It came as a shock to all of us here at wallyhood to learn, late last night, that the lease on our office space would not be renewed, contrary to expectations. As a consequence, this blog — now in its 16th year – will shut down, effective immediately, unless and until new office space can be secured. No new posts will be forthcoming, and all office furnishings will be sold off with proceeds to go towards a new lease, if one can be found.

Many readers will wonder why a blog, of all things, requires office space – especially in …

The Seattle Dept. of Transportation (SDOT) is seeking input on proposed changes to Aurora Avenue North (a.k.a. Highway 99). While the chance to attend in-person meetings has passed (sorry!), you can still register your opinion via this online form. The comment period is only open through April 5, so you better hurry.

The proposed work area runs from just south of the Aurora Bridge north to 145th St. For the purposes of this project, SDOT has divided that stretch into 5 segments:

Segment 1: Harrison St to N 38th Street Segment 2: N 38th St. to Winona Ave N…

You may have seen the recent Wallyhood article on the outstanding run by the Lincoln High School baseball team to last year’s state 3A championship. Reader and parent Elizabeth let us know that LHS also hosts a fastpitch softball team, head-coached by Kevin Ticen (former catcher for University of Washington baseball team). The varsity team is led by Senior Annika Ticen (catcher) and Junior Riko Hibino (pitcher). The varsity and junior varsity teams are comprised of players who have run the bases at Lower Woodland Park since little league, and are proud to represent their high school and wear the …

I had a domestic calamity at the end of last year that forced me (and a bunch of my stuff) to move out of my rented townhouse for a few weeks. It was a big pain. But I tried to look at this as yet another character-building event (futile as that may be at this very late stage), and used the unanticipated “opportunity” to clean out and upgrade some of my belongings gathering dust and other residues in the place. In that category were things like a venerable old microwave oven, and a printer that no longer would connect to …