Morning Memo from Juliet for Sunday, June 28, 2009

Good morning!



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What a busy, fun weekend here in Temecula. The weather has been lovely and so much is going on. The Daily Temecula crew is busy running around town, meeting and greeting, and introducing ourselves to the community.



Delaney's opened in Old Town! Watch for the grand opening coming July 11. Meanwhile, stop in to say hi and tell 'em Daily Temecula sent you.





Part of what makes Delaney's special is the vendors. Owner Jordan Stone plans to frequently have vendors in-store to talk to customers and answer questions about their products.





Keith Thompson and Derek Van Gompel are friends and partners who created a specialty food business. They were at Delaney's on Friday offering samples of their scallion oil and cilantro almond pesto paired with fresh baguette rounds and talking about their company, DK Creations.



Old Town is going through amazing changes. This under-construction building on Front Street at Fifth keeps adding new tenants to its mix:





I've been blanketing the town with Daily Temecula postcards. Spread the word!



Have a wonderful day here in the beautiful Temecula Valley!

Morning Memo from Juliet for Sunday, June 28, 2009

Good morning!



Help us grow - steal my code: Click here to find code to add to your website or blog. Just cut and paste the code in the box to the right of the logo. Spread the word!



Feeling tipsy? I want your pictures, ideas & info about what's going on in the Temecula Valley. Email me at editor@dailytemecula.com.



What a busy, fun weekend here in Temecula. The weather has been lovely and so much is going on. The Daily Temecula crew is busy running around town, meeting and greeting, and introducing ourselves to the community.



Delaney's opened in Old Town! Watch for the grand opening coming July 11. Meanwhile, stop in to say hi and tell 'em Daily Temecula sent you.





Part of what makes Delaney's special is the vendors. Owner Jordan Stone plans to frequently have vendors in-store to talk to customers and answer questions about their products.





Keith Thompson and Derek Van Gompel are friends and partners who created a specialty food business. They were at Delaney's on Friday offering samples of their scallion oil and cilantro almond pesto paired with fresh baguette rounds and talking about their company, DK Creations.



Old Town is going through amazing changes. This under-construction building on Front Street at Fifth keeps adding new tenants to its mix:





I've been blanketing the town with Daily Temecula postcards. Spread the word!



Have a wonderful day here in the beautiful Temecula Valley!

Seen/Scene for Sunday, June 28, 2009

SEEN/SCENE



ROLLING INTO TOWN...the Temecula Trolley arrives TODAY! Check out the complete schedule and route map here. It runs seven days a week linking up Harveston, the Promenade Mall, and Old Town.



CHALKING IT UP...Head to Old Town today for the spectacle that is the Ralph Love Plein Air Festival. Entrants create works of art right before spectators' eyes. Bring the kids, then rent Mary Poppins for them.



CONFIRMED SHUTTERED...Yup, definitely. Local mommy favorite (for their kid-confining latching gate, shady area, and chessboard) Starbucks on Margarita Road near Chipotle (on the outer ring of the Promenade Mall) is closed. Where will we buy our Starbucks now? We only have eleventy seven others in town to choose from.





GET OUT THE VOTE!...Visitors to Parents Connect can vote once each day until July 15 in the national survey of Best Local Places. Cruise on over to their San Diego category and cast your daily vote for Old Town's own Temecula Children's Museum, whose name was offiically changed to Pennypickles. Everyone always calls it that so news of the name change was anti-climactic.

Seen/Scene for Friday, June 26, 2009

ROLLING INTO TOWN...the Temecula Trolley arrives Sunday, June 28! Check out the complete schedule and route map here. It runs seven days a week linking up Harveston, the Promenade Mall, and Old Town.

CHALKING IT UP...Head to Old Town this weekend for the spectacle that is the Ralph Love Plein Air Festival. Entrants create works of art right before spectators' eyes. Bring the kids, then rent Mary Poppins for them.

CONFIRMED SHUTTERED...Yup, definitely. Local mommy favorite (for their kid-confining latching gate, shady area, and chessboard) Starbucks on Margarita Road near Chipotle (on the outer ring of the Promenade Mall) is closed. Where will we buy our Starbucks now? We only have eleventy seven others in town to choose from.

