The sweet smell of cotton candy. The buttery richness of popcorn. The taste of corndogs, perhaps the ultimate treat. Mix in a lot of agriculture and a county fair must be brewing. In Calaveras… Read more
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The frogs are ready and the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee packs four days of fun into our weekend. Read more
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The third weekend in May – almost the whole month – is Calaveras County Fair time in Calaveras County. Newcomers to the county are usually sur… Read more
For me, there are few sights more beautiful than a massive pig impaled on a steel rod, gently turning over molten coals and crackling flames. … Read more
It’s not all frogs and livestock at the Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee. Read more
Last month, while clearing out a basement cabinet, I stumbled across an empty bottle of 1978 Stevenot Winery Zinfandel. The old bottle and ori… Read more
With her family roots in California cuisine, years of experience at high-stakes dining houses and an unapologetic affection for the hills she … Read more
Even with spring still a month away, the recent warm weather has foothill wineries already pruning and worrying about water needs and early bu… Read more
For those of you who might have had children go through the Vallecito Union School District system at Albert Michelson or Hazel Fischer elemen… Read more
Well, it was time for another adventure with my friends Al and Ann Leong, and I don’t say adventure lightly. I was invited to the Bouquets to … Read more
If you are ever traveling through San Andreas in Calaveras County during the lunch hour, you will notice a line of cars along the side of the … Read more
Inveterate storyteller, singer and songwriter Juni Fisher brings her songs and stories to the Bret Harte Theater in Angels Camp for a performa… Read more
Photographer Laurie Lehmann is the featured Artist in the Window at the Aloft Art Gallery in Sonora for March. She has titled the exhibit “Jou… Read more
It should not work. There is no form of reality, no matter how conjured or carefully catalogued, in which it feels plausible, yet “Mamma Mia!”… Read more
Blue mind. Read more
The pristine waters of Pardee Reservoir, only 10 miles from Jackson (via Stoney Creek Road) in Amador County or seven miles from Valley Spring… Read more
The Sierra Nevada Logging Museum is now open Thursdays through Sundays for the summer. Read more
I recently took a tour of Dave Wilson Nursery in Hickman, east of Modesto, one of the larger wholesale growers of fruit and nut trees in the s… Read more
