This message comes to us from Camille, a parent / Board Member at KapKa Cooperative School, up the street from the Woodland Park Zoo.

We wanted to share with your readers that KapKa is hosting a few more school tours in January and February and an Open House on Saturday, January 20th, 2024.

KapKa Cooperative School was established in 1989 and provides an exceptional progressive, integrative education for children from Kindergarten through 5th Grade. KapKa was founded by local community members, and making and keeping community is part of what makes KapKa special. We have a strong focus on environmental …

Those of you who use the light rail out of the U District or UW stations to travel north or south should prepare for a month of disruptions and curtailed service. Didn’t this just happen last summer? some might ask. Why yes, a disembodied digital voice might answer. But now, according to the Times, Sound Transit workers will be correcting a 1/8” gap between light rail wheels and track width along a 500’ span of track in the heart of the currently modest system (Seattle has a long tradition of poor transit track planning, as some will recall that the …

Snow! Just that word is enough to send waves of ecstatic joy to children, worry to working parents, and panic to those who must drive in Seattle snow. It’s not that we can’t drive in snow, it’s simply that we are a city full of roads with unplowed hills and very narrow side streets. (Check out the delightful YouTube clip of a compilation of cars out of control during a snow event in Seattle.) Combine the forecast of snow with our complete inability to actually predict if the snow event will really happen, due to our crazy convergence zones, and …

As a gesture to bring in more business while giving back to a community that has embraced them for over two decades, Night Light Nails is running a special:

When customers buy a gift card, they will receive value greater than they pay:

Pay $30 get $45 Pay $40 get $55 Pay $50 get $80 Pay $100 get $140

Night Light Nails sits on the corner of NE 45^th Street and Thackery.

With its seafoam paint, you would never know that this unassuming nail salon has weathered nearly two decades of challenges and success, embodying the resilience and unwavering …

Sound and Fury Morris Dancers invite the neighborhood to a traditional English orchard wassail at Meridian Playfield on Saturday. They have been holding this event combining singing, dancing, poetry recitation, and a toast to the trees for 15 years! There event is free and family friendly with opportunities for neighbors to participate in wishing good health to the trees and to scare away any evil spirits that might spoil the crops.

When: 1:00pm-2:00pm Saturday, January 6^th Location: Northwest corner of Meridian Park, near the apple trees that grow along Meridian Avenue What to bring: Warm clothes…

Remember when you were two? Well, okay. Probably not. But Ladd and Lass Brewing, located at 722 NE 45th St (yes, technically in the U District) will have fond memories of their second after they finish celebrating it this month with some special events:

Barleywine Day: Saturday, January 6, 12pm-10pm Featuring L&L’s very first bottled offering, Barrel-aged Year 1 Also: Cellared Year 1 and Year 2 Oskar’s Pizza and Lá Liath Bakery will be plying us with their savory and sweet treats, respectively Toady Town, who many might remember from last year’s anniversary party, will be back with his one-of-a-kind…

Happy New Year, Wallingfordians! There hasn’t been a lot of love heaped on the USPS since that DeJoy fellow took over during the Dark Times. And I know from personal experience that mail delivery around here can be an adventure, if it happens at all. But our neighbor Mary posted this really lovely tribute to her longtime mail carrier over on Facebook, and I asked her if we could post it here as well. It’s a reminder, for an upcoming year that is sure to try the patience and good will in all of us, that there are dedicated and …