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Showing posts with label alleys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alleys. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

A Happy Palm Tree

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Isn't that a gorgeous palm tree? It's huge, too. Quite huge. The Husband and I came across it as we were walking through Briggs A...
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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Looking Down Swope Alley

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Swope Alley is a unique street in Downtown Hollister. Between West and San Benito Streets, the alley runs east to west (or west to east d...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

The Mural Behind the Sports Posters

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The next time you sit on the patio at the Third Base Burger Bar  on San Benito Street, check out the mural on the wall behind the sports ...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Walking Through Wentz Alley

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As some of you dear readers know, I like to walk with the Husband through the alleys of Hollister. In some alleys, we get a sense of a tim...
Friday, November 7, 2014

Another Time and Place

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The Husband and I both agree that stepping into some alleys in Hollister is like going to another time and place. This is Briggs Alley, b...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Sacred Heart Church Steeple

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This view of the Sacred Heart Church steeple is from Briggs Alley (near Line Street). I wonder if the church still rings the bells. Anyon...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

A Measure of Distance

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On our way to the Burger Factory, the Husband's and my favorite mom-and-pop hamburger joint in Hollister, we drive by Furlong Alley. ...
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Monday, August 4, 2014

Post 999: Alleys of Hollister

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I have yet to find an alley in Hollister that dead ends at a brick wall on all sides. You know, like in the movies. Nor, for that matter,...
Monday, June 9, 2014

The Colorful Brown Alley

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Batman's Gotham City has dark dead-end alleys. Not our town, thank goodness. For instance, on Brown Alley, towards the Monterey Stree...
Friday, May 9, 2014

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

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  There's something kind of beautifully poignant about back alleys. This is Wentz Alley, looking from East Street.
Friday, March 28, 2014

Ann Street

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Does anyone know why Ann Street interrupts the flow of Briggs Alley? Ann Street runs parallel to Fourth Street. It starts at West Stree...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

The Short Long Alley

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How short is Long Alley? It's half a block long! It starts (or ends) at College Street and ends (or starts) at McClure Alley. S...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Grubb Alley

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Show of hands: Who knows where Grubb Alley is in downtown Hollister? Hmmmm. That's where this fellow (the Husband) is standing? U-h...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

100 Things I Like: The Alleys of Hollister

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The husband and I like walking or pedaling our bikes through the alleys of Hollister.  Wentz Alley is probably the most familiar of all ...
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Saturday, October 1, 2011

100 Things I Like: Looking Up!

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Looking up in Wentz Alley! Being short has its advantage. For instance, as I'm craning my head to look up at someone as he or she s...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

A Three-Door Door

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Beauty and innovation is in the eye of the beholder. Isn't that how some saying goes? Well, this edifice might cause some to shudder....
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

From Wentz We Came

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The husband and I like walking or pedaling our bicycles through the alleys of Hollister. Don't know why. This is looking west on Went...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Man in the Tree

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May 16 to May 22 Theme: The Little Details in Downtown Hollister Next time you park in the lot on Sixth and East Street, take a look ...
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Monday, May 16, 2011

The Alleys of Hollister: Swope Alley

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I feel like doing another theme. So, for the next seven days: The Little Details in Downtown Hollister . Does it look like a little bu...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

The Back Alleys of Hollister: Wentz Alley

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This is the backside of the building that was once upon a time the Lido Hotel. Hollister used to have quite a lot of hotels downtown. Today...