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(UPDATED 2/14/10) Now that the Super Bowl’s under way, you’ve got just a week to look ahead to Valentine’s Day: There are decisions to be made, if you haven’t made them already. Here’s the updated version of our West Seattle Valentine’s Day dining guide – including Friday and Saturday. (Check out the heart-shaped pizza mentions!):
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Bamboo Bar & Grill
2806 Alki SW
Special Valentine’s menu all weekend, including champagne
Taking reservations
(206) 937-3023
Canape Chef Services (WSB sponsor)
In-home dining bookings available
Fresh Bistro
4725 42nd SW
Family-style, five-course menu, “Embracing Culinary Aphrodisiacs”
$75 dinner, $25 wine flight
Vegetarian options available
Starters and salads: Kumomoto Oysters on the half shell (Shallot Caviar and a Frozen Champagne Mignonette)
Avocado, Mango, and Seared Ahi Tuna (Toasted Sesame Seed Candy, Lime-Soy Pudding, Chili Pepper and Scallion Oil)
Creamy Kabocha Squash Soup (Marcona Almonds, Frizzled Leeks, Truffle Honey)
Fig and Port Salad (Frisee, Arugula, Watercress with Orange Pistachio Brittle, Serrano Ham, Balsamic Vinny)
Entrées: Wagyu Filet Mignon and Lobster
Pepper Bacon Wrapped Tenderloin with Truffled Foraged Mushrooms, Veal Demi
Sweet Bread and Hudson Valley Foie Gras Fritter (Red Wine Marmalade)
Maine Lobster Poached in a Saffron Beurre Monte on a Bed of Baby Tokyo Turnips, Carrots and Potatoes
Desserts: Chocolate Sacher Torte (Chili Pepper Ganache and Caramelized Baby Bananas with Passion Fruit Coulis and Framboise Sauce)
Reservations required
(206) 935-3733 or reserve online
JaK’s Grill
4548 California Ave SW
Lobster specials Monday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 14
(206) 937-7809
Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza
4730 42nd SW
Heart-shaped pizzas (approx. 14”) $7.99
(206) 932-8880
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
Bamboo Bar & Grill
2806 Alki SW
Special Valentine’s menu all weekend, including champagne
Taking reservations
(206) 937-3023
Blue Willow Catering & Luncheonette
4310 SW Oregon
Valentine cookie decorating class for kids
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
$22 per child
(425) 802-6189 (Emma’s Delights) to reserve
Fresh Bistro
4725 42nd SW
Family-style, five-course menu, “Embracing Culinary Aphrodisiacs”
$75 dinner, $25 wine flight
Vegetarian options available
Starters and salads: Kumomoto Oysters on the half shell (Shallot Caviar and a Frozen Champagne Mignonette)
Avocado, Mango, and Seared Ahi Tuna (Toasted Sesame Seed Candy, Lime-Soy Pudding, Chili Pepper and Scallion Oil)
Creamy Kabocha Squash Soup (Marcona Almonds, Frizzled Leeks, Truffle Honey)
Fig and Port Salad (Frisee, Arugula, Watercress with Orange Pistachio Brittle, Serrano Ham, Balsamic Vinny)
Entrées: Wagyu Filet Mignon and Lobster
Pepper Bacon Wrapped Tenderloin with Truffled Foraged Mushrooms, Veal Demi
Sweet Bread and Hudson Valley Foie Gras Fritter (Red Wine Marmalade)
Maine Lobster Poached in a Saffron Beurre Monte on a Bed of Baby Tokyo Turnips, Carrots and Potatoes
Desserts: Chocolate Sacher Torte (Chili Pepper Ganache and Caramelized Baby Bananas
with Passion Fruit Coulis and Framboise Sauce)
Reservations required
(206) 935-3733 or reserve online
Jak’s Grill
4548 California Ave SW
Lobster specials Monday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 14
(206) 937-7809
Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza
4730 42nd Ave SW
Heart-shaped pizzas (approx. 14”)
$7.99
(206) 932-8880
Salty’s on Alki
1936 Harbor Ave SW
Chef’s special menu, “Make a Date with your Favorite Fish”
Entrée Course price includes Starter, Entrée & Dessert
