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Old 05-17-2012, 12:38 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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The annual "Threshing Bee" at Patrick Ranch




Chico's phenomenal Youth Orchestra




Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at Chico's Downtown Plaza




Chico Cemetery on Memorial Day




Thursday night farmer's market
downtown



Chico's Mennonite neighbors





Young bicyclists in the Pioneer Day parade



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Old 05-17-2012, 01:21 PM
 
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Maybe it's the Mennonites that does this, but it looks like rural PA on a sunny day.
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Old 05-17-2012, 01:26 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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Maybe it's the Mennonites that does this, but it looks like rural PA on a sunny day.
I've spent some time in rural PA myself. There are definitely similarities.
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Old 05-17-2012, 01:42 PM
 
Location: California
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Get some baseball and hotdogs in there
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Old 05-17-2012, 02:04 PM
 
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I love Velveeta-land / Chicoville!
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Old 05-17-2012, 02:28 PM
 
Location: The Other California
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I love Velveeta-land / Chicoville!
Now there's some inside baseball for you.

"Mayberry with a microbrewery."


"Let's get this out of the way right now: One of Herb Caen's most enduring punch lines - that Chico's Safeway stocks Velveeta cheese on the 'gourmet food' aisle - is no longer true. I checked. Sorry, Herb.

But in many other happy ways, Chico is still stuck in the 1950s. From leafy Bidwell Park, with its bandstands and swimming holes, to a downtown straight out of Main Street USA, it manages to hold onto the homespun delights of a small college town while mixing in the comforts and necessities of today's world. Think of it as Mayberry with a microbrewery."
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Old 05-17-2012, 03:37 PM
 
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YUM!!!! pies.
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Old 05-18-2012, 02:49 AM
 
Location: The Other California
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Chico is a bit crazy. Every January 1st, a bunch of crazy Chicoans jump into the near-freezing waters of the Sycamore Pool. It's called the "Polar Bear Swim"



VIDEO: http://wn.com/Polar_Bear_Swim_Chico_CA_2009
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Old 05-18-2012, 05:28 PM
 
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Chico is a bit crazy. Every January 1st, a bunch of crazy Chicoans jump into the near-freezing waters of the Sycamore Pool. It's called the "Polar Bear Swim"



VIDEO: Polar Bear Swim Chico Ca 2009
That's not crazy. Now, jumping into Big Kimshew on Jan 1 - now THAT'S crazy!
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Old 05-19-2012, 05:49 PM
 
Location: Monterey, CA
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