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This past weekend, Costco Wholesale Store #8 celebrated twenty-five years of serving the Kirkland community. To commemorate the silver anniversary, the wholesale giant made a giant cake and served it to shoppers.
How did we shop for barbecues, picnics and parties before Costco?
Costco is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. As of July [...]
Ari Weinzweig booksigning: Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon at Kirkland Metropolitan Market
Friday, August 27, 5 -7 p.m. at the Culinary Kiosk
Meet Zingerman’s Co-Owner & Founding Partner Ari Weinzweig on Zingerman’s Guide to Better Bacon, the first in-depth book on America’s favorite fat. Author Ari Weinzweig guides you on a personal tour of bacon’s long and curious history. [...]
Ford of Kirkland is a proud sponsor of the WSDOT Adopt-a-Highway Program. Company employees clean their section of Interstate 405 on a quarterly basis.
Adopt-a-Highway is a roadside clean-up program to promote pride and local ownership in Washington.
The Adopt-a-Highway program:
Keeps the state clean
Helps taxpayers save money
Reminds people not to litter
Did you know?
There are close to 1,400 [...]
Program collects school supplies needed for teachers to assist students this fall
WHAT: Bartell Drugs and World Vision launch the 7th Annual “School Tools for Kids in Need” program to collect school supplies for students in need at all 58 Bartell Drug locations now through August 29.
Federal Way-based World Vision provides Puget Sound area teachers –whose students [...]
If you happened to be on a morning walk in downtown last Wednesday, you might have seen some folks cleaning the storefront of A Touch of Class Barber Shop (111 Lake Street South). Perri Delaney and Keith Brush gathered together with a crew from Sternoff Development to power wash the sidewalk and spiff up the building. Perhaps [...]
Metropolitan Market’s Peach O Rama is going on now at all locations!
Remember when you used to wait every summer with anticipation to sink your teeth into a sweet, juicy, fragrant, sun-ripened peach and the juice would run down your chin? Relive that great taste of the ol’ days! The best, sweetest peaches are [...]
For those of us who don’t spend every waking moment of our time in the water, stand up paddle boarding is a unique and eye-catching sport to watch. If you have spent much time along Kirkland’s waterfront, you have probably seen paddle boarders gliding across the water. A cross between surfing and paddle boating, paddle [...]
Bridle Trails ACE Hardware, and INK-O-DEM, the leader in integrated inkjet cartridge refilling and testing technology for retail and university environments, today announced an inkjet cartridge refilling service available to the public for the first time at this ACE Hardware store in Kirkland.
This store’s launch marks the second store in Washington state for INK-O-DEM’s inkjet refilling [...]
Readers of the 425 Magazine voted 25 Kirkland businesses as “The Best of the 425-Eastside.” All results from the second annual vote are published in the July/August 2010 edition of the magazine and online at www.425magazine.com. The City congratulates the following Kirkland businesses:
Best Wine Selection: Purple Café & Wine Bar (multiple locations)
Best Chef: [...]
One of Seattle’s most exciting and longest running community events is thrilled to announce a brand new sponsor, one that is also deeply connected to the community. Seafair is proud to now be supported by the Western Washington Hyundai Dealers.
“Our group of 13 dealers are truly excited to come together to participate in the 2010 [...]
King County’s Solid Waste Division has named Simplicity Decor as one of 75 local companies to its 2010 “Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction” list.
At Simplicity Decor, we tried our best to be environmentally conscious and responsible to both the public and internally. Simplicity Décor offers a wide range of products that are either made [...]
“A garden party of art!”
Meet Artist and Community Leader C. Sharp.
Artist Reception
Thursday, June 10th
Parklane Gallery 6-8pm, Downtown Kirkland
Food, Music and Fun!
Contemporary Large Scale Florals in bold colors and energetic brushstrokes. A modern twist on O’Keeffe. Show is up through Sunday July 3.
Directions: http://www.parklanegallery.com/mainpages/map.htm
For years C. (Christine) Sharp pioneered the first news northwest news desk [...]
