Life and all in Redding California
Attention competing teams. No watching! Here’s another practice video of Team Aaron and Monica getting ready for the big benefit show coming on June 22 at 7 pm. Dancing With the Stars Shasta County Style. Please come to the show to see if Aaron can get it together in time. America loves underdogs!
Imagine looking out on this, full house. No pressure Aaron!
A few images from one of our longtime favorite Mexican food places in Redding, LaCabana.
Located on Market Street across from Sherven Square near Tehama Street. Next to Crown Camera. We recall this from long ago as very politically incorrect Sambo’s Restaurant. Put to better use now as family-run La Cabana. The lovely Karry likes the Chimichangas, and I like just about everything else on the menu. Give it a try if you haven’t already. Muy sabroso. That’s Really Redding.
Just over 50 miles north of Redding lies the fascinating town of Dunsmuir. A richly visual place, with its mix of rail town industriality and Cascade Valley natural grandeur. Here are a few recent images I took of the town’s Botanical Garden. A magical place. Click on the images to enlarge.
From their Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce website:
“Dogwood Daze is almost here again!! Come to Dunsmuir (May 25th) and enjoy a city wide yard sale, garden tours, a soap box derby for the kids, food and lots of fun!! In addition we will have a doggies parade, flower show, art studios open and lot’s of music. And you can’t miss our ever popular Pie Social…best in the west!!! See you there.”
We always liked Nick’s Grill in Bella Vista for their Hot Pastrami.
Now, it’s called Mac Daddy’s.
Where else can you get free wi-fi in Bella Vista?
That said, they have no public restroom. So you won’t be surfing long.
Love this version of the Bowie classic as performed by Canadian Commander Chris Hadfield as he prepares to make the return journey from the International Space Station back to Earth. Commander Chris has recorded a few songs from their low orbit, but this adaptation seems especially fitting. Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do.
Twitter: twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AstronautChrisHadfield?fref=ts
Google+: plus.google.com/113978637743265603454/posts/p/pub
That seems to be the gist of what I’m reading in a letter from Publisher Shanna Cannon. Unless I understand the term “paywall” wrong. The memo doesn’t use the term. But if I read this correctly, after May 14 only subscribers will get access to full content at redding.com. And perhaps more significant, at least to me, only subscribers will have the privilege of commenting online. With any luck, this will moderate the often irrational content somewhat. One can hope.
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I generally regard this as good news. We’ll see. It makes sense that a newspaper needs a consistent source of income to continue to provide the in-depth reporting our community deserves. So I wish them well with this new model.
