By now, most of you have noticed that Wallyhood does not have a sports desk—and a good portion of you think that is just great, and maybe it’s a reason why you’ve stuck around for as long as you have. But as a diehard baseball fan in a pathetically beleaguered baseball city, I was both surprised and delighted to hear a piece on KNKX by my favorite radio host, Kirsten Kendrick. It features a pitcher on last year’s state 3A champion Lincoln High School baseball team, Bjorn Johnson. Unlike most such stories, it focuses on the journey of Bjorn …
Free Half Day Summer Language Camp Research Study
Many parents know the trials of finding summer camps to provide care for young kids. Parent text threads explode reminding each other to be hovering over the mouse on your computer refreshing at exactly 6pm when registration for this camp or that opens up. Stress and guilt and great expense follow.
Just outside of Wallingford, the UW Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences Lab (I-LABS) is now looking for native English speaking kids ages 4-5 to participate in a Free Language Camp as part of their research into the benefits of dual language exposure. The Language Camp Research Study located …
Sea Wolf Bakery Hosts Classes
Have you ever wondered if you could bake sourdough bread like you’d get from a baker but didn’t know where to start? This Wallyhood writer, who has never baked bread before, wanted to try. There are tons of YouTube videos and books on the topic but I wanted to take a class in person. I did an internet search for local baking classes and found one at our own Sea Wolf Bakery on Stone Way N.
Sea Wolf was founded in 2014 by brothers Jesse and Kit Schumann. What started as a wholesale-only business changed in 2016 with the opening …
A Greeting to Wallingford from District 4 City Councilmember Maritza Rivera
Wallyhood contacted newly-elected Seattle City Councilmember Maritza Rivera to see if she wished to say hello to her new constituents in Wallingford, and she quickly replied and worked with her staff to provide us with an introduction. Many of the issues and concerns in Wallingford mirror those across the city, but we did ask her to speak to our community in particular. Our neighborhood is split between two districts, with Councilmember Rivera representing the southern portion (below 50th) in District 4, and Councilmember Dan Strauss representing people above 50th in District 6. We intend to contact Councilmember Strauss’s office to…
Wallingford Construction Project Nears Completion
Those of you who inhabit or pass through Middle Wallingford—which I loosely define in my admittedly subjective conceptual view of the neighborhood—know that the area around Bagley and 43rd has experienced a substantial construction project for a lengthy period of time. What’s the story with this, and when will it be completed? Wallingford resident Darrell Bulmer, who works for Seattle Department of Transportation and in fact lives in the construction zone, connected me with the Seattle Public Utilities project manager for the work, Ian Fitz-James.
Ian provided a detailed description and update for the project, which is nearing completion:…
A UW Gem Just a Walk Away from Wallingford
Looking for a plant experience that is close to home?
I have been trying for a while to get to the UW Biology Greenhouse for a tour, but the hours are limited with the greenhouse only open Thursdays, 12:00-4:00 p.m. and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month, from 10:00-2:00 pm. (through May 2024). But the planets aligned this past Saturday when I happened to be cruising by and saw that they were open!
Get a little Vitamin D for free!During my visit they had four rooms open for viewing, ranging from desert plants to hot tropical flora. …
It’s Leap Day. Free Slices at Pagliacci’s
The title pretty much says it all.
Free pizza slices at most Pagliacci’s locations including the Wallingford location (4003 Stone Way)
Limit 2 per customer
Available from 11 am to 3 pm
From their website:
We’ve been getting ahead of ourselves! It’s time to take a pause — a bonus day — to let the planet catch up with our slightly overeager calendar. To celebrate the surplus, also known as Leap Day, Pagliacci is giving away lunchtime slices (two per customer) at all Pagliacci locations (excluding UW locations and Valley) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
More information here.
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