Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Presidents' Day is a federal holiday

Monday, February 21, 2022

By Diane Hettrick

Today, Monday February 21, 2022 is Presidents' Day, a federal holiday. It honors Presidents Washington and Lincoln and by extension, all presidents.

Washington's Birthday was celebrated on February 22 from 1879 until 1971, when the Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved it to the third Monday in February, which can occur from February 15 to the 21st. 
The day eventually also became known as Presidents' Day (though the placement of the apostrophe, if any, varies) and is most often an occasion to remember all U.S. presidents, or to honor Abraham Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays together.

America's most confused holiday.

Not all employers or jurisdictions observe this day or give their employees the day off. Some companies do trades and add a day to a different time off so employees get a longer weekend at a different time.

All this makes it very confusing if you are trying to decide whether there was no mail delivery or if you should worry that someone stole your mail.

So you may be working today but don't bother checking the mail. Federal employees have the day off.

Here's what's closed:
  • Post office retail and mail delivery
  • Banks and credit unions
  • Government agencies
  • Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center
  • Shoreline Schools - the rest of the week is mid-winter break
  • Private schools: King's School, Seattle Christian
Be sure to pick up your mail on Tuesday. You don't want to miss all the junk mail and offers to buy your house.



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Cartoon by Whitney Potter: President's Day

Sunday, February 20, 2022

 

President's Day Monday, February 21, 2022



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Cartoon by Whitney Potter: OOPS

Friday, February 18, 2022

 

Previous cartoons by Whitney Potter HERE




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Lantern Festival held at local businesses in North City Business District

Monday, February 14, 2022

The lion dance brings good fortune and chases away evil spirits

By Diane Hettrick
Photos by Mike Remarcke

Musicians performed

ShoreLake Arts sponsored the Lantern Festival Saturday, February 12, 2022 with a Lion Dance and Kung Fu Show at Monka Brewing Co. and Uplift Climbing on 15th NE in Shoreline just south of NE 175th.

Kung fu class presentation

Lion Dances are traditionally performed at festivals or big occasions to bring good fortune and chase away evil spirits. The Lion Dance is one of the most important Chinese New Year traditions. It is performed to bring prosperity and good luck for the upcoming year.

Children at the festival learned a few kung fu moves

This special performance took place on Saturday afternoon and was followed by music from local artist Jeannie Rak at Monka Brewing Co. 

ShoreLake Arts helped visitors with paper lanterns

ShoreLake Arts and the City of Shoreline teamed up with artist Hua Zhang to create an at-home paper lantern template. 

"They look amazing, are fun to make, and are a great way to learn about a long-standing Lunar New Year tradition."

Many people stopped by the ShoreLake Arts booth to create their own paper lantern. 

Monka's patio was decorated with lanterns

Visitors enjoyed the lanterns, artwork by local Asian and Asian diaspora artists, and grabbed a bite to eat from the local restaurants and food truck.

ShoreLake Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to cultivate creativity and inspire our community through the arts. Established in 1989.



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Valentine's Day Fudge available Monday



The Senior Center sold out at their holiday fudge sale, so they made sure to have enough this time.

So you are in luck! You can run by the Senior Center at 18501 1st Ave NE #1 between 10am and 2pm Monday, February 14, 2022 and pick up some boxes of fudge - plain or walnut. Three boxes for $20.

The Senior Center is in the southernmost building on the Shoreline Center campus. Wear your mask.



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Valentine's pastries from Sweet Pearl Bakery

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Sweet Pearl Bakery is a tiny, stand-alone building at 641 NW Richmond Beach Road, across the street from QFC.

The owner has a commercial kitchen in the little building where she creates pastries that are as much works of art as they are food.

She celebrates holidays with specialty cakes and has cinnamon rolls and mermaid cupcakes inbetween.

She doesn't require orders so it's get there before she sells out.

