While I’m sure most readers are not small business owners, let alone owners of small, brick-and-mortar businesses, I thought you’d be interested to know that the city has funds available for the repair of windows, doors, locks, signs, etc. that have been damaged by vandals. That’s both good news and sad news, right?

As of this November 14 update, the city had disbursed $800,000 from a $2 million fund. The online application form is still open, so I assume that there is still some money left. The eligibility criteria, according to the update, are:

Business must be open for…

You may have heard the Christmas ships if you were by the water any evening in the past few weeks; they have been parading in the waters of the greater Seattle area since the end of November. If you haven’t seen them though, it’s not too late. In fact, the grand finale will take place on Saturday, December 23, and can be viewed from Gas Works Park.

If you’re asking yourself, “What is he talking about?” here is a bit of an explanation. The Christmas ships are a holiday tradition around these parts. Lead by an Argosy cruise ship …

Fat Cat Records, formerly near the corner of Meridian and 45th, has moved to a new location at 4206 Stone Way N. The store which sells new and used records, CDs and cassette tapes was opened in 2018 by Frank Laufer and his father James. Its opening in 2018 was covered by Wallywood in a blog post.

The new location has features that the old one lacked. Parking was an issue at the Meridian location and the old space was too small to fit Fat Cat’s growth plans. It did have a very visible and iconic sign, though.

The Stone …

Hello neighbors! I am a new face in a familiar place in Wallingford, so I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Rev. Haley Ballast, and I am the new Transitional Pastor at Wallingford Presbyterian Church. I am a Seattle native, now raising my family in the same South end neighborhood where I grew up (Normandy Park). I am loving my new “work” neighborhood and have so far enjoyed buying plants for my office at Cedarhouse Flowers, eating a delicious sandwich from Grand Central Bakery, and drooling over donuts at Doce.

WPC has been a faithful …

If you’ve tried to schedule a new COVID vaccine recently, then you know that there may be some long waiting times. (I waited a month and a half to get one at our local Bartells.) But now you can get one at our local library branch — no appointment necessary!

The details:

Date: Thursday, December 14 Time: 2-4 pm Location: Seattle Public Library, Wallingford branch, 1501 N 45th St

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