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Apr 06

QUILLING!

Acheron Published in Quilling, local color, Hobbies, Crafts, Classes, art by Acheron | Comment (0)

Quilling - what the heck is it?

Consider it the Medieval version of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle...

Medieval book illuminators, after completing and binding books, would end up with hand-made pages of varying sizes, and slice off edges to make them more even.  Not being wasteful sorts, they would twirl the strips around their quill pens (hence, the term "quilling"),

Oct 18

A Band With A Plan

SC Rehearsal Studios Published in tips and tricks, The Arts, Songs, Santa Cruz, Nightlife, music, local color, Local Business, Live Music, latin music, jazz, folk music, acoustic music by SC Rehearsal Studios | Comment (0)

 

Tips on how to book a show at Don Quixote's International Music Hall

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Don Quixote's booker Tom Miller has been booking shows in Santa Cruz for more than 30 years, so when he tells you how to jump, you say how

Jun 03

Bikers, Booze and Bands

SC Rehearsal Studios Published in tips and tricks, The Arts, Santa Cruz, music, Local Event, local color, Local Business, Live Music by SC Rehearsal Studios | Comment (0)

 

  

Bikers, Booze and Bands

Tips on how to book a show at Henflings Roadhouse Tavern

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

The term "roadhouse" is said to date back to the mid-1800s. One history of the term originates from the gold rush. As travelers

Jul 24

Isn't it Obivous? State Budget, Great Gas Tax Theft

Isnt_it_obvious Published in Politics, local color, isnt it obvious, Health Care, Economics, California Politics, California Economics by Isnt_it_obvious | Comment (0)


All over California, city leaders, local governments, and special interest groups are gathering to decry the proposed “Gas Tax Redistribution”. According to the Sentinel, 109 cities have already pledged to support a lawsuit against the state, a lawsuit that is tentatively set to be filed once the budget is signed.

The Great Gas Tax Theft, as I like to call
Feb 18

Mary McCaslin and Steve Palazzo at Don Quixote's

Chris Published in music, local color, Fine Art by Chris | Comment (1)

Here's a video of  Mary McCaslin and Steve Palazzo from their show last night at Don Quixote's last night, doing a duet of 'Your Lone Journey'. (Steve is my guitar teacher,  and I just got back from my lesson, during which we played this song for a while. It is a really really nice song to play and sing)

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_5sFDcc7U

Feb 03

Post AmGen PubCrawl -- Downtown Santa Cruz

SmileyFaced Published in Santa Cruz, Nightlife, music, local color, downtown, Amgen Tour by SmileyFaced | Comment (0)

 Tour Downtown Santa Cruz with friends! Join the Post AmGen PubCrawl!


 After the finish on Day 2 of the AmGen Bike Tour of California, gather all your friends and take your own Tour of Santa Cruz with Santa Cruz Pub Crawls. 


 Cruzio Event Listing Here -- Post AmGen PubCrawl


All of these venues offer great local flavor. Whether you are a Santa Cruz

Nov 25

Neil Young Live!

Chris Published in music, local color by Chris | Comment (1)

One of the joys of being the Cruzio Webmaster (tm) is that I peruse the web logs and see who's hittin' the site, and sometimes, how they got here.

 

Without fail, on the local monthly search reports, there are dozens of searches for the phrase "Neil Young".

 

Okaaayyyyyyyyyyyy.

 

But today, let there be a valid response.  NPR, for a limited time, is hosting the

Nov 24

Last fine day of the year?

Chris Published in wonders of nature, local color, happy time by Chris | Comment (0)

The waves were a little bit better out at Steamer's yesterday, which looks like the last fine day of the year as we comfortably slip off into winter.

Thanks to my Bucci polarizing glass lens sunglasses, the day had a psychedelic tone to it. The colors and the clarity of the afternoon light, and the sun gleaming through the waves were very special.