Valentine's Day Menu  
  • Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls - $20 (4-pack) $40 (8-pack) Take and Bake Option Available
  • Valentine's Cookie Kits - 12 Mini Pre-Baked Heart Shaped Sugar Cookies with 2 Frosting and Sprinkles. Everything You Need to Decorate Your Own Cookies At Home!! -$18
  • Chocolate Covered Strawberries - Milk or Dark Chocolate Dipped Strawberries Drizzled with White Chocolate 6/$12 - Dozen/$24
  • Assorted Valentine's Cupcakes - 6/$20
  • Cheesecakes Flavor of the Month -- Red Velvet Cheesecake - $6 Mini / $40 Full Size
Pick up Available through Monday 

Valentine Weekend Hours:
  • Super Bowl Sunday, February 13th 10am - 2pm
  • Monday, February 14th 10am - 2pm


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Lady and the Tramp spaghetti special for two all weekend at The Local 104

Saturday, February 12, 2022

Valentine's weekend
Lady and the Tramp special for two
Valentines Day approaches! 

Lady and the Tramp spaghetti special for two - house made hand cut pasta with classic red sauce and meatballs- all weekend long or, before we sell out 

The Local 104 on Ballinger Way in Lake Forest Park. 18498 Ballinger Way NE.

206-309-4104. info@thelocal104.com

Dessert for two - almond cake with vanilla ice cream and pears poached in @greenwoodcider strawberry kiwi cider. 

Happy Valentine’s / Super Bowl / it’s the weekend!



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Valentine's Lovers' Package at the Drumlin


We're bringing back Valentine's Day with private poetry readings with your choice of genre. 

This year we're adding a lot: a house cheesecake for two (ish), a selection of bubblies, and a candle! 

We're sort of serious, but we can be as irreverent as you want us to be. Oskar's Pizza is at the curb, rounding out the perfect Valentine's Day whether you're celebrating alone, with friends, or with a valentine.

Drumlin is located at 522 NE 165th Street Shoreline, WA 98155 in the Ridgecrest Neighborhood. More information here



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Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center Valentine's Fudge Sale

Wednesday, February 9, 2022


The Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Holiday fudge sale was so popular we are bringing it back for Valentine's Day. 

The perfect gift for your sweetheart. Or for yourself.

Pickup is February 10, 11 and 14, 2022 (Thursday, Friday, and Monday) from 10am - 2pm at the Senior Center 18560 1st Ave NE #1

Hurry in, we sold out last time.

Classic and walnut. $8 for one - $15 for two - $20 for three




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Punxsutawney Phil is dead and everything else you need to know about Groundhog Day

Monday, February 7, 2022

How about a Wabbit?
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
CORRECTION: Punxsutawney Phil is alive and well! 


The groundhog that died was the New Jersey version, known as Milltown Mel. No one knows when he slumbered off, but it was during his hibernation phase. 

Surviving groundhogs (all marmots too) are Staten Island Chuck and Dunkirk Dave, as well as Buckeye Chuck in Ohio. RIP!


Martin Král says:

"No other animal has been found there to be as accurate in predicting the next 6 weeks. 
"So it's up to all of you to find a rodent that will step in as replacement. 
"May I suggest a squirrel, a rabbit, or a badger (not a rodent, but more authentic)?

"My timely article offers alternative celebrations. 
"Burn some candles  -  some for warding off illness, some against house fire (!), and one black one to protect during lightning storms. Pass it on!"

LICHTMESS AND GROUNDHOG DAY
By Martin Král

Ever wonder where February got its name? No, it was not from the Roman goddess Februus; that came later. The word February comes from the Roman festival of purification called Februa, during which people were ritually washed. 

February 2 also was an important day, because it came 40 days after Jesus’ birth, and when new mothers were considered clean enough to visit the Jewish temple to present their offspring for a blessing.

In Austria and Germany that day noted the start of the agrarian year and gave hired farm hands a chance to change jobs. The Catholic Church adopted this as Maria Lichtmeß (Candlemas); by custom symbolic candles were taken to church to be blessed. These would then be briefly lit at home before being stored away.

The link of lighted candle and the change to brighter days brought special meaning to seasonal change in the countryside:

"Wenn's an Lichtmeß stürmt und schneit, ist der Frühling nicht mehr weit. Ist es aber klar und hell, kommt der Lenz noch nicht so schnell."
(Transl: “If on Candlemas it’s stormy and snows, then spring is not far. If the day is clear and bright, spring takes its time to come.”)

This — and a number of other proverbs and farmers’ wisdom — have given February 2 special note for weather predictions. Add to that the observation that hibernating animals, like the badger, were once again coming out of their lairs. As the proverb goes:

“Sonnt sich der Dachs in der Lichtmeßwoche, so geht er auf vier Wochen wieder zu Loche". (Transl: If the badger enjoys the sun during Candlemas week, then he goes back into the cave for four weeks.”)

