When you see all those posters & photos at the Palace Theatre while you’re waiting for the movie, it’s pretty cool to see the movies that were directed by islander Andrew McLaglen, with a who’s who of stars from the 1900s under his direction. So it’s pretty neat to still be able to catch one  Continue Reading

Couple of weekends ago, Yvonne & the good people of San Juan Vineyards had their annual grape picking, where volunteers & friends come help gather the Siegerrebe grapes, followed by a barbeque and get-together. Mark Gardner was there and shot the picture above, and a great time was had by all.

Located on San Juan Island, Mike Cohen’s Project Nature Connect just added 15 new students to the program. Here’s more from MMD Newswire: Project NatureConnect (PNC), an online, natural lifestyle degree training program, today announced that fifteen new students have started their courses for learning and teaching lifestyles that walk nature’s path to simple living  Continue Reading

There are photos on the Center for Whale Research’s page of apparent new calf L113…click here to check ’em out! The birth brings the number of the Southern Resident Killer Whales to 86. The site reports: Jami Nagel with Naturalist Island Adventures Cruises took the photographs on Saturday October 10 off Port Townsend. The calf  Continue Reading

There are photos on the Center for Whale Research’s page of apparent new calf L113…click here to check ’em out! The birth brings the number of the Southern Resident Killer Whales to 86. The site reports: Jami Nagel with Naturalist Island Adventures Cruises took the photographs on Saturday October 10 off Port Townsend. The calf  Continue Reading

The FHHS tennis boys have their last season match this Friday at Coupeville, a warmup for next Wednesday’s district tourney.

You were there at graduation & you said it too: Valedictorian Albert Strasser’s speech about the Five Step Process of Happiness was not only well-done, but insightful. Albert’s going to classes this morning at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and he’ll probably get mobbed & have the job offers start rolling in, since I  Continue Reading

Susan over at San Juan Healthcare tells me this class at Village at the Harbour is going to be worthwhile – check it out: A HEALTHY HEART – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW San Juan Healthcare, in collaboration with local and area health care providers, will be presenting a series of classes focused on the  Continue Reading

Dennis Willows from the San Juan Island Jazz Quintet says Gordon’s coming (not Great Britain’s prime minister, the other one)….check it out: This Friday SJ Jazz Quintet will host alto sax player Gordon Brown of the Seattle Jazz Police, and of the Jim Cutler Jazz Orchestra.  He will play with us  at Pazzo Vivo Bistro  Continue Reading

This is your week to see it – it’s on Thursday (bargain night) and Friday/Saturday…get your tickets now at the Community Theatre’s website.