If music had a color, at Fleming School of Music, that color might be green.
I remember quite well my first Christmas in Sammamish (then unincorporated King County) in 1989. Just after decorating our house in High Country with lights, the snow started falling. It snowed heavily and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest took our breath away.
With the recent economic uncertainty, we know a lot of people that are tightening their financial belts. The holidays can be a stressful time for people financially what with the decorating, the gift buying, and the entertaining. This year, enjoy the same holiday experience on a smaller budget.
It’s not as if I need to find reasons to continue indulging in arguably my favorite pastime – surfing the Internet. After all, I surf the Net for a living!
One morning on my way — yet again — to the grocery store, I saw Amazon Fresh in my Sammamish neighborhood. It reminded me of an e-mail I received a few days earlier announcing their online grocery order and delivery service. An hour later, after pushing my shopping cart up and down the aisles, filling it with the things my family needed for the week, and a few too many things we didn’t, and then standing in a seemingly endless checkout line, I decided to take a closer look at that e-mail.
“Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go…” Many of us will travel this holiday season, whether it is by plane, train or automobile, for a holiday meal, a few days’ stay with family or friends, or a week’s vacation to celebrate with loved ones. Staying organized with your holiday travel will ensure smooth sailing.
As the first strains of music filtered into the theater, I felt a “tap, tap” on my leg.
There was almost a very ugly confrontation at a Fred Meyer store the other day — I’m just glad Fred wasn’t there to see it. Two guys
who apparently had never met before came face-to-face in the frozen food aisle.
The men stood staring at each other — thunderstruck — because they were wearing identical T-shirts, with the same wording emblazoned
across the front: “World’s Greatest Dad!”
Eastlake High School Drama Team members this week will perform a WWII drama set in Louisiana.
Will you be sending out some sort of holiday correspondence this year? Now is a great time to get the ball rolling.
The iPod is a most beloved device. Owners of iPods are able to store a large portion of their music and, in newer models, video and photo collections on them and within reach, at all times.
Village Theatre has added six additional performance dates added to the schedule for the production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” in Issaquah, due to demand on the original schedule. The new performance dates include:
While many Eastsiders this week have been absorbed by the elections, a select group of residents has been focused on sun, sand and, most importantly, singing.
Sometimes it seems as if our computers have a mind of their own and, for whatever reason, are intentionally wreaking havoc in our lives. This week we try to re-establish technological tranquility.
The chill quiet on Cougar Mountain was broken last week by the warmth and noise of a group of high school students, hard at work and chattering every so often.
Corey Colwell-Lipson knew Halloween would turn green. She just didn’t expect the holiday to change colors so quickly.
If your romantic getaway includes walks on the beach, waves breaking over jetties and a lighthouse to add drama to your pictures, you’ll find the Shelburne Inn to be the ultimate coastal experience.
Between Halloween and the New Year are a multitude of opportunities to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. If you will be entertaining this year, whether that’s hosting Thanksgiving dinner, a decorating party, an open house, or a cookie or gift exchange, there are steps you can take to minimize the stress, maintain balance and control and maximize the joy of the holidays. Just consider the “who, what, when, where, how and why” factors to keep you organized as you plan and execute your get-together.
“Come Meet Mothers and More” Open House: 7:30-9 p.m. Nov. 5. Presented by Mothers and More, Chapter 64. Speaker: Amy Lang. Sammamish Public Library, 825 228th Ave. N.E.
What if “things that go bump in the night” don’t just bump at night?
