No one has ever accused me for not planning ahead. And as such, I started thinking about the 2013 annual Menlo Park Summer Concert Series that takes place in Fremont Park near downtown!
Right now, as I look around, I see that the Summer Concert Series is scheduled to run from June 19th to August 14th, Wednesday nights, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m..
I don’t see any schedules of bands yet, but if they get the usual fare of performers, it should be fun.
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Summer Concert Series
Join us from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. the last Wednesday of June through mid August at Fremont Park to listen to some of the best local groups. The series features a variety of musical styles from Jazz to Country to hits of today and yesterday. Bring your picnic blanket and dinner, and of course there is always room up front for dancers of all ages.
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Since I’m “planning ahead,” don’t forget about the 4th of July parade and the Halloween parade events!
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It’s official. Menlo Park, in San Mateo County, now has the plastic bag ban, which went into effect this week. Yesterday I was in Safeway and they happily offer paper bags, but in this case, I declined. Don’t need a plastic bag for the large items I was buying.
But soon, I’m sure.
The ban came into effect because my fellow man can’t seem to pull off the tricky skill of properly disposing of plastic bags after they use them. The impact that resulted from that was more plastic trash in the sewers, landfills and the ocean, where that huge Pacific Trash Vortex is building up. For those lazy folks who couldn’t seem to properly discard their plastics… thanks for this.
I know… what’s one bag going to harm if you let it loose? If everyone dumped only one bag out the “window,” so to speak, and there are over 7 billion passengers on planet Earth, well, if you can’t do the math, then there ya have it!
As it stands, cat owners are screwed. At least this one is. I reuse my single-use plastic bags all the time to scoop cat liter. Now, I guess I need to figure out an alternative.
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