Starters for two (second starter for $12): Romaine “Hearts” Caesar Style, Dungeness Crab Cakes, Bibb Wedge Salad, Lobster Bisque, Coconut Flaked Tiger Prawns, Salty’s Famous Seafood Chowder
Entrées: Dungeness Crab-Stuffed Salmon (Dehydrated Tomato Risotto, Asparagus, Champagne Beurre Blanc, Crispy Herbs) $65
Filet Mignon Oscar (Scalloped Yukon Potatoes, Asparagus, Dungeness Crab, Sauce Béarnaise)$72
One-Pound King Crab Legs (Salt-Crusted Baby Potatoes, Asparagus, Drawn Butter) $75
Jumbo Scallop & Colossal Prawn Duo (Polenta Stack, Bacon Braised Chard, Tomato Beurre Blanc, Lemon Preserves) $62
Pesto-Crusted Sea Bass (Dehydrated Tomato Risotto, Fennel Salad, House Ricotta) $60
Two-Pound Live Maine Lobster (Salt-Crusted Baby Potatoes, Asparagus, Drawn Butter) $99
Southern Fried Jidori Chicken (Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes, Bacon Braised Chard, Apple Butter, House-made Hot Sauce) $50
Dessert: Chocolate Romance
Click here for full menu including vegetarian options
(206) 937-1085 or reserve online
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14
Angelina’s
2311 California SW
Special fresh sheet; all-day happy hour today (and every Sunday)
(206) 932-4550
Amante Pizza & Pasta
3239 California SW
15% off orders all day (delivery or dine-in)
(206) 933-7555 or
Bamboo Bar & Grill
2806 Alki SW
The following entrees include your choice
of a Bamboo House Salad or a Cup of
Clam Chowder, and a glass of Champagne*
FILET MIGNON
8 oz. Grilled to Preference Filet.
Served with Garlic Mashed Potatoes
and Fresh Asparagus.
$24.95 $46.95 for 2
GRILLED SALMON
Grilled and served with a Pineapple Butter
Rum Sauce and Topped with Toasted Macadamia
Nuts, with your choice of Garlic Mashed Potatoes
or Bamboo Rice, and Fresh Asparagus.
$17.95
CHICKEN PICCATA
Served with your choice of Garlic Mashed Potatoes
or Bamboo Rice, and Fresh Asparagus.
$17.95
DESSERT
ESPRESSO TORTE
Decadent chocolate cake served with
Espresso Chip Ice Cream
$5.95
NEW YORK CHEESECAKE
Topped with a Strawberry Melba sauce.
$4.95
CHAMPAGNE SPECIAL
DOMAINE STE. MICHELLE
$18.00 per Bottle
* Must be 21 years of age or older.
Taking reservations
(206) 937-3023
Canape Chef Services (WSB sponsor)
In-home dining bookings available
Charlestown Street Café
3800 California SW
Valentine’s Day specials will include top sirloin, rib-eye, and fish (TBD)
(206) 937-3800
Buddha Ruksa
3520 SW Genesee
Dinner specials
(206) 937-7676
Circa
2605 California SW
Four-course dinner for two
$50
Reservations required
(206) 923-1102 or circaspecialevents@gmail.com
Duke’s Alki Chowder House
2516 Alki SW
Special dinner menu
Call for reservations
(206) 937-6100
Easy Street Records & Café
4559 California SW
No special menu, but record store will be having a huge vinyl sale on Valentine’s Day
(206) 938-3279
Endolyne Joe’s
Taking a limited amount of reservations all day on Valentine’s Day.
For Dinner we will be featuring the following Specials:
From the Bar-Flaming Cupid and Prosecco by the glass
Appetizer Special will be a Panzanella salad with bacon, chicken, basil and kalamata olives.
Entrée Specials are Honey Glazes Sea Scallops with creamy risotto, purple kale and a sage puree.
Grilled NY strip loin with duck fat fried red potatoes, grilled brocolini, smoked tomato butter and a veal balsamic glaze.
Special dessert is a chocolate Mascarpone cheese cake with dueling sauces of cinnamon cream and orange cherry.
Dessert in a glass of Chocovine=a liqueur of Dutch chocolate and fine red wine.
(206) 937-JOES
Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor)
6451 California SW
Regular Sunday ribs special, plus a ribeye and grilled shrimp special – “black cloths and tablecloths included.”
