Before my year in Japan I would visit Quiznos about once a week for lunch. It was my favorite place for lunch in fact. Just across the street from SOU, the Quiznos sub sandwiches were far superior to Subway (which is actually on campus).

After a week back in town I decided to go out for my first meal back home. I totally missed the “Space For Lease” sign and went straight to the door. There I found the sad news that Quiznos had gone out of business. Nooooooo……

I guess they didn’t think I was coming back to support them. 🙁 There was always a line at lunch so I’m not sure what happened to cause the crash while I was gone. Maybe the place was empty at night and on weekends?

I bet there will be some students next month who are unhappy to find Quiznos went under while they were away on summer break.

Posted on August 10th, 2010 under places. Tags: buildings, signs. Comments Off on Quiznos no mo

A flashback to last summer’s 4th of July Parade in Ashland.

Posted on April 28th, 2010 under people, places. Tags: buildings, July 4. Comments Off on Starbucks on parade day

Posted on March 1st, 2010 under places. Tags: buildings, grizzly peak, snow. Comments Off on Snowy, blue-sky day over the Ashland YMCA

From Dennis Dunleavy’s collection…

Posted on December 20th, 2009 under only in ashland, places. Tags: buildings, snow, Southern Oregon University, winter. Comments: 2

Posted on December 6th, 2009 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, buildings, winter. Comments: 1

The day after the aforementioned reunion there was a second gathering for families held at Taylor’s Refresher in St. Helena. Apparently Taylor’s Refresher has been featured on some Food Channel or Food Network shows (maybe “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and some others?). The place was crazy packed for a town of 6,000 people. There was a line of more than 50 people the entire time we were there. And we were there for more than 3 hours enjoying the picnic on the back lawn.

The food was good, but the prices are high. You’ll be lucky to spend much less than $20 a person ($10 burgers, $6 shakes, $4 fries, etc.). Despite the prices, and long lines, people were coming from far away just to eat at Taylor’s Refresher. The people in line behind us came all the way from Sacramento (an hour and a half at least) just for lunch.

An embarrassing moment happened after we got our food and made our way to the reunion picnic area. My wife sat down next to a man she didn’t know (a spouse of an old classmate) who asked about the food. She said it was OK but the line was ridiculous. It turns out the man was the owner of the place. Oops.

Posted on October 5th, 2009 under people, places. Tags: buildings, california, food, people. Comments: 1

Continuing the series I began a couple weeks ago, here are some downtown businesses long before they opened for the day.

Another photo of The Black Sheep can be found here.

If you have a large screen, click on the image for a bigger view so you can see your options with Noah’s River Adventures. Do you want to go down the Rogue River, Klamath River, or Salmon River today?

Posted on September 2nd, 2009 under only in ashland, places. Tags: buildings, night photography, plaza, signs. Comments: 1

A different angle than I have previously shown you on the Ashland Springs Hotel.

Posted on July 26th, 2009 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: ashland springs hotel, buildings, July 4. Comments: 4

The library steps are a popular place to watch the parade. I heard there were more than 25,000 in attendance this year. Not bad for a town with a population of under 22,000–especially when you consider that most of the 5,000 students who attend SOU are gone for the summer.

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: buildings, July 4, library. Comments: 2