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MARCH 2, 2022
Making meals convenient
Queen Anne woman launches online service aimed at families
VOL. 103, NO. 9
FEATURED STORIES
FALLING AWAKE
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By Jessica Keller
Speedy Dish to fill that gap. They started the meal service in October and had a small pilot with about Queen Anne mom 15 customers, from and businesswoman whom they wanted Erin Metzger knows feedback on their the struggles families dishes and meal face when it comes service. to meal times, which During that were made glaringly time, Metzger said obvious during the she and Skloven pandemic. learned that some To help famiof the recipes they lies who may find thought were easy shuffling different could be made work schedules and easier and faster, Erin Metzger and the pair took activities with a desire to eat simple those notes to but nutritious foods heart and made adjustments as necessary. with minimal effort a challenge, “It was great to get that realMetzger and co-founder and chef time feedback on that,” she said. Michaela Skloven developed The In January, the pair unrolled the Speedy Dish. During the pandemic, Metzger, meal service to residents in Queen who was a leader for Homegrown, Anne, Magnolia and Ballard. and Skloven, Ballard resident and The venture’s early success has chef for Homegrown, worked allowed Metzger and Skloven to with other team members on a hire their first part-time staff, but Homegrown grocery and meal the pair are taking their expansion delivery service. When that closed plans slowly. in September of 2021, Metzger SEE MEALS, PAGE 3 and Skloven developed the QA&Mag News editor
Photo by Erin Metzger Michaela Skloven, chef and co-founder of The Speedy Dish, assembles meal bags at their warehouse space in Mercer Island. The Speedy Dish is a meal-service based out of Queen Anne.
Local music teacher inspires Seattle families By Laura Marie Rivera Contributing writer
Summer Rognlie Trisler is the brains and talent behind Sunshine Music Together. She is a classically trained Broadway actress and has been educating and entertaining Seattle children since 2006. Music Together classes “provide a fun, comfortable environment for children around the world to make music with their families” according to the website. Sunshine Music Together is a local affiliate of the national organization. It currently offers classes on Zoom and in-person at four Seattle locations: the original studio in Queen Anne, Fauntleroy Schoolhouse in West Seattle, The Nest in Green Lake and the newest studio on West Government Way in Magnolia. Performing under her maiden name Summer Rognlie, Trisler once starred on Broadway and London’s West End in musicals like “Cats,” “Mama Mia!” and as the title role in “Maddie.” When she became a mother,
the Broadway schedule — with eight shows a week and only one day off — was tough to keep. But she recalls attending Music Together classes with her daughter and describes them as some of the happiest memories of her life. “I remember sitting there thinking what bliss this was, what a stellar program this was, and I knew then and there this would be something I’d have to pursue,” Trisler said. Trisler trained at the Princeton Center for Music and Young Children and opened her first Sunshine Music Together location in 2006. The classes are a research and evidence-based music development program for young children and their parents or caregivers. As stated on the website, “Music Together helps children of all ages — babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and big kids — discover their inner music-maker by playing with the grownups they love.” Through the years, Sunshine
Photo by Laura Marie Rivera Summer Trisler, Sunshine Music Together founder, sings to SEE MUSIC, PAGE 5 students during one of her classes for young children.
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