Life and all in Redding California
At Puerto Vallarta, they make your guacamole right at your table.
Yeah, that works.
Fried Jalapenos? Of course! Fire up your Dopamine receptors.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Camarones a la Mexico, and Carnitas Tacos!
Great Mexican food. Authentic welcoming vibe. Terrific west Redding cuisine awaits.
Puerto Vallarta
2315 Eureka Way
Redding, CA 96001
(530) 244-2941
It’s Really Redding.
Redding’s popular electronic musician Craig Padilla has a new CD released on the Spotted Peccary label:
You can listen to some exceprts of Heart of The Soul the music and purchase a copy directly from the artist at the link. Craig let me audition some earlier mixes, so it’s been especially interesting to hear the evolution to this final masterwork. Give it a listen!
The CD packaging is as beautiful as the music. Longtime readers will recognize Craig from prior ReallyRedding posts, and from his many local gigs around Redding. He and I collaborated on numerous music projects over the years. Some of our recordings are posted at the tab toward the top of the page, titled Music. If you enjoy symphonic electronic music and generally adventurous ambient/space/electronica, you may want to click over and try a sample. Support local music.
Exquisite beauty from our space station, set to inspiring music. Turn it up. Breathtaking!
View from the ISS at Night from Knate Myers on Vimeo.
The Earth. It’s Really Redding.
It’s difficult to believe, but a liquor store is going out of business in Redding.
Tenor’s belied it’s last-chance location with focused selection, and an incongruous ability to engage staff with a well informed conversation about single malt Scotch.
I’m told the owner’s interests shifted elsewhere, and so it goes.
Before it was Tenor’s, it was Roy’s. A blue collar standby. The property was slated for a game-changing upscale hotel. But big league dreams sometimes come and go in our town.
A toast to Tenor’s, then. Followed by a stiff shot. What dreams may come.
Meanwhile, 10% off for cash buyers on what remains in stock, for a few fleeting days.
Here’s a real YouTube gem. Frank Zappa’s final performance in 1992 in Frankfurt. Having spent the last couple months watching/videographing Erin Rader and Max Friedman’s practice for last Saturday’s Cascade Theatre benefit performance, this dance became even more impressive to me. Take a look, and turn it up.
In nearby Mt Shasta, they celebrate Independence Day like any small town. Everyone running or walking through town en masse, past musicians, clowns, and fairies. Pausing briefly to grab something to eat or drink, but always walking around, and seeing everyone else doing the same. Brilliant!
Happy Independence Day to all of us!