This year was the 100th Anniversary of the Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show. For 100 years people have been visiting the Boonville fairgrounds and feasting their senses. Some people love France and they are…
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Last Saturday and Sunday from 10-5 Willits was the place to be if you fancy steam power. An organization called the “Roots of Motive Power” celebrates each September by hauling out their lovingly restored antique…
We’ve made it to September in pretty good shape despite way too many days over 100-degrees. (Thank you climate change.) The one scary fire near the Grange in Philo was quickly extinguished by the excellent,…
The Anderson Valley History Museum has issues of the Anderson Valley Advertiser going back to the 1950s and forward into the early 1980s. When I want to get a picture of how things have changed,…
The Little Tokyo area in Los Angeles just celebrated their 140th anniversary. It has been 140 years since the first Japanese business opened in downtown Los Angeles. To mark the occasion a street festival including…
At the ripe age of 90 or so Gregory Sims of Philo seems to be unfailingly cheerful. In sightings over the past 20 years in Anderson Valley usually has a slight smile playing over his…
Last weekend two great fairs presented themselves simultaneously. For true fair lovers this was indeed an embarrassment of riches. The trouble was that one full day of total fair immersion just about does you in…