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Megan Dulgar Okabayashi
Megan Dulgar Okabayashi

34 Articles

Seattle
Megan is a nonprofit executive hailing from the Midwest. She has two shifty toddlers and a doting husband, who have all fallen in love with Seattle.

TODAY: Buy-Nothing Day Wallingford, Fremont and Green Lake (July 30)

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi July 30, 2022 1 Comment

In Wallingford TODAY (9am-3pm): A community garage sale style event, in which everything is free!

Check out the Facebook Event for more details and scan the QR code below to see a map of registered sites!

Per the facebook event: This event is being hosted by members of the Wallingford, Upper Fremont and Greenlake Buy Nothing groups, along with Fremont Freecycle. All items are free, but please don’t take tables, sheets or tarps that are being used for display unless they are clearly marked “free.” Please check the “discussion” tab on the event page for the maps and other details!…

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See you at Murphy’s TONIGHT (7/27)!

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi July 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Looking forward to some good old neighborhood chatter TONIGHT!

It’s a hot one out there, Wallingford. All the reason to cool down with a beverage and some fresh conversation.

Join the Wallyhood editors for a summer gathering on the back patio of Murphy’s Pub from 6pm-8pm tonight!

 

We will spring for a few appetizers and pitchers of beer, so join us right at 6pm to get in on those.

 

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Wallyhood Mix & Mingle This Wednesday – Murphy’s Pub

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi July 24, 2022 2 Comments

We hope to see you there!

6pm-8pm — Come share your neighborhood gossip, pester the writers with story ideas, consider writing a story or two yourself or jumping in as an editor!

We can’t wait to see the neighborhood for a mid-summer hang and maybe even some heated dialogue about RV parking and outdoor cats!

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Creatures of Wallyhood

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi July 23, 2022 4 Comments

The Coyotes eat the cats who eat the rats who eat the trash…but where do the crows fit in?

Being top of the food chain, Wally-humans may not fear for our own safety when we see a legged or winged predator, but a quick glance at any of the neighborhood facebook groups reminds us that we have a lot of opinions on the growing number of coyote sightings in the neighborhood.  A heated debate has emerged on the topic of outdoor cats — some fearing for the safety of their free-roaming feline friends and others essentially taking the side of …

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Wallyhood Mix & Mingle July 27th 6-8pm Murphy’s Pub

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi July 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Hey! Wanna grab a drink? Yes, YOU!

It’s been a weird couple of years and we are eager to see our neighbors again!

Join Wallyhood writers and editors out back at Murphy’s for some appetizers, pitchers of beer and lots of neighborhood talk. Wallyhood is, after all, designed to elicit news, stories and gossip from the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle, and where better to get all that than on a pub patio in the summertime?!

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Good Views and Great Vibes at Bowriders Grill

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi June 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

Best patio in Seattle has a new contender — and it’s right here in Wallingford.

Some months ago, I noticed Bowriders Grill pop up on Google maps right on the water, directly next to Westward. Eager for outdoor dining that might be easier to obtain without a reservation, my husband and I went on a scouting mission (aka mid-day beer break). We were delighted with what we found. The views and the vibes at Bowriders were out of this world. Sitting in Adirondacks, drinking cold beer out of recyclable aluminum cups, we watched seaplanes land and slipped into a dreamy …

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Dad’s a Weiner: Father’s Day Hot Dog Eating Competition

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi June 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Q: Where do you take the man who has given you so much for Father’s Day? A: To the Octopus Bar to stuff himself with hot dogs all for a good cause!

“Dad, I just wanted to say FRANKS for being there”.

“Your jokes are the WURST, but you’re a real WEINER and I RELISH our time together. So let’s MEAT and KETCHUP June 19th at The Octopus Bar for a Father’s Day Hot Dog Eating Competition”!

That’s right, June 19th we come together on Father’s Day to raise money in honor of Juneteenth by eating as many dogs as …

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