Best Of Humboldt 2010 — Staff Picks
Best Nighttime Sport and Traffic Hazard
Is it just our neighborhood, or has a new breed of electric light-up Frisbees (or some sort of flying disc) started luring 20-somethings out into the street all over? Long after dark you find them sprinting through intersections, lunging to catch glowing saucers. Watch out. They don’t seem to.
— Bob Doran
Best Place to Get Bigger, Better, Faster Despite Your Own Lazy Self
If you’re the sort of person who already gets off on working out, all you need to know is Humboldt County’s premiere triathlete, the steely-eyed Pam Jennings, has made Eureka’s Praxis Fitness the nexus of her professional life. But if you’re the sort of person intimidated by gyms or think you don’t need one, then Praxis Fitness is still the right place for you. It’s not scary. Sure, the trainers encourage you to push beyond what you thought were your limits, but if we always defined our own limits, we’d never get anywhere, right?
Don’t need a gym? You must already be in prime physical glory with a long-term plan to stay that way. If that’s not the case, then, seriously, if you value good health, if you want to be a stronger hiker, faster cyclist, better lover, able to dance for hours, possessor of the greater emotional stability that comes with regularly working up a sweat, the path to self-improvement starts here. (530 F St., Eureka)
— Jennifer Savage
Best Kids’ Playground For All Ages
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on the cover
Railroad!
Proposed lines ‘set rich blood a-tingling’ in early 1900s
Some Other Proposed North Coast Railroads
Choo-choo Fantasies
Exposing this east-west rail nonsense
seven-o-heaven
Undeterred Will
Will chides Andrew for lack of attention to detail and makes plans for his inevitable victory.
Recent on the cover
May 17
Ring of Fire
Sun and moon will perform a rare pas de deux in Humboldt skies on Sunday
May 10
District Soup
Racing for the top county seat in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd districts
May 3
A Place in the Woods
As park closure deadline nears, a scramble to save what we can
Today
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Flow 2012 Fashion Show
STAFF PICK / events / 8 p.m. Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. Student designed and produced clothing. Fundraiser for Arcata Arts Institute. $35/$25 students. artsinstitute.net. 822-1220.
Woodside Preschool's Rummage/Bake Sale
events / 8 a.m.-noon. Woodside Preschool, 900 Hodgson St, Eureka. www.woodsidepreschool.com. 445-9132.
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
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SIX Comments
Comment / By looloo / Sept. 2, 8:43 a.m.
This “best of” guide seems to have been written by people who know little or nothing about the real Humboldt. Many of these things are only Old Town Eureka or Arcata things. Which is kind of funny because the Journal used to be in Arcata but is now in Old Town. It is obvious that every single person who wrote something for this wasted issue of the NCJ was just another local idiot who has no idea what real quality is. Come on, the sunbather? Really? He’s been around for years. This is NOT NEWS TO ANYONE. As usual, Journal FAIL.
Comment / By Mike / Sept. 2, 11:38 a.m.
love the Rick Fugate “best of”. Well done Andrew.
Comment / By Me / Sept. 2, 8:26 p.m.
Fugate plays great accordion, but 5 kids with one on the way? Please don’t reward reckless procreation with $$ in his case.
Comment / By Ryan Burns / Sept. 2, 9:25 p.m.
Hey, Looloo. This party is interactive. Tell us what we missed and why you think it’s great. If you’re still angry after that, maybe you can make a “Worst of Humboldt” issue and put us on the cover. We won’t mind.
Comment / By Joe / Sept. 6, 4:49 p.m.
Once again, I made the mistake of reading the comments section. Looloo, you’ll learn one day that name calling only makes people not give a shit about what you have to say. And “Me”, your comment is just sad. NCJ, great job on the article. Three Foods and Missing Link Records are two of my favorite places!
Comment / By robin / Sept. 8, 10:58 p.m.
Great article on Mr. Fugate!! Yay for a talented man, hard working, having fun, making $, having babies, loving and supporting them….Loving and supporting them. What could be any better? He’s why we go to ArtsAlive! Great article on this local celebrity!! Go, Rick! We love you!! <3