Fresno’s Christmas Tree Lane Brings Back Walk Nights!

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Walk Night pic from Christmas Tree Lane


I am not going to question it, I will just accept it.

The rumors are true. Organizers of Fresno’s Christmas Tree Lane have brought back ‘walk nights’. For you Fresno newbs, this is when they do not let cars go down Old Van Ness and they let people do something totally strange in Fresno… walk

Last year they implied Walk Nights would never come back, but here we are.

As per the tradition, there are two walk nights:

  • Saturday, December 2nd.
  • Tuesday, December 12th.

Christmas Tree Lane starts Saturday (Dec 2nd) and is open every night thru December 25th.

The Lane opens every night at 6 PM. Closes (lights off) at 10 Sunday-Thursday and 11 PM Friday and Saturday.

More info can be found here.

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Where To Park On Christmas Tree Lane Walk Nights

You just park in the neighborhood. I assume people who live in Old Fig hate Walk Nights. But they get to throw parties on Walk Nights, so it’s kinda worth it.

Some people park in Fig Garden Village and take some sort of tram, or get a ride and are dropped off, or walk all the way down to Shields and then walk back.

Heads up: if you do park at Fig Garden Village, it is insane with cars and people. I went to pick up food one night not remembering it was a Walk Night, and got stuck in the Village for a while and didn’t even score food.

I just find a dumb house to park in front of somewhere near Dakota but not South of the railroad tracks.

Hopefully, the return of Walk Nights will relieve some of the pressure of regular car nights when the line to drive Christmas Tree Lane goes down Blackstone all the way to Shaw.

That is right. You basically get in line for Christmas Tree Lane at Shaw.

But hey, screw that, Walk Nights are back. I might hit up both nights, just because.

A nice video that Localish put together a few years ago:

See ya out there.

In Memoriam: Fosters Freeze at Palm & Bullard

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In case you didn’t know, the “Bullard” Fosters Freeze on Palm (if you’re reading this after August 31st) is now closed. It’s being forced to make way for a Starbucks.

Thanks for all the food and memories since the 1980s (for me anyway).

I shall miss your fries. Corndogs. Milkshakes. But most of all, my evening runs with my daughter to get a Twister and a hot fudge sundae (no nuts), when we were a little bored.

Goodbye, old girl.

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5 Things I Will Do at Fresyes Fest [2023]

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(Pic stolen from Fresno Street Eats)

We can debate what our biggest festivals are some other time. But it might be Fresyes Fest. Biggest or not, I PLAN on going (I don’t get out much, so I am cautious with my optimism of leaving the house for something).

Fresyes Fes is this Saturday. It is centered around the Brewery District. Streets will be blocked. Beer will be drank. Music will be played. Tacos will be eaten.

Here are five things I plan to do, maybe you can to:

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The Herndon & Marks Save Mart Is A Timecapsule

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Produce Department at the Herndon & Marks Save Mart

I feel like Save Mart kinda forgot they have a store at Herndon & Marks.

I mean, that lighting in the produce section is cool. And it ain’t new.

You walk in the store and it’s like “Wait. Where am I? What year is this? Am I Marty McFly?”

Look at this freezer case:

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You don’t see freezer coffins like that much anymore.

The Liquor Department sign and then beer doors are priceless:

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Those handles are perfection.

Oh gosh, look at that dairy section:

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Then there is my favorite, the meat/deli counter sign:

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I simply appreciate that this Save Mart is still there and seems to have missed out on a one or two rounds of Save Mart chain remodels. (You know, like my neighborhood Save Mart with the strange sounds and the bad parking lot.)

Please don’t touch this store, Save Mart! I feel like it’s only a year or so away from everyone appreciating the hell out of its design and I will be here for it.

There Are Weather Apps Out To Get Fresno?

 There Are Weather Apps Out To Get Fresno?
This is a screenshot from the weather app, Carrot.

Bro. I knew it wasn’t going to get to the 105 and 106 on Friday. This is what many weather models were showing.

You could tell by 9AM it wasn’t going to be that hot.

You see, experienced Fresnans know that the night before and the morning of, tell you everything about what the day is going to be like.

I worked outside most of the day and it was fine to me (humble brag). I am locked in for this Summer.

Anyway, really I am here to take this time to note that weather people are out to fuck Fresno.

All of them predict Fresno as being hotter than it really is. This is not an issue of the reading being taken at the wrong place (which it totally is), weather apps always error on the side of hotter.

Just like my favorite one, Carrot, they predict higher than it ends up being. All. The. Time.

So screw them all. I don’t know why they want to keep Fresno down, maybe they don’t even know they are doing it. But they do it.