Author: Skip@RR

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Kobe opens! A few quick images.

Coolest/hottest new restaurant in Redding. We welcome Kobe and wish them great success! The only thing more delicious than these images is actually eating there.
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Kobe6In addition to the flaming Teppanyaki cuisine sampled here, you can order up artistic sushi with a good selection of Sake. Menu and more at the website for Kobe Seafood and Steakhouse. Lunch: 12:00 pm – 2:30pm 7 Days a week. Dinner : 5:00pm ~ 9:30 pm Sun-Thu, 5:00pm ~ 10:00pm Fri-Sat. Located at 1300 Market Street at the corner of Shasta Street. (530)244-1440.

It’s Really Redding.

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Cottonwood kids find a cave on Mars

Check it out! A group of kids from Evergreen School found a skylight to a Martian lava tube. A familiar geological feature to Northern California cavers, here in volcano country. Real science, but then we have high expectations of our kids around here. Click the image for more. Congratulations Evergreen!CaveonMars

http://www.physorg.com/news196003436.html

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Gorgeous days on Lake Shasta

Here’s a few images of the lake I took the other day. Stunning beauty everywhere. Yeah, that’s why we live here.
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Lake Shasta between Redding CA and Lakehead
Not Really Redding, but just up the road a bit.

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Strawberry Fields forever

I took this image at the Certified Organic Farmer’s Market last Saturday. Looks like the number of vendors and farmers has seen a certifiably healthy increase.
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However you can also buy from local farms direct, all week long. This Strawberry Farm is on Hwy 299E, just across from Intermountain Road in Bella Vista.
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Strawberries figure large in the Redding area, and have been important since pioneer days, and no doubt long before that too.
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Redding ca area farm
A couple other favorite strawberry fields are on Bonneyview west of I-5, and another at the corner of Shasta View and Old Alturas Road. Oh, and shouldn’t forget the field west of Deschutes, near Foothill High School, and off Knighton Road at Churn Creek. Yum.
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Our wet Spring conditions this year were less than ideal for the berries, but they remain a staple at our house. They’re Really Redding.

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Free admission to Redding Dragstrip this weekend!!

Points_June_12This weekend is Spectator Appreciation Weekend at the Redding Dragstrip. You can get in FREE for the action on both Saturday an Sunday, June 12 & 13, for seating in the Eastside Bleachers. Qualifying starts at 10 am. Pit Pass and Westside Bleachers admission is only $10. Come check out the new delicious and frugal gourmet menu at the snackbar too. Looking for inexpensive fun and thrills? Watch the fierce competition as the next 2 points races for the Summit Super Series E.T. Bracket Racing unfolds. Come join the Redding Dragstrip as we give back to our community. The longest continuously operating NHRA sanctioned dragstrip in the known universe!
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Shasta Lake School

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“Act as though it were impossible to fail. A positive attitude helps bridge the gap between ability and aspiration.” Shasta Lake School principal Helen Herd quotes Emerson at the Shasta Lake School website.
Longtime residents may remember this school as Deer Creek. Now a modern K-8, having benefited much from school bond funds, this lovely building displays our community’s commitment to our young. The Gateway District has a terrific program.

School’s out for a couple months, giving staff a needed break. Are there more under-appreciated workers than those teachers who keep the lid on hormonal middle school kids during a Shasta County Spring? Not a job for the weak of spirit. Have a great Summer, all. Classes start again soon enough (August!).
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Alice and Kev are homeless

I stumbled upon this unique narrative, and want to share. This blog follows the lives of a homeless young girl Alice, and her father Kev. They are Sims.

Alice and Kev

For those unfamiliar, Sims 3 is a complex and very popular computer simulation game that allows players to build communities of simulated people living simulated lives. Although the initial setup and play is controlled by the gamer, the characters have a degree of autonomy, and something akin to free will. In this narrative Alice and Kev are a homeless father and daughter, and the blog follows their daily lives.

Reading draws you into their world. Without giving it away, the unexpected humanity is revealed within the irrationality of it all. Like any fiction, something about our human condition becomes poignant, even though none of what you read really happened. Thought provoking and fresh. Well worth your time.

Not Really Redding, to be sure. Sim Redding, absolutely.

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Cleveland and Kimberly get married -a Redding Wedding

Happily, I was invited to this wedding by Erin’s friend Kimberly, of Kimberly Nicole Boutique. You may recognize the couple. She and Cleveland are also on the cover of the new June issue of Enjoy Magazine. It was one of the most gorgeous wedding ceremonies I’ve ever had the pleasure of attending. Kimberly was wearing a stunning Winnie Couture dress. Click here to learn more about winnie couture, if you wanna know why I was so in awe of the dress. The ceremony and reception was held in the Atrium at the south end of the Promenade, behind Leatherby’s. It’s an unexpectedly nice place for a wedding. I shot some video and some stills, and combined the two to the live music from the wedding. The first half is Cleveland’s wedding song, and the second half is Kim’s dad and uncles, the Woods Brothers, singing classic a capella. It’s a real treat, and a rare slice of Redding.

Cleveland and Kimberly Get Married from Skip Murphy on Vimeo.