(206) 453-3259
Fresh Bistro
4725 42nd Ave SW
Family-style, five-course menu, “Embracing Culinary Aphrodisiacs”
$75 dinner, $25 wine flight
Vegetarian options available
Starters and salads: Kumomoto Oysters on the half shell (Shallot Caviar and a Frozen Champagne Mignonette)
Avocado, Mango, and Seared Ahi Tuna (Toasted Sesame Seed Candy, Lime-Soy Pudding, Chili Pepper and Scallion Oil)
Creamy Kabocha Squash Soup (Marcona Almonds, Frizzled Leeks, Truffle Honey)
Fig and Port Salad (Frisee, Arugula, Watercress with Orange Pistachio Brittle, Serrano Ham, Balsamic Vinny)
Entrées: Wagyu Filet Mignon and Lobster
Pepper Bacon Wrapped Tenderloin with Truffled Foraged Mushrooms, Veal Demi
Sweet Bread and Hudson Valley Foie Gras Fritter (Red Wine Marmalade)
Maine Lobster Poached in a Saffron Beurre Monte on a Bed of Baby Tokyo Turnips, Carrots and Potatoes
Desserts: Chocolate Sacher Torte (Chili Pepper Ganache and Caramelized Baby Bananas
with Passion Fruit Coulis and Framboise Sauce)
Reservations required
(206) 935-3733 or reserve online
Jak’s Grill
4548 California SW
Lobster specials Monday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 14
(206) 937-7809
Kokoras Greek Grill
5245 California Ave SW
No special menu, but will be open for dinner
(206) 913-0041
La Rustica
Dinner for parties of two to four
4100 Beach Dr SW
Call for reservations
(206) 932-3020
Mashiko
4725 California SW
Four-course dinner for two
$60
Two-hour seatings (approx. 4:30-4:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 9 p.m.)
Reservations required
(206) 935-4339
Mission
2325 California SW
Dinner specials
(206) 937-8220
Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza
4730 42nd Ave SW
Heart-shaped pizzas (approx. 14”)
$7.99
(206) 932-8880
Pegasus Pizza and Pasta
2770 Alki Ave SW
No special menu but will take reservations for parties of 8 or more
(206) 932-4849
Phoenecia
2716 Alki SW
Taking reservations for Valentine’s Day
3 seatings: 4:30, 6:30, and 8:30
Fixed menu of 5 courses including salad, artisan cheese and charcuterie plate, either soup or fiery prawns, choice of filet of lamb or Chilean sea bass, and a VERY special dessert
(206) 935-6550
Porterhouse
2329 California SW
Food, wine, and champagne specials
(206) 932-2575
Red Star Pizza
7514 35th Ave SW
Heart-shaped pizza on request at no extra charge (excluding 24”)
(206) 923-0555
Salty’s on Alki
1936 Harbor Ave SW
Chef’s special menu, “Make a Date with your Favorite Fish”
Entrée Course price includes Starter, Entrée & Dessert
Starters for two (second starter for $12): Romaine “Hearts” Caesar Style, Dungeness Crab Cakes, Bibb Wedge Salad, Lobster Bisque, Coconut Flaked Tiger Prawns, Salty’s Famous Seafood Chowder
Entrées: Dungeness Crab-Stuffed Salmon (Dehydrated Tomato Risotto, Asparagus, Champagne Beurre Blanc, Crispy Herbs) $65
Filet Mignon Oscar (Scalloped Yukon Potatoes, Asparagus, Dungeness Crab, Sauce Béarnaise)$72
One-Pound King Crab Legs (Salt-Crusted Baby Potatoes, Asparagus, Drawn Butter) $75
Jumbo Scallop & Colossal Prawn Duo (Polenta Stack, Bacon Braised Chard, Tomato Beurre Blanc, Lemon Preserves) $62
Pesto-Crusted Sea Bass (Dehydrated Tomato Risotto, Fennel Salad, House Ricotta) $60
Two-Pound Live Maine Lobster (Salt-Crusted Baby Potatoes, Asparagus, Drawn Butter) $99
Southern Fried Jidori Chicken (Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes, Bacon Braised Chard, Apple Butter, House-made Hot Sauce) $50
Dessert: Chocolate Romance
Click here for full menu including vegetarian options
(206) 937-1085 or reserve online
Third annual Valentine’s evening
Dinner for two
$40
Starter salad
Spaghetti and meatballs family-style
Dessert from Shoofly Pie Company in West Seattle
Bottle of Cycles Gladiator Syrah
5-10 p.m. while supplies last
Live music: Indie folk band Lemolo, 8 p.m.
Down-tempo electroacoustic band The Deepsleep Narcotics Company, 9 p.m.
