First things first, I made a mistake in last week’s column so listen up: Chilmark Chocolate’s last day is Thursday, December 18. Not Friday the 19th. I’m so sorry for the confusion, but Thursday is it. This is the last day to buy your chocolates. Then nothing until the end of January so stock up today.
At the library this Saturday, December 20, there is a lot going on. First, a cookie exchange: you bring in some yummy cookies and other people do as well and you trade. Delicious. Once you’ve traded cookies you can make some wrapping paper and sit on the new rug for the children’s area all while wearing an ugly Christmas sweater. The crafts will start at 12 noon on Saturday. See you there. The following Saturday there will be Kwanzaa Bingo at the library with prizes, the game starts at 2 pm. On Tuesday, December 30, from 12 noon to 3 pm, there will be a vacation Lego party. The library will be closed on Thursday, January 1, 2015, in observance of New Year’s Day.
In honor of the winter solstice, the Yoga Barn will host its first sun salutation relay from 8 to 10 am on Sunday, Dec. 21. You can come for the whole time and do 108 sun salutations or come for a half hour. The event is free and seems like a great way to start off the winter. Also, there’s a Winter Solstice Party at the Gayhead Lighthouse from 3-5 pm that day; it’s free and open to the public, hosted by the Save the Gayhead Lighthouse committee.
The Aquinnah town Christmas Party will be this Tuesday starting at 5 pm. Special guest Santa Claus will arrive at 5:30 pm on his special sleigh. We do need some help with this party to make it a success, so if you can help with decorating or clean up, please let me know. There will be a potluck supper, so please bring a dish to share. Even if you cannot contribute, please come so that we can celebrate the season together. This is such a wonderful party and a great time to get caught up with everyone. Besides, we need to stock up on festivities before the doldrums of January and February descend upon us.
Anja threw a great party for her son, Yossi, at the Y this past weekend. Yossi turned nine and celebrated by swimming and playing in the pool for an hour with many of his friends and then eating Black Dog majesty cake and a very yummy ice cream cake with cookie crust made by his dad, Mike. It was a terrific party and such a great way to spend a cold almost-winter afternoon.
I did make it out to the Charter School 80’s Dance Party and Rock Auction this past Saturday (slightly disappointed that my favorite dancing partners were unable to attend with me) and the DJ was pretty great, playing a good mix of Michael Jackson, Toni Basil, Soft Cell and the Go-Go’s. I must admit that I never go to this event for the auction nor do I ever buy anything, I just go to dance, and perhaps to dress up in whatever 80’s garb I might have held on to all these years. But no outfit that I picked could hold a candle to Alex Taylor’s who really had a three part outfit: Her teased enormous hair which was a costume all on its own. A weird pink floral/black jacket similar in cut to that red and black one Michael Jackson used to wear. It was impossible to tell what this jacket’s original use was: was it a ski jacket? An everyday kind of thing? Something to throw on before you did your morning mall walk with your friends? It could have been all of those. And lastly there was a striped tube top and turquoise pants. There was a point where I thought I was pretty good at putting together a good costume, but Alex takes the cake. Ms. Taylor I bow down to you.
Happy Birthday to Claus Smith aka Claus-y who turns seven on December 21. We love you Claus!