Teenagers
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$25
Music stuff! Sure, you could go to one of our incredible locally owned record stores and pick out some wholesome music for your teen … that is if you enjoy receiving eye rolls as a thank you. Instead, why not get a $25 gift certificate and let your teen pick out what he or she wants?
$50
Custom Minimate! Everyone who knows a teen knows they know everything and are total narcissists, so get them the gift that says, “You’re not such a big deal, hotshot!” Yes, I’m talking about a 4-inch version of your teen! thatsmyface.com; ($49).
$100
A private skate party! Whether your teens ride skateboards, scooters, or BMX bikes, the A-Town Skate Park is the perfect place for them and their besties to have some fun. You can reserve the venue for a two-hour private party for $100. 5493 Traffic Way, Atascadero; 461-7606.
$250
The cool new gaming system! Sure, you want your teens to go out and play, use their imaginations, but sometimes it’s easier to stick a screen in their faces—especially on a road trip—and the hottest newest handheld is the Nintendo 3DS XL ($199.99).
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Just buy their damn love! Face it. You’re broken. You’ve given up. All your teens want to do is sequester themselves in their rooms and kill zombies. Let them do it in style with the new Sony PlayStation 4 ($399) and a Toshiba 40” flatscreen ($329). Yes, you’re a terrible parent, and you bought your teen’s love, but at least they’ve stopped bugging you. — Glen Starkey
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$25
Seconds, 2014 graphic novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim), $25, Dr. Cain’s Comics and Games, 778 Marsh St., SLO; drcainscomics.com.
$50
Glowing Chemistry Set, $35, Whiz Kids!, 3979 S. Higuera St., SLO; whizkidsslo.com.
$100 PHOTO COURTESY OF IRENE FLORES
PHOTO BY RHYS HEYDEN
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GIFT GUIDE from page 11
Geeky Canvas Prints by Irene Flores (SLO-based artist), $85, online at society6.com/beanclam/canvas. PHOTO BY RHYS HEYDEN
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Regular Mass Schedule
English Saturday: 5pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am & 6pm Español Sábado: 7pm Domingo: 12:15pm Martes: 7:30am (capilla) Jueves: 6:30pm (capilla) Daily Mass in the Chapel: Mon., Wed., Thurs., & Fri.: 7am Tues. 5:30pm
Feast Day
Our Lady of Guadalupe Friday Dec. 12: 4am Mañanitas/5am Misa en Español 6:30pm Rosario y Misa en Español
Christmas Eve/Christmas Day
Wednesday, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve: 4pm Church (Cantor/piano) 4pm Hall (Cantor/piano) 6pm Church (Youth Band) 7:30pm Iglesia (Coro Hispano) 9:30pm Church (Adult Choir) Thursday, Dec. 25 Christmas Day: 7:30am (Cantor/piano) 10:30am (Cantor/piano) 12:15pm Misa en Español (Coro Hispano)
New Year’s Eve/Day
Wednesday, December 31: 7am and 5pm (English) and 7pm (Spanish)
$250
SLO MakerSpace 24-hour membership for one month, $250, 3988 Short St. Suite 100, SLO; slomakerspace.com.
Wild Card
Adventure Time Card Wars, $19.99, Dr. Cain’s Comics and Games, 778 Marsh St., SLO; drcainscomics.com. — Rhys Heyden
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GIFT GUIDE from page 12
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$25
An Arturo Fuente Hemingway cigar and an E.P. Carrillo 5th Anniversary cigar, $23.50, The Sanctuary Tobacco Shop, 1111 Chorro St., SLO; sanctuarytobacco.com.
$50
“Old Vine” Grapevine Pen, $45, From Wine Country Craftsman, winecountrycraftsman.com or etsy.com/shop/winecountrycraftsman.
$100
Half day ocean fishing trip, $94, Virg’s Landing, 1169 Market Ave., Morro Bay; virgslanding.com. Cost includes rod and tackle, rental, and oneday fishing license. Season closed in January, reopens around May.