Call for reservations for eight or more
(206) 935-2111
Spring Hill Restaurant & Bar
4437 California SW
Special menu
Appetizer, entrée, dessert
Reservations required; seating already very limited
(206) 935-1075
Table 35
Selection of four-course meals at pre-set prices of $30, $40, $50 and $60 per person
Includings complimentary glass of wine or champagne
(206) 407-3474
The Thaitan Restaurant
5258 California Ave SW
10% off dine-in orders
(206) 932-1945
West 5
4539 California Ave SW
Champagne brunch all day
(206) WE5-1966
Thanks to Mary for the mega-research! Got something to add/change? Let us know, any time!
Story and photos by Keri DeTore
Reporting for West Seattle Blog/White Center Now
A joint event between the Southwest Boys and Girls Club, the Red Cross and HOPE worldwide at Greenbridge (map) combined messages of civil rights and disaster preparedness to honor and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.
The event was kicked off by the Seahawks’ Blue Thunder drummers and an opening speech by North Highline Fire District Fire Chief Scott LaVielle. Chief LaVielle spoke about fire safety— which is being highlighted by the Red Cross — and quoted from speeches by John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy to highlight the importance of caring for our communities.
Red Cross Coordinator Beth Jusino notes that MLK Day is viewed by her organization as “A day on, not a day off” in service to the community. After the event, volunteers dispersed into the Greenbridge neighborhood to place door-hangers regarding fire safety and earthquake preparedness at the surrounding homes. The information is printed in both English and Spanish. (In case you’re not in the area flyered – here’s the Red Cross’s infopage on fire safety.)
Jusino adds that in light of the Haitian earthquake, people have opened their hearts to the world community; today, people are focusing on opening their hearts to their local community – and the volunteers who are spreading the word about helping each other, locally and globally.
Thanks to Scott Durham from our fellow online-only community-collaborative news service Central District News for sharing that photo from the MLK Day Rally and March that’s under way in his neighborhood (that’s Garfield High School in the photo) – he spotted the contingent from West Seattle Neighbors for Peace and Justice. Go here to follow CDN coverage of the event.
January 15 – last Friday – was the 81st anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. This Wednesday marks the 24th anniversary of the first time King Day was celebrated as a national holiday (Jan. 20, 1986). Dr. King’s only visit to Seattle happened in November 1961 (here’s the HistoryLink.org story about it). Today (presidential proclamation here), here’s some of what you need to know about the holiday:
WHAT’S DIFFERENT:
Schools are closed
Most government offices are closed
Banks are closed
City-run community centers are closed (Southwest Pool too)
West Seattle Family YMCA (WSB sponsor) facilities are closed
City and county libraries are closed
Metro Transit is on “reduced weekday” service
No regular-mail delivery
Parking’s free on city streets with pay stations/meters
WHAT’S NOT DIFFERENT:
Trash/recycling/etc. on regular schedule
Sound Transit service on regular schedule (except for Sounder between Everett and Mukilteo because of a mudslide)
State liquor stores are open
HOW TO HELP:
Two MLK Day of Service opportunities for volunteering in West Seattle/White Center:
*Nature Consortium welcomes volunteers for its Pigeon Point Park work party, 9:30 am-3 pm (map; more info here)
*WestSide Baby needs volunteers to help sort, 2-5 pm (full details here)
Ready for a new year even better than the old one? Here are a few notes for the holiday that’s kicking it all off:
West Seattle coffee shops: List of who’s open today
West Seattle grocery stores: New Year’s Day hours
Metro Transit today: Sunday schedule (today’s also the 1st day of some permanent changes including fare increases)
Trash/recycling/yard waste Friday collections will happen tomorrow instead
More restaurants are open New Year’s than Christmas, so we don’t have a full open/closed list for them, but a few notes: Some popular weekend brunch spots are offering brunch today too, like WSB sponsor Skylark Cafe, open at 9 am. And Redline Music and Sports in The Triangle is offering freebies at a “customer appreciation night” starting at 9 pm, including free pizza/pool/jukebox. Places keeping regular hours include Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor), 11:30 am-2 am as always.
Events today include the annual Polar Bear Swim, 10 am, on Alki across from Duke’s, and 5K/10K walks with Emerald City Wanderers, leaving St. John the Baptist Church any time between 9 am and 1 pm (full details here).
