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California is named after a fictitious island described in a series of 16th century Spanish romance novels. The island was described as being inhabited by beautiful black women who wore gold armor and fought alongside Muslims.
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Bohemian Grove is a restricted 2700 acre campground in California that is only available for the world’s elite. It is described as a private vacation getaway yet it is famous for hosting the Manhattan Project planning meeting in 1942, that led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
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Bohemian Grove is a restricted 2700 acre campground in California that is only available for the world’s elite. It is described as a private vacation getaway yet it is famous for hosting the Manhattan Project planning meeting in 1942, that led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
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Three Hawaiian princes brought the sport of surfing to the U.S. and a Santa Cruz museum tells that story.
The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is inside a lighthouse on Monterrey Peninsula’s northern tip. Although surfing is an old Polynesian sport, Santa Cruz is known as its entry point into the U.S.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia
It was in the middle of summer in 1885 when the princes David Kawananakoa, Edward Keliiahonui and Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana’ole of Hawaii, who were attending St. Matthew’s military school in San Mateo, California, decided to get some boards made and drop them in the ocean.
Everyone enjoying their day at the beach became mesmerized by the trio riding the waves on their massive redwood surfboards.
Photo Credit: Wikipedia
Eventually, the boys left Santa Cruz to return to Hawaii and join the fight for independence. But even after they left, local kids would continue to imitate the way the Hawaiians surfed. Since then, Santa Cruz has always been regarded as the place where California surf culture was born.
Today, in the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, visitors can see 130 years of surfing chronicled in photographs, surfboards and other mementos.
Photo Credit: Flickr
The lighthouse was a gift in memory of 18-year-old Mark Abbott who drowned in a body surfing accident in 1965. His parents used his life insurance policy to erect the lighthouse in his honor because he loved the ones that dotted the Oregon coast.
The museum was opened inside the lighthouse in 1986 by the city. Surfing is a beloved pastime for many living there and was one of Mark’s favorite activities. From the lighthouse, which sits directly on the ocean, surfing fans can watch perfect 10s and remember the Hawaiian royalty that brought the sport of surfing to the U.S.
What do you think? Want to visit? Let us know if you have in the comments and what you thought!
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AirPods aren’t cheap and everybody wants a pair of them. Also, if you do own a pair, you know by now that you can lose them at any moment. It’s kind of like owning a pair of earrings or a wedding ring that you regularly take off and put somewhere random.
Some funny fellow took advantage of the AirPods phenomenon and decided to pull a prank…on the entire city of San Francisco. A guy named Pablo Rochat printed up life-sized AirPod stickers and stuck them on the ground all over San Francisco.
I made life-size AirPod stickers and stuck them on the ground, all over the city
pic.twitter.com/hIrZD0wfom
— Pablo Rochat (@PabloRochat) November 17, 2019
They look very realistic, so you know that people who saw these on the ground either thought to themselves, “Shit, I just dropped an AirPod”, or “Awesome, someone else dropped their AirPod and now it’s MINE.”
Rochat said, “I often see people drop their AirPods, so I thought it would be funny to make it look like people are dropping their AirPods all over the city and see if people would try to pick them up.”
— Pablo Rochat (@PabloRochat) November 17, 2019
Rochat added, “That’s the best part. I love putting AirPod stickers on the ground and standing back to see people try to pick them up. Some people are amused by it, but a few have been angry that they were pranked. Joke’s on them!”
Here’s the best part: if you want to try this out in your hometown, Rochat tweeted out the free template for the AirPod stickers so we can all get in on the action. I’m know what I’m gonna do this weekend…I hope I don’t get beat up…again.
Footage of the AirPod sticker prank in action: pic.twitter.com/p9k1a8U29A
— Pablo Rochat (@PabloRochat) November 19, 2019
LOLzzzzzzzzz.
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In 1850, California law made it legal for towns to pay bounties for Indian scalps. Shasta City offered $5 for every Indian head brought to city hall, expenses reimbursed by the state treasury. There were 150,000 Indians in California before the 49ers, by 1870 less than 30,000.
Is this a sign of things to come in the taco game? If so, our fast food experience might get a lot more interesting in the near future. If you’ve never had the tacos from Jack in the Box, honestly you should give them a shot because they’re pretty decent. And I’m a self-identified taco fanatic.
But Jack in the Box is doing something a little bit different right now. The fast food chain is testing out tiny tacos in select markets to see how customers like them. They kind of look like little pizza rolls (AKA, delicious). The tiny tacos are served with a Ranch dipping sauce, a Taco Sauce, and the company’s new Creamy Avocado Lime Sauce.
Jack in the Box is testing snackable "Tiny Tacos," and you can get 5 tacos for $1 https://t.co/HhK0l8iYNV pic.twitter.com/8fMLXhQ9Vg
— Travel + Leisure (@TravelLeisure) July 3, 2019
They’re CHEAP, too. The prices vary a bit in the different test markets. In Dallas and Austin, Texas, you can get 5 tiny tacos for a single dollar, or 25 tacos for 5 bucks. Not bad at all. In Fresno, California, you can buy 15 tiny tacos for $3, or, wait for it…you can pay a single extra dollar to get the Loaded Tiny Tacos that have melted cheese, lettuce, and taco sauce.
