Sponsored by the City of Long Beach and Pacific Northwest Living Historians, this double gate-fold brochure offers seven escorted tours on the Long Beach Peninsula.  Each can be booked through the City of Long Beach, by tour groups, family groups–any group at all!

Download a copy of the brochure, or call Ragan at the City of Long Beach to obtain one of your own 360-642-4421.

It’s Free Fishing Weekend in Washington and Oregon on Saturday and Sunday, so no license is required for the two days.

Other rules such as size limits, bag limits and season closures still apply, and anglers in Washington also have to complete a catch-record card for any salmon, steelhead, sturgeon or halibut caught.  More info in the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife press release.

They also have a great new page on fishing for your supper:  Do you like to eat fresh food from local sources?  Want to know where your family’s food comes from? Trying to keep your food costs down?  Go fresh, go local — go fishing!

We’ve been told about a few job openings recently.  They’re all posted right now on one of our testing websites, www.worldslongestbeach.com.

If you know someone talented who is looking for their dream job at the beach, this might be their chance:  Insurance Office Assistant, Administrative and Fundraising Contract Position and Tourist-Oriented Office Position.

Thanks to the Long Beach Peninsula’s Una Boyle and public relations pro Carol Zahorsky, Long Beach’s SandSations sand sculpture event got some nice placement this week.  Read for yourself!  http://www.travelagewest.com/article_ektid33308.aspx

For more reasons than we can count, many of us mourn the loss of Anna Lena’s Quilts & Gifts, a 10-year staple in downtown Long Beach.  All is not lost!  Owner Karen Snyder is still quite active in the quilting world.  More to the point of this post, Scrapaccino is now the exclusive purveyor of Anna Lena’s Fresh Made Fudge!

Scrapaccino has expanded from a small scrapbooking and espresso shop to including tanning services and now, Anna Lena’s fudge, this writer’s idea of a spa day all in one stop!

Owner Cindy wanted collateral that served as a coupon and rack card/brochure, and she gave Keleigh a lot of freedom to design the piece (thanks, Cindy!).  The standard 4″ x 9″ rack card is perforated to tear off a business card sized piece that doubles as a coupon for fudge.  This leaves a postcard-sized take-along card with map locator as well as a photo of the shop showing their key location next to “The World’s Largest Razor Clam” and “The World’s Largest Frying Pan”.

Cindy’s choice of color palette is smart; the pink reminds patrons of their famous cranberry fudge and the blue works with it to evoke thoughts of sunny summer days at the beach.  Keleigh had a lot of fun giving the piece a bit of magic, which is really the common ingredient of tanning, espresso, scrapbooking and fudge, don’t you think?