Fashion Trade is holding a holiday special from Tuesday, December 15 through Saturday, December 19, 2015. Buy two items and get a third item of equal or lesser value free!
SJG School of Music, the leading provider of group and private music lessons in San Jose and Campbell, is now enrolling adult and youth students in group music lessons for Winter 2016.
Group music lessons are the affordable and flexible choice to make you into a MUSIC PLAYER, instead of just a music listener.
Course offerings vary by location. Click on the link below to see locations and course offerings at each location. Classes start in January 2016.
See you in class!
Simply Smashing is having an ART SALE! If you like the wall decor, you can have it!
All artwork on our gallery walls is on sale...up to 50% OFF from now through Christmas Eve. Deck your walls, or give the gift of art...what a splendid idea!
Note: The Art Sale excludes the upcoming M. Hummel photography installation.
Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the link below to read the article.
Ranking the Best Monterey County Restaurants of 2015, Part 1 [Namaste India Bistro]
by Mark Anderson
Monterey County Weekly, 12/10/15
Special deal from REDEMPTION in Downtown Campbell: They have these wonderful candles and for a limited time, you can get one free when you buy three of them. They have a lot more than candles and things for people who like candles. They have a very eclectic collection of household gifts and goods with the common thread that all were made in California. You can't shop more local than that!
Gift Certificates available at #bombshellboutique Purchase a gift certificate for $100 or more and receive a FREE $25 gift certificate as a thank you from Bombshell through this holiday season! Merry Christmas loyal customers and friends. Xoxo
Well, this doesn't have much to do with Downtown Campbell, but I'm hoping that someone out there might be able to help or know someone who might be able to keep a little bit of local history from vanishing again. You may have heard of a Campbell fella named Shaughnessy McGeehee who's spent the past 20 years rebuilding a miniature version of Frontier Village.
His tribute to Frontier Village includes tiny versions of key buildings like the school house, general store, and saloon. They're going to be demolished at the end of January unless someone can rescue them and give them a home. I've attached some photos of some of the buldings. I think there are a few more and as of yesterday, none of them had a home yet.
With the exception of the schoolhouse, the footprint of each mini building is about the size of a large walk-in closet and the usable space inside that being a little bit bigger than your average bedroom closet.
You can find out more about these buildings here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/frontiervillage/permalink/10153137272716...
Life is pretty good in Downtown Campbell these days, but you don't have to go back very far to run into the times when our small, but smiling district was in a perpetual state of being up and coming. There are only a handful of people left over from those difficult years who know this part of Downtown Campbell's history by heart.
Judy Aagard was one of those people. She contributed time, money, and effort to all sorts of things that might help Downtown Campbell be a more vibrant place to live, work, and be. She did it even when it seemed like it would be all for nothing and she did it even though many of the efforts would do little for her own business.
Even when she became ill, she would be first to express concern over how YOU were doing. That was the kind of person she was and just about everyone who's been in Downtown Campbell a while has had a chance to experience this for themselves. It's hard not to be moved when you encounter a person with Judy's warmth and spirit. Her passing is hard to fathom for the Downtown Campbell family. We've lost a special person. We're gonna miss her.
If you would like to learn more about Judy, the Tiny Tots website posted an endearing tribute.
New at Pixels Graphic Design, Print & Copy on Lighthouse: t-shirt print and press transfers! Have your photo, logo, or message pressed right on to your clothing. Send in or drop off your photo and/or any message you'd like to add. Your design can be ready to press or we can design something awesome for you.
You can bring your own t-shirt, or a t-shirt can be ordered on your behalf. Please allow 2-3 business days from acceptance to completion. More lead time may be needed as we approach Christmas.
Print & Press Transfers: Standard (8" x 10.5"): $10 each
Print & Press Transfers: Large (10.5" x 16.5"): $15 each
Print & Press Tote Bag** (color/style options): $3-$7 +transfer charge
**Requires pre-order.
Restaurant 1833 has just kicked off their new Social Hour, held Sunday - Thursday, 5pm-7pm on the patio and in the bar and lounge. Enjoy select classic cocktails for $9 and a pair of tasty tacos with all the fixings for $5. They're now offering a dynamic duo of chicken mole and birria-style pulled pork tacos on housemade tortillas with a side of chef Jason Franey's habanero-carrot hot sauce. Yum!
