If you read last year's "Good Pesach!" post, you know how we feel about Passover: a truly bad-ass Jewish Holiday. The God of the Old Testament rains His wrath on those who enslaved His people, plagues fire from His fingertips, blood flows in the rivers, frogs pour from heaven, boils erupt on the skin of the oppressors, an avenging angel sweeps across the land in the dark of night, the very earth rises from the bottom of the sea to carry…
So what all is going on special in Wallingford this Valentine's Day? We already mentioned that you can tan yourself crispy for free at Tropical Tan, but did you know that Fuel has "heart-shaped Flipsides, Piepops (pie lollipops!), and our as-seen-on-TV Slab Pie!"? Put in your special order for those by Friday at 5 pm for Saturday or Sunday pick-up. And, course, the restaurants are getting in the lovin' game, too. Avila is offering a special menu for Valentine's that includes…
Yesterday, we covered what's going on New Year's Eve in Wallingford, but what about New Year's Day? For ourselves, we're planning on hitting the Polar Bear Plunge at Matthews Beach at noon on the 1st, but if we get the shivers, we may just slap a wig on, find ourselves the finest track suit we can, and head over to Green Lake. Says My Green Lake: "Meet at Noon, Friday January 1, 2010, at the Kiddie Wading Pool at Greenlake to…
Public Service Announcement: tonight is the last night to see the Argosy Christmas Ship™ before the ship docks for the season. See our initial post here, or detals about tonight's final Christmas sailing below. See you at Gasworks tonight, everyone! The Argosy Christmas Ship™ will stop just offshore at Gasworks Park for its final concert, sung by the Seattle Girls’ Choir – Prime Voci. The performance is scheduled for 9:45pm-10:05pm. Afterwards, don't forget to swing by 39th and Woodlawn to see Wallingford's own live…
We've been collecting a good list of holiday goings on, including some Christmas Eve services at local churches and New Year's Eve dinners at all the great Wallingford restaurants (if you've got anything to add to the list, which we'll be posting shortly, please leave it as a comment on our Holiday Haps post). Given all the Christmas and New Year's talk, it's been noted that we haven't mentioned Chanukah, which might seem odd given our decidedly Hebrew religious leanings, and…
So what's the holiday haps around the neighborhood? We gotta figure that a bunch of bars and restaurants will be having New Year's Eve specials, and probably a few churches are doing something interesting for Christmas. We'd be happy to compile and publish a list, but give us a hand here and let us know what's going on.
Here's a bit of small-town feeling holiday yumminess that's sure to be a winner. Paul Dorpat and crew are putting on their second annual Up The Down Chimney Christmas show, complete with readings, music and heart-warming merriness. Paul writes: Here's something a mother might enjoy. Starts at 7:30, next Tuesday evening [December , it is the second annual use of the Good Shepherd Center Chapel for our not yet popular Christmas show, "Up The Down Chimney." Those attending during last year's…