What’s going on, Ya, what’s going on week of 12/20/13

Even though I’m in San Diego I thought I’d still post my list of what’s going on, I’m a giver what can I say.

The follow are a list of free and/or cheap and/or just some fun sounding things to do this coming week in Western Washington, if dates or times or links are wrong don’t blame me blame my inner Rainman but here you go:

Date	Time	What	Where
12/20	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/20	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/20	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/20	10:00 am – 7:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/20	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/20	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/20	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/20	6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	U-District Art Walk	U-District
12/20	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/20	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/21	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/21	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/21	9:00 am – 1:00 pm	Bainbridge Island Winter Farmers Market	Bainbridge Island
12/21	9:00 am – 2:00 pm	University District Farmers Market	University District
12/21	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/21	10:00 am – 2:00 pm	Vashon Farmers Market	Vashon
12/21	10:00 am – 7:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/21	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Champion Wine Cellars	Champion Wine Cellars
12/21	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at McCarthy & Schiering	McCarthy & Schiering
12/21	11:00 am – 7:00 pm	Rootbeer Tasting	The Rootbeer Store, Redmond
12/21	2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at DeLaurenti	DeLaurenti
12/21	2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Esquin Wine Merchants	Esquin Wine Merchants
12/21	2:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Portalis	Portalis
12/21	4:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Everett Art Walk	Everett
12/21	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/21	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/21	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/21	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/21	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/22	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/22	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/22	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/22	10:00 am – 2:00 pm	West Seattle Farmers Market	West Seattle
12/22	10:00 am – 3:00 pm	Ballard Farmers Market	historic Ballard Avenue NW
12/22	10:00 am – 5:00 pm	Fremont Sunday Market	3401 Evanston Ave North
12/22	10:00 am – 7:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/22	11:00 am – 3:00 pm	Broadway Sunday Farmers Market	Capitol Hill
12/22	11:00 am – 4:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Portalis	Portalis
12/22	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Sunday Ice Cream Cruise	South Lake Union Park
12/22	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/22	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/22	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/22	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/22	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/23	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/23	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/23	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/23	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/23	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/23	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/23	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/23	6:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Green star Calamity Jane’s Bingo	Calamity Jane’s
12/23	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/23	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/24	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/24	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/24	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/24	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/24	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/24	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/24	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/25	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/25	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/25	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/25	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/25	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/26	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/26	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/26	5:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Esquin Wine Merchants	Esquin Wine Merchants
12/26	5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Post Alley Wine Hop	Post Alley
12/26	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Chocolate Happy Hour	Chocolopolis
12/26	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/26	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/26	5:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at West Seattle Cellars	West Seattle Cellars
12/26	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/26	6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Free Vino Verite Wine Tasting	Vino Verite

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What’s going on, Ya, what’s going on week of 12/13/13

My most favorite (simple) Christmas Lights display so far.

This past week I got the CHRISTMAS SPIRIT in me!  I finally checked out Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013 at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens, it was free the night I went and it was also FREEZING but I’m glad I took the time to go.  I also went back to two places I haven’t visited since I got laid off in ’09 and am not downtown every weekday.  I checked out the Gingerbread Village in the lobby of the Sheraton and also the Teddy Bear Suite at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel.  Definitely check out the Gingerbread Village if you can those gingerbread houses are pretty impressive, if you have time head to the Fairmont Olympic and get your picture taken with their Santa statue he was more interesting than the actual Teddy Bear Suite, #sorrynotsorry Fairmont.  And since I didn’t get enough of the Menashe Christmas lights I drove by again this week.

