The Fremont Solstice Parade which, more than anything else around here, marks the start of summer, takes place this Saturday. The parade is just one of the events comprising the Fremont Fair, produced as usual by the Fremont Arts Council, which will keep you entertained all weekend.

Parade

The parade route differs a bit this year from last year. Starting at 2pm Saturday at 3rd Ave NW and Leary, the parade will wend its way along 36th to Fremont Ave. There, the route heads south to 34th before ending up near Fremont Brewing. (Last year, it turned west on 34th …

Neighbors, I have great news for you. There’s a new restaurant in the ‘hood and it is extraordinary. Anyone who enjoys eating great food or drinking amazing beverages should just figure out the soonest time they can get on down to Livbud at the corner of Stone Way and 34th. A culinary adventure awaits.

I was hot off reading How Not To Die which details the scientific value of a plant-based diet when I was invited to check out this new “plant-forward” restaurant. Livbud is the child of well-loved Heavy Restaurant Group which includes the iconic Purple Café and Wallingford’s …

The Wallingford Community Senior Center will be hosting another free COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Thursday, June 22. Children over age 3 can receive an initial shot series. Anyone over age 12 who has not yet received a bivalent booster is eligible and urged to get boosted. Anyone over 65 who received a booster more than 4 months ago is eligible for a second booster now. Anyone at any age with a compromised immune system who received a booster more than 2 months ago is also eligible. The booster has been shown to significantly increase the circulating antibodies, increasing your protection …

Unfortunately, what we’ve learned over the past few years is that it is “when” not “if” you will face a new and very stressful change in your world. For Seattle the most frequent problem will be smoke from forest wildfires. Then there’s various reasons we could locally lose power or water service at out homes. And, of course, a major earthquake is overdue. We are now hearing that the shallow Seattle fault may be even more destructive here than the Cascadia Subduction fault, so that is two strikes we have against us.

It is not just protecting your own family, …

 

Come join the Wallingford Community Council to learn about the connection between the Wallingford neighborhood and Lake Union, along with past and present efforts to preserve our many public access points to Lake Union.

Lake Union is a pre-existing natural lake formed by Vashon Glacier during the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago. Once inhabited by the Duwamish people, today it has a functioning ecosystem with some of the most diverse traffic – from boating/kayaking and boat houses, to tour boats and seaplanes – in the middle of a booming city.

Once upon a time, though, Lake Union …

Wallyhood heard from Deborah Barnes with the Wallingford Community Senior Center announcing a summer event for members and the community:

Summer Kickoff Picnic, Thursday, June 8th from 12:00 until 2:00 pm.

Summer is almost here and it’s time to welcome the sun! Let’s meet for lunch in the pavilion on the west side of the Good
Shepherd Center and enjoy the sunshine, good food and good music. The picnic lunch is $5.00
for members of the Wallingford Community Senior Center and $7.00 for non-members.

See you there!

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Historic Wallingford is teaming up with Wallingford’s own Feliks Banel to do a once-a-month live radio broadcast this summer at the neighborhood Farmers Market in Meridian Park.

Historic Wallingford is teaming up with Wallingford’s own Feliks Banel to do a once-a-month live radio broadcast this summer at the neighborhood Farmers Market in Meridian Park. Called The Wallingford Local, the show will be broadcast live on SPACE 101.1 FM, a people-powered, arts-focused community radio station, the last Wednesday of the month beginning May 31 from 5-6 pm. It also will be available via livestream and podcast.

Many know Feliks from …