LICENSE PLATES DECIPHERED...Last week I puzzled over MY (HEART) TICS (with license plate frame "Save a Pig; Go Mechanical") and a Tipster came to my rescue with the explanation that this person probably has a mechanical heart valve rather than a more-controversial more-controversial one from pig tissue. Makes sense. Thanks!

GET OUT THE VOTE!...Visitors to Parents Connect can vote once each day until July 15 in the national survey of Best Local Places. Cruise on over to their San Diego category and cast your daily vote for Old Town's own Temecula Children's Museum, whose name was offiically changed to Pennypickles. Everyone always calls it that so news of the name change was anti-climactic.

Morning Memo from Juliet for Friday, June 26, 2009

Good morning!

Help us grow - steal my code: Click here to find code to add to your website or blog. Just cut and paste the code in the box to the right of the logo. Spread the word!

Feeling tipsy? I want your pictures, ideas & info about what's going on in the Temecula Valley. Email me at editor@dailytemecula.com.

We've been busy. Here are some of the places and people the Daily Temecula team is scouting out for you:

* Bookshops! Sure, the mall has Barnes & Noble and Borders Express, but did you know we also have Paperback Shack (27515 Ynez Road, at Rancho California)? Murrieta's Kalmia Plaza has Murrieta Bookshop (41539 Kalmia) and now the Murrieta shopping center with White Lime and Fresh & Easy has Eclectic Books (39520 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, at Margarita.) Don't forget the Friends bookstores at our local public libraries. The granddaddy is the Friends Bookstore at the Grace Mellman Branch (41000 County Center Drive.)

* Yogurt! Wild Mango. Mangoz. Pinkberry. White Lime. Yogurt Pointe. Yogurt Island. FroGo. We flash back to the 80s with yogurt mania.

* Old Town's new faces! We will bring you some old favorites along with new discoveries. It's all fresh.

Keep reading and spread the word! Be on the lookout around town for the new Daily Temecula postcards. Want some? Email me and they're yours. Have a wonderful day here in the beautiful Temecula Valley!

Juliet

Seen/Scene for Father's Day Weekend 2009

SHAPING UP...MOMS Club of Temecula-Central's Theresa Crews capturing 2nd place in Healthy Times Newspaper's fitness contest (her prizes include gift certificates to Arthur Murray, a day spa, Pilates studio, stylist Lori Dawn, and a membership at Simply Kneaded)

LICENSE PLATE SPOTTING...NO LITR (with license plate frame "Only Trash Litters") and this cryptic one: MY (HEART) TICS (with license plate frame "Save a Pig; Go Mechanical") - if you can explain this one, please email editor@dailytemecula.com

CONDUCTING...Local Suzuki violin instructor Sandiwa (Sandi) del Rosario leading a rehearsal at the Temecula Public Library. He is THE source for Suzuki locally. (951)694-4375.

POURING...Pechanga's first Microbrew Festival, featuring over 60 varieties, followed by an Elvis impersonator contest. The ads position Pechanga as a closer alternative to Vegas but with events like this we are clearly a destination in our own right.

CONTENDING...for a top spot in Parents Connect's national survey of Best Local Places -- Temecula Children's Museum (Pennypickles/Imagination Workshop.) VOTE! You can vote daily until July 15. (It's in the San Diego category and we're up against some heavy-hitters so go represent for Temecula!)

Morning Memo from Juliet Father's Day Weekend 2009

Steal my code! See the Daily Temecula logo at the bottom of this page? You can add it to your website or blog. Just cut and paste the code in the box to the right of the logo. Spread the word!

Daily Temecula postcards and tee shirts are coming soon. Email editor@dailytemecula.com and we can hook you up.

Even though you can't tell to look out the window, it IS summer, so be sure to check out Daily Temecula contributor Johanna Lack's article on fun (and inexpensive!) local activities to do with kids all summer long.

Here's what the Daily Temecula team is working on now:
* our visit to California Tea & Coffee Brewery
* meeting Charlie Pate of Wishes for Children
* an antioxidant skin scan with the Pharmanex Scanner
* riding the new Temecula trolley
* our newest columnist deciphers and interprets the local real estate market
* plus we visit Fitwize 4 Kids, Wild Mango, Great Harvest Bread Co, and more

Have a wonderful day in the beautiful Temecula Valley!

Juliet