I blame WilsonMini Tacos from Jack-In-The-Box
Posted by BP Burke on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
The trial runs in Texas and California last until September 1, 2019, and then presumably the bigwigs at Jack in the Box will make a decision about whether to make the tiny tacos a nationwide phenomenon. Don’t let us down, Texans and Californians! Americans all across this great land are counting on you to get the job done!
Sign me up!
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Is this a sign of things to come in the taco game? If so, our fast food experience might get a lot more interesting in the near future. If you’ve never had the tacos from Jack in the Box, honestly you should give them a shot because they’re pretty decent. And I’m a self-identified taco fanatic.
But Jack in the Box is doing something a little bit different right now. The fast food chain is testing out tiny tacos in select markets to see how customers like them. They kind of look like little pizza rolls (AKA, delicious). The tiny tacos are served with a Ranch dipping sauce, a Taco Sauce, and the company’s new Creamy Avocado Lime Sauce.
Jack in the Box is testing snackable "Tiny Tacos," and you can get 5 tacos for $1 https://t.co/HhK0l8iYNV pic.twitter.com/8fMLXhQ9Vg
— Travel + Leisure (@TravelLeisure) July 3, 2019
They’re CHEAP, too. The prices vary a bit in the different test markets. In Dallas and Austin, Texas, you can get 5 tiny tacos for a single dollar, or 25 tacos for 5 bucks. Not bad at all. In Fresno, California, you can buy 15 tiny tacos for $3, or, wait for it…you can pay a single extra dollar to get the Loaded Tiny Tacos that have melted cheese, lettuce, and taco sauce.
I blame WilsonMini Tacos from Jack-In-The-Box
Posted by BP Burke on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
The trial runs in Texas and California last until September 1, 2019, and then presumably the bigwigs at Jack in the Box will make a decision about whether to make the tiny tacos a nationwide phenomenon. Don’t let us down, Texans and Californians! Americans all across this great land are counting on you to get the job done!
Sign me up!
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Reading Rainbow aired from 1983-2006 on PBS, making it the longest-running educational series ever to run on the network. The show was hosted LeVar Burton and cultivated a love of books and reading in a generation-plus of children who eagerly watched it (this writer included).
LeVar Burton grew up in Sacramento, attending two area schools and later launching his successful acting career that began with the 1977 miniseries Roots and moved to Star Trek: The Next Generation. He (and we) hit the jackpot when he landed the role of host on Reading Rainbow.
Recently, a park just down the street from the 62-year-old’s home neighborhood was renamed (formerly Richfield Park) in his honor, so if you’re hanging out around Meadowview (1900 Expedition Way) and are looking for your nostalgia fix, you might want to stop in.
Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg dedicated the park, telling the local news that he hoped renaming the park would inspire other local young people to reach their own goals.
Burton’s comment? “If I can do it, so can you.”
LeVar is busy these days, and his mission hasn’t changed – he raised over $6 million in 2014 through a Kickstarter hoping to use the Reading Rainbow platform to reach a whole new generation of students and teachers.
In a recent interview, Burton says they’re on track to meet their goals, with their Skybrary – a subscription-based online library of interactive children’s literature – being donated to every registered teacher.
It’s his hope to use technology to bring Reading Rainbow into the digital age, using all of the new tools at his disposal to expose kids to the wonder of books and reading.
Just like the old days, only faster.
And probably with fewer sweaters.
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Reading Rainbow aired from 1983-2006 on PBS, making it the longest-running educational series ever to run on the network. The show was hosted LeVar Burton and cultivated a love of books and reading in a generation-plus of children who eagerly watched it (this writer included).
LeVar Burton grew up in Sacramento, attending two area schools and later launching his successful acting career that began with the 1977 miniseries Roots and moved to Star Trek: The Next Generation. He (and we) hit the jackpot when he landed the role of host on Reading Rainbow.
Recently, a park just down the street from the 62-year-old’s home neighborhood was renamed (formerly Richfield Park) in his honor, so if you’re hanging out around Meadowview (1900 Expedition Way) and are looking for your nostalgia fix, you might want to stop in.
Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg dedicated the park, telling the local news that he hoped renaming the park would inspire other local young people to reach their own goals.
Burton’s comment? “If I can do it, so can you.”
LeVar is busy these days, and his mission hasn’t changed – he raised over $6 million in 2014 through a Kickstarter hoping to use the Reading Rainbow platform to reach a whole new generation of students and teachers.
In a recent interview, Burton says they’re on track to meet their goals, with their Skybrary – a subscription-based online library of interactive children’s literature – being donated to every registered teacher.
It’s his hope to use technology to bring Reading Rainbow into the digital age, using all of the new tools at his disposal to expose kids to the wonder of books and reading.
Just like the old days, only faster.
And probably with fewer sweaters.
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