$250
J.A. Henckels Chef’s knife and carving knife, $210, Forden’s, 857 Monterey St., SLO; fordens.com.
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Gift card to Arroyo Grande Meat Company, $150, 118 E Branch St., Arroyo Grande; agmeatcompany.com. — Jono Kinkade PHOTO COURTESY OF WINE COUNTRY CRAFTSMAN
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GIFT GUIDE from page 15
$25
Colorful unicorn knee high socks, $10. Sock Drawer 852 Higuera St., SLO; sockdrawer.com.
$50
Twilight Topaz Earrings, $32.95, Turn To Nature 786 Higuera St., SLO; turntonature.com.
Come see our line of new pieces
$100
Royal Treatment Package, $175. Ahshe Day Spa & Salon 1112 Garden St., SLO; ahshesalonspa.com. Give the gift of relaxation to your wife this holiday season! This package includes a Serenity Spa Facial, a one-hour aromatherapy massage, as well as a shampoo, blow dry, and style.
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$250
Pendleton wool coat, $199. Hep Kat Clothing & Beauty Parlor 785 Higuera St, SLO; hepkatclothing.com.
Entertaining this Holiday?
Let’s Deck the Halls!
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Zipline tours, $99 per person. Margarita Adventures 22179 El Camino Real, Santa Margarita; margarita-adventures.com. Go on an adventure this Christmas. Enjoy a 2 1/2 hour zipline canopy tour through Santa Margarita Ranch. The tour also includes a visit to the Ancient Peaks Winery tasting room, with 20 percent savings on wine purchases. — Adriana Catanzarite PHOTO COURTESY OF AHSHE
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$25
Porcelain teapot and infuser, $15; Dream Time tea, $7/ oz (each ounce makes 8 to 10 cups), The Secret Garden, 740 Higuera St., SLO; organicherbshop.com.
$50 PHOTO COURTESY URBAN OPTICS
Hop On Beer Tours, Social Tour, $30; hoponbeertours.com, comes with a driver for people who aren’t comfortable driving; it's an opportunity to socialize, and since booze isn’t included in the cost, slip Grandma or Grandpa an extra $20.
$100 PHOTOS BY PEG GRADY
Embroidery wall art from Peg Grady, “Travel dreams of adventure on your hippie bus” and “Vintage typewriter,” $95; etsy.com/shop/peggyos.
$250
Glasses, Urban Optics (black Paul Frank, Utterly Unfounded, $215), (red Dutz 2015, $250), (blue TOMS Isa, $175); urbanoptics.com; 1001 Higuera St., SLO.
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Grandparents Talley Farms Fresh Harvest, bimonthly vegetable delivery, $26 every other week; talleyfarmsfreshharvest.com.
— Ashley Schwellenbach
GIFT GUIDE continued page 20
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GIFT GUIDE from page 18
$25
Video games. Fruit rots; video games don’t. So get some used games ’cuz your kid won’t be able to tell the difference anyway. $14.98$19.98. Cheap Thrills, 563 Higuera St., SLO; cheapthrills.biz.
$50
Lego(s). Make your own toys, damn it! $39.99$49.99, Tom’s Toys, 682 Higuera St., SLO.
Between Dec 11th – 31st, 2014
$100
MAKE ANY:
Experiment Kit. Because science. $89.95, Turn to Nature, 786 Higuera St., SLO; turntonature.com.
Fine Jewelry purchase and automatically be entered to win a 18K Sapphire Stacking Ring in the color of your choice! ($1195 value)
$250
Jasmine JC27. Rock out with your inspirational gift. $199, Music Motive, 3440 S. Higuera St., SLO No. 130, SLO; 130 Easy St. No. 5, Paso Robles; 338 A W. Tefft St., Nipomo; 1115 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande; musicmotive.com.
