November 21 2017
San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce

Lavendera Massage Holiday Gift Certificate

Special Valid until December 31st
Get your Holiday Shopping done and Reward yourself too.
Three options;
1) For each 1 hour massage gift certificate, Receive a 15 minute chair massage.
2) Purchase 5 One hour or greater Gift Certificates, to Receive a One Hour Massage free.
3) Purchase 5, Fifteen Minute Chair Massage Gift Certificates $15 each, Receive a free 15 Minute Chair Massage. 285 Spring St Friday Harbor 360-378-3637
 

San Juan Singers Christmas Concert

San Juan Island’s community chorus celebrates Christmas and the winter season in songs and carols. The anchor piece is "The Seven Joys of Christmas," by Kirke Mechem, accompanied by a small chamber ensemble.  The Joy of Love, the Joy of Bells, the Joy of Mary, the Joy of Children, the Joy of the New Year, the Joy of Dance, the Joy of Song:  each one of these Joys is represented by a Christmas carol or winter anthem in this suite of songs.  This concert is filled with beautiful and sometimes amusing settings of familiar carols and anthems, poems and songs of the season of joy.  December 9 & 10 Saturday 7:30 PM Sunday 2:00 PM
 

Farmers Market

The San Juan Island Farmers Market in November and December is held the 1st and 3rd Saturday from 10:00am to 1:00pm at Brickworks, on 150 Nichols Street. Each week the Farmers Market offers a diverse selection of fresh, local food from San Juan, Waldron, Lopez, and Orcas Island. Food, art, crafts, music...
 

San Juan Community Theatre Holiday

Be entranced as we transform the theatre into a dazzling winter wonderland.  Our beloved host, Jay Fiske, returns to whisk us through a lively, riotous live auction. While away the evening with fine wine and cheerful conversation as you browse a thoughtfully-curated selection of silent auction items. The evening’s festivities culminate in an epicurean celebration presented by Coho Restaurant.  After your meal, toast with spirits and gourmet desserts as you dance the night away.

Feast of Seven Fishes

On Christmas eve, the restaurant at Friday Harbor House is hosting a very special dining event. The Feast of Seven Fishes will begin at 5 pm and feature a unique and utterly delectable 7-course tasting menu created especially for the occasion by Chef Jason Aldous. Please call 360.378.8455 to make your reservation today. The cost is $99 per person, including tax and service charge. Wine pairings can be added for an additional $35 per person. Space is limited and reservations required.
 

Community Long-Term Care Options Task Force

San Juan Island Community Foundation

Over the last few weeks, many of you have shown concern about the limited availability of long-term care, rehabilitation and housing for our county’s aging and at-risk, or complex-care populations.  This subject has reached crisis-level with the closure of Life Care Center of the San Juan Islands; a facility that has been subsidized by Life Care Centers of America for the last 20 years in order to keep it open and serving residents across the County. 
 

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Help with your Thanksgiving Meal

Felicitations

Cakes by Felicitations
 
For Thanksgiving, Felicitations is once again offering convenient and delicious accompaniments to your meal.  Dinner rolls, 2 kinds of turkey stuffing, gravy and an assortment of pies. 
Felicitations is offering something new for this dreary fall weather: comfort foods to go.  Entrees and soups prepared with care and made from scratch for a delicious and healthy meal.  Hand held pies for lunch or 9" dishes to serve the family.  Cubano Pie, Cottage Pie, Curried Turkey, Moroccan Lamb, Spinach Feta and Ratatouille.
Please call (360)317-5961 for more details

Ports Champagnes Proseccos

Friday Harbor Chocolates

During the entire Thanksgiving Week from Monday November 20 through Sunday November 26, except Thanksgiving Day, Friday Harbor Chocolates will be open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For your Thanksgiving dessert tables or hostess gifts if you have been invited to share Thanksgiving with others, we will be featuring the best of the best gourmet chocolates from the extraordinary chocolatier.
 

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Coho Restaurant

     Treat yourself to a night off and savor some of Chef Tim’s new seasonal dishes. Try our chef’s tasting offered daily between 5 -5:45. It’s an amazing value for two. Open Wednesday - Saturday 5 – 9. 
     Looking for an intimate venue for a holiday get together or company party? Look no further! Coho Restaurant’s dining room is ideal for private events up to 30 guests. Chef will happily customize a special menu designed to suit your taste and budget. Call today to schedule a luncheon or dinner party. 360-378-6330.
 

Welcome to San Juan Supper Club

San Juan Island Cheese

San Juan Supper Club is something new from San Juan Island Cheese. Join us for a light supper from 5-7pm on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of November and December.  Chef Bill is creating delicious small plates featuring seasonal ingredients paired with wine and beer. Please join us this Saturday from 5 - 7 PM, to kick off San Juan Supper Club! Take a sneak peek at Chef Bill's small plates menu for Saturday on our website. http://www.sjicheese.com/events/
Reservations highly recommended!

Pick Your Discount

Cotton Cotton Cotton

Cotton Cotton Cotton has a lot going on this weekend!  Starting Friday at 9:30 AM we will have our annual "Pick your discount" when you draw a discount out of the sleigh and you could get 15% to 50% off your entire purchase (excluding sale items, jewelry and gift items.).
Saturday we are participating in Small Business Saturday which encourages shopping local.  We will be giving away Small Business Tote bags to the first 10 customers that spend $25 or more! We will be extending our Pick your discount sale Saturday and Sunday with 15% - 40% off. We are also offering free gift boxes and gift bags with handmade gift bows with purchase throughout the holiday season. We have new merchandise that we are sure you are going to love!
 

Tis the Season

WaterWorks Gallery


In this newsletter, I'm so excited to introduce the linocut paintings of Rebecca Woodhouse: large colorful, textured and painstakingly created works of paper that are mounted to a panel. These paintings are intimate and sublime in their dance of color.  So happy to have Rebecca's work in the gallery. Think lots of beautiful color to enhance any environment, home or office. 

 

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Extended Holiday Shopping Hours

New for this holiday season at the San Juan Safaris Whale Watch & Wildlife Tours and Riptide Café are extended holiday shopping hours and new retail merchandise featuring local-made and regional artists. Riptide Café and San Juan Safaris are hosting their first ever Shop & Sip evenings on Wednesday December 13th and Thursday December 14th.

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Island Stage Left will present the PLAY Annapurna

The play runs from Nov. 9 through Dec. 3 at the San Juan County Fairground’s Marie Boe Building. Saturday performances start at 7 p.m. and Sunday shows at 4 p.m. There will be special performances at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, with no performance on Thanksgiving.

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SJIMA Artists Registry Cracking the Surface

The artwork created in this much anticipated and popular exhibit centers around the theme, “Cracking the Surface”.  Local artists residing on San Juan, Orcas and Lopez islands will exhibit a diverse collection of artwork and sculpture in clay, wood, glass, textiles, jewelry, mixed media and photography, along with paintings in oil, acrylic, encaustic, watercolor and pastel. 

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FREE Business Law 101 Workshop

EDC

Business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to gain a better understanding of how law impacts a business in a free workshop entitled Business Law 101, led by Duncan Wilson, and presented by the San Juan County Economic Development Council on Wednesday, November 29, from 10:00-11:30 a.m.
 

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Special Member Message - November 21 2017