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More West Seattle New Year’s Eve notes: Government services
December 31, 2010 8:28 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news

Most government offices are closed today; city libraries close at 6 pm. Metro remains on a “reduced weekday” schedule. Trash (etc.) pickup is on a regular schedule today, but not tomorrow. Mail is delivered today but not tomorrow. Banks are open today but not tomorrow.

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West Seattle New Year’s Eve forecast: Brrrr
December 30, 2010 10:17 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | West Seattle weather

Been outside tonight? All we can say is, brrrr. It’s in the 20s and the car tops were icing over by 9 pm. On the other hand, great stargazing. And according to the National Weather Service, this is what you can expect tomorrow night, too – so if you’ll be outside watching the Space Needle fireworks from West Seattle shores, or anyplace else outdoors, make sure your NYE fashion choice includes major insulation. (And if you’re still looking around to see what’s happening, remember our list – ranging from bar parties to church services.)

ADDED 12:15 AM: Our partners at the Seattle Times have published a preview with some behind-the-scenes info about the eight-minute Needle fireworks.

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West Seattle New Year’s Eve: If your plans aren’t set yet
December 29, 2010 11:47 am
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 |   Fun stuff to do | Holidays | West Seattle news

(New Year’s Eve 2009 photo, courtesy of Jillian)
Just wanted to note, with two days to go, that you can find a list of West Seattle New Year’s Eve/Day events on the WSB West Seattle Holidays page – not just restaurant/bar events, but also everything from New Year’s Eve bowling to the Highland Park parade to the Polar Bear Swim. Know of an event that’s not on the page? Please let us know so we can add it – thanks!

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West Seattle Christmas-tree-recycling options – and lights, too!
December 26, 2010 3:25 pm
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 |   Environment | Holidays | West Seattle news

Today’s a little too blustery to haul your tree out to the curb, but in case you’re thinking ahead to the post-Christmas cleanup, here are your options for tree recycling, from the West Seattle Holidays page – plus an opportunity to recycle old holiday lights, too:

FREE TREE RECYCLING VIA THE CITY: For Seattle Public Utilities solid-waste customers, they’ll pick up ornament-free/flocking-free trees curbside on your regular collection day provided you follow the rules, or you can take yours to the transfer station in South Park (slightly different rules), both options available through January 9th – full details/rules here. (If you live in a multifamily building, your recycling rules may vary, so check with management if applicable.)

TREE-RECYCLING FUNDRAISER: If you want to drop off your tree without leaving West Seattle, but with the knowledge it’s helping a local youth organization, here’s an alternative. On January 8th from 9 am-2 pm, the West Seattle Rainbow Girls will be collecting trees in the lot outside the Alki Masonic Hall in The Junction, 40th/Edmunds, $5 suggested donation.

RECYCLING YOUR OLD HOLIDAY LIGHTS: West Seattle-based Fleming’s Holiday Lighting is collecting used (or unused/unwanted) holiday lights through mid-January to raise money for the Moyer Foundation. This is a regional effort with three local dropoff spots are Wyatt’s Jewelers (WSB sponsor) in Westwood Village, The Artistic Framers, and McLendon Hardware in White Center.

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Shopping? Here are some West Seattle after-Christmas sales
December 26, 2010 10:24 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Last night, we mentioned today’s “Boxing Day” sale at the West Seattle Farmers’ Market (with Market Bucks available at the info booth while they last), which continues till 2. Here’s what else we’ve found regarding after-Christmas sales around West Seattle and vicinity. First, from WSB West Seattle Holiday Shopping Guide sponsors:

*Funky Jane’s Consignment: 25% off everything in the store, through January 2

*Wyatt’s Jewelers: $25 off in-store purchase with WSB Holiday Shopping Guide coupon, good through this Friday (12/31)

*TouchTech Systems: Also through Friday, $50 off MSRP for MacBooks

*Budget Cuts: 12 prepaid haircuts for $99 – deal available through Friday

(Also from the guide, salons Illusions Hair Design and Envy on Alki have New Year’s Eve hours in case you need last-minute pre-party hair help.)

Other sales we’ve found:

*West Seattle Fabric Company (per Facebook): Noon-4 pm Sunday, 30% off all holiday flannels, cottons and Minky.

*CAPERS (per website): 11 am-5 pm Sunday, ornaments half-price

*West Seattle Cellars (per promotional e-mail): Starts noon today, runs through Friday. 15% off everything (20% for club members).

*Many Moons Trading Company (per Facebook group mail): Noon-5 pm Sunday, 50% off

*3.14 Bakery in White Center (via Twitter): All frosted Christmas Cookies 50% off today and Monday.

(added 3:11 pm) West Seattle Nursery (via Twitter): All Christmas merchandise 50% off “while supplies last.”

Having an after-Christmas sale, or know of one, not already mentioned here? Add a comment or e-mail us – thanks!

