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26-4 Fall Issue
Entertaining the Bakersfield Way by Miles Johnson
For the recondite-wary cook, an egg souffle might sound too complicated. Trust me when I say: if you can slice, dice, and stir (or “fold”), you can make a souffle your friends will marvel over.
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Hang Ten
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
It seems like we're always making excuses not to go out of town for the weekend. After all, breaking free of the hustle and bustle of city life can be hard. You've got household chores to do, paperwork to catch up on, and a new week to plan. But what if, for one weekend, you threw aside those things and made a pact with your family to get out of Dodge? You'd discover that there are lots of places to visit within a two-hour drive that can put a little zest back in your life...
Steamy Affair
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
We could wax poetically on the history and romance of trains for days and days, but we’d much prefer to spend those days actually riding the rails; you know, experiencing the majestic feeling that comes from traveling across the land by way of a steam-powered locomotive...
Let’s do Mandalay
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
What more can be said about a city that’s been immortalized in countless songs and movies? Sure, it did seem that, for a while, everything famous about Las Vegas had to do with leaving it (thank you, Fools Rush In)...
Mammoth. The Name Says It All...
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
When the weather outside is frightful (foggy and rainy), it’s nice to go somewhere delightful. Like, say, a place where snowy mountains are not just off in the distance, but underneath your feet...
2011 Discover Kern Insiders Guide...A to Z
Written by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Atolia Mine – (contraction of the names of Mr. Atkins and Mr. DeGolia, claim holders of property in the western Mojave Desert). In its heyday circa 1916-1918, their mining town had a railroad, four restaurants, three general stores, four poolrooms, a newspaper, and a schoolhouse, and produced more tungsten than any other mine anywhere...
Seaside Sensations
Written by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Step into the past in a city that, in many respects, feels like a 1950s seaside village.
Great Eataways
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Our sumptuous list of nine coastal restaurants to tantalize you.
The American Riviera
Written by Janet Wheeler
If a Mediterranean trip is not on you summer schedule this year, be thankful the American Riviera is just a couple of hours away...
Kingsburg Says "Hej"
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Visit a quaint, quiet town just a few hours drive from Bakersfield that will show you just how “Swede” it can be.
It’s Holiday Time
Written by Donna McCrohan Rosenthal
Follow Santa and his reindeer around as he visits the many fabulous holiday hot-spots in California that know the meaning of the season.