Tuesday’s newsday….

Yesterday was the last day for the MArket Chef till the 27th as everyone takes a vacation (hence, the big smiles of the crew at 4pm Monday afternoon!) - that's Alaina (left) Tom, Laurie, and Ashley wrapping things up for a couple of weeks. Photo by Shay Byington.

Let’s see what islanders do in their spare time….

Lauren

• I love hearing what folks are up to – Erin from San Juan Excursions mentioned to me that Lauren Theodore (now Gardiner) has a must-read blog that you’ll really like – it’s called Mama Somm, and it’s great fun..she offers her opinions about wines.

Not only is she a writer by profession she is also a Certified Sommelier and a mom of little Lucy who is a year and a half old. Check it out!

• Dr. Sonja at the Islands Veterinary Clinic checks in:

Hello Ian – We wanted to get notice out to the community and naturally we thought of you and the San Juan Update.

You may have seen these hanging out, in front of Spring Street International School...the 6/7th grade science class made a model solar system all the way down Spring Street, completely done to scale and on tripods down on the sidewalk. Cool...that's Jupiter, above.

Islands Veterinary Clinic will be closed the week of December 20th (Dec 20-25).  Dr. Sonja Webster-Hills and family are taking an off-island vacation.  Any clients or patients needing prescription refills and pet food should plan on picking them up by this Friday, December 17th. We will reopen on December 27th.

Happy Holiday, Dr. Sonja and Staff

• Did the Twinkle Elves come by YOUR place this weekend? They did at Keri’s place – here’s the story:

I’ve talked to about four different people around the neighborhood, and all of us have received awards on our front doors from the Twinkle Elves thanking us for putting up lights and decorating this Holiday Season.  What a wonderful and thoughtful idea! Made our family excited – we personally received the “Best Winter Scene” and a friend of ours received “the Best Fence decoration.”  We’ve all been enjoying our neighborhood’s participation, and thanks to the Elves who noticed!

Thanks back to the Twinkle Elves who are enjoying the spirit of the Holiday and passing it along! Sincerely, Keri Talbott

The Whale Museum's Black & White Dinner is this Thursday...

• Hey, remember the Black & White Dinner at the Whale Museum is this week – last year’s event was awesome with good food & good company & good cheer (here’s a portfolio of pictures from that one!) Here’s the details…see ya there!

Breakfast With Santa on Saturday included facepainting with his elves....

• They just picked up a show – Island Stage Left‘s performance of Christmas Memories continues this weekend at Roche Harbor‘s Pavillion from Friday-Sunday, then runs through the week Tuesday-Friday. Helen tells me the two Christmas Eve shows are nearly “sold out” (it’s free, but you need to make a reservation – and yes, donations are gratefully accepted!)

Meanwhile, the show will also be presented at Harbour at the Village on Thursday as well at 6:15pm if you’d like to catch it there!

I saw the show this past weekend at Roche, and Dan Mayes does the job, bringing Dylan Thomas’ words to full, breathing, fiery life, accompanied by Joy Van Camp’s beautiful singing. It’s a winner…you’ll be glad you’re there. I know I’ll be going again…

If you like classical guitar, you'll love Amanda Brast, who's playing at Rock Island this Thursday & next from 5-7pm.

• When it rains, it pours, and islanders help one another – here’s the story from Jeanine at The Yoga Path (check with Jeanine for times & places of the classes):

The Yoga Path Moved Today! Leaky Roof Forces Immediate Change

Today, Sunday, December 12, I went in to teach my 10 am class and found the floor wet and the light fixtures full of water. Luckily, over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been talking to Cynthia Burke about her new business, XYZ Movement Center, and exploring the idea of moving my classes there. So, I called Cynthia and asked her if I could start teaching right then.

Cynthia was gracious enough to meet me at her new space and we moved in and had our Sunday morning class! I hadn’t quite made up my mind to move until this happened. Sometimes things are just decided for you.

The new space is great!  To get there turn South off Spring Street on the road between M&W Auto Sales and where the Mexican Restaurant (the Flying Burrito) used to be. Go past San Juan Health Care. It’s upstairs from Ravenhill Construction.

The space is larger and has great light.  I’ve already moved all my stuff in, so the mats, chairs, blankets, blocks, belts and eyebags will be there for classes.

It was great to see Martha (you know her from Wells Fargo Bank) this weekend with baby Jesse...

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