It wasn’t quite a downpour, but certainly a drenching mist, but that didn’t get in the way of a good time as Highland Park kicked off one of West Seattle’s two-dozen-plus New Year’s Eve extravaganzas tonight. Above, a two-minute spectacle outside Highland Park Improvement Club before the Highland Park House Party that’s just getting under way inside (you’re welcome to go join – details here) and after the HP neighborhood parade (video of that, to be added shortly). It was billed as the “Sage Comet” performance (watch the clip and you’ll get the “comet” reference) — but one of the performers explained afterward, sage is tough to get this time of year, so what burned was “rosemary from local farms”! ADDED 8:28 PM: Just before the “Rosemary Comet,” the first-ever HP parade returned to the luminaria-ringed HPIC, after about half an hour doing a mile-or-so loop through neighborhoods to the south:
As you can see in the video, most of the balloon lanterns had trouble staying lit – smaller fires don’t win the battle with rain – but paraders young and old whooped and cheered, drummed and thumped, all along the way; we trailed them for the first few blocks, and saw neighbors along the way coming to the door or the window, often returning the shouts of “HAPPY NEW YEAR!” Indeed.
Be safe tonight – and know there’s someplace to get your first coffee of 2010 tomorrow. Here’s who we have confirmed, in person or by phone, is open tomorrow, and when:
UPTOWN ESPRESSO (both Junction and Delridge) 6 am-6 pm
STARBUCKS/MORGAN JUNCTION – 6 am-9 pm
STARBUCKS/ALKI 6:30 am-7 pm
TULLY’S/MORGAN JUNCTION 7 am-2 pm
PIONEER COFFEE 7 am-5 pm
STARBUCKS/TRIANGLE DRIVE-THRU 7 am-8 pm
STARBUCKS/ADMIRAL 7 am-9 pm
C & P COFFEE 8 am-1 pm
BIRD ON A WIRE 8 am-2 pm
EASY STREET CAFE 8 am-3 pm (coffee AND food)
RED CUP ESPRESSO 8 am-3 pm
DIVA ESPRESSO 8 am-6 pm
JAVA BEAN 8 am-6 pm
TULLY’S/ALKI 8 am-6 pm
CUPCAKE ROYALE 8 am-7 pm
HOTWIRE COFFEE (WSB sponsor) 9 am-6 pm
WESTBAY ESPRESSO (drive-thru) 10 am-3 pm
DUBSEA COFFEE 10 am-7 pm
(added) BARNES & NOBLE CAFE open store hours, starting @ 11 am
CAFE ROZELLA noon-6:30 pm
New Year’s tends not to bring as many store-hour changes as Christmas, but just in case you’re wondering, we checked anyway. First: Most state liquor stores – including the ones in West Seattle and White Center – are OPEN tomorrow, 11 am-7 pm (and open till 8 tonight as usual). Now, for the grocery stores – this goes for tonight AND tomorrow – only one West Seattle store has a holiday schedule:
PCC Natural Markets/West Seattle (WSB sponsor)
Closing 10 pm tonight (New Year’s Eve)
Closed New Year’s DayMetropolitan Market (WSB sponsor)
Regular schedule (24 hours a day)West Seattle QFC stores:
Regular schedule (24 hours a day)All 3 West Seattle Safeway stores
Regular schedule (24 hours a day)West Seattle Thriftway
Regular hours (5 am-midnight)
Coming up, the New Year’s Day coffee list.
(December 28th sunset photo by Stephanie Moores, featuring Sam)
If your plans for tonight (which might be soggy) aren’t quite finalized, check the West Seattle Holidays page for our New Year’s Eve list. Local restaurants and lounges are throwing parties galore. So are other venues and groups – even a parade, where you’ll find these deployed:
Those are some of the balloon lanterns made last Sunday at Highland Park Improvement Club, where the neighborhood parade begins at 6:30 pm, followed by the Sage Comet performance in the HPIC parking lot, and the HPIC party at 8 (details here). Want to take a walk? Emerald City Wanderers are launching 2 routes from St. John the Baptist Church between 4 and 7 pm. Beach walk, we mentioned yesterday; Kenyon Hall, Admiral Theater, ArtsWest, Alki UCC and Bridge Park are all unique venues with events tonight – here’s that list again. If you’re thinking of going downtown for the Space Needle fireworks, our partners at the Seattle Times have some info that might interest you. (If you’re watching from West Seattle – join the discussion in the WSB Forums.) And remember some places are closing early – like the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) and Seattle Public Library branches, all of which are closing at 6 pm tonight.
