Events from Friday, Dec. 30 through Sunday, Jan. 1.
Ring in the New Year with various events happening in our local area this weekend. Bull Run Runners 5K Fairfax Four-Miler Race “First Night” Alexandria “Watch Night” New Years Eve Celebration New Year Celebration
Local events in our area from Friday, Dec. 23 through Sunday, Dec. 25.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Cari Nelson
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Looking for fun things to do with family and friends this holiday weekend? Here are some of our favorite events happening in the area this Friday through Sunday. George Mason University Men’s Basketball Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides The Ice Palace Festival of Lights Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol 13th Annual Gingerbread Village
Go local and find something perfect for the hobby enthusiast in your life.
The hobbyist is a unique type of person, no matter their age. Both children and adult hobbyists are dedicated to their chosen area of expertise, and nothing will put a smile on their face quite like a new project. To determine which kind of gift is right for your hobbyist, ask yourself: From model sets and card collecting to comic books and speciality plush characters, our favorite local stores are sure to have what you’re looking for or can place a special order to make holiday dreams come true. Trains Etc. 8245-A Backlick Road, Lorton, Va. 22079 703-550-1779 Ron's Collectors World 7030 Columbia Pike, Annandale, Va. 22003 703-256-8408 Comic and Card Collectorama 2008 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Va. 22301 703-548-3466 Whistle Stop …
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Sally Spangler
2:02 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
The other side of hobbies are the many female interest types - sewing, x stitch and other embroidery, knitting and go on forever. I remember when both my brother and I were into HO railroad everything. That hobby seems to have disappeared. Besides children things, which seem to wax and wane within a few months and require some adult to spend the money and supervise. My one grandson is now 19. I …   more ›