Hope everyone is spending the day among family and friends and celebrating the joys of the season.
#260 – Attend a Benefit for the Planetarium
There will be a Benefit for the Arlington Planetarium at the newly renovated IOTA Club & Cafe in Clarendon on Sunday, December 26 at 8PM. You must be 21 or older and they are requesting a minimum $10 donation. Musical performances include J.P. Reali, The Mantis, Robinson Lee Earle, The Last Monarchs and Lost Civilizations experimental music project.
The Friends of the Planetarium has also launched a 10-day challenge to try to raise $20,000 for the David M. Brown Planetarium which is being threatened with closure if enough funds cannot be raised to support it. Please donate or make a pledge and spread the word. The challenge ends New Years Eve.
In addition, Night at the Planetarium Part 3 will be held on December 29th from 4-9PM. Be sure and visit the Planetarium website for more information.
#259 – Get Chocolates at Godiva
Looking for last minute gifts. Go to Godiva Chocolatier with stores at Pentagon City, Tysons and Tysons Galleria. If you sign up for their free rewards club you get a free piece of chocolate each month and your first online order has free shipping.
#258 -Pick up a cake at Pastries by Randolph
Looking for a special dessert for a holiday dinner or having a holiday party? Pastries by Randolph in Lee Heights Shopping Center has been creating beautiful cakes, petits fours, pastries and tea cookies since 1988.
#257 – Destress at a yoga studio
UPDATE 07/19/21: Tranquil Space was taken over by Yoga Works in 2017 but that has now permanently closed. They do offer online programs which you can check out through their Facebook page.
Has the holiday hustle and bustle got you stressed? Check out Tranquil Space, a lifestyle focused yoga destination named among the top 25 yoga studios in the world by Travel and Leisure Magazine. The studio is located on Wilson Boulevard in Arlington one block from the Virginia Square Metro. Take a yoga class, have a massage, sip some organic tea and relax. You can also do some last minute shopping at the Tranquility Boutique or buy a gift card for classes or services. New students can sign up for an unlimited number of classes for a month for $50.
#256 – Get Outside to Watch the Lunar Eclipse
‘Twill be nights before Christmas and high overhead, the moon will turn brown or maybe deep red. The Earth and the sun with celestial scripts will conspire to make a lunar eclipse. (courtesy of the Huffington Post)
We will have a total lunar eclipse beginning about 1:30 a.m. EST Tuesday, December 21st which is also the Winter Solstice, something that hasn’t happened in 350 years. Totality will be about 2:41 a.m. EST and will last a little over an hour. If you only want to be outside for a few minutes, try to time it so you are watching at 3:17 a.m. when the moon will be in its deepest shadow. For more information go to this website from NPR or follow one of the links below.
Related articles
- Lunar Eclipse Tonight: 2010 Winter Solstice To Coincide With Total Full Moon Eclipse On December 20, 21 (PHOTOS) (huffingtonpost.com)
- Tonight’s Lunar Eclipse Comes With a Rare Twist (space.com)
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