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West Seattle holiday scenes: Gingerbread creations
December 25, 2010 1:15 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news

While things are quiet on this Christmas Day, another set of West Seattle holiday scenes we’ve been saving up – photos from a gingerbread-house-making event at West Seattle Christian Church earlier this month.

We shot most of our photos at kid’s-eye level, but builders of all ages participated. The result here was described as “gingerbread house after an earthquake”:

The next one might qualify for the label “gingerbread doghouse”:

Some builders eschewed the “house” shape altogether:

But there’s also beauty in tradition:

Thanks to WSCC and EVERYONE around West Seattle who has sponsored fun holiday events, including many that doubled as charity fundraisers/donation drives, for the community this season (many of which we were honored to feature on our West Seattle Holidays page, which is now down to today and New Year’s Eve/Day – please let us know if you are having a public New Year’s event that’s not on the page yet).

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West Seattle Christmas Day 2010: Who’s open, and more
December 25, 2010 5:08 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

(Taken in The Junction by smohundro, shared via the WSB Flickr group)
Merry Christmas!

We’ve updated the “who’s open for groceries/coffee/dining & drinks” list to winnow it down to just the businesses open today – including 9 coffee shops and more than a dozen places to get food. See the list here.

Metro’s on a Sunday schedule today; details here.

Looking for a Christmas Day church service in West Seattle? Check here.

Thinking about driving around to look at lights tonight? The schedule for the Helmstetler Family Christmas Spectacular (the music-synched lights at 3908 SW Charlestown) is here.

And if you’re mulling a movie – Admiral Theater opens at 4 this afternoon (movie listings/schedule here).

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West Seattle holiday scenes: Wondrous windows, #2
December 24, 2010 10:40 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

(WSB photos by Ellen Cedergreen)
As promised, a few more of the West Seattle business windows painted with holiday scenes – seemed to us like there were more than usual this year, so we thought it would be fun to showcase some on Christmas Eve/Day; we showed the Talarico’s tribute to Bob Ross earlier. In this roundup, the top and below photo are from the display that’s generated the most buzz in The Junction – Puerto Vallarta‘s fun-loving, thong-sporting holiday entourage:

Those are by Sign Savant, Japhy Witte with Z. Rockstad; SS also painted the tamer scenes at West Seattle Coins and Courtesy Tire:

At Northwest Art and Frame, a rare non-Sign Savant window creation. This one’s by TJ Swier of TJ Grafix:

We’re planning to show a few more windows tomorrow.

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West Seattle holidays: Seal Sitters’ card for you
December 24, 2010 4:15 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | Wildlife

This e-card from Seal Sitters was sent with holiday wishes for all WSB’ers as well as those of us here at HQ, so of course we have to share! You can keep up with Seal Sitters year-round here. (Reminder, if you’re looking for Christmas Eve dinner/drinks/groceries, check here; for church services, check here.)

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West Seattle holiday scenes: Wondrous windows
December 24, 2010 11:20 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

After noticing so many festively painted store windows in West Seattle, particularly in The Junction, we asked WSB contributor Ellen Cedergreen to photograph some of them for us to feature Christmas Eve/Day. We’ll publish a few installments tonight/tomorrow but this one kicks it off – the Bob Ross tribute in the windows at Talarico’s, by Sign Savant‘s Japhy Witte and Z. (Zach) Rockstad (who painted the vast majority of what we spotted). P.S. If you don’t remember Bob Ross – think public TV, painting, gentle voice, big hair. A closer look at some of the scenes:

No Bob in this one, but it’s cute just the same.

More holiday window art later!

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West Seattle Christmas Eve 2010: Who’s open, and more
December 24, 2010 9:03 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(3 Wise Penguins? Window @ Curious Kidstuff; WSB photo by Ellen Cedergreen)
Whether you are celebrating or not, we hope some of this information will be helpful:

*West Seattle restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores open Christmas Eve and/or Day
*West Seattle Christmas Eve/Day church services (list is atop the Holidays page)
*Metro and Water Taxi changes for the holidays (through New Year’s)
*Seattle Parks facilities info for the holidays
*State liquor-store hours

If you are doing last-minute gift shopping, most if not all of your West Seattle shops are there for you today at least into the afternoon. Many of our Holiday Shopping Guide participants (24 local businesses) have today’s hours listed already; local businesses are also welcome to add a comment here with today’s plan. We also have a directory of ongoing sponsors, with links to websites and Facebook pages, here. (And thanks to Bartell Drugs for sending a tweet that they’re open till 9 pm in Admiral today.) … Looks like ArtsWest (WSB sponsor) has some tickets left for the final “A Tuna Christmas” show at 5 pm today. … And if you’re planning on going out for a beverage – this is the final day for Christmas Cocktails, with six local bars/lounges contributing $1 to charity for each purchase of a special drink that’s part of the promotion. … Need wrapping help? There’s one more round of fundraising gift-wrapping to help local animal-advocacy groups – 2-7 pm at Beveridge Place Pub in Morgan Junction.

