Credit today’s Food for Thought forums for bringing us this Chico News & Review story about Area 51  by Christy Lochrie. Dig a little deeper and you’ll notice she also wrote another piece for the same Chico paper about the protesters at Joshua Munns’… Continue Reading
“Gardening requires lots of water — most of it in the form of perspiration.” Lou Erickson
“Ice cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” – Voltaire
Original Article Strawberry Sorbet 2 cups *strawberries 1 1/4 cups simple syrup (see recipe) 1 tablespoon orange juice 1 teaspoon orange zest In a blender puree the strawberries and about 1/2 of the simple syrup. Add the rest of the… Continue Reading
Soon we won’t have the roof on The Mall in downtown Redding to complain about any more. We won’t have its mold to ridicule, nor its rainy leaks, captured in City of Redding trash cans, to criticize.
Before long, no roof will exist to blame for making The Mall seem so dark and creepy.
Sunday we gave a heads up regarding Monday’s decision before the Redding Redevelopment Agency. At issue was whether the agency would approve Redding city staff recommendations .
On Monday Kendra Schubert held her 15-month-old daughter, Emma, on one hip as Schubert stood inside the vacant space of her new business, Posh-Mama Boutique, in Sherven Square at 1354 Market St. in downtown Redding.
The shop’s ceilings were a robin’s-egg blue. The back walls were a lovely chocolate brown. The dark plank floors awaited racks and merchandise.
And her store will open tomorrow. No matter what.
“If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ” –Fred Kent, Founder and president of the Project for Public Spaces
“This land is your land . . . ” – Woody Guthrie
This Fourth of July might be especially significant for The Mall in downtown Redding if it gains independence from its skanky, leaky, moldy roof.
More specifically, the demolition of The Mall’s roof could begin lift-off as early as late June or early July, said Larry Morgon, the city’s go-to guy regarding downtown-related projects. Yanking the decayed roof from The Mall seems a slam-dunk decision, since it would cost more than $1 million to repair it. (But with recent Redding politics, even slam dunks are up for grabs when clowns foul the ball.) Continue Reading
Photo by Mary Carr of Redding. These are bleeding hearts from her back yard. Have a great weekend.
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