 

Snorf

Nov 23

More West Cliff Sculpture

Chris Published in The Arts, local color, Epic things by Chris | Comment (0)
Standing at the intersection of Pelton and West Cliff, the Surder Dude statue salutes the local surf culture.
Nov 22

West Cliff Sculpture

Chris Published in local color, Fine Art, Epic things by Chris | Comment (1)

West Cliff obelisk:

 

Nov 11

Double Happiness

RamblingRose Published in Tattoos, local color, Little Stories by RamblingRose | Comment (0)


Couple of folks have asked the stories behind my tattoos. I started getting inked at 18, average one a year, and now have 27 totaling about 60 hours of work from nine different artists.


Not my first, but if I only had one tattoo - it would be this one, Double Happiness. Tattooed in red above my heart, it is a symbol of hope and wholeness.

I do not
Oct 26

My Lousy Commute, continued

Chris Published in wonders of nature, local color by Chris | Comment (2)

Yes, woe is me walking between my house on the Santa Cruz westside and, well, everywhere.

 

Here is a scene from the recent Santa Cruz Coldwater Classic taken from the surfer dude statue vista point on West Cliff Drive at Pelton. The various other times I passed this way in the last few days, the waves weren't as large as they were this afternoon during a

Oct 16

Cafe Campesino kiosk staying in business

jessibird Published in really good food, local color, downtown by jessibird | Comment (0)

I'm very happy to report that the Cafe Campesino kiosk on Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz has been allowed to stay! There had been some doubt, but the cafe's customers signed a petition in droves. I suspect that helped the city decide in favor of Dina Torres, the owner.

Hooray! ¡Ándale! Go and get your nourishing, affordable and absolutely scrumptious

Oct 14

Public Art: Santa Cruz Police Department #2

Chris Published in local color by Chris | Comment (1)

More fired and glazed pieces inset with plaster into architecture by various local grade schoolers, Santa Cruz Police Department, Laurel and Center Streets, Santa Cruz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 13

Public Art: Santa Cruz Police Department #1

Chris Published in local color by Chris | Comment (0)

 Fired and glazed pieces inset with plaster into architecture by various local grade schoolers, Santa Cruz Police Department, Laurel and Center Streets, Santa Cruz. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 08

Life Lab

Chris Published in wonders of nature, local color by Chris | Comment (0)

Here's a panorama of part of the Gateway School Life Lab garden:

 

The Life Lab Science Program is based here in Santa Cruz, learn more here.

 

Caprice Potter works with the kids in the Gateway garden in the elementary school grades. Kids learn about plants and insects, the lifecycle and the food cycle in a hands-on fashion. Projects which really bring it all

Oct 07

My Lousy Commute

Chris Published in wonders of nature, local color by Chris | Comment (1)

Here's a panorama I took of a crap view on my lousy commute to work.

 

Boy, some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. 

Oct 04

Animated gifs of local webcams

Chris Published in wonders of nature, local color by Chris | Comment (3)

Being a programmer has definite benefits. Perl scripts to download and archive webcam images, and the ultra fabulous gifmerge utility to combine them into animated gifs.

 

These are animations from the Cruzio LomaCam and BusCam of the last 24 hours, using images taken every 1/2 hour.

 

There are a couple dozen webcams (that I know of) in the County, there's a

Sep 28

Memory Walk 2008

Chris Published in local color by Chris | Comment (0)

 

Some pictures from the Memory Walk in Seascape. We ended up over shooting and walking an extra mile up the beach. I've never been down there either in Seascape the village or the beach.

 

We saw a couple of fishermen casting into the surf.

 

And we saw a lot of surfers just a few yards off the beach in the really shallow water where these cool little

Sep 19

Taking the Plunge

RamblingRose Published in Santa Cruz, local color, Little Stories by RamblingRose | Comment (0)

We were a colorful group that morning, the five of us. Chris, with her cat glasses and multiple facial piercings; Elijah (aka Lije), looking like the long red haired six foot elf that he is; my new friends - Katie & Rennick, family members of the Smiling Iguana Cafe; and me, you know me... a tattooed, spiky haired dyke who apparently lives under the

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