The Des Moines Auxiliary of Seattle Children’s Hospital will be holding its annual fashion show and luncheon on Thursday, April 15th at 11:30am at the Des Moines United Methodist Church, 22225 9th Ave South.

This year’s theme is “Tropical Paradise,” and will include a fashion show presented by Rottles of Auburn, with a lunch catered by Tuscany at Des Moines Creek.

Tickets can be purchased for a $20 donation, and the deadline for reserving tickets is Thursday, April 8th.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Des Moines Auxiliary of Seattle Children’s Hospital “Tropical Paradise” Fashion Show and Luncheon.

WHEN: Thursday, April 15th at 11:30am.

WHERE: Des Moines United Methodist Church, 22225 9th Ave South.

INFO: From an email:

The Des Moines Auxiliary of Seattle Children’s Hospital presents its annual fashion show and Luncheon “Tropical Paradise” on April 15th, 2010 at 11:30 am.

This event will be held at the Des Moines United Methodist Church, 22225 9th Ave S, Des Moines, WA.

The fashion show will be presented by Rottles of Auburn and the lunch will be catered by Tuscany at Des Moines Creek.

The tickets are a donation of $20 each and the deadline for reserving tickets is April 8th.

There will also be a raffle.

The proceeds of the event will go towards the Hospital Research Foundation of Seattle Children’s Hospital.

To order tickets and/or get more information please  call 206-824-4726 or 206-878-2040.

From the hospital’s website:

The Des Moines Auxiliary was founded in 1928.

We support uncompensated care so no child will go without medical care.

Our fundraising events include an October Fall Luncheon, November Holiday Bazaar, Spring Fashion Show, raffles, and arts and craft sales throughout the year.

We just got off the phone with All-Star Sports Bar Operations Manager Joe Potts, who announced that they held a “soft opening” on Wednesday night (Mar. 3), and are now officially “open for business.”

How does one successfully launch a “soft opening” you ask? Simple – turn on the “Open” sign. Maybe call or text some friends. And wait. Joe reports that they had a steady stream of 20-30 customers all day, topping out around 80 before they ran out of “training liquor.”

And all that was without any real publicity. A good sign for a new business in our opinion. And seeing how this is the second new restaurant to open in Des Moines, we say things are definitely starting to look up around here.

All-Star’s hours are 11am – 2am seven days a week, and despite not yet having a full menu, they’ll be serving pizzas this weekend.

The “soft opening” continues today, and the bar is definitely open, so this might be a good time to help “train” their staff by dropping in, bellying up and ordering something; just don’t forget to tip your local server.

Expect a big “grand opening” on Thursday, March 18th, when ESPN Radio announcers Brock and Salk will make an appearance for a March Madness basketball promotion. Be sure to check The Waterland Blog often, as we’ll be posting more news as we receive it.

Joe says they’ll start serving their full menu sometime towards the middle of next week – but here’s an exclusive sneak peek at it so you can start planning your order:

To download a PDF of All-Star’s menu, click here.

Burien’s annual “Empty Bowls” fundraiser for the Highline Area Food Bank is coming to Moshier Community Art Center Friday, Jan. 29th, with both a lunch and dinner serving, along with one-of-a-kind original bowls handcrafted by area Potters.

This is always a great, fun and fulfilling event involving great food, art and fundraising for the area’s hungry, where you can get a full meal AND a beautiful, collectible, artisan-crafted bowl for just $10.

Here are the details:

WHAT: “Empty Bowls” fundraiser for the Highline Area Food Bank

WHEN: Friday, Jan. 29th:

• 11am – 2pm: Lunch
• 4pm – 8pm: Dinner

WHERE: Moshier Community Art Center, located at 430 South 156th, Burien

COST: Just $10 donation, which will get you both a good solid meal AND a work of art in the form of a beautiful handmade bowl!

INFO: From their flier:

JOIN US FOR A MEAL AND HELP FIGHT HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY!

Friday, January 29, 2010

Lunch served 11:00 AM-2:00 PM

Dinner served 4:00-8:00 PM

Moshier Community Art Center, 430 S 156th, Burien

$10 (minimum) Donation

Proceeds to benefit Highline Food Bank

Moshier Community Art Center Potters have teamed up with the Highline Food Bank and Discover Burien to bring you Empty Bowls 2010. Empty Bowls events can be found around the country raising money to combat hunger in our communities. Potters have donated bowls to be filled with soup at this fun event…all are invited!

Your $10 (minimum) donation will get you the opportunity to pick out a beautiful handmade bowl, as well as a simple but wonderful meal of soup, bread, dessert and drink; all donated by local businesses. 90% of proceeds go to the Highline Food Bank, which serves over 750 area families per month, and 10% will go to provide art programming for low income youth.

www.MoshierArtCenter.org or phone: (206) 988-3700

Here’s a video we shot at least year’s event, where over 800 participants helped raise over $10,000 (let’s break that record this year!):