Showing posts with label 100 things I like about Hollister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 things I like about Hollister. Show all posts

Saturday, November 12, 2011

2011 Veterans Day Parade


Thank you, Veterans of the U.S. military, one and all, for your service to protect us and our democracy!

Yesterday was a cold and windy day. But, that didn't stop this year's Veterans Day Parade. For more parade photos, click over to the photo album at Take 25's Facebook page.


Friday, November 11, 2011

100 Things I Like: That Dancing Pig


The dancing pig stands on the corner of Tres Pinos Road and Highway 25 on some Friday afternoons. She/he bounces and shimmies and shakes her/his sign  at passing traffic to let folks know that they can pick up some yummy tasting Mansmith's BBQ for dinner.

The Mansmith's BBQ truck is in Hollister only on Friday afternoons. The truck is not where the dancing pig is, but  about a half-mile or so south on Highway 25 from where the dancing pig stands. The truck is in a gravel parking lot on the right side. Don't worry, you can't help but notice it.

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Whimsical


Do you think this is how E.T. would've transferred money to his home planet?

Hollister is full of  whimsy. There are the robot, Sideshow Bob,  a bunch of Sideshow Bobs, and that man in the tree, for instance. 

As for the money transferring satellite, you can see it in the shopping section with Goodwill on Tres Pinos Road.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Veterans Day Parade

Veterans Day Parade, 2010
The 9th annual Veterans Day Parade will take place in downtown Hollister this Friday, November 11, at 1:30 p.m. To learn more about the parade, including its history. head over to this page at the Veterans Coalition of San Benito County Web site.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Alleys of Hollister


The husband and I like walking or pedaling our bikes through the alleys of Hollister.  Wentz Alley is probably the most familiar of all the alleys in downtown Hollister. What? Can't place it. That's the alley where the biker mural is painted on the side of Johnny's Bar.

Main, Elmore, Furlong, Hodges, Canal, Convent, Long, Swope, Grubb, and Smith Alleys are a few of the other alleys in town. Try to find them, why don't you?

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Monday, November 7, 2011

100 Things I Like: Recology San Benito County


Recology San Benito County offers a comprehensive garbage and recycling system, which I have taken for granted. Hazardous waste, yard waste, recyclable items, electronic waste, you name it, Recology can probably pick it up or tell you where to drop it off. Here's its Web site link to access a lot of info about recycling and garbage collection.

By the way, check out the sides of the Recology garbage trucks for student art work that won in its annual poster contest.

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

100 Things I Like: Super Taqueria


The first time the husband and I walked into Super Taqueria, we walked right back out. The garbage can was overflowing and flies were buzzing around it. Gracias, pero no. That was eight years ago.

Earlier this year, we needed nutrition quickly and craving burritos. since Super Taqueria was nearby, we decided to give it a try. All this time, we could've been eating  yummy burritos at a rather affordable price. As for the trash problem. None that I can see.

Super Taqueria is located at 460 Tres Pinos Road (north side).

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Robot


When I'm walking, I discover things I've missed when I'm driving, or even riding my bicycle. Who knows how long this robot has been residing down at the cannery? I wonder how many times I  have quickly glanced down that driveway on San Benito Street and just saw nothing but tanks.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Pinnacle Farm Stand



Fresh, organic, and yummy-licious locally grown vegetables and fruit. That's why the husband and I like to head over to the Pinnacle Farm Stand in San Juan Valley almost every Saturday. The farm stand is open from  8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

100 Things I LIke: Seeing New Heights


I have always wondered what it looks like inside the old Elk Lodge on Fifth and San Benito Streets. It only took me several decades to finally find out. Well, at the least the stairways.

Yesterday morning, the husband and I stepped inside and climbed the stairs to the top floor. This is part of the front stairway. Beautiful, huh? It reminds me of  the stairways of the old buildings on Market Street in San Francisco. The back stairway is all carpeted and modern looking. Of course, I prefer huffing and puffing up the magnificent front stairway.

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

100 Things I Like: Tres Pinos


Tres Pinos is an unincorporated town in San Benito County, which is about 5 miles south of Hollister.  Population of Tres Pinos is 476, according to Wikipedia.   Once upon a time, Tres Pinos was a large shipping center for hay. The Southern Pacific even ran a railroad line to the town. Click here for more history about Tres Pinos. Today, Highway 25 runs through the town.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

100 Things I LIke: The Trap Door


There's nothing like wandering into a building I've been in more than once and seeing something I hadn't noticed before, especially when it was staring right at me each and every time. This time it was the trap door in the Galeria Tonantzin in San Juan Bautista.  Duh! And, of course, I went gaga over it.

Fortunately, the woman hanging out at the front counter was happy to tell the husband and me something about what was behind the trap door. It opens to a once-upon-a-time tunnel system beneath the mission city. She was told that the other end of the tunnel came out in the building where the priests live at Mission San Juan Bautista. It just made me want to know more. How about you?

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Monday, October 31, 2011

100 Things I Like: Frazier Lake Road


The husband and I often take Frazier Lake Road back from Gilroy so we can enjoy the countryside even more unhurriedly. As you can see, it's a great road to catch the sunset, and, I bet, a sunrise.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

100 Things I Like: Cienega Road


One of the great things about living in Hollister is that it doesn't take long to drive to the middle of nothing but hills, trees, total nature. Funny thing about Cienega Road is that time seems to go slower driving from south to north, then north to south.

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

100 Things I Like: Mission San Juan Bautista


Mission San Juan Bautista is over 200 years old.  Amazing, huh. For more about the mission, start here.

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Friday, October 28, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Wapple House Museum

This is part of the WWII display that was shown back in December 2009.
Thank you San Benito County Historical Society for allowing me
to take photos that December afternoon.

The Wapple House Museum, also known as the San Benito County Historical Museum, is located at the corner of Fifth and West Streets. It's open every weekend. The hours are 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Community Band Concerts

2010 Pacific Brass Band Concert

It'll soon be that time of the year again when we'll have a chance to listen to the Pacific Brass Band  and the Watsonville Community Band. Both bands are composed of  musicians from San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties.

The Pacific Brass Band will perform a concert on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. This is a fundraiser for the local YMCA.

The Watsonville Community Band will perform its Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 11, 2011,  at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Hollister Haybalers


Haybalers—Balers, for short—is the nickname for San Benito High School, aka Hollister High School. The most coolest high school nickname around. But, then, being a former Baler, I am quite biased. Want to know more about the unique nickname? Click here to read a Sports Illustrated article written in 1986 by Bruce Anderson, also a former Baler.
By the way, the Baler Homecoming Parade is this Friday afternoon, October 28. As always, it'll start at the high school and make its way to downtown Hollister. According to the high school Web site, it'll begin around 2 p.m.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

100 Things I Like: Agricultural Machinery


A bunch of birds running en masse down Cienega Road?

No, a tractor.

Just as cool to imagine or to see slowly making its way.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

100 Things I Like: The View from Cienega Road


This is looking northwesterly from the high point on Cienega Road. Until this moment, as I'm looking at the photo, I realize that way down yonder beyond the hill tops (mountain tops?) is more than just San Juan Valley.  Here's how the view looks during the Spring.


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