Jenny at the West Seattle YMCA (WSB sponsor) asked to share this message of thanks, “letter to the editor” style:
The West Seattle and Fauntleroy YMCA would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our members and to the West Seattle community for supporting our 2009 Giving Tree program. Hundreds of wishes were thoughtfully and generously fulfilled for more than 90 families who struggle just to meet basic needs.
We have special gratitude for WJE (Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.), The Boeing Company’s Spirit of the Holidays Drive, and Windermere West Seattle for adopting entire YMCA families and making their holidays especially bright. Thank you to The Charlestown Street Café for hosting wish tags on their own tree and accepting donations on behalf of the YMCA.
At a time of great challenges, your generosity demonstrates the spirit of community continues to thrive.
Jenny Bradbury
Volunteer Giving Tree Coordinator
West Seattle & Fauntleroy YMCA
Happy New Year’s Eve-Eve! The West Seattle Holidays page is keeper of our New Year’s Eve list – more than 20 options, and another event’s been added – 9:30-11 pm tomorrow, you can join a Camp Long-sponsored Low Tide Beach Walk across from Me-Kwa-Mooks along Beach Drive. If you’re interested, you need to call to preregister today – 206-684-7434 – or preregister online by going here. Meantime, Camp Long has gone public with its full list of January/February highlights – read on to see it – we’ll be adding them to the WSB Events calendar too:Read More
A table full of lantern-makers worked busily at Highland Park Improvement Club when we visited to see how the New Year’s Eve parade-prep project was going. The lanterns are papier-mache over balloons, to be carried during the “Not-So-Silent Night” neighborhood parade Thursday night:
Everyone’s welcome during the parade; meet at HPIC (11th/Holden) at 6:30 pm Thursday – it’ll be followed by a parking-lot performance around 7:30 and the HPIC New Year’s Eve house party indoors. (More West Seattle New Year’s Eve options here.) Meantime, nature put on its own beautiful show one more time today:
Chas Redmond shared that iPhone photo from along Beach Drive; David Rosen shared the view from West Seattle’s downtown-facing waterfront:
Looks like the clouds will hold centerstage for the next few days, though.
Take your reusable bows and other package trimmings to Beveridge Place Pub – where Furry Faces Foundation is collecting them, as explained here. (We’ll have more post-holiday recycling info this weekend.)
Now that it’s Christmas night, thoughts turn to New Year’s Eve/Day (if they haven’t already). The list of events on our West Seattle Holidays page keeps growing – and the Highland Park neighborhood parade (first reported here in HP Action Committee coverage 2 months ago) is among the most intriguing. You have a chance to prepare for it at a workshop Sunday – but whether you can join in that or not, they hope to see you Thursday night – here’s the announcement of the workshop, parade and (right afterward) party, courtesy of Julie @ Highland Park Improvement Club:
Sunday, December 27th from noon until 6:00 pm
The Highland Park Improvement Club (1116 SW Holden) is hosting a luminaria (lantern) making workshop in preparation for our New Year’s Eve Neighborhood Parade! HPIC members, friends and families, and neighbors are welcome to join. Even if you are not making a lantern, please stop in and say hello to your neighbors!
Visiting artist Tricky Bunny from the Fremont Arts Council will provide instruction on how to make a papier mache lantern. To make a balloon lantern, please bring:
– Balloon(s)
– Tissue paper (colorful tissue paper looks especially pretty)
– Wire to attach your lantern to a stick or rod
– Tea candle (the kind where the candle is in a metal cupTricky Bunny will provide Elmer’s wood glue, dry wall paper paste, acrylic medium for paper mache, and a hot glue gun and hot glue gun sticks, along with demonstration. Wear clothing that you don’t mind getting glue or papier mache goop on. (Also, for gluten allergy sufferers, please note that wallpaper paste contains gluten.) Bring snacks to share! Children are welcome.
New Years Eve: Thursday, Dec 31 – Not-So-Silent Night Parade – meet at 6:30 pm, HPIC parking lot
Bring drums/pots & pans/tambourines/musical instruments
followed by the Sage Comet performance, HPIC parking lot after the parade, around 7:30pmand then the Highland Park House Party at 8 pm
an electronic jukebox with playlists from the neighborhood: a guaranteed eclectic assortment that will dance us all into the New Year. Gourmet homemade food from the neighborhood foodistas! (byob) $15/person, $5/kids under 12 and bring dollar bills for the jukebox!
