Lifestyles

Children’s Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m. To Noon Saturday

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Young shoppers at the 2014 Children’s Christmas Bazaar. Courtesy photo

A young shopper at the checkout table at the 2014 Children’s Christmas Bazaar. Courtesy photo

 

TOTH News:

Can you imagine the look on a child’s face as they emerge from shopping at the Children’s Christmas Bazaar? Their anticipation and excitement of giving their gifts is extraordinary! 

Join us 9 a.m. to noon next Saturday, Dec. 5 at Trinity on the Hill Church. This event is for children in kindergarten to 6th grade. They start in Sherrill Hall where they prepare their list of people to shop for, complete their Read More

Pastor Granillo: Hope.

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By Pastor RAUL GRANILLO
Los Alamos

Hope.

“Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle

“Hope” is one of those terms that we have romanticized and made very ambiguous. That may be the reason we often enjoy quotes like, “Hope is a waking dream.” After all it is mysterious, poetic, and speaks to hope as being something we imagine as possible; while at the same time accepting “hope” as something easily lost as we begin to awaken to reality.

For too many, the romantic notion of hope has left them cynical in a world where darkness pours into a lit restaurant, music hall, or even an elementary school. Hope seems to flee

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Small Business Profile: Dreams Come True With Journey Pacific

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Beach at Aitutaki-Cook-Island. Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Journey Pacific strives to fulfill people’s travel dreams. Owner Colette Levine explained she founded her travel agency nearly 13 years ago when she was pregnant with her first son in Boston. She, her business and family then moved to Las Vegas, Nev., and Knoxville, Tenn., before relocating to Los Alamos in 2011. Her husband works as a construction manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“The greatest thing about Journey Pacific is listening to my clients’ travel dreams and then helping make them Read More

Small Business Profile: Everyone Is Part Of The Family At Blue Window Bistro

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Blue Window Bistro owner Melissa Paternoster receives glowing praise for her elegant catering of a special Historical Society event at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Melissa Paternoster was working as a hostess at the Blue Window Bistro when she learned the owner was interested in selling it.

“I loved everything about it from my first day, so when I found out the owner was ready to sell, it didn’t take me long to decide that I wanted to buy it.”

Paternoster has owned the bistro for five years. In that time she has embraced the diners Read More

Los Alamos Co+op Market Formed By Community For Community

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The Community’s New Favorite Brunch Spot:  Deli Manager Chris Laino is setting up shop in the café again this weekend. Laino has been preparing made-to-order omelets for the past several weeks, an effort that has been wildly successful. ‘The omelet bar runs every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Courtesy photo
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos Food Co+op was a long time in the making. In 2006 a collective of local Los Alamos residents came together to form a food co-op. The following year, the collective created a board of directors that worked to open a Read More

Column: What I’m Thankful For In 2015

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Column By TOM GARRISON
Special to the Los Alamos Daily Post

Each holiday season I compose and send to relatives and friends a “Thanksgiving Thankful List” for the preceding year.

My wife, Deb, and I enjoy our life in Utah’s red rock country and have many things for which we are thankful. I hope sharing them brings a smile and acknowledgement that even the seldom thought of can be a source of thankfulness.

This is my 2015 list:

  • Deb and I are in debt to the Roman god of lists—Listus (well, I made that up). We are inveterate list makers. How can one get through a week without your “to do list?” Fairly often people
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Food On The Hill: Veggie Turkey, Trout And Rosemary Walnuts

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Leo’s veggie turkey in 2014, an arrangement of vegetables including bell peppers, asparagus, endive, red leaf lettuce and carrots. Courtesy photo

 
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos
 
This will be our third Thanksgiving with two new traditions, one begun by each son: Leo’s veggie turkey and Alex’s fresh trout. I could not be happier with these developments.
 
The Veggie Turkey―The photo of the appetizer table above shows the veggie turkey: an arrangement of vegetables including bell peppers, asparagus, endive, red leaf lettuce and carrots.
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Los Alamos Indian Community Celebrates Annual Festival Of Diwali With Family And Friends

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Diwali group. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
The Los Alamos Indian community celebrated the annual festival of Diwali with family and friends Nov. 14 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church.
 
Diwali is the festival of lights, symbolizing the victory of light over darkness, good over evil. The celebration opened with a moment of silence for peace in honor of the victims of the Paris attacks and continued with a colorful affair with music, dance, a full catered Indian dinner spread, and fireworks for the kids to enjoy.
 
This annual event has been organized
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Shop On The Corner Christmas Sale Dec. 2

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Preparations are underway for the Dec. 2 Christmas sale at Shop on the Corner. Courtesy photo
 
SOC News:
 
Volunteers for the Shop on the Corner (SOC) Thrift Store are getting the Shop ready for the big yearly Christmas sale, beginning at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 2.
 
This highly anticipated event features all kinds of Christmas décor, fancy, fine jewels, treasured collectables, anything you can imagine that would be lovely to receive as gifts or to just enjoy yourself. 
 
Dressy clothing for the holidays and for the upcoming cruising months also will
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