When German immigrants came to America, these traditional sayings were followed, particularly in Pennsylvania Dutch country. The badger (Dachs in German) was known there as Grunddaks or Grundsau, and so soon became Groundhog. 

Badgers being scarce there, a marmot squeaked into place as the new weather prophet, and Groundhog Day was celebrated not only in Pennsylvania but wherever these immigrant settlements chose to maintain traditions.

The German connection to Groundhog Day these days is a fuzzy one. Anti-German sentiments among Americans during the past century obscured its origins, and those rural customs of yore have joined the Farmer’s Almanac in the proverbial dustbin of antiquarian collections. 

The annual rite of dragging Punxsutawney Phil out of his subterranean domicile has become a national TV spectacle that few consider authoritative prophesy. In fact, Phil is accurate only about 35% of the time, primarily because what someone rates as an early spring is open to much personal interpretation.

Your guess is as good as mine, you’ll now say. We can rely on very accurate weather maps these day and follow the regular interpretations of climatic changes by meteorologists. But wipe out all that technological stuff and you are left with - Nature’s clues, the calendar, and some timely proverbs!

Updated: Phil says the report of his death was premature

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Hua Zhang brings Lunar New Year happiness to kids

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Hua Zhang with dragon headdress

By Diane Hettrick

Hua Zhang is a Shoreline resident who is passionate about sharing her Chinese Mandarin language and culture. She has taught Mandarin classes in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park at all grade levels as before and after school activities. She immerses her students with language, art, music, dance, and food.

She buys the clothes and costumes from China.

Since the pandemic, her primary before/after-school Mandarin program have been closed. Elementary school students need face-to-face, in person language learning and it is hard for them to learn Mandarin on Zoom.

Hua adapted to the small screen instead of a room full of families

Her Shoreline library in-person Chinese story times have been canceled too. 

"I am glad that I can continue to present Mandarin stories for kids online for the King County Library System." 

Last year she gave Chinese Lunar New Year presentations in three different King county libraries for a total audience of 300. This year KCLS invited her to make online presentations.

"Before the pandemic," Hua said "at this time of the year, I usually take dragons and lions to various elementary schools to hold New Year's dragon and lion dance parades with the kids, but now we can't get together to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 
"What I can do for kids’ Lunar New Year celebration? I thought of many ways and tried countless times. I decided to drum and rap the New Year for the children in front of the small computer screen, twist Yangko, dance fans, dance dragons and lions, and bring the Lunar New Year happiness to everyone." 
 

A creative and resourceful person, Hua created a one-woman parade. She practiced every day for three weeks.

"I held the dragon in one hand, danced the colored ball in the other, and practiced repeatedly. Soon my arm was so sore that I couldn't lift it. In order to learn the solo lion dance, I followed the videos on You Tube and danced around with a lion head on my head every day. Although I was tired because of my age, I was very happy.
 
"I imagined that children may like this show very much. On the other hand, dancing has strengthened my physique and changed all kinds of worries and physical discomfort caused by the pandemic." 
Hua and the Dragon

She dedicates this Chinese Lunar New Year event with stories, children's songs, presentation, fan dances, Yangko, dragon and lion dances to all the children.

Mandarin Story Time/中文故事時間.
Come and join us this Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 11:00am! 

Here is the 請在這裡在線註冊: Registration link



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Too soon?

Monday, January 24, 2022

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Is it too soon for Valentines? You can consider this early warning - only three weeks until Valentine's Day!

The display is at 8th NW and NW 195th.



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Monday holiday honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, January 17, 2022



Monday is a national holiday in honor of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision and leadership stemmed from his strong belief in the power of nonviolence. It allowed civil rights protestors to avoid harsher legal charges, but it had a higher meaning than that as well. 

King detailed the six principles of nonviolence in his book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.

"1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people. It is active nonviolent
resistance to evil.

2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding. The end result of
nonviolence is redemption and reconciliation.

3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people. Nonviolence recognizes
that evildoers are also victims.

4. Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform. Nonviolence
willingly accepts the consequences to its acts.

5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate. Nonviolence resists violence to
the spirit as well as the body. Nonviolence love is active, not passive. Nonviolence love does not sink to the level of the hater. Love restores community and resists injustice. Nonviolence recognizes the fact that all life is interrelated.

6. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice. The
nonviolent resister has deep faith that justice will eventually win."

King believed that nonviolence was an active rejection of the cruelty and tyranny of an opposing class, not just the avoidance of repercussions. This fundamental belief, borne out of the uniquely American experience of civil life after institutional slavery and racism, carried through King's influence all over the world.

From "How Did Martin Luther King's Vision Change the World?" read more here  



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Cartoon by Whitney Potter: Happy New Year

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Happy New Year one and all



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KING 5 New Year's Eve show at the Needle


The KING 5 at the Needle New Year's Eve show was a mix of the actual fireworks and digital augmentation.


You can see the 7.5 minute here 




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Free New Year’s Eve rides on King County Metro, Sound Transit, Community Transit, Pierce Transit, and Seattle Streetcar

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Riders can travel without paying fares on King County Metro, Sound Transit, Community Transit, Pierce Transit and Seattle Streetcar as part of their New Year’s Eve celebrations.

"Whether you’re ringing in the New Year from home with friends and family, or planning a night on the town, we are teaming up across the region to offer free transportation and get everyone home safely this New Year’s Eve," said King County Executive Dow Constantine. 
"This is our way of thanking our riders, and offering those who celebrate late into the New Year a safe alternative to getting behind the wheel." 

Masks are required on transit vehicles and while waiting for transit service.

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Fudge makes a great gift - available Monday and Tuesday at the Senior Center

Monday, December 20, 2021


If you can't figure out what to get someone for Christmas, a box of fudge is a welcome gift. The Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Senior Center will be selling half pound boxes of fudge on Monday and Tuesday at their building south of the Shoreline Center complex.

The official address is 18560 1st Ave NE. The building and the south parking lot face NE 185th.

Monday, December 20 and Tuesday, December 21, 2021 from 8:30am to 4:30pm. You can go in to the building (wearing a mask) or you can have your order delivered to your car by calling the Center at 206-365-1536 for ordering and payment.

Three flavors are available: Classic, Walnut and Peppermint.



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Destinations: Kringles Filling Station Holiday Experience

Saturday, December 18, 2021


The Kringles brothers, Sparky and Otis, invite you and your family to capture the spirit of the holidays at Kringle’s Filling Station at 8211 Aurora Ave in Seattle

Get the ultimate holiday photo of your entire crew in a one-of-a-kind sleigh, a 1972 Volkswagen Thing, and then enjoy a steaming cup of hot chocolate from one of our very special gas pumps.

Keep the fun going in our garage by challenging your friends and family to Christmas Ski Ball and Holiday Karaoke. Check out all our Insta-worthy photo ops and other games and entertainment.

The garage is only open for the holidays - to December 24, 2022.

The Details:
  • Admission: $10 per person, children 5 and under are free - includes access to the Game Garage with Ski-Ball, other games, Holiday Karaoke and a chance to explore Otis and Sparky's private office.
  • Add-on photo package: starts at $35 per group - includes hot chocolate for the family (usually $4 a cup)
  • Contact us for private events at the Filling Station - info@kringlesfillingstation.com
  • Tickets are available on their website - www.kringlesfillingstation.com


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Blue Christmas: A Service of Lament - Dec 16 at St. Dunstan's

Friday, December 10, 2021

Blue Christmas: A Service of Lament
Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 7pm
St. Dunstan's Church

When the Season isn’t so Jolly,
When they won’t be home for Christmas,
What we need is lament.


Lament, in love and faith, leads us through the darkest night and back to the light.

This simple service will offer each of us the opportunity to lament what and whom we have lost. We will sing, pray, and light candles together.

It is truly wonderful how the simple act of lighting a candle can lift the darkness, just a little. When we light these candles together, we lift the darkness together just a little bit more.

If this Christmas season is hard for you, we invite you to come for lament and comfort.

You can participate online as well. Click here right before the service starts. If you would like to submit prayers to be included, or the names of loved ones lost, you may use this form.

St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, 722 N 145th St, Shoreline, WA 98133



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The LFP Demonstration Garden is decorated and ready for visitors

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Photo by Linda Holman

On Saturday, December 4, 2021 Rotarians, Master Gardeners and Interact members gathered at Animal Acres park to decorate the Demonstration garden.

We would like to invite the community to visit the garden and enjoy the display. 




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