The Austin Lounge Lizards will be here Saturday – here’s more from Jan at the Community Theatre: Knock Your Reptilian Socks Off ! Some of you may remember them from the 2003 San Juan County Fair…and you probably remember laughing to the music… The Austin Lounge Lizards return to Friday Harbor to help us have  Continue Reading

Wendy Meyers tells me she has architect/artist James Hubbell coming to town, starting tomorrow – here are the events related to him this weekend: September 3, Thursday, 10:30am Anne Hubbell Conversation at the Community Theatre’s Gubleman Room “Does Beauty Have More Power Than We Know?” September 3, Thursday, 4:30pm James Hubbell Conversation with Islands’ Artists  Continue Reading

You should go see “Julie & Julia” at the Palace Theatre this week…and when you do, think of Helen King at Highland Inn. She reports: As a new owner/innkeeper of the Babbling Brook Inn in Santa Cruz, CA I entered a baking contest for the B&B innkeepers in the state annual conference in 1987 in  Continue Reading

Saw this barrel at Marketplace, so I called over at Islanders to see what the deal was – and it’s a good idea. Here’s more, from Michele Morton: Every year teachers are found buying school supplies for their students who can’t afford them. To help eliminate the burden on our teachers and help classroom learning,  Continue Reading

It was cool to see the old cars (and new cars!) at the San Juan Vineyards on Sunday for the Concours d’Elegance…here’s a writeup of the event (it was awesome!)…can’t wait till next year!

I KNOW you wanna go see Keith Urban – well, he’s coming to Tacoma!!! And now, you can go – we’ll take the ninth caller at 378-7275 and you can buy TWO floor seat tickets for only $130! We’re standing by NOW! Actually, we’ll sell ’em to the first caller.

Just got a note from Darren – I was wondering how the video contest is going – here’s the scoop: Hope all is well in Update-land! Speaking of that, we just wanted to give you a quick “update” on the San Juan Islands Vacation Video Contest: More than 7,000 total videos have been watched in  Continue Reading

Whoa, it’s happening today, too…WSF reported the Kaleetan started the day 25 minutes behind schedule; yesterday (Sunday) the Yakima was as much as two hours behind, resulting in lots B & C on either side of Mi Casita overflowing. Meanwhile, the ferry-slowing fog continues…both Chris Teren & Sandy Buckley told me these are the last  Continue Reading

It was a busy weekend all over the island, and one of the happy things going on was Katie Carlton & Andy Flierl getting married out at Roche Harbor. The Saturday wedding included best girl & daughter Paige, and the weather couldn’t have been nicer. All the best to you!

Ran into two of my favorite people, Christine Gabler & Patrick Minney, the other day – they tell me they’re getting married on September 12th, which is next week. Congrats, you two!

A picture tells the story, and if you’re trying to sell your house (like I am – here’s the rest of that story), you need a good one. I’ll be painting the house soon, but in the meantime, my efforts at shooting a brown, tree-shadowed structure were coming up pretty…dark. So, I called my buddy  Continue Reading

The second annual Islands Village Faire (also called the Stress Less fest) was held this weekend at Missing Mountain Farm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It offered a nice visit with folks who wanted to barter, share sustainability ideas, eat great food, hear music, and more. Sponsored by Kels Boreen’s One Tree Records, the event  Continue Reading

This weekend six folks were rescued when fishing boat Anna J capsized near Salmon Bank… Charlie Chevalier & Nick Nash were helicoptered to the mainland, while the other were checked & released here on the island at the medical center. Traci Walter sent me her photos of the folks responding to the accident – see  Continue Reading

It was cool to see the Guards in Anacortes on the way back from America this week…they were coming back from a dentist trip to Renton (Melissa’s bro is a dentist), as well as getting ready for school. Gavin starts at FHHS next week, while Frankie & Melissa are keeping things lit up on the  Continue Reading

The pictures in this year’s County Fair were awesome! Here’s a note from the guy who managed the exhibit: Photographers – We Called and You Responded! Thanks to all who entered such wonderful photographs at the County Fair, The Photography Exhibit was a great success this year.  People were talking – all over the islands.   Continue Reading

It was great to drop by Maloula’s for lunch this week, overlooking the harbor from the top of the building in that complex where the Ale House is… it was also a nice surprise to see Roula, who just graduated from high school & is headed for university in Damascus in October to study dental  Continue Reading