Presidential postscript: West Seattleite met with President Obama

August 18, 2010 at 9:19 pm | In West Seattle news, West Seattle people | 7 Comments

So it turns out there was a major West Seattle connection to yesterday’s presidential visit beyond The Big Booms. From the “we’re embarrassed we didn’t know this earlier” department, a longtime WSB’er e-mailed tonight to point out that Gillian Allen-White, the Grand Central Bakery co-owner who hosted President Obama’s mini-business roundtable in Pioneer Square yesterday, is a West Seattleite – co-president of the Sanislo Elementary School PTA, in fact. She is at the president’s left in the WhiteHouse.gov video above, and there’s a photo on SeattleTimes.com (WSB partner) tonight, with a story by food writer Nancy Leson, who followed up with Allen-White to get the lowdown on what the president ordered for lunch while there.

7 Comments

  1. Gillian Allen-White, if you read this, two things.

    #1 I noticed you just opened a branch in Burien. That’s cool but how about some West Seattle love?

    #2 I’m a longtime fan of the Pioneer Square branch for lunch. But invariably I’ll get my food WAY before my friend or vice versa even when we order together. Sometimes almost a meal worth of time elapses. Can you fix that?

    Otherwise, love your restaurant and baked goods (especially the Irish Soda Bread) Congrats!

    Comment by Glenda — August 18, 10 9:38 pm #

  2. Holy inappropriate timing, Batman.
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    What a great experience; congrats!

    Comment by GenHillOne — August 18, 10 9:53 pm #

  3. Did he say G – Gillian? I thought it was Gillian as in J – Jill – Gillian. Regardless, Gillian’s support for dear one is just one more reason *not* to support Grand Central.

    Comment by WSC — August 19, 10 6:52 am #

  4. WSC, you must not know her then. Don’t make up things to criticize Obama about. Her name is pronounced with a hard G. He said it correctly.

    Comment by cmc — August 19, 10 11:15 am #

  5. I am going to meet my wife for lunch there today, anyone else want to join us?

    Comment by Carson — August 19, 10 11:20 am #

  6. Gillian is also the mother of one of the boys featured in this post from January:
    http://westseattleblog.com/2010/01/2-years-to-grow-2-minutes-to-go-3-west-seattle-kids-gift-of-hair

    Comment by DaveB — August 19, 10 1:21 pm #

  7. Love Obama! Love Grand Central Bakery!

    Comment by Alkira — August 21, 10 10:27 am #

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