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What to do in South Lake Tahoe this weekend
Submitted by paula on Fri, 12/16/2016 - 8:40am
There is always something to do in South Lake Tahoe and all around the South Shore and this weekend is no different. Here is a list of things to do for families and adults:
For families -
Annual Christmas Bird Count - The 2016-2017 South Lake Tahoe Christmas Bird Count has been scheduled for Saturday, December 17. Barring a significant winter storm, we will hold the count on that date. December 17 @ 8:00 a - (775) 298-0066 - Meet at Alpina Coffee Cafe, 822 Emerald Bay Rd
Annual PABA Gala and Cookies with Santa
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/14/2016 - 11:33am
Event Date:
December 17, 2016 - 5:30pm Join South Tahoe High's Performing and Visual Arts Booster Association this Saturday, December 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for their annual PABA Gala, just before the evening's performance of White Christmas.
This is a great event for the entire family. There will be Holiday Cookies and treats by Cakes by Grace, Don Ewing, The Flour Girl, Sugar Pine Bakery and Starbucks, as well as egg nog, cider and hot chocolate.
It’s a Wonderful Life will be playing in the viewing room and Santa will be there for the kids to take photos with.
Location
STHS TADA Building
United States
See map: Google Maps
Local baker creates gingerbread houses for 16th year of school fundraiser
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/08/2016 - 11:31am
What takes 1236 cups of molasses, 2158 cups sugar, 3800 fresh eggs, 729 cups whole milk, 2736 tablespoons ground ginger, 790 tablespoons baking soda, 729 cups all purpose shortening, 30 cups of lemon juice, a really big bowl, lots of oven space, a whole lotta love and a jolly guy in the kitchen complete with his apron and baker's hat?
1,900 gingerbread houses, of course!
Don the Baker helps students create 125 gingerbread houses
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/12/2015 - 11:09pm
Over the past 15 years, Cakes by the Lake owner and baker Don Ewing, has donated the parts to help students at Lake Tahoe Environmental Science Magnet School make about 1,800 gingerbread houses. That means, he's used one ton of sugar, 1,440 cups of molasses and 11,100 egg whites to help the school's fifth graders raise money for their annual fifth grade field trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science and the Marine Science Institute.
Kudos & Kindness: Thanks to Don for continued support of fundraiser
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/27/2012 - 6:00amA huge "thank you" to Don Ewing of Cakes by the Lake for making pieces for 150 gingerbread houses and all the frosting for our fifth-grade fundraiser! This is the 12th year of Don's support of this...
Made in Tahoe: Don the Baker dishes up shtick with his sweets
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 9:09am
In this life, Don Ewing is a baker. In a previous life, he probably had his own TV show based on his life as a comedian who does shtick based on flour, yeast and water.
While South Shore is lucky to have Howie Nave as the emcee of all things standup comedy, Ewing, known around town as "Don the Baker," knows he can't compete on the same stage.
"I'm not really not funny," he says. "I'm not rich, either. I'm a baker's man who kneads dough."
