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Tour homes filled with holiday cheer Eight homes will be opening their doors for the annual Holiday Home Tour to support animals at Valley Humane Society. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 6, select downtown homes will feature holiday décor, treats, live music and shopping boutiques. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at VHS, 3670 Nevada St.; Towne Center Books, 555 Main St.; or the Wine Steward, 641 Main St. For more information, call 426-8656 or visit www.valleyhumanesociety.org.
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From fashion to festivities Who knew poetry was so fashionable in Pleasanton? At the True Blue Fashion and Poetry Festival at Foothill High School on Nov. 8, 25 students participated in the fashion show and 13 teens participated in the finals for the poetry contest. Covering a variety of humorous and serious topics, the poems were appreciated by the enthusiastic audience. In a poem entitled “I am Me,” Troy Maxoutopoulis described the influences on his life from the San Francisco Giants to his family. Cal Dutrow wrote an ode to his shoes in “My Vans,” with the punch line, “They feel good on my feet/my Vans are so sweet.” Natasha Landicho’s poem “Next Step” included the lines, “like the hands of the clock, you must keep going...and reach for the sky.” The winning poets in the contest were Anna Dotson, Theodore Wu and Stephanie Holmes. Speaking of time ticking by, the speed, sounds and backdrop for daily activities alter during the holidays. The grand displays at the mall and around town can resemble a cinematic soundstage.
or the Holiday Project is a simple sequence of task. But later, after we invite the players, dust off the tunes, arrange the time and place, the orderly list of producers and director is downsized to one executive do-it-all marching to the holiday iPod making lists updating adjusting lists lists sprouting organically green beans potato pancakes tofu turkey
lists growing for non-perishables wrapping paper the buying of presents for those who scamper down red carpet to receive seasonal treasure and another list for those with no carpet and few CDs to set the scene.
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Deborah Grossman is Pleasanton poet laureate. Contact her at pleasantonpoetry@gmail.com or through www.facebook.com/PleasantonPoetry.
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