Category Archives: Fun

1/2 price day at Turtle Bay

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Skip@RR

Last weekend was 1/2 price entry for Redding residents. I took a few shots of the Arboretum. There were a lot of folks out enjoying the sunny day. Still early Spring, so not much in bloom there. Coming soon though, … Continue reading →

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Avatar is all that

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Skip@RR

Hey, it’s Superbowl Sunday. Not much home selling biz going on. So I went to finally see Avatar 3D with my movie-going companion of 34 years, the lovely Karry. Wow. It was all that and more. Don’t miss it. Via … Continue reading →

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Beermaking in Redding

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Skip@RR

A News Cafe ran the 3rd and final installment of my Homebrew series of articles. In case you missed it over there, you can link to it at the image below. And no, it has not been tested yet. We … Continue reading →

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What Matters Now, a free e-book here

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Skip@RR

Seth Godin publishes an always interesting blog. He’s just published a book of thoughts about What Matters Now. Each page is about 200 words consisting of a contribution by many other interesting authors. It’s available here. Just click on the … Continue reading →

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Beermaking 101

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Skip@RR

I went to Redding new Brewstore across the street from the library, and bought supplies to make an India Pale Ale. A News Cafe has agreed to run my beermaking story on their website HERE. You can follow along in … Continue reading →

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Fiddling with Windows 7 today

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Skip@RR

Been messing with Micro$oft’s latest OS here the last few hours, trying to get my workstation back to useful. I like Windows 7 so far, but it’s the usual M$ nerd fest. This is appropriate: I haven’t had an Apple … Continue reading →

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There was a lot to do in Redding this weekend, but…

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Skip@RR

Airshow. Homeshow. Craftshow. We stuck around the cave this weekend, for the most part. Much like this critter. Sometimes it just fits. Really Redding.

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Airshow 2009 features Blue Angels

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Skip@RR

This year Redding’s airshow features the Navy Blue Angels. They always put on a spectacular show. Today they were practicing, and even though I live many miles away from the airport, I took a couple shots from out back. The … Continue reading →

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Summer Schappell plays the Asphalt Cowboys BBQ

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Skip@RR

Summer Schappell is the granddaughter of my colleague Bill Schappel at the real estate brokerage I worked with in 2009. She’s an up and coming singer who has performed here and recorded in Nashville. She and her band gave a … Continue reading →

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Redding man wants to barter car for wife

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Skip@RR

Folks you just can’t make this up. This is in Craigslist today under barter items. Not sure if he wants to trade a nice car or truck for a wife, or the other way around: Hmm, well if he’s trading … Continue reading →

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