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Dust Bowl Brewery

Dust Bowl Brewing Co. Although the dust bowl occurred several hundred miles away and three quarters of century ago, it was a defining element for California. In the 1930s, 200,000 “Oakies” poured into California, fleeing the ravaged Great Plains. To … Continue reading

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Dining at Sierra Nevada

Tired, hungry and thirsty, I stopped into The Bear something (I forgot the name, but was delighted by their California symbol motif). “What is the college noted for?” I asked Lily, the woman behind the bar. Lily: “Drinking. I hear … Continue reading

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