For more information on any of the above, e-mail HPIC1919@gmail.com or leave a message at 206-762-9825; HPIC is online at www.hpic1919.org.
Another story of holiday giving: We received a news release announcing that West Seattle resident Elaine Cornell won a statewide drawing held by her employer, Umpqua Bank, for a $500 donation to be given to a charity of her choice. She chose Northwest Kidney Centers, where she received dialysis treatment more than 20 years ago, while awaiting a kidney transplant, which came from her sister, RoseAnne Tobelaine of Snohomish (at right with Elaine in the photo below). Along with the news release came Elaine’s first-person story.
The gift I Received and why I want to give to the Northwest Kidney Centers:
Winning the first prize in the Associate Giving Campaign has given me a great opportunity to, in part, give back to an organization and foundation that was there for me during my greatest time of need and express my gratitude for the “Gift of Life” I received from my sister.
In 1986 I was in my third year at the University of Washington, when I learned, thanks to a very pro-active and thorough Navy doctor, that blood tests showed my kidney function was in the abnormal range. In addition to the blood tests, I had high blood pressure readings (which were not normal for someone of my age who was not overweight, in good physical shape and not a smoker) and I was weak.
Elaine’s story continues ahead:Read More
Happy Christmas Day! We’ve put this info out as lists over the past several days, but here it is on a map – coffee shops, grocery stores, restaurants in West Seattle (and a few in north White Center) that told our researchers (or posted on their websites) that they’d be open today – marked with cups, bags, forks/knives respectively (click each icon to see the business, its address, and its hours). If you happen onto something else that’s open in these categories, please post a comment so everyone else will know too! And if you’d prefer to see the lists in text form, here are the original links:
Grocery stores
Restaurants
Coffee shops
Also open today – West Seattle’s only moviehouse, Admiral Theater, with showings starting at 4 pm. Here’s the slate of movies today:
Where the Wild Things Are (PG) 4:00 7:00
The Fourth Kind (R), 9:00
Pirate Radio (R), 6:50
Law Abiding Citizen (R), 4:05 9:10
Last but by no means least, several West Seattle churches have services today, too:
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF WEST SEATTLE (4105 California SW)
Festival Liturgy and Holy Eucharist, 10:30 am
HOLY FAMILY PARISH (20th/Roxbury)
Mass in English – 10:00 am
Mass in Spanish – 12:30 pm
HOLY ROSARY PARISH (42nd/Genesee)
Christmas Masses, 8, 9:30 am
HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
10:30 am
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE (35th/Myrtle)
Mass, 10 am
PROVIDENCE MOUNT ST. VINCENT CHAPEL
Christmas Mass, 10:30 am (music by Friends of Providence)
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (3050 California Ave SW, next to West Seattle High School)
10:00 am Holy Eucharist with Carols (*quieter celebration of Christmas with special music; a festive reception follows the service)
Hope you’re having a great holiday!
From Rick R, a sighting off Brace Point this afternoon. Merry Christmas Eve! P.S. Our handy West Seattle holiday links again —
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day church services
Grocery stores’ hours for Christmas Eve/Day
Restaurants open Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day
Coffee shops that’ll be open a while on Christmas
Christmas Light displays we’ve featured
ADDED 6:17 PM: Another sighting!
Thanks to Cathy for the photo of Santa on 2 wheels.
We shared this link at White Center Now but wanted to point you to it from here as well: a touching tale on the White Center Food Bank site – a reminder that those to whom you give, are givers too. CHRISTMAS MORNING UPDATE: There’s a postscript to this – read it here.
(Yet another video from the smash-hit music-synched lights at 3908 Charlestown)
Christmas Eve is here. (NORAD is tracking Santa Claus already!) Here’s some basic info to get things started:
NEED WRAPPING HELP?
Watch this WSB Forums item for update on last-minute fundraising gift-wrap service
WEST SEATTLE HOLIDAY INFO-LISTS
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day church services
Grocery stores’ hours for Christmas Eve/Day
Restaurants open Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day
Coffee shops that’ll be open a while on Christmas
OTHER NOTES
Metro Transit on “reduced weekday service” today
Most King County offices/facilities closed for furlough day today
LAST-MINUTE SHOPPING?
Consider the deals on the WSB Coupons page (improved printability – only center column of page will print)
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
If you haven’t seen the big displays we’ve featured this year, check our archives
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEW YEAR’S EVE?