The Portola Hotel & Spa is full of exciting changes as we close out 2015 and venture into 2016. The first project we are working on is the enhancement to all our guestrooms with a full bathroom remodel. This bathroom renovation is in its final stages of completion with 265 guestrooms already completed. We plan to finish an additional 94 bathrooms in early February 2016 and the final 20 will be completed by May 2016.
This full remodel includes several “green” features, as well as modern updates with a nautical feel to align with the atmosphere of the guestrooms. The renovation includes: taking down the bathrooms to the original framework and entirely re-building with a crisp new look, new features, and amenities. And as you can see from the photo, they tie in beautifully with the existing décor of our nautically inspired guestrooms.
Additionally, a significant amount of the construction waste has been, and will continue to be, recycled. As part of our mission, we strive to be the premier environmentally-friendly hotel property on the Central Coast of California; part of protecting the environment through practicing green initiatives includes providing a better guestroom environment for our guests. Environmentally friendly upgrades include: LED and compact fluorescent lighting, low flow sink faucet and shower heads, high efficiency toilets, and low VOC paints.
We'd like to shine a light on Recycle Bookstore in Downtown Campbell this week. If you've got a book lover or a child on your holiday shopping list, check them out. You probably already know that they're the first place you should have in mind when looking for a used book in the South Bay, but they also have some new titles too. Their selection of new books specifically feature childrens' books, best sellers, and the kind of books that would go well on a coffee table. You know, "gifty" sort of books.
As an extra bonus, you can say hello to the always fabulous Bob Newhart Cat whenever you go visit.
We just posted some of the photos from our 30th Anniversary of the Carol of Lights last night. Thanks to all who came and celebrated with us! We have additional photos available. If you're looking for a photo we took of you, please email media@downtowncampbell.com.
We're still seeking donations to help cover the costs so please pitch in if you can at caroloflights.org.
Jacks Restaurant will feature the full dinner menu throughout the holidays along with the following dinner specials on Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Call and reserve a table for the holidays today at 831-649-7874.
Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24
Dinner Special
6 oz. Filet Mignon, $48
served with Dungeness crab, potatoes au gratin, and asparagus
topped with a bearnaise sauce
Christmas, Friday, December 25
Dinner Special
Prime Rib Dinner, $42
served with whipped potatoes and seasonal vegetables
New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31
Dinner Special
6 oz. Filet Mignon, $48
served with Dungeness crab, potatoes au gratin, and asparagus
topped with a bearnaise sauce
Oya Salon is proud to announce that we are collecting Toys For Tots! If you would like to donate a new, unwrapped toy for this great cause, come by the salon 9am-5pm, December 3-15, 2015. We look forward to seeing you. Happy holidays!
Beginning this Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, Carbone's presents a New Monterey Rainbow Happy Hour, 3pm-6pm! This all-inclusive happy hour for LGBT and allies features free pool, $4 drafts and well drinks, and $13 pitchers of sangria.
The nights are getting brisk, but you can cozy up with a fireside cocktail in the library of Restaurant 1833. A full menu of beer, wine, cocktails and other libations is available from 5pm until closing, with bar bites available starting at 5:30pm.
Is a new sewing machine on your wish list? Tell Santa that Bella's favorite machine, the "Elizabeth" by Baby Lock, is at Bella's Studio in Old Monterey, wrapped and ready to pick up.
Purchase your new sewing machine through Bella's Studio's partnership with Eddie's Quilting Bee in Sunnyvale. Then bring your machine back to the Studio and Bella will teach you how to thread and operate your new sewing machine!
Ok, we can never do this enough times. It's going to be very crowded in Downtown Campbell this Saturday for the Carol of Lights celebration. Knowing your transportation and parking options will go a long way to having a wonderful start to the holiday season with the Campbell community.
Remember, the main strip will be closed to traffic and parking. Unless you get there way before the event starts, assume that the popular options like the 2nd Street Garage (next to Stacks) will be full. The normally dependable garage next to the water tower is going to fill up fast too. Parking at the Community Center and walking in is usually the best option for big events.
Please see our Map and Directions page for a full rundown on how to get here and how to stash your wheels if you're driving. Also, please share these tips with anyone who isn't very familiar with Downtown Campbell. We want this to be fun for everyone.
Yesterday we posted some photos of the popular Ainsley House Teas & Tours put on by the Campbell Historical Museum and Ainsley House Foundation. Sure looked like fun, but only because they had a full complement of volunteers to help serve and setup between sittings. They need at least a couple of congenial helpers to put in a few hours on Saturday (Dec 5th) and next Thursday (Dec 10th). If you can help, please email Laura Rose at laura@laurarosetax.com.
