After wandering around town for a while we entered Bella’s Sports Pub. It was packed on a Wednesday afternoon at about 2. The service was horrible, the music was awful, and it was way too loud so we left after a single beer. Next we ventured into Madison Bear Garden. This has to be one of Chico’s, if not all of Northern California’s, finest establishments. Beers were only $2, the music was great and at the right volume level, games were on the many tubes, food was good, and everyone was having a fine time. I think we spent the next 4 hours or so here.

The above picture was the only time the place wasn’t wall to wall with people. Again, I found this incredible on a Wednesday afternoon. Don’t Chico’s students have class? It seems they drink more in Chico than in Canada.

Posted on May 31st, 2009 under places. Tags: buildings, california, signs. Comments: 1

Chico was known as the party school back when I was a high schooler in California in the 1980s. Apparently that hasn’t changed. Even though it was a Wednesday, the campus was practically deserted. The bars, however, were quite crowded on a Wednesday afternoon. I’ll show you one next time.

Posted on May 29th, 2009 under places. Tags: buildings, california. Comments: None

The main reason for the road trip mentioned in my last entry was to see Opeth at Chico’s Senator Theatre. I would have liked to have seen Dredg a few nights later too, but we were only there for one night.

Posted on May 28th, 2009 under places. Tags: buildings, california. Comments: None

Less than a couple of weeks ago I took a little road trip down to Chico, California. Our first stop along Highway 5 was the Mt. Shasta Vista Point turnoff. The above photograph is of the view from there. Over the next week or so I’ll show you more from this road trip. Stay tuned…

Posted on May 26th, 2009 under places. Tags: california, mountains, mt. shasta. Comments: 2