Gary Shigenaka

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Gary recently retired from a long career as a marine biologist with NOAA, where he responded to oil & chemical spills and provided scientific support following hurricanes. He has been a Wallingford resident for over 30 years, his son attending John Stanford International School and Hamilton Middle School.

Green Lake Summer Water Camps Still Available

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Green Lake isn’t really Wallingford…but it’s close! And as such, many of us take advantage of its proximity and amenities to enjoy one of Seattle’s favorite parks. One of my old parental colleagues, Tami Oki (our kids went through John Stanford International School, Hamilton Middle School, and Ingraham High School together, quite a long time ago), sent a note about summer camps at Green Lake sponsored by Seattle Parks & Recreation. It’s been ages, but I remember what a scramble it was to piece together a mosaic of summer camps once school let out—and I’m sure that hasn’t changed. Here…

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Support Lincoln Lynx Athletics with Mariners & Tutta Bella Fundraisers

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Wallingford, of course, is home to Lincoln High School. If you didn’t already know this, you have obviously not tried to shop at QFC on weekday afternoons. We at Wallyhood have been working to establish a better line of communication with the school, because much of note happens there. Elite academics, sports teams, music, and the arts are incubating right here in our neighborhood.

 

Lincoln High School parent Camille shared the information below about some upcoming activities that will support LHS’s athletic programs. Please consider attending a ball game next Tuesday, or dining out in the ’hood all this week …

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New Pop-Up Food Stands Near Wallingford

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At Wallyhood, we have a rule that our stories are focused on the Wallingford neighborhood. After all, there are plenty of other places to get information and misinformation that pertain to other neighborhoods or to the city at large. Fortunately, we interpret this rule liberally, and occasionally we literally and journalistically wander beyond the traditionally interpreted boundaries of the ’hood.

 

 

 

 

 

This past week I walked to the U District light rail station to meet my son for dinner up on Capitol Hill, and I was a little surprised and delighted to see a pop-up Mexican food (tacos, burritos, chiles relleños, …

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Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale, May 9-11

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This is something of an annual public service announcement for Wallingford: reminder that this coming weekend is the Seattle Tilth Edible Plant Sale at Meridian Park. There is a Friday evening pre-sale, followed by the Saturday and Sunday main events. On the one hand, it is a sure harbinger that spring is here to stay (with one or two exceptions, of course). On the other hand, it clogs the streets in the central part of Wallingford, and makes parking difficult in the area surrounding Meridian Park. Please plan accordingly.

 

 

For those of you who are headed to the sale to …

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Annual May Day Celebration at Gas Works Park

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Neighbor Kimberly sent Wallyhood a note about the annual May Day celebration by the Sound and Fury Dancers at Gas Works Park, 2101 N Northlake Way. At this writing, the weather is looking to be mighty fine for this local springtime ritual, so get out early and enjoy!

 

The Sound and Fury Morris Dancers would like to invite all friends and neighbors to join us at dawn this Thursday (May 1) at Gas Works Park for our annual May Day celebration. There will be song, dance, flowers, and festivities! This is an outdoor, family-friendly celebration with roots dating back centuries …

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Good Shepherd Center to be Razed and Rebuilt

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During a wide-ranging news conference at Murphy’s Pub in Wallingford, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the sale of the iconic Good Shepherd Center to the Chinese-German real estate joint venture Char Siu Polka. The historic building, once a Catholic home for wayward girls, will be redeveloped into a 2000-unit luxury residence complex for wayward tech workers, to be called Amazon Homes at the Good Shepherd. The current children’s playground will be turned into a residents-only off-leash dog park, while the Good Shepherd P-Patch will be “reverted” back into 24-hr. pickleball courts (the site originally was the location of tennis courts for…

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tl;dr…A Cautionary Tale of Life in the Age of Online Retail and Delivery

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This is a tale of the pitfalls of our delivered-to-your-door economy (Wallingford edition). I know there are many such weak points in our voracious retail fulfillment cycle. One only has to scan the likes of local Facebook groups, your connected doorbell app, or that always reliable purveyor of bad news and paranoia, NextDoor, to see multiple accounts of packages disappearing from the porch or the mailroom. My story is not quite so criminal or insidious. I don’t think there were any overt evil-doers involved in this episode. But I am still missing an item that should have been delivered to…

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