The Kirkland Metropolitan Market celebrated its grand opening on Thursday with a ribbon cutting by CEO Terry Halverson before a crowd of shoppers which literally circled around the building and into the alley. Anxious shoppers started forming a line two hours before the 9 a.m. ceremony.
It was all hands on deck as the doors of the [...]
Many Kirkland citizens have waited for a very long time for this day to arrive. On June 3rd, Metropolitan Market opens in Houghton (in the former location of the Houghton Market), and this foodie Mecca might just become your second home. Check it out: 27,500 square feet of culinary bliss with
Gelatiamo gelato in the bakery;
aromas [...]
On June 3, Metropolitan Market will open the doors to its first Eastside store in Kirkland’s recently remodeled Houghton Center, located at 10611 NE 68th Street at 108th Ave NE. The 27,500-square-foot store has been completely remodeled to the caliber of its other five, full-service supermarkets throughout Seattle and Tacoma. The store will be open 24 hours.
“Eastsiders have been clamoring for many years to have [...]
Downtown Kirkland needs to get all spruced up for the coming summer season and they need your help on Saturday, May 22 from 10:00am to noon (meet at 9:30 for coffee and donuts). It’s only 2 hours of your time to help make Kirkland sparkle and shine for our summer guests. The Heathman Hotel has [...]
For the first time in more than 25 years, Washington Federal Savings is updating its company image and launching a new brand identity. New signs are already being installed at many of the company’s Western Washington locations, including 2 branches in Kirkland. Work will continue locally through early May. The company-wide initiative centers around shortening [...]
A few of the new additions at LAKESHORE GALLERY:
CEMENTORS – brightly colored cement leaves in several sizes. Useful in planters, in the garden, on the porch, or indoors.
PETER REUTHLINGER – handblown glass hummingbird feeders in a variety of shapes and vivid colors. Make sure our hummingbird friends have plenty to eat this [...]
UPDATED
The Hopelink Highlights email has just announced that Hopelink will be the benefactor of the Pre-Opening Celebration of Kirkland’s Metropolitan Market on May 13th:
Metropolitan Market Pre-Opening Celebration to Benefit Hopelink
Savor creations from six top area Chefs, over 45 local and national Food Partners, 12 Wineries and 4 Breweries at a grand opening benefit celebration for [...]
Bob Gassen of Humanature Photography in Kirkland was awarded his Fellow of Photography Degree by the Professional Photographers of Washington (PPW) at their recent annual conference in Everett. This degree requires 50 merits earned over a period of years, including a minimum of 25 merits during print and album competitions, and a minimum of [...]
Simplicity Decor is hosting a series of complimentary classes designed to help you simplify your life and beautify your home. The Spring 2010 series, held at Simplicity Decor’s Kirkland location over the next few months, will be hosted by some of the most creative home, lifestyle and financial experts in the Northwest.
Simple Flower Arrangements
Thursday, May [...]
Washington Federal Savings has temporarily moved from its Kirkland Ave. location to allow for extensive renovations of the building. During the remodel, Washington Federal will share space with First Mutual (purchased by Washington Federal a few years ago) on the corner of Central Way and 3rd Street. The new location serves as two banks in [...]
Ford Motor Company is offering concierge-style test drives to local small business owners, including those in the Puget Sound area. The Transit Connect, the 2010 North American Truck of the Year will be touring the country and meeting with people on a one-to-one basis to introduce them to a vehicle that will help them increase [...]
Downtown’s Kirkland Ben & Jerry’s will reopen March 15 after several months of remodeling. The scoop shop is located at 176 Lake Street South.
The timing could not be better since Ben & Jerry’s will celebrate their annual Free Cone Day on March 23rd. Come down and help welcome B&J’s reopening and enjoy a free cone [...]
Kirkland Downtown Merchants present checks to Hopelink, MEOW Cat Rescue and KTUB, as the result of the Days of Giving project
Last holiday season, a group of downtown merchants led by “A” Liengboonlertchai, owner of Simplicity Décor, came together to assist three local non-profits with the Days of Giving project.
As the result, Liengboonlertchai and his [...]
