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Patch Picks: Labor Day Fun

Every Thursday, Mercer Island Patch runs a feature called Patch Picks, highlighting editor and reader picks of great local businesses, destinations, services, organizations, ways to spend a day off, and more.

It's the last week of summer, when everyone tries to get in one last bit of vacation before the school year begins. In case you need help planning that last hurrah, here are some Mercer Island businesses and events to keep you busy.

stands ready to help you find that sunny getaway to an exotic locale.

can book you on a cruise or a flight to grandmas house.

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specializes in planning tours to Asian destinations, such as Japan and China or Singapore.

If a 'staycation' was more what you had in mind, is playing Seattle Prep on Saturday, September 3 at in Seattle, from 8 to 10 p.m.

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If the arts are more your thing than sports, pretend you're visiting the Louvre in Paris by attending the Summer Sky exhibition at the , open Thursday through Sunday on Mercer Island in the Avellino Building.

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