Bakosphere - bakosphere's Blog - Bakersfield.com http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere Where Bakersfield and the Web collide Where Bakersfield and the Web collide en-us Taking your bets http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32720 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32720 <p>What will open first?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/449008.html">The Padre</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/254146.html">The City Lofts</a>.</p>


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 PadreHotel1927.jpg Padre Hotel i 1927 bakosphere Hay Building, 1952 quake.jpg Hay Building (site of City Lofts) after the 1952 quake. bakosphere Scariest 7/11 in Bakersfield http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32712 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32712 <p>Is this the <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/32709">scariest 7/11 in Bakersfield</a>? In Californian? In the U.S.?</p> <p>It's right opposite from Chester Lane Market (on the corner of Chester Lane and A Street).</p> <p>A couple of years ago, this happened at the Chester Lane Market:</p> <p><em>Bakersfield Police Department officials released a tape Friday of an attempted robbery and shooting on Thursday night as they continued to search for the gunman.<br /> The video showed the man pulling out a gun and a plastic bag, shouting for money and firing shots. Donald Batsch, owner of Chester Lane Market, was taken to Kern Medical Center with moderate injuries. </em></p> <p>If you're a shifty type, chances are you'll find yourself at this intersection at some point in your life.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>


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 711 bakosphere chester-lane-market.jpg bakosphere Porsches and Republican nutters http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32698 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32698 <p>Couple of funny things.</p> <p>The Republicans are meeting in the <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/141/dictionary.jsp">NUTTER</a> center. Hah!</p> <p>And this photo. Don't let anyone tell you you can't afford a $650 car payment. Your mid-life crisis is worth so much more than that.</p>


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 porsche.jpg bakosphere Bob Lerude is the dude! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32669 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32669 <p>Locals are quick to criticize our parks and rec departments. The trash overflows on holiday weekends, the river never runs through Yokuts anymore, trucks run over people.</p> <p>But Bakosphere is here to laud the Kern County Parks and Recreation department and specifically director Bob Lerude.</p> <p>He solved a delicate problem with a <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/askthecalifornian/32667">cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solution</a>.</p> <p>Nice one Bob!</p>


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 bob lerude.jpg Too modest to face the camera. troy harvey / the californian Follow Obama live with our very own Dan http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32660 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32660 <p>Dan Pacheco is <em>The Californian's</em> senior manager of digitial products.</p> <p>He plans and implements our blogging software.</p> <p>You have to read his e-mails eight times before you know what he's going on about.</p> <p>AND HE'S AT INVESCO FIELD TO WATCH OBAMA!</p> <p>Follow along with <a href="http://twitter.com/pachecod">Dan's Twitter 'tweets'</a> and learn about anti-McCain condoms and Democratic beer.</p> <p>And get your own free account <a href="http://twitter.com">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>


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 435906.jpg From one of Dan's 'tweets' pachecod When is the end of summer? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32656 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32656 <p>I'm a September 1st man myself, though I've heard others say end of September or even the last day of the Kern County Fair.</p> <p>I realize those pesky 100-degree days may make a surprise appearance in September, but the leaves are littering the yard and the worst is over. </p> <p>When do you consider summer to be over?</p>


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 The_Endless_Summer.JPG bakosphere Video: Best and worst of Bakersfield http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32575 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32575 <p>Best thing about Bakersfield?</p> <p>When the citizens are indoors.</p> <p>Worst thing about Bakersfield?</p> <p>The filth that's on the highways.</p> Shock! The Dining Divas give 5 stars http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32572 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32572 <p><a href="http://bakersfieldlife.com">Bakersfield Life</a> magazine's restaurant reviewers are as generous with their stars as the Hollywood Walk of Fame. John Stamos and Billy Dee Williams for crying out loud.</p> <p>Another review.&nbsp;<a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Business/JosephsItalianRestaurant">Another 5 stars across the board</a>. This time it is Joseph's on F street, which received an average of 3.5 stars on our <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Businesses">Inside Guide</a>.</p> <p>KC Steakhouse: DDs give it 5 stars (avg. review 3.5 stars)</p> <p>The Orchid: DDs give it 5 stars (avg. 3 stars)</p> <p>Champs BBQ: DDs give it 5 stars (avg. 3.5 stars)</p> <p>Aren't divas supposed to be notoriously hard to please?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> "I'm just a victim" http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32554 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32554 <p>Yes, yes you are.</p> <p>It's just a little hard to feel any semblance of sympathy.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/535098.html">Sad, sad story (involving a $4,500 mortgage payment) here</a>.</p> <p>Here's the opening of the story. The 'victim' is home owner and real estate broker David &ldquo;Ty&rdquo; Stewart.</p> <p><em>The Southern Oaks house where David Crisp has been staying in recent months &mdash; after the once high-flying Realtor lost all of his own properties to foreclosure &mdash; fell into default Tuesday, county records show.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/535098.html"><br /> </a></p> 'Boob man' not impressed at Tilted Kilt http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32523 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32523 <p>We stumbled across <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Business/TiltedKiltPubEatery">this review</a> of the new Tilted Kilt on our Inside Guide section (no, we're not alerted whenever the word 'boob' appears on bakersfield.com).</p> <p>The in-depth review includes this great line:</p> <p><em><span class="bako_normaltext">&quot;He is a boob man, but didn't seem too impressed by any of the girls that passed by.&quot;</span></em><span class="bako_normaltext"><br /> </span></p> <p><span class="bako_normaltext">More restaurant reviews can be found <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/DynamicPage/57">here</a>.</span></p> <p><span class="bako_normaltext">And bakosphere's post about exorbitant Guinness prices is <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/32070">here</a>.</span></p>