Hammit, Los Angeles Leather purchase and automatically be entered to win a Hammit “Daniel” handbag ($675 value) Men’s leather accessories purchase and automatically be entered to win a wallet from Ted Baker London ($100 value)
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Aerial Silks class. Gyms are boring, but I dare you to be bored by kids spinning around in giant strips of silk. $75 for four classes, Performance Athletics, 4484 Broad St., SLO; performanceathleticsslo.com.
Every time you buy, you get another chance to win! No purchase limit!
—Colin Rigley
1003 Osos Street · San Luis Obispo · 805-784-0967 PHOTO BY COLIN RIGLEY
HANNUKAH DOWNTOWN Join us for songs, games, schmoozing and holiday nosh! Candlelighting outside the Mission
Tuesday, December 16 at 5pm Party to follow in two giant tents with a Kids Zone and a Schmooze Zone. Candlelighting continues through the eight nights of Hannukah until December 23. All nights begin at 5pm, except Saturday night at 6:45pm.
Call 805-426-5465 with questions or visit
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Kids PHOTO BY COLIN RIGLEY
GIFT GUIDE continued page 22
Cold Feet? Cozy boots & slippers for the whole family!
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GIFT GUIDE from page 20
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GIFT GUIDE from page 22
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$25
Chuckit! Ball Launcher, $9.99-$11.99, Farm Supply Company, 224 Tank Farm Rd., SLO; farmsupplycompany.com.
$50
DOVELA “Macka” Wine Barrel Cat Food Dish, $50, Wine Country Craftsman, winecountrycraftsman.com or etsy.com/shop/winecountrycraftsman.
$100
K&H Mod Dream Pod, $72, Tails Pet Boutique, 745 Higuera St., SLO. This unique, futuristic bed is large enough for any-sized cat, and the top half unzips from the bottom half for a more open floor plan.
Happy Holidays
$250
Woods Humane Alliance, $250, Woods Humane Society, 875 Oklahoma Ave., SLO, woodshumanesociety.org. Let’s be honest: If you’re able to spend $250 on a gift for your pets, they’re probably already doing pretty well for themselves. But the dogs and cats at Woods Humane Society can always use your help. Consider giving them a gift by becoming a member of the Woods Humane Alliance, which will help to provide food, shelter, and medical attention.
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Off-leash beaches and dog parks, free, various locations. The one thing your dog probably wants most, aside from getting its balls back, is freedom. Consider taking your canine companion to Olde Port Beach or Fisherman’s Beach in Avila, both of which are off-leash beaches, or one of the many dog parks in SLO County including Elm Street OffLeash Dog Park in Arroyo Grande; Heilman Dog Park in Atascadero; Cambria Dog Park; Jody Giannini Family Dog Park in Morro Bay; Nipomo Dog Park; El Chorro Dog Park and Laguna Lake Dog Park in San Luis Obispo; Vineyard Dog Park in Templeton; and Sherwood Dog Park in Paso Robles. —Trever Dias PHOTO COURTESY OF WINE COUNTRY CRAFTSMAN
PHOTO BY TREVER DIAS
Fido PHOTO BY KAORI FUNAHASHI
PHOTO BY KAORI FUNAHASHI
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GIFT GUIDE continued page 24
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GIFT GUIDE from page 23
$25
Cotton Ball Gift Certificate, $25, 1199 Main St., Morro Bay; thecottonball.com. “Buttons, thimbles, ribbon, and thread. The Cotton Ball has the best sewing spread.”—John Pleats
PHOTO BY MORGAN MELISH
$50
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Poppy Soap Co. Mama Love Box, $35, Bambu Batu 1023 Broad St., SLO; Bladerunner Salon 894 Monterey St., SLO; or poppysoap.com. This gift box special from SLO’s own Poppy Soap Co. has everything: organic oatmeal soap; a handmade wooden soap deck; a blended oil of jojoba, lavender, and Roman chamomile; ginger cardamom lip balm; a sea salt soak; a copy of the unreleased eighth Harry Potter book. OK, maybe not the last one. But this is a solid, one-of-a-kind gift perfect to pamper your mother with.
