Category: HPIC

Doors open at 6:30pm, movie at 7pm.
Free admission.

Every third Friday of each month is Movie Night! This series is family friendly and admission is free. We will be selling snacks and non-alcoholic drinks, and adults can bring their beverages of choice. There will be folding chairs for seating, or feel free to bring blankets and pillows or non-floor-scratching chairs.

Our movie copyright license does not allow us to advertise the movie title so here’s this month’s hint:
Michael J. Fox does a little time travel in this 1985 sci-fi comedy.

See more pictures here.

Overall top three wines:

1. Lost Sonnet Meritage 2007, Napa Valley red wine (Trader Joes $9.99)
2. Folie a Deux Menage e Trois California red wine 2009 ($7)
3. Cline 2009 ancient vines Zinfandel (regularly $18)

Best of the best at each table (in random order):

Washington Hills Rainier Red, Columbia Valley ($8)
Regio Old Vine Zinfandel Lodi 2005 California ($8)
Clos Du Bois Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (reg. $19.99)
Trader Joe’s Tempranillo Petit Reserve 2009 ($6)
Kiona Lemberger 2008 ($10)
La Vieille Ferme, Récolte 2009 (white, $6)
Liberty School Chardonnay 2007 ($9)
Pepperwood Grove Don Sebastiani & Sons Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (reg. $15)
Bogle Petite Sirah 2008 (reg. $11)
Altos Las Hormigas Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda 2009 Mendoza, Argentina ($10)
Red Diamond Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 ($9)
Lenz Moser Heuriger Gruner Veltliner 2009 (white, $8)
Goats do Roam White 2010, South Africa ($7)
Powers Chardonnay Columbia Valley 2009 ($10)

Honorable mentions from each table:

2009 Black Swan Cabernet Sauvignon, South Eastern Australia ($7)
Rose Vino Frizzante ($6)
Polka Dot Riesling 2006 ($8)
Bodegas Naia-Vina Sila ‘Las Brisas’ Blanco, Rueda, Spain 2009 ($10)
Charles & Charles Red Columbia Valley 2009 ($9)
Altos Las Hormigas Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda, Mendoza, Argentina ($10)
Trader Joe’s Reserve Syrah, Paso Robles 2009 ($10)
Punto Final Malbec Classico 2009 (reg. $12)
Club House IQ Friend Washington Cab Meritage ($10)
Snoqualmie Vineyards Syrah, Columbia Valley 2007 ($8)
Porcupine Ridge Syrah 2009 (reg.$13)
Tres Pinos Three Pines Cuvee 2009 ($5)
Santa Rita 120 Carmenere from Chile 2008 ($7)
La Maialina Chianti Classico 2008 ($18)
Columbia Crest Two Vines Shiraz 2005 ($9)
Inheritance Petite Syrah 2006 ($10)

Thanks all for coming…we had a blast! 

UPDATE!
Introducing our 2011 Table Captains:
Shawn Mazza * Jason Worbets * Rhonda Smith * Gretchen Heiden * Barry & Nickie Jostol * Rory Denovan * Laura Kirkpatrick * Alan Robertson * Jane Taylor * Kip & Ingrid Mattson * Bill Jaback * Pablo Lambinicio

Pre-register! There will be a special raffle for pre-registered participants. Email hpicwine@gmail.com or call 938-6031 and tell us how many people you’re bringing.

Here’s how it works: It is a blind tasting contest, featuring each participant’s bottle of their favorite wine, priced $10 or less. There will be 12 tables, each with a Table Captain leading the tasting. Table winners advance to the Taste-Off, where 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize wines will be chosen. There will also be raffle prizes, food and fun!

Add to your list of reasonably priced and amazingly good wines while tasting,
describing and picking your favorites. You will be seated at a table of friends and neighbors
and have a great time tasting each others’ finds.

We will have special pours from the Northwest Wine Academy, and great prizes.

New this year: Pre-register! There will be a special raffle for pre-registered participants.
Email hpicwine@gmail.com or call 938-6031 and tell us how many people you’re bringing.

And check back here for updates, if you’d like to sit with a certain Table Captain.

Peter de Lory photograph © 2011.

Upcoming Movie Night is Friday, March 18. Doors open at 6:30pm, movie starts at 7.

Admission is free. Popcorn, candy and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. See flyer here.

Our movie license does not allow us to publish the movie title, so here’s this month’s hint:
Adam Sandler’s 2008 movie for kids. (Our very first request!)

Movies will be shown in the dance hall, with chairs available for seating. Or, bring blankets, pillows, folding chairs (that won’t scratch the floor) and camp out on the floor!

We’re happy to announce our Movie Nights program! See flyer here.

We plan to have a Movie Night every third Friday of the month, with films suitable for families. Admission will be free. Popcorn, candy and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. Adults are free to bring beverages of their choice.

Upcoming Movie Night is Friday, Feb 18. Doors open at 6:30pm, movie starts at 7.

Our movie license does not allow us to publish the movie title, so here’s a hint:
Classic 1982 kid and adult friendly sci-fi blockbuster starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore.

Movies will be shown in the dance hall, with chairs available for seating. Or, bring blankets, pillows, folding chairs (that won’t scratch the floor) and camp out on the floor!

The Highland Park Improvement Club is run by an all-volunteer group of Highland Park and Riverview neighbors. As stewards of the building and property, we are developing new programs and uses for this important corner gathering spot. Our goal is to benefit the neighborhood while sustaining the club as a resource. Toward that end, we are working on a new business plan. Here’s an important beginning:

From Dan Mullins, Chair of the Highland Park Action Committee

Hey Neighbor,

If you want to have some fun this New Years Eve, Highland Park is the place to be!
Bang on a drum or shake your tambourine as you travel along with the second annual “Not So Silent Night Parade”.
March along with us on a 20-30 minute trip through Highland Park, making just enough noise to remind our neighbors that it’s New Years Eve.

After the parade, watch as “Cirque de Flambe” performers entertain the crowd in the Highland Park Improvement Club parking lot with the exciting “Sage Comet” (thanks to West Seattle Blog!)

We will be passing out hot cider and cookies and have a little fire pit going to keep you warm.

Details:
Parade goers will meet at the HP Improvement Club, 1116 SW Holden St. at 6:45 Friday night for a 7:00 sharp departure.
Everybody Welcome!
Return to HPIC at 7:30 for the performance in the parking lot.
Bring a noise maker (tambourine, bells, pots and spoons, etc).
Dress warm ’cause we are going, rain or moon-shine, and you may want to bring a flashlight and an umbrella! (or even better a flashlight taped inside an umbrella, so it glows!)
Bring the kids in their strollers and your friendly dogs on their leashes.

We need a few volunteers to help direct traffic and keep the parade marchers safe.
PLEASE VOLUNTEER to be a crossing guard by contacting Dan Mullins at: chair09 at highlandpk.net

Watch videos of last years parade on youtube (thanks again to West Seattle Blog)