Christmas Lights Teddy Bear edition at Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013 at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Loch Ness Monster at the Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013 at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Chimp hanging from a tree at the Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013 at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Christmas Garden at the Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013 at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens

The Menashe’s House Christmas lights

London Bridge is Falling Down at the Gingerbread Village in the lobby of the Sheraton

London Bridge is Falling Down at the Gingerbread Village in the lobby of the Sheraton

Jack and the Beanstalk at the Gingerbread Village in the lobby of the Sheraton

Inside the Teddy Bear Suite at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel

Inside the Teddy Bear Suite at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel

Inside the Teddy Bear Suite at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel

Checking to see if I made Santa’s good list this year in the lobby of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel

The follow are a list of free and/or cheap and/or just some fun sounding things to do this coming week in Western Washington, if dates or times or links are wrong don’t blame me blame my inner Rainman but here you go:

Date	Time	What	Where
12/13	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/13	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/13	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/13	10:00 am – 7:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/13	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/13	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/13	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/13	6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Greenwood-Phinney Art Up Art Walk	Greenwood-Phinney
12/13	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/13	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/14	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/14	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/14	9:00 am – 1:00 pm	Bainbridge Island Winter Farmers Market	Bainbridge Island
12/14	9:00 am – 2:00 pm	University District Farmers Market	University District
12/14	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/14	10:00 am – 2:00 pm	Vashon Farmers Market	Vashon
12/14	10:00 am – 7:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/14	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Champion Wine Cellars	Champion Wine Cellars
12/14	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at McCarthy & Schiering	McCarthy & Schiering
12/14	1:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Central District Art Walk	Central District
12/14	1:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Seattle Urban Wineries – Second Saturdays tasting	Seattle
12/14	2:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at DeLaurenti	DeLaurenti
12/14	2:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Esquin Wine Merchants	Esquin Wine Merchants
12/14	2:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Portalis	Portalis
12/14	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/14	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/14	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/14	6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Ballard Art Walk	Ballard
12/14	6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Georgetown Art Attack	Georgetown
12/14	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/14	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/15	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/15	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/15	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/15	10:00 am – 2:00 pm	West Seattle Farmers Market	West Seattle
12/15	10:00 am – 3:00 pm	Ballard Farmers Market	historic Ballard Avenue NW
12/15	10:00 am – 5:00 pm	Fremont Sunday Market	3401 Evanston Ave North
12/15	10:00 am – 7:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/15	11:00 am – 3:00 pm	Broadway Sunday Farmers Market	Capitol Hill
12/15	11:00 am – 4:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Portalis	Portalis
12/15	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Sunday Ice Cream Cruise	South Lake Union Park
12/15	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/15	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/15	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/15	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/15	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/16	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/16	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/16	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/16	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/16	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/16	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/16	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/16	6:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Green star Calamity Jane’s Bingo	Calamity Jane’s
12/16	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/16	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/17	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/17	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/17	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/17	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/17	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/17	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/17	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/17	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/17	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/18	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/18	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/18	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/18	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/18	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/18	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/18	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/18	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/18	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations
12/19	All Day	Gingerbread Village	Sheraton Seattle’s lobby
12/19	All Day	Seattle Center Winterfest	Seattle Center
12/19	9:00 am – 6:00 pm	Reindeer Festival	Swansons Nursery
12/19	11:00 am – 5:00 pm	Teddy Bear Suite	Fairmont Olympic Hotel
12/19	4:00 pm – 8:00 pm	3rd Thursday Wine Walk	Woodinville
12/19	5:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Free Wine Tasting at Esquin Wine Merchants	Esquin Wine Merchants
12/19	5:00 pm – 7:00 pm	Post Alley Wine Hop	Post Alley
12/19	5:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Edmonds Art Walk	Edmonds
12/19	5:00 pm – 8:00 pm	FREE Third Thursday Museum Day	Tacoma Museum’s
12/19	5:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Seattle’s Best Damn Happy Hour	Seattle Center
12/19	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Chocolate Happy Hour	Chocolopolis
12/19	5:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Zoolights	Point Definace Zoo, Tacoma
12/19	5:00 pm – 10:00 pm	Garden d’Lights ‘Construction Edition’ 2013	Bellevue Botanical Garden
12/19	5:30 pm – 8:00 pm	Free Wine Tasting at West Seattle Cellars	West Seattle Cellars
12/19	5:30 pm – 8:30 pm	WildLights at the zoo	Woodland Park Zoo
12/19	6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Free Vino Verite Wine Tasting	Vino Verite
12/19	6:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Upper Queen Anne Art Walk	Upper Queen Anne
12/19	6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Belltown Art Walk	Belltown
12/19	7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Snowflake Lane	Bellevue Way
12/19	7:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Christmas Ship Festival	Various locations