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Megan Dulgar Okabayashi
Megan Dulgar Okabayashi

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Seattle
Midwestern humanitarian with two shifty children and a hockey-loving husband.

19 Cent Burgers at Wallingford Dick’s Today

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi January 24, 2023 Comments are off

BURGER DAY AT DICK’S DRIVE IN – WALLINGFORD TODAY – TUESDAY JANUARY 24TH!

In honor of the 69th anniversary of Dick’s Drive-In, hamburgers and cheeseburgers will be 19 cents, the original price when the drive-in first opened in 1954. To ensure quality, Burger Day is staggered across 3 days at various locations and TODAY is the day in Wallingford! One 19 cent burger per customer present.

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Love’s Spell to Know – A Recital of Art Songs and Arias – TONIGHT at Wallingford United Methodist Church

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi January 20, 2023 Comments are off

Love is in the air and now is a chance to let it into your ears and your heart by attending this recital at Wallingford United Methodist Church January 20th at 7pm.

NOTE: Masks are mandatory inside of WUMC!

A program of favorites from the art song and opera repertoire to raise money for WUMC’s Community Emergency Relief fund. Baritone Justin Birchell is joined by pianist Dominico Reyes. The program includes:
–Schumann’s Dichterliebe (complete!)
–Ravel’s Don Quichotte a Dulcinee
–Copland’s Old American songs
–A selection of opera arias

 

Tickets by donation–pay what you wish! Suggested donation: $20 The concert begins…

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A Grand (Central Bakery) Return!

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi January 8, 2023 4 Comments

Grand Central Bakery Reopens THIS Tuesday, January 10th!

Pastry and sandwich lovers have missed this neighborhood favorite for several months as the bakery took time to recruit, hire and properly train employees so this location can be reliably open 7 full days a week, and so Wallingford customers would get the same welcoming experience and delicious food provided at the other Grand Central Bakery locations (They have 8 stores in Portland as well as bakeries in Burien, Eastlake and Wedgwood here in Seattle).

A part of this hiring was getting the right manager in place. Leslie Cole, Communications Manager for …

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Mt. Joy Family-Focused Pop Up at Tavolàta

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi November 18, 2022 Comments are off

Mt. Joy, Ethan Stowell’s new climate-focused chicken sandwich joint, is taking over Tavolàta Stone Way — November 18th-20th for a family-focused popup! They’ll be serving pasture-raised chicken sandwiches, fries, and shakes all weekend. Mt. Joy is a mission-driven company with the goal of supporting climate-smart farming practices and sourcing all ingredients from within 500 miles of Seattle. PREORDERS AVAILABLE at www.mtjoy.com. You can choose to dine in or take your order to go upon arrival. The popup is open from 4-10 pm on Friday and 11-9 pm on Saturday and Sunday.

This pop-up was designed with families in mind. A …

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Halloween Hoopla – Wallingford Boys & Girls Club – Saturday

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi October 28, 2022 Comments are off

The Wallingford Boys & Girls Club is holding a Halloween Hoopla on Saturday, October 29th from 6-9pm.

The Hoopla is a community event with activities for the whole family!  There will be carnival games, a cake walk and 2 haunted houses (one for all ages and one for older youth). Concessions and a photo booth will be available as part of a Keystone fundraiser.   The event costs $1 to attend which will give you 5 game tickets or one visit to the scarier haunted house and will be held at the Club.…

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A (sort of) Farewell and an Exuberant Welcome

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi October 8, 2022 2 Comments


Post by Christine Deavel

On September 26, 2022, my partner-in-all-things, John W. Marshall, and I closed on the sale of
our building at 2414 N. 45th Street in Wallingford, a neighborhood where one or both of us has
had a footprint since the 1970s.

We bought what was a residential building in 1994 as a new home for our newly transformed
bookstore, Open Books: A Poem Emporium. We were moving the store just a few blocks east
from 1716 N. 45th, where we had run Open Books as a general bookstore for seven years.
Now the inviting site of Chocolati …

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Community Legacy — Mosaic Coffee

Megan Dulgar Okabayashi September 24, 2022 Comments are off

Mosaic Coffee  A Place to Be

I moved to Seattle from across the country, pregnant, working from home and with very few connections. I recall the distinct longing for having somewhere to just be. Wandering Wallingford, I discovered what felt like a hidden gem in Mosaic Coffee House. Of course you all had known Mosaic for years, but it was so warm and welcoming that I felt self-congratulatory in my discovery, sipping black tea and watching the neighborhood sink into seats one by one.

Mosaic has now served it’s last cup. Following two years of shuttered doors, due to both …

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