Bakersberg on the Kern
It was a beautiful, hot weekend in Bakersfield. Larry and I drove up Saturday morning and got there by noon. We had lunch at the 24th St. Cafe, downtown. I'd read a review of this place in Bakotopia, which is sort of a hip, alternative site for the area. The 24th St. Cafe is a typical, retro coffeeshop. It was recommended for breakfast. The breakfast menu is huge! I had the chef salad and Larry had an omlette. Both were delicious.
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24th St. Coffee Shop - Interior
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Our next stop was Front Porch Music, also downtown Bakersfield. This is a really great, funky place. They have a very large selection of classice Mosrite Guitars, drum sets, all stringed instruments, horns, amplifiers and even a nice selection of ukuleles. Larry was most impressed by this place and had fun browsing.
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Vintage Amplifiers
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Larry in Front Porch Music's Workshop
We checked into our motel and got gussied up for Lisa's and Rich's wedding. The party site was about a 30 minute drive thru desolate oil fields.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgxKhzSWadS98QwXaUd-P4X1kksLf8i8jRV6nqj_MNzJ39wu3_tvQx4qvRIl7gVi9mocAeBNuJUlGPfK8iFUkTNPp6_z3ThUi3KdF3yzjxPo_Y4h9rP8pp7RKeW-LmePo-LoZQA/s400/OilPumps.jpg)
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Lisa and Rich
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Reception in the Garden
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Sunday morning we had breakfast at our hotel and took a tiny detour to the Double Tree Hotel, next door. We had seen an advertisement for an art show with oil paintings starting at $19.99. Well, of course we had to check it out. Who couldn't resist seeing "sofa" paintings for the kitsch value alone? More about that in tomorrow's post.
5 Comments:
Oh, gawd. That was me - upside down on the trampoline! Yeee-haw!!
You know you've been knitting too much when you read 24th St. Cafe as 24 STITCH Cafe
Oh Ellene...you are soooo funny! 24 STITCH Cafe...if only!
I have been to the LYS, Creative Pursuits in Bakersfield and it is a very nice shop, but we just didn't have the chance to get over there this time.
I did plenty of knitting and crocheting in the car, to and from B-field though.
Ah, Bakersfield--been there! Of course. My friend's parents lived there and we'd take the kids up to visit for the day--always fun going over the grapevine, especially when the kidlets are prone to carsickness. Luckily the roads are better nowadays! And speaking of kitsch--did you ever manage to get to the Bakersfield Business Conference? I should write a book...
Yee haw! Sounds like a wonderful weekend getaway.
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