For those who’ve been longing for a rockin’ night at MarketFest, tonight’s the night. Pine and Battery, a crunchy little rock band from San Francisco with a made-for-indie-radio sound, provides the music for the weekly farmers’ market/party in Library Park. Music usually… Continue Reading
Now here comes a new study from Finland that finds that women generally are getting prettier with each passing generation. Men stay about the same as when we crouched naked around firepits, chewing on rocks. In a study of American research… Continue Reading
Big flea market and pancake breakfast planned for Saturday by the Sunrise Rotary. Proceeds will benefit the police department’s K-9 unit. The flea market will be at the Turtle Bay Arboretum. Enter off North Market Street; parking at Turtle Bay… Continue Reading
Kick Off the August 2nd Saturday ArtHop Saturday, Aug. 8 – 5 p.m. – The Studio Experience – 3404 Bechelli Lane “Plein Aire Paint-Off” and a Free Community Concert by the Shasta Blues Revue In the late… Continue Reading
Sales of newly constructed single-family homes rose 11 percent over May, but median price fell 3 percent. (CNNMoney.com) — Sales of newly constructed single-family houses spiked 11 percent in June to an annualized rate of 384,000 homes. The gain over… Continue Reading
Spotted in the Sunday wedding announcements: A lovely young couple who are now married. His name is Kyle. Her name is Kylie. To make things more confusing, she’ll be using his last name. We send A News Cafe’s warmest best… Continue Reading
At a restaurant, my mother-in-law found a plastic shard in her scrambled eggs. She’s not squeamish — she’s of hardy ranch stock — so the talk about this two-inch-long intruder was very calm and centered more on origin than the “ewww” factor. We all speculated… Continue Reading
Fresh-cut flowers from the garden are arguably one of the garden’s greatest joys. They are lovely, luxurious and all-in-all economical. I am a cut-whatever’s-blooming-put-it-in-a-vase kind of person, and when they are available, I like to put little vases anywhere I… Continue Reading
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