Holiday

Easter Brunch in Wallingford

Every spring, our dining room table is cluttered with Easter baskets, boxes of stale Peeps, plastic eggs, and chocolate rabbits.  Oddly enough, though, I never really questioned the correlation between Easter and rabbits. I just took for granted they always lived hand in hand, until I came across some information about the ritual's origins. Turns out, we have the Germans to thank for importing the Easter Bunny into American folklore. He first appeared on the scene during the 16th century, when…

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Seattle Chamber to help raise $90k for Family 4th

The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that the Seattle Chamber of Commerce will work to raise the remaining $90,000 needed to put on One Reel's Family Fourth at Lake Union this year. According to PSBJ's Staff Writer, Clay Holtzman, The Seattle Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the show’s nonprofit organizer One Reel to help raise the campaign's final $90,000. The Seattle Chamber today emailed an appeal to members and supporters asking for donations. The Chamber has scheduled an event for…

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St. Paddy’s Day in Wally-o’Hood

Top o' the mornin' to ya, neighbors!  Whether it's green libations, Corned Beef and Cabbage, or a good ol' fashioned sugar rush you're wantin', here's a couple of ideas for celebratin' St. Patrick's Day this Thursday---all within stumbling distance from your home: Murphy's (1928 N. 45th St.) celebrates St. Patrick's Day all weekend long, beginning at 11am on Thursday, with live music from the Carrigaline Irish Band, Dan Maher, and the Seattle Firefighters Pipes and Drums Band will appear at 8:30pm. …

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4th of July fireworks will go on

One Reel announced that they have secured 80% of the required funding to produce the Family 4th at Lake Union, and as such, the show will go on this year.  Businesses such as Allstate Insurance, Adobe, Smith Brothers Farms, Underdog Sports, along with many private contributors, added to the donations by Microsoft and Starbucks totaling $400,000.  One Reel is still trying to secure the remaining $100,000, but has every intention to move forward. “We had planned to secure our budgetary goal…

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Recycling Christmas

With the holidays behind us, it's time to start thinking about taking down those beautiful lights adorning the outside of your home.  If you find yourself stuck with burned-out light strands that are ready for the trash, don't throw 'em out!  Instead, recycle them through the Seattle Public Utilities "Holiday Light Recycling Program".  From now through January 15, if you take your old light strands to the following nearby locations, they'll recycle the copper wire inside them: Whole Foods Market –…

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Holiday Traditions

I'm not a sucker for much, but holiday traditions really get me.  They are the one time of year when people everywhere, across various cultures and at varied times across the globe, people everywhere are trying to do something PLEASANT. Christmas lights, a succulent ham, shiny garland snaked around a colorful tree, winter solstice feasts, pine boughs made into homemade wreaths.  Long holiday office lunches, and frosted cookies that taste better than they look.  The Figgy Pudding Street Corner Caroling Event,…

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Coffee and other necessities (what’s open, what’s not)

It never fails in my house on Christmas Day -- either I'll need some random ingredient for dinner, or we'll be out of "x" (dog food, milk, or heaven forbid--wine) and my poor husband will be sent out on a quest in the middle of the day.  So, to make my life (and hopefully yours) easier, here's a list of stores and whatnot that will be open on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, including the most important among life essentials:  coffee…

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