September is the beginning of our Newcomer year. We will be rolling out more activities as the year progresses. In the meantime, enjoy our perfect California weather!

Thank you to Carol Petty for a well-attended TGIF in August. The weather, Carol’s beautiful yard, and the food were perfect! (Pictures are below.) We are looking forward to another wonderful TGIF in September; stay tuned for emails with details. As usual, bring some food to share, and your own beverage and glass. Thanks to Vickie for making these arrangements!

We are having a luncheon August 28 at Café Vitale. The luncheon committee made many calls and visits to alternative dining sites, but couldn’t find a place that would give us a flat per person fee that included taxes and tip. So back to Café Vitale we will go.

The book club will meet as usual on the first Thursday of the month, which is September 5. The voting has started for books for the 2024 to 2025 year.

We’ll have our usual activities in September, such as Investment Group, Legacies, Mah-Jongg, Bridge, and Book Club. Styling, Stitch and Chat, and Total Wellness are currently in hiatus.

Please send your ideas for books to possibly read next year to leslie@cina.com, even if you are not in the book club. We want to collect book ideas by August 31 and vote in early September.

BOARD MEETING on September 5 at 9:00 am in the lobby of the Los Altos Community Center.

Lots of (free) activities will be held in downtown Los Altos in September 
Here are a few:

• The Los Altos Recreation Department is sponsoring a tour of the local Hiller Aviation Museum on Wednesday, October 2. This is not for Newcomers only, but would be a fun and easy way to visit this cool San Carlos Museum.
  This event is from 11:30am to 2:30 and includes a docent-led tour of the museum, roundtrip transportation in a motorcoach from the Los Altos Community Center (LACC), and an optional lunch at the nearby Noelani’s Island Grill (lunch cost is not included). The fee is $60 per person, with a discount for Premiere Passport members. Sign up by calling the Community Center; more information can be found in the Los Atos Parks and Recreation activity Guide for the Fall of 2024, page 26.
• Other activities sponsored by the LACC include free luncheon program once a month for those over 50 at two different locations: Grant Park Community Center on the second Wednesday of the month, and at the LACC on the fourth Thursday of the month.
• Other activities in Los Altos include the Los Altos Farmers Market, every Thursday from 4-8pm, downtown.

Cheers, Birgitta and Leslie