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Another West Seattle random act of holiday kindness
December 23, 2010 10:10 pm
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It’s the little things. Earlier, the tale of the candy cane; tonight, a tale of greenery, from Jamie and Chelsea:

My wife and I were walking back to our Morgan Junction home from buying half-off garlands tonight at West Seattle Nursery, and in front of the [frame shop] and tae kwon do studio near Juneau, this nice woman appeared out of nowhere and asked if we wanted her spare wreath. Apparently she had an extra and since we were already loaded up with holiday spirit i.e. garlands she must have thought we needed more!

Thanks to this nice woman, and happy holidays to West Seattle!

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West Seattle New Year’s Eve: Highland Park’s 2nd annual parade
December 23, 2010 9:10 pm
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 |   Highland Park | Holidays | West Seattle news

That’s part of our video from last New Year’s Eve, when Highland Park neighbors launched a new holiday tradition, the “Not-So-Silent Night Parade” (more WSB coverage here). Tonight, there’s word from Highland Park Action Committee chair Dan Mullins that they’re doing it again:

If you want to have some fun this New Year’s Eve, Highland Park is the place to be! Bang on a drum or shake your tambourine as you travel along with the second annual “Not So Silent Night Parade.” March along with us on a 20-30 minute trip through Highland Park, making just enough noise to remind our neighbors that it’s New Year’s Eve.

Afterward, they’re planning more festivities in the parking lot (same as last year), as well as hot cider and cookies. It’ll all start and end at the Highland Park Improvement Club (12th/Holden; map), meet at 6:45 pm, parade starts at 7 and will last about half an hour. Also from the announcement:

Dress warm ’cause we are going, rain or moon-shine, and you may want to bring a flashlight and an umbrella! (or even better a flashlight taped inside an umbrella, so it glows!) Bring the kids in their strollers and your friendly dogs on their leashes.

They’re also recruiting volunteers to help direct traffic along the way – if you can volunteer to be a crossing guard, e-mail Dan at chair09@highlandpk.net.

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West Seattle holidays: Last ‘Shop Late Thursday’ tonight
December 23, 2010 8:08 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Forget the mall – your last-minute holiday shopping can stay right here in West Seattle. Many stores are open on Christmas Eve, and right now, many of the shops in The Junction are open till 9 tonight for one last “Shop Late Thursday.” We checked on a few WSB Holiday Shopping Guide participants – you can get your art on at Twilight Artist Collective (4306 SW Alaska), above, or the sweet smell of gift-giving from knows perfume (4536 California SW):

We found Frances Smersh with some of the jewelry – they carry her creations as well as others – at the shop she and husband John recently relocated to The Junction (4540 California SW), Click! Design That Fits, which is open 11 am-3 pm on Christmas Eve:

Shoes? Handbags? Clementine is one option – that’s where we found Lisa:

And a few doors east, Angela is helping shoppers at Funky Jane’s Consignment (4455 California SW):

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West Seattle holidays: Festivus at Hotwire
December 23, 2010 1:01 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS beverages

It’s not just Christmas Eve-Eve – December 23rd is also the date for Festivus, a cantankerous winter anti-holiday spun off from the classic comedy TV show “Seinfeld.” If you’ve been to Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor) in recent weeks, you’ve probably seen the Festivus pole, maybe even written a note for the “Airing of Grievances” which is part of the … event. Hotwire proprietor Lora proclaimed 10 am this morning as the time to come “celebrate” Festivus at her shop in The Junction (where they’ve also been collecting donations for pets – “Festivus for the pets of us”). Christopher Boffoli was there on behalf of WSB, and you can see his video above. (Don’t miss Dharma the dog, midway through!)

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Random acts of holiday kindness: A candy-cane thank-you
December 23, 2010 12:32 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | West Seattle people

The latest random-act-of-holiday-kindness report to land in the WSB inbox is from Michael, who lives near West Seattle High School:

To whoever is leaving candy canes on doors–THANKS!!

My wife found a candy cane on our front door with the message: “Thank you for your lights, we love them!” I don’t believe that this is a new thing in West Seattle but it’s new to us. Nice holiday spirit!

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West Seattle holidays: Christmas Day on the run
December 23, 2010 10:16 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS & Sports

Just out of the WSB inbox, from Jennifer:

Are you alone on Christmas Day and need to burn some humbug energy? Or maybe you just want to get out of the house for an hour and get your daily run on. A small group of us are doing a 10K run along Alki, rain or shine, to raise a few bucks for a friend who is heading to Africa to volunteer for three months in 2011. We’ll meet at 11 am. This is very low key. If interested, e-mail for more details … read30@yahoo.com

Any other activities, let us know; meantime, we are continuing to tweak the list of West Seattle restaurant/coffee shop/grocery store Christmas Eve/Day hours – you can find it here, and it’s linked from our updated-all-season-long West Seattle Holidays page (where you also will find Christmas Eve/Day church services).

