Alby Alawoya’s twist braids swing a little as she pivots from table to table on Northtown Coffee’s patio (1603 G St., Arcata). She and her mother, Monique Sutton, run Mother’s Cooking Experience out of the café’s kitchen and alongside its baristas. They serve breakfasts and lunches six days a week, stock and prep on their […]
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Paradin’ the Plaza
This wasn’t your grandma’s Samba Parade. Thousands descended on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday to take in the sites, sounds, smells and tastes of North County Fair. They were greeted by a new incarnation of Samba Parade, the annual spectacle that turns the plaza into a cacophony of drums as scores of dancers saunter, shake […]