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Sierra Stages Peter Pan

Sierra Stages Community Theatre production of Peter Pan opens at the Nevada Theatre tonight, Thursday, July 10th and runs through Sunday, August 2nd.  The land of Neverland full of pirates, fairies, mermaids and magic, and while we may remember…
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Nevada City 4th of July Parade

Nevada City's 4th of July Parade, with approximately 75 entries, was a festive occasion in red, white and blue.  Small town pride on display with Grand Marshall Evan Strong, the Ophir Prison marching band, the Soapbox Derby cars, Nevada County…
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Summer Activities: Things to do with Kids

Summer vacation is in full swing and Nevada City offers so many great activities for things to do for kids.  So regardless of what your family likes to do, here's a list of all sorts of ideas of things to do.  And scroll down to the…
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Treats Sundaes

Treats, 110 York Street in Nevada City is well-known for their ice cream, sorbet and sweet treats, but today they've just launched a new product, Sundaes to Go.  Each week there will a new special pre-packaged with a scoop of ice cream, plus…
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Nevada City Soapbox Derby 2014

Did you make it to the Nevada City Soapbox Derby yesterday?  Many, many, many thanks to all the hard work of the organizers, volunteers, teams and the cheering crowds.  This event is just one of the many examples of why I love Nevada…
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Jade Summit Fine Tea & Antiques

Jade Summit Fine Tea & Antiques recently opened its doors at 236 Commercial Street in downtown Nevada City.  The tea shop is open Thursday-Sunday 12-6 to purchase some of the finest Chinese tea with varieties of puerh, white, green and…
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Nevada City Soapbox Derby

The Nevada City Soapbox Derby is coming to town this Saturday, June 21st from 12-6 on Nimrod Street, next to Pioneer Park and this morning the CBS Sacramento show Good Day Sacramento came to town to meet some of the cars and take a few test…
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Nevada City Classic Bicycle Race

The 54th annual Nevada City Classic Bicycle Race tore through the streets of historic downtown Nevada City today.   The annual Father’s Day race challenges even the most elite of cyclists as the criterium race winds around 7 turns…
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South Yuba River

Summer is here and it's time to cool off at the South Yuba River.  I've written plenty of blog posts on hikes, bike rides and swimming spots on the river, click here for a great list of local outdoor activities, but it's always fun to revisit…
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Nevada City Craft Fair

Nevada City Craft Fair returned to the Miners Foundry, the bi-annual event attracts artisans, crafters and creative merchants.  It was fun to chat with the DIY crowd, whether they were knitting soft toys, creating unique bird feeders, handmade…
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I heart Nevada City

Greetings Nevada City!  I took this photo yesterday morning and shared it via the Outside Inn's Facebook and Instagram pages, but thought I'd use the photo on the blog to say a few thanks.  Thanks to all of those of you who came out to support…
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Veggies, Gardening and Farmers Markets

Win a free Mountain Bounty Farm CSA box of veggies!  The summer season started this week and I've got two prizes to give away, one free box of veggies*, plus some gardening goodies from our friends at Peaceful Valley Farm Supplies.  Who's…
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Music in the Mountains

Music in the Mountains set the stage for an amazing Memorial Day weekend full of classical music.  The theme of the three day musical events was "Songs of Peace and Remembrance."  Guest artists included Musical Art Quintet, MIM orchestra…
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InnSide Nevada City Photography at Matteo’s

Photos from the Outside Inn's blog, InnSide Nevada City, are currently on display on the walls of the Matteo's, a downtown Nevada City restaurant.  We all know I take a lot of photos, but this is a big leap of faith for me to print them…
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Nevada City Photo Walk

Instagram World Wide Meet Up #9 took place around the globe today and I hosted a photo walk through downtown Nevada City with a few friends.  Are you an Instagram user?  To see our collection today check out the hashtag #WWMI9NevadaCity.…
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Living Wild: Manzanita

Do you know about the native Manzanita plant and all the things they can be used for?  Alicia Funk, founder of Living Wild,  shared "Manzanita, an abundant evergreen shrub that grows through out the Sierra Nevada foothills and California,…
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Jernigans Grill

Jernigan's Grill and Tap House offers 13 different craft beers on tap, including root beer.  Located at 123 Argall Street next to Gold Country Kuk Swool Won and Real Wheels, the restaurant is open 7 days a week starting at 11:30am.  Wednesday…

Business Blogging Class

Interesting in learning more about blogging?  I'm co-teaching a Business Blogging class at Sierra Commons with Coryon Redd.  Part One will be Tuesday, May 13th 6:30-8:30, click here to sign up.  We taught the class earlier this year and…
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First Friday Art Walk

Nevada City First Friday Art Walk has returned for its second summer.  If you missed last night's event don't worry, mark your calendars for June 6th, July 11th, August 1st, September 5th, October 3rd.  The kick off event included an…
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The Cool Girls

"The Cool Girls" by Roseanne Burke is  a series of encaustic portraits of iconic women opened last weekend at Szabo Vineyards downtown Nevada City tasting room.  Roseanne took a workshop from Deborah Bridges at ASiF Studios  to learn the…
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BYOB

BYOB is a wine tasting shop with an environmental agenda.    Tony Norksborg, winemaker and founder for Nevada County Wine Guild and maker of the well known series Our Daily Red, wanted to do take his organic wines to a different level…