Japanese wedding or Halloween parade? PacMan doesn’t seem to like to eat Wario and pirates as much as dots and ghosts.

Posted on October 15th, 2009 under only in ashland, people. Tags: halloween, people. Comments: 2

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

October is now upon us so let’s look back to last year’s Halloween parade. Here we find everyone gathering in front of the library to begin the parade. The guy in the Flash Gordon costume was really funny. He ran up and down the street looking just like the real thing.

Posted on October 1st, 2009 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: autumn, halloween, people. Comments Off on Ashland Halloween Parade at the library

This video features a local, Ashland artist. I like her work so much that I have some of it hanging in my home and another piece at my office.

Posted on August 15th, 2009 under only in ashland, people. Tags: people, video. Comments: 1

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There were a couple of roller derby entrants (Southern Oregon RollerGirls and Southern Oregon Roller Derby) in the parade this year. I overheard one of the younger participants (who apparently wasn’t from Ashland and was experiencing the festivities for the first time) say to another, “Boy, Ashland really loves and goes all out for the Fourth of July.”

Posted on July 29th, 2009 under people. Tags: July 4, people. Comments Off on Female Roller Derby

My wife didn’t think the superheroes in the ScienceWorks entry had enough muscles. Anyone who walks in those heels in a parade is superhero enough for me.

Posted on July 25th, 2009 under people. Tags: July 4, people, scienceworks. Comments: 1