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West Seattle Thursday: Festivus; shop late; wrap; movie!
December 23, 2010 6:30 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
It’s Christmas Eve-Eve, and you can start the revelry this morning with the Festivus celebration at Hotwire Online Coffeehouse (WSB sponsor) at 10 am … Also in The Junction, 6-9 pm tonight, it’s the final Shop Late Thursday before Christmas (participants are highlighted here, including WSB West Seattle Holiday Shopping Guide sponsors Clementine, Knows Perfume, Click! Design That Fits, and Twilight Artist Collective) … Once you have that afternoon/evening shopping done, animal advocates are ready to wrap it up for you, 4-8 pm at Rocksport (details in this WSB Forums post) … The Admiral Theater‘s annual free Christmas movie is tonight, 7 pm, the Jim Carrey-voiced “A Christmas Carol” – bring a pet item to donate to the Humane Society … Also, one holiday open house – Illusions Hair Design (WSB sponsor), 9 am-7 pm – and one party, Heartland Café, 7 pm (Facebook invite here).

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Who’s open Christmas Eve and/or Day in West Seattle, version 1.0
December 22, 2010 12:28 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Caveat, this is a work-in-progress: WSB contributor/researcher Katie Meyer has done a tremendous amount of work to gather the info, but she’s still tying up loose ends, and we’ve still got a lot of links to add. That said, since we’re getting a lot of requests, we’re publishing the first “who’s open in West Seattle on the holiday” take for your reference (the link will remain the same as we tweak). This year, it includes who’s open for groceries, coffee, and/or dining on Christmas Eve and/or Day, so read carefully! And if you have firsthand knowledge of anything different/missing, please comment or e-mail us – thanks.

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West Seattle Wednesday: Poetry, spirituality, wine, trees…
December 22, 2010 8:26 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

A few special events on the WSB West Seattle Events and West Seattle Holidays calendars: The monthly Poetrybridge reading/open-mike event at C & P Coffee (WSB sponsor) is tonight, sign-ups at 6:45 pm, event at 7 (more details here) … Another holiday service specially geared for people in the midst of a “Blue Christmas” because of loss or other challenges, 7 pm at Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation … For your holiday shopping needs today/tonight, check out the WSB Holiday Shopping Guide and Coupons pages for deals and special hours; the guide includes sponsor Bin 41‘s wine-tasting event 5:30-7 pm tonight in The Junction … Just got word there are still some trees left, now half-price, at the Holy Rosary Tree Lot, last day, open 11 am-6 pm or till sold out.

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West Seattle holidays: Caroling in High Point
December 22, 2010 6:57 am
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 |   High Point | Holidays | West Seattle news

(WSB video by Cliff DesPeaux)
Caroling can be a hoot – as that group of neighbors/church friends found out as they serenaded part of High Point last night with a truly merry round of Christmas songs. Thanks to Fred for inviting WSB to follow along for last night’s musical meandering!

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West Seattle Tuesday: Finally, the solstice; ‘Wonderful Life’
December 21, 2010 9:12 am
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news

The exact moment is 3:38 pm our time today – and from here on out, the days keep getting longer; spring and summer are in view! In addition to the winter-solstice-sunset viewing event we’ve been mentioning with West Seattle-residing NASA Solar System Ambassador Alice Enevoldsen at Solstice Park (sunset’s around 4:20 pm; if it’s not rainy, you’ll see Alice there by 3:30), two more events from the WSB West Seattle Holidays page, both presented by WSB sponsors: From the Christmastime-services list, Tibbetts United Methodist Church (3940 41st SW) invites you to tonight’s 7 pm Blue Christmas/Longest Night service, “a service for folks for whom this is not the most wonderful time of the year. … Join us for this service of reflection with music, readings and candle lighting to acknowledge the grief and pain and find a ray of hope.” … And at Merrill Gardens at West Seattle (4611 35th SW), the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” (trailer above) plays in the theater at 1 pm, free admission and snacks.

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West Seattle holidays: More neighborhood caroling
December 20, 2010 10:24 pm
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 |   Holidays | West Seattle news | West Seattle people

First Delridge … then Seaview … tonight we got that video from Timothy in Fairmount Heights of “wassailing” – or maybe you’d call it caroling – in the neighborhood. Any other last-minute holiday haps, let us know … the WSB West Seattle Holidays page is still up and running, including a long list of Christmas Eve/Day church services (let us know if yours isn’t there yet), and we should be adding the Christmas Eve/Day restaurants/coffee “who’ll be open” info tomorrow.

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