The list on the West Seattle Holidays page keeps growing
If you squint really hard at our iPhone photo, you’ll see the musicians up on the “balcony” at Metropolitan Market (WSB sponsor) tonight – we dropped by for a few things and suddenly, loud and clear, live Christmas music resounded throughout the store. (Our checker said they had a harpist last night and there’ll be carolers tomorrow – they close at 6 pm – our Christmas Day grocery-store-info list is here.) We’ve also noted more than a few reports of Santa at West Seattle Thriftway (like this one in the WSB Forums) – and other merchants in extra-festive moods; in Northwest Art and Frame in The Junction, for example, during a busy time just before 6, cookies and skin-care samples were being handed out to people waiting in line to check out. Happy West Seattle shopping to all! (Some Christmas Eve shopping hours, just sampled from what was tweeted today on Twitter – Click! Design That Fits [WSB sponsor] in the Admiral District is open 11 am-3 pm tomorrow; Easy Street Records is open till 6.)
What will Santa bring? If Stu Hennessey from Alki Bike and Board knows, he’s not telling. Not even the kids who stopped in and looked up at the “on-reserve” section in Stu’s Admiral District shop (2606 California SW) on Christmas Eve-Eve. AB&B is one of the Admiral merchants who banded together to sponsor WSB this season with an invitation to “Shop Local in the Admiral District” this holiday – here’s the whole group (you’ll find coupons on that page, and more WS coupons here) – also in the group, Linda’s Flowers and Gifts on the SE corner of California/Admiral:
That’s owner Linda Harader, back left; we dropped by as she and her team worked on more pre-Christmas orders. A bit further south – it’s not just retail merriment this Christmas week – think local for your services, too:
That’s longtime WSB sponsor John Moore, whose Northwest Insurance Group is at 3210 California SW, has one of the more unusual office trees in the Admiral District – he says it was salvaged from a Starbucks where it appeared to be destined for the trash one post-Christmas season. We asked him for a holiday message – and he offered some safety advice:
Happy Holidays to our existing clients and future clients from Northwest Insurance Group! Please be extra diligent this Holiday Season to keep gifts and personal belongings out of view in your cars as it is the season for car break ins. Let your Neighbors be aware to keep an eye on your place if you are traveling during the Holidays and be sure to install some inexpensive timer switches for lights to go on and off.
Make sure you double-check that your plumbing lines have been wrapped to protect against freezing weather, and you might consider shutting off the hot water tank if it’s older since they likely to cause the most damage on vacation weekends or holidays. If you are brave enough to deep fry a turkey, please exercise extreme caution and locate the deep frying device a nice safe distance from your house! … . We wish you all a Very Happy New Year!!
(Northwest Insurance Group represents more than a dozen A-rated companies.) More shopping check-ins tonight and tomorrow!
Making your plans for Christmas morning? Here’s our final holiday list (joining West Seattle restaurants open Christmas Eve and/or Day, West Seattle grocery store hours for Christmas Day, and West Seattle Christmas Eve/Day church services). This time, we’ve canvassed the coffee shops, as per WSB holiday-season tradition, to see who’s open Christmas Day:
Cafe Rozella – 8 am-noon
Caffe Ladro – 7 am-noon
Diva – 8 am-1 pm
Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor) – 8 am-2 pm (with staffers who volunteered, says proprietor Lora)
Pioneer Coffee – 7 am-1 pm
Starbucks/Morgan Junction – 8 am-3 pm
Starbucks/Triangle drive-thru – 7 am-3 pm
Tully’s/Alki – 7:30 am-3 pm
Tully’s/Morgan Junction – 7 am-2 pm
This also will be linked from the West Seattle Holidays page, and in the sidebar list of headlines. If you have additions/changes, please share that info – we’re also collecting notes on Christmas Eve hours (when your store’s closing, etc.) and you’re welcome to send those along. (Now, off to The Junction and Admiral and Triangle and Alki and Westwood and … clock’s ticking for last-minute shopping!)
(Rerunning 12/12 photo by Michelle Edwards, our favorite so far this season)
Now that it’s Christmas Eve-Eve, we’re wrapping up our in-advance info lists. 2 already published: Restaurants open Christmas Eve/Day and grocery-store hours for Christmas Eve/Day; this morning, West Seattle churches’ plans for services on Christmas Eve/Day. A few churches are missing because the information was unavailable – we will add to the list today when/if that changes – editor@westseattleblog.com – thanks! – click ahead for the list (which also is now updated on the West Seattle Holidays page)Read More
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