Late Shopping Night in San Juan Bautista

San Juan Bautista is always a great place to wander when you're into shopping for gifts. This Wednesday evening, November 16, 2011, many of the shops and restaurants in San Juan Bautista will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. to give Christmas shoppers a head start. According to a flyer I saw, many of the businesses will be offering discounts.

Shops that will be open on "Late Shopping Night" Wednesday are:

Aggie's Porch
Attic Angels
Bear Flag Gallery Mall
Bear's Hideaway
Bluebird Antiques and Collectibles
Class Connection
Dreaming Tree
Fools Gold Vintage Collectique
Guatemalan Boutique
It's Shabby and Chic
La Dolce Vita
Little Red Barn
Livin' the Green Dream
Mission Clocks
Mrs. B's Treasures at the Plaza
Nicky's Fair Trade
Nooks-N-Crannies
Paloma Paloma
San Juan Bautista Antiques
Seasons Handcrafts
Southwest Roundup
Sweet Envy 
Sweet Pea Antiques
Tops A Rock Shop
Vintage Corner

100 Things I Like: When Green Happens

Spring 2011, above Sunnyslope Road

It has begun. The gradual transformation of our hillsides into green.

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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.

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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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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