14th.

My sense is that there is near universal support for the teachers amongst the parents and citizens of Wallingford, and you can count me amongst the supporters as well. That said, I don’t think the district is the main villain here: the citizens of Washington State are partly to blame.

The root of the problem is that there just isn’t enough tax money to pay enough teachers adequately, and that’s a direct result of the regressive tax system we have here in Washington State: that …

If you’re feeling burnt over the teacher’s strike, bitter over the Art of Confections debacle, and just plain gobsmacked by the entire Republican presidential field, perhaps you could take some solace in nice, creamy slice of cheesecake.

Kara Burfiend of The SweetSide (254 NE 45th St) writes:

I want to invite you to pop into The SweetSide this Saturday to help us celebrate the bakery’s 1st Birthday! We will be giving away slices of our signature cakes and cheesecakes all day as well as some pretty great door prizes, including certificates for whole cakes, custom cakes, and holiday desserts!

It …

As this past weekend’s weather will attest, autumn is on the horizon. Goodbye long, hot and dry, hello long, dark and wet.

But there’s still some cheer left to be had before we zip summer up and stow it in the garage for the next nine months: Seattle Tilth will be celebrating its annual Harvest Fair this Saturday, September 12th at Meridian Park in Wallingford. Liza Burke tells us that in addition to the fact that it is co-produced by Tilth Producers of WA this year, they’ll be debuting an organic beer, wine and cider garden:

After a summer of …

Vivian Little writes:

We invite you to the Second Annual Wallingford Chili Cook Off hosted by Gift of Grace Lutheran Church at 2102 N. 40th St. on Sunday Oct. 4, at Noon! Come and eat the best chili in Wallingford or be bold! Enter your best chili and let five judges (local Wallingford restaurant owners/chefs and a Gift of Grace member) taste and select the most delicious chili which we will serve at GraceFeast Sunday Dinners*. The First Prize Winner gets bragging rights and the prestige of his or her chili to be used in the GraceFeast recipe book and …