Solstice Parade 2024

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With the weather we’ve been having recently, you may have thought that summer is already here. But it is not. And that’s because we have not yet had the Fremont Solstice Parade. The traditional harbinger of summer around these parts, the parade is just one of the events comprising the Fremont Fair produced by the Fremont Arts Council. The fair will take place Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23. As in past years, the fair will feature music, craft vendors…

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Wallingford Small Business SIP and SHOP

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Wallingford small businesses invite the community to SIP and SHOP. Third Thursday every month in June, July, and August from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Stop by to support Wallyhood local businesses, enjoy a beverage or snack, and hang out! Hoping to repeat last year’s success, a growing number of neighborhood shops will go the extra mile while welcoming customers on the third Thursday of each month this summer. It all begins on the Summer Solstice this Thursday. A few of…

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Family Works Open House

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                                            This last Saturday I attended the open house for the new Family Resource Center at Cedar Crossing Affordable Housing, one block north of the Roosevelt Light Rail Station. The resource center is run by Wallingford based FamilyWorks and was created to partially to increase services to families in need and to also give FamilyWorks space to expand the Wallingford…

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Recycling Angst in Seattle

What’s the deal with recycling? For the longest time, Seattle prided itself in being on the forefront of reducing the massive volumes of trash going into landfills by encouraging/mandating recycling. The footnote to that statement is that it HAD to…city-owned landfills had closed in the 1980s and been declared Superfund sites, and local waste disposal options were dwindling. Depending on how long you’ve been a Seattle resident, you may remember when we had color-coded milk crate-type bins into which we sorted…

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Art of the Table – Special Occasions and More

Wallingford has one of the best fine dining restaurants in Seattle in our midst at Art of the Table, 3801 Stone Way. The locally sourced, seasonal, ever changing tasting menu is one of my "go to" places to take out of town guests or celebrate a special anniversary or birthday, AOTT has a multitude of other offerings that can be enjoyed at any time. This family owned restaurant has been operating in Wallingford for 17 years.  Husband and wife team Chef…

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Wallingford Porchfest Returns!

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Back by popular demand for its fourth consecutive year, Seattle’s most DIY music festival, Porchfest, will bring the rock, folk, hip hop, punk, and even a little marimba to northern Wallingford (aka Tangletown) on June 15. Wallingford Porchfest began in the summer of 2021, as Seattle was slowly creeping out of COVID lockdown. We the people were newly vaxxed but still a little wary of indoor crowds, so a group of neighbors opened up their porches to local musicians, providing concert…

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