More than 60,000 satisfied visitors crossed the thresholds of San Juan National Historical Park’s visitor centers in 2013, the most recorded in the 47-year history of the park, according to Mike Vouri, the park’s chief of interpretation and visitor services. This figure does not include those visitors who don’t enter the visitor centers. Traffic counters  Continue Reading

To celebrate the Holidays, we are introducing Date Night at San Juan Island Cheese! Share the Magic of the Holidays with someone special this Friday, 12-27, from 5 to 7:00 pm. Enjoy cheese and wine and/or cheese cake and port. Date, or Double Date! Reservations recommended, so give us a call. Richard Daly Cheesemonger San  Continue Reading

Falstaff has returned to the Metropolitan Opera in a new production conducted by an undisputed master of the Verdi classic. On Sunday, December 29 at 2:00 p.m., Friday Harbor gets its chance to see the acclaimed opera during The Met: Live in HD showing at San Juan Community Theatre. Music Director James Levine, after a  Continue Reading

If you’re seeing a glow in the evening sky up toward the Fairgrounds from town, it just might be the lights on one of these houses. Maybe. This first one is really cool and the photo doesn’t do it justice at all. It’s on Grover St. (the road to the elementary school off of Argyle),  Continue Reading

You may have seen posters for this event around town – Take note: The original poster had the time listed as 6 p.m. for this concert. It is actually at 7 p.m.

Meet Bess Truman! She is one of four “first ladies” from a litter that came to the shelter a few months ago as kittens. Eleanor, Jackie and Mamie have all gone to good homes and poor Bess remains at the shelter waiting to meet her new family… She is a small girl of about 9  Continue Reading

Just got this very nice note from Glenda to share with you… Hi Ian & Tim, JB & I went to the “Remembrance of Ernest” Pugh this afternoon at the community Theater. It was an incredible and very moving celebration of Ernest’s life here in Friday Harbor. He touched so many lives in the community  Continue Reading

  Have you noticed the days getting longer? Yesterday was the Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year. Now the days are getting longer again. Hooray!

Omnium Gatherum plays every day from now through Christmas Eve: It’s in the Roche Harbor Pavilion in front of the fire. Saturday (today), Monday at 7:30 Sunday at 4:00 and Christmas Eve at 4:00 and 6:00 The 4:00 Christmas Eve Show is very full, although we might be able to squeeze in about six more  Continue Reading