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$100
Back Bay Pottery three-piece dinnerware set, $98, various Central Coast shops or backbaypottery.com. Food is pretty excellent on its own, but it’s so much better when served on these gorgeous, handmade dishes from Back Bay Potter in Baywood-Los Osos.
$250
Vienna Hoops gold earrings by Len Designs, $148, 570 Higuera St., No. 152, SLO (call 704-8182 for appointment), various Central Coast shops; lendesignsjewelry.com. These handcrafted earrings from SLO-based designer Shannon Len will transform your mom from shabby to chic.
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Let’s Go Ballooning hot air balloon ride, $189, call 458-1530 for questions or to make an appointment. What do you get the mom who needs to get away from it all? The sky’s the limit! Literally. Get her a sweet, hot air balloon ride from Paso Robles’ Let’s Go Ballooning Inc.
GIFT GUIDE continued page 25
—Jessica Peña
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GIVE MORE Foodie GIFT GUIDE from page 24
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$25
TheraBee Infused Culinary Honey, $8 to $16, various Central Coast shops; therabeehoney.com. You know what’s sweeter than honey? Getting someone the gift of honey—locally handcrafted honey that is. Based in Atascadero, Therabee Honey offers 100 percent raw, unfiltered honey infused with a wide range of flavors from chipotle to cinnamon vanilla. It’s the perfect thing to sweeten up the holidays.
$50
Mama Ganache 15-piece Truffle Box, $34.50, 1445 Monterey St., SLO; or mama-ganache.com. It’s chocolate. It’s delicious. You eat it, and you feel good.
$100
Alle-Pia Salami Gift Box, $70, 943 Spring St. Paso Robles; allepiasalumi.com. Meat your destiny—an entire box of finely crafted salami that would make even the Great Meat God Ron Swanson dribble in anticipatory delight. Comes with three salami (no hormones, antibiotics, or nitrates) and Alle-Pia’s own, specially made ‘Nduja spread.
$250
Fromagerie Sophie Cheese Club, $120, 1129 Garden St., SLO; fromageriesophie.com. As a real lady, I know there are things that come around every month that aren’t so great. Cheese from the Fromagerie Sophie Cheese Club is not one of them. With this three-month membership, you get a special cheese once a month with wine and beer suggestions and a recipe. More cheese, please!
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The New Wine Country Cookbook: Recipes from California’s Central Coast by Brigit Binns, $35, Paso Robles General Store 941 12th St., Paso Robles; amazon.com. There’s a reason wine and dine rhyme. Food and fermented grape fluids belong together, and the Central Coast has no shortage of either. Luckily, local cookbook author Brigit Binns has provided us with 125 succulent dishes that include both local wines and indigenous foods such as “Raw Oysters with Saffron and Sauvignon Blanc Granita.” Yum! — Jessica Peña
GIFT GUIDE continued page 26
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Line and Wash Portrait Sketching 2/21/15 – 3/21/15 Saturdays, 9 a.m. – noon
Tricia Reichert will teach you how to sketch and draw faces in pencil as well as how to use loose sketch and wash techniques with water soluble pencil and ink.
Cheese Appreciation
2/21/15 Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Challenge your taste buds with acidic, earthy, buttery, nutty, and piquant flavors of different cheeses and learn how they came to have their unique flavors! For more information, visit:
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PHOTO BY KIT TOEVS
$25
About 5 ounces of organic loose-leaf tea from the Secret Garden, $3 to $5 per ounce, 740 Higuera St., SLO.
$50
A raw, organic cheesecake from Bliss Cafe, $45, 778 Higuera St., SLO; blisscafeslo.com.
$100
Two months of membership at SLO-Op, $110, 289 Prado Road, SLO; slo-opclimbing.org.
$250
A massive citrine geode from Unique Selections, $225, 790 Higuera St., SLO.
Wild Card
New Age guides from Phoenix Books, $35, 986 Monterey St., SLO. — Cliff Mathieson
PHOTO BY KIT TOEVS
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PHOTO BY KIT TOEVS
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The granola/ hippie friend
GIFT GUIDE from page 25
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