June 11, 2010

We’ll soon know the fate of the Wallingford Playfield wading pool. The mayor’s mid-year budget cuts will be announced on Monday (6/14), including any cuts to the city’s Parks and Recreation department. The cuts being announced for the rest of this year could involve closing pools, wading pools, and community centers, scaling back hours, or doing nothing

Mid-year budget cuts coming Monday

June 11, 2010

The Seattle Weekly’s site recently published surprising facts about five Seattle chefs, and two are from Wallingford. Tilth’s Maria Hines scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan, but that’s not a shocker if you’ve seen Hines in action. The real surprise is that Art of the Table’s Dustin Ronspies was on a short-lived ABC reality series called “The

Surprising facts about two Wallingford chefs

June 11, 2010

Essential Baking Company now has another attraction to add to its bread, cookies and desserts: a really big fish. Thursday morning Seattle Department of Transportation installed this bike rack on N. 34th Street and Woodlawn Ave. N., just outside the bakery. It takes up a car’s-length of space but can accommodate 14 bicycles. SDOT program

New at Essential Baking: the "big fish" bike rack

June 10, 2010

On July 10 Wallingford will host its 61st Kiddie Parade, after which many attendees wander down to Wallingford Ave. for the Street Fair. Organizer Charlotte Trelease is looking for crafters and artists (jewelry, clothing, bags, etc.) to put up a booth at the fair, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can download

Crafty? Sell at the Wallingford Street Fair!

June 10, 2010

Our sister site Fremont Universe shares this story about tomorrow’s Fremont 5K & Briefcase Relay, which benefits two Wallingford-based charities, Solid Ground and Familyworks. The course will take participants into Wallingford on the Burke-Gilman Trail. The relay beginning at 6 p.m. The 5K begins at 7 p.m. Organizers are expecting close to 1,000 people, with about

Fun Fremont race benefits Wallingford charities