This is an important week for the future of Downtown Fresno.
Tomorrow, Mayor Ashley Swearengin will be the keynote speaker at the Downtown Association State of Downtown Breakfast. The event which is to be held at the newly remodeled “The Grand” at the Trade Center downtown is SOLD OUT.
Thursday, the Fresno City Council is scheduled to vote [...]

I totally geek out on Disneyland stuff.  I admit it.  I am really excited about the new show coming to Disneyland’s California Adventure this fall.  Here is a video on the progress.

Exactly one year ago today Barack Obama became President of the United States of America.  I don’t envy any president as I feel it is the most difficult job in the entire world.  The amount of daily pressure must be incredible.
But I wonder, as a candidate Obama ran on the ideal of change.  It was a [...]

George Hostetter is one heck of a great reporter for the Fresno Bee.  Today he released a blog post about the former Met Museum that is really worth everyone’s time. You can read his blog post here. He had been covering The Met for some time and reading his thoughts on the demise of the [...]

I have been attempting to to process the Haiti earthquake all day.  The loss of 50,000-100,000 lives due to an earthquake seems incomprehensible. Everything about it is so unsettling.
Possibly the most unsettling aspect of the disaster for me  is that the extreme loss of life is most directly related to the extreme poverty in Haiti. [...]

Who is ready for a new trend that is sweeping the country?

For the past week I have taken some time away from many of the things I have found myself dependent on.  I took seven days away from the technology my iPhone provides with the exception of making phone calls.  I abandoned my connectivity to twitter, facebook and all social media sites and even really restricted [...]