West Seattle Holiday Events and Info

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Updated 1/1/2012:

NEW YEAR’S DAY

TAKE A WALK ON NEW YEAR’S EVE AND/OR NEW YEAR’S DAY: Welcome the New Year with a great set of walks in West Seattle. The Emerald City Wanderers, the Holiday Club, invite you to join us for scenic walks on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. These walks offer a healthy and entertaining way to bid adieu to 2011 and welcome to 2012. And, there’ll be good, hot soup to warm you up afterward. The New Year’s Eve walk will start between 4 and 7 PM at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in West Seattle and head down to Alki Beach. There will be holiday lights along the way, and spectacular nighttime views across Puget Sound and Elliott Bay. Ferries and other boat traffic, the lights of Bainbridge Island and Magnolia, and a panoramic view of downtown Seattle at night are the featured entertainment! On New Year’s Day, we’ll start at the Church between 9 AM and 1 PM and take a different route down to the water, this time to Puget Sound. We’ll walk along the Sound to Alki Point, passing several parks and taking in the views of shipping and the Olympic Mountains. On “The Avenue of Stars”, walkers can pick out their own star. Both walks will be 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) long, on paved sidewalks. There will be 5 kilometer alternatives for those preferring a shorter outing. All walks are free, and sanctioned by the American Volkssport Association. St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church is at 3050 California Ave SW in West Seattle, next to West Seattle High School. There is ample free parking in the High School lot. More info: Dave Madsen at dmadsen@seattleu.edu, or Mike Nagan at m.nagan@comcast.net.

NEW YEAR’S DAY POLAR-BEAR SWIM ON ALKI: 10 am, full details here

RESTAURANTS/BARS OPEN NEW YEAR’S DAY: Now collecting this list. West 5: Annual “Don’t Hangover, Start Over” NYD brunch, mimosa and bloody mary specials all day long … Feedback Lounge (WSB sponsor) is open … Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt/Admiral is open 11 am-5 pm New Year’s Day … Pizzeria 22 is open 4-9 pm New Year’s Day … Endolyne Joe’s open for breakfast/brunch at 8:30 am … At The Bridge: Open for brunch at 9 am and Kelli Karaoke helps us sing in 2012 starting at 9:30 pm … Beveridge Place Pub open noon-2 am … Luna Park Café open regular hours … Skylark Café and Club open for brunch 9 am-3 pm, then closing for maintenance work …

COFFEE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY … Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor), 8 am-6 pm … Diva Espresso, open 8 am to 6 pm … Bird on a Wire, 10 am-2 pm … Caffe Delia (in Proletariat Pizza’s WC storefront), 9 am- 1 pm … Red Cup Espresso open 9 am-3 pm … not an all-inclusive list, just who we’ve heard from!

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING

(2010 photo of first trees we spotted in West Seattle)

Check with your solid-waste-pickup provider for their rules – Seattle Public Utilities’ rules are here

JANUARY 7: The West Seattle Rainbow Girls will hold their fifth annual Christmas tree recycle fundraiser Saturday, January 7 at the Alki Masonic Hall 4736 40th Ave. SW. and also at the Southgate Masonic Hall located at 1004 SW 152nd in Burien from 10:00 – 2:00. Suggested donation $5.00. No flocked trees please. For more information please contact Jan Hunter at 206-849-7906. Check out the Rainbow Girls by going to www.gorainbow.org.

JANUARY 7-8: Boy Scout Troop 375 Christmas Tree Recycle
Saturday and Sunday, January 7 – 8, 2012 (9 to 4)
Five Corners (160th and 1st Avenue in Burien)
$5 per tree
“Good Karma” Christmas Tree Mulch available for $25 donation per yard

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