After a turbulent and acrimonious two years on the Seattle City Light-owned lot off NE Northlake Way, just north of Ivar’s, the Northlake Tiny House Village will be emptied and de-commissioned as of December 31.

In a letter addressed to Sharon Lee, the executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI, the city-recognized managers of the village), and delivered to the village and the Northlake Community Advisory Council (on which I serve), Adrienne Easter, Manager of Homeless Investments for the City of Seattle Human Services Department (HSD), wrote that the “The City of Seattle will not be renewing the …

If you want to get a jump on the trick or treating this Thursday, if you want to start fattening your pumpkin before the de facto ringing of the starting bell for trick or treating at about 5:30 pm, you could head on over to the Wallingford Center, where the businesses will be welcoming the young costumed ones:

Grab your little goblins and ghouls and head to Wallingford Center for a fun-filled evening of trick-or-treating. Visit all 12 of the center businesses for a trick or treat. Take your photo with one of our custom back drops! October 31st from …

Thursday is Halloween, and in most parts of Wallingford, that means hoards of trick-or-treaters sweeping up and down your steps to collect their goodies. Time to stock up!

If you haven’t already bought your goodies, I’d like to delicately suggest this article on Cocoa’s child laborers to you. If you can’t make it past the Washington Post’s paywall, I’ll summarize: despite pledges made almost two decades ago, Mars, Nestlé and Hershey still buy the cocoa for their chocolate from farms that use child labor.

One reason is that nearly 20 years after pledging to eradicate child labor, chocolate companies still …

I know I’m late to the party, but Damsel and Hopper, the bakery that opened in the heart of Wallingford two years ago September has closed as of last week.

I stopped in a couple days before the closing and chatted with the owner, Rob Salvino, and offered to write a post before it closed, so people could come in and get their last loaf, but he gently waved me off, gesturing to the almost empty shelves and the steady stream of people already coming through to clean him out. “Please don’t, we already don’t have enough.”

I asked him …

The gears of change will grind up another couple of single family homes and churn out another townhouse / rowhouse combination along 50th. If you would like to chat with someone in person about the project, there are drop-in hours today, Monday September 30th from 5:00 – 6:00 pm (sorry for the short notice!) onsite at 1925 N 50th St, just across from Meridian Park.

According the project’s description,

Blackwood Builders Group and JW Architects are collaborating to design the redevelopment of 1925 N 50^th Street. When it’s complete, the new homes will be 3 stories tall and will …

If you’re feeling grumpy about the homogenization of Seattle and the loss of the odd quirkiness that once defined Fremont, then here’s an upcoming event that should give you hope. One night only at West of Lenin (N 36th St), Friday September 27th at 8 pm:

Join us for the eighth chapter of The Panel Jumper **LIVE** and celebrate nerd culture in all its myriad forms! Produced in collaboration with West of Lenin, this rare revelry of Seattle-based talent will leave you giddy and inspired by all our geek community has to offer.

Singer/songwriter Kathryn Farrell reveals her love of …

Local dendrophile Burb Burrill writes:

My friend Lori Brakken will be at Meridian Playground [4649 Sunnyside Ave N, technically] on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 4 – 7 pm, to tell you what kind of fruit you have. Lori is THE expert in apple ID in the greater Seattle area. I’ll be there with Lori to answer your fruit tree care questions.

We’ll have a canopy and table set up in the park on the north side of the hedge, separate from the Wallingford Farmers Market.

If you want your fruit identified, it’s best to bring samples of the actual fruit.…