Neighbor vs. Neighbor
Please be advised, this post is going to be extremely editorial in nature. It concerns the ongoing saga of The Russ Clements historical gas station located at Van Ness and Princeton Avenues in Fresno. The business operating their currently is Van Ness Auto Repair. First, please read the

Fresno’s Rogue Festival Apps are Coming!
In case you had not heard… Those Rogues of Fresno’s Rogue Performance Festival are busy planning for Rogue 2010! Mark your calendar for the first two weekends of March, whether you plan to participate as a volunteer, a performer, or an audience member. Applications to participate as a peformer/artist will go live on the RogueFestival.com website on October 1st. Plan your show, get your information together, and check out the site for more info. You have one month to get your application in from that date, and remember, it’s first come, first served, so apply early to make sure you get in! You can also volunteer and be a part of what makes the Rogue Festiva

Yay! Tower Dogs is OPEN!
Someone posted a quick note on Facebook that Tower Dogs was opening today at 11a.m. By the time I saw that, it was around noon. Just in time for me to think, “I think I’m craving exactly that for lunch.” Sooo… I hied meself over to just West of Wishon and Olive (on the North side) to find, that, indeed, tucked right between the Tower Bike Shop and the Tower Theater ticket office was… Tower Dogs

Mangosteen
Mangosteen Pan-Asian cuisine 4965 N. Fresno Street Fresno, CA 93726 SW corner of Fresno and Shaw Ave. It was a whim. “Hey, I’ve been meaning to try out Mangosteen for a while now. What do you say we finally go check it out?” That sounded like a great idea to me. So my companion and I descended upon Mangosteen mid-afternoon on a Wednesday. We walked in the back door, becau