So I have this rad setup for my bike that lets me attach Zev’s bike to mine. It’s like those third wheels you see, where the kid gets their own seat and pedals, but instead of a front wheel, it just attaches to the adult’s seat post, except in this case, you can take a normal kid’s bike and just attach it to the back of the adult’s bike.

The advantage over the other setups is that when you get where you’re going, you can decouple the bikes and the child can ride independently. We do this quite a bit: …

Tuesday August 4th is the annual Seattle Night Out Against Crime. All over the neighborhood (and the city), folks come out of their doors to spend a evening with their neighbors. Streets are blocked off, lawn chairs are dragged out front, card tables are set up on sidewalks and lawns, kids play, chit is chatted, gossip is passed, potato salad is forked, and wine is paper cupped.

For the last several years, I’ve bike toured the block parties of the neighborhood, sampling the deviled eggs and meeting new people, sometimes by myself, sometimes with my son Zev in tow, and …

If you’re reading this on a desktop computer, instead of a phone, you must have noticed things look a bit different.

After almost seven years without a design refresh, I thought it was about time to clean things up. The new theme also makes it easier for me to add new features to the Wallyhood, and get a bit more creative with some articles (e.g., better use of photos and video).

It’s still a work in progress, I’ll be tweaking it over the next few days, but if you have comments or suggestions, please leave ’em.…

It is with deepest regret that we report that Andres Hulslander, manager at Wallingford’s Bartell Drugs, was struck and killed while biking home from work on Saturday, June 27th at about 11 pm. Andres is survived by a wife and two children.

According to the Seattle Bike Blog, Andres was biking eastbound on NE 65th St towards his home in Lake Forest Park when he was struck from behind by 29 year-old Lucas McQuinn near the intersection at 15th Ave NE. McQuinn, who officers believed to be intoxicated, was arrested at the scene and charged with vehicular homicide. He is …

When Kitaro caught fire back in 2011, we mourned. When the burnt out shell remained for three and a half years, an eyesore and a graffiti magnet, we mourned again.

Now, there’s reason to cheer.While the King County web site doesn’t have a demolition permit for that property listed (although it does have a vacant property complaint), Jeff Lindstrom spotted demolition trucks outside earlier this week, and the workers told him it’s coming down.

I stopped by on Thursday, and there was little evidence of the demolition in the works, but hopefully it will have transformed from a burnt out …

Happy Independence Day, y’all. It’s a good one to celebrate: gay marriage, healthcare for all, Citizen United overturned.

OK, two out of three ain’t bad.

If you’ve been around Wallingford for a while, you know that it’s going to get hectic, and with the temperatures up in the record-breaking high 80’s, it’s going to sizzling. It’s also going to be dry, dry, dry. So please, please, please, go easy with the personal fireworks (this means you, too, Lynne!)

Seriously, people: remember in 2013 when that firework landed on a boat canvas down by Lake Union and burned $1.5M in boats? …

At the corner of 45th St and 4th Ave NE, we have the largest wine store in the Pacific Northwest (also sporting a fine collection of spirts), an award-winning tattoo parlor and now, to complete the trifecta, the American Mary retail marijuana store opened its doors this past week. Our Gateway to Wallingford is almost complete!

Owned by experienced dope salesman Donnie Douglas, American Mary has nestled into one of the few blocks in Wallingford where retail marijuana can legally operate (yes, it’s just far enough away from the John Stanford School to qualify).

I’ve been curious how the retail …