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Two Words: Reno Earthquake Volcano Porn
Now that the Nevada Seismological Laboratory has exposed the relationship between the location and timing of the Mogul Earthquake Swarm and Volcanic activity in the Reno area, 
and intelligent people are engaging in civic-minded discourse on the imminent volcano threat and accompanying excruciating death by hot magma, 89509.net feels it is only appropriate to present actual footage of what might happen were Peavine Peak to violently erupt in a Biggest Little City In The World-swallowing conflagration.
Pay special attention to the way cooling lava would create new lands at its confluence with the Truckee River, inhabitable first only by plants, but ultimately a race of magma-resistant super insects prepared to colonize distant lands in service of their anti-drug message.
Reno Mogul Earthquake Update
The Mogul earthquake swarm just keeps on swarming with respectable temblors giving the old Richter scale a workout daily. Yesterday’s duo of 4.0 plus quakes got felt all the way on the wrong side of Reno and today’s 3.3 hardly seems like a last gasp. The Nevada Seismological Laboratory continue to provide excellent information and they’ve added a helicorder to the array of instruments measuring the almost constant quaking. Its output looks like this and in a bit of reverse-freudian jargon, those “sausages” are trains.
Shackjob Twice Over For Reno Camel
89509.net doesn’t always just link to the RGJ; sometimes it links to the RGJ and whatever the RGJ links to. In this case that’s this breaking news and this volunteer run exotic animal park in the wild North Valleys of Reno. The equal parts depressing and cool Sierra Safari Zoo has acquired two female camels (RGJ tastefully refers to them as ‘companions’ for adult male camel Merlin, zoo resident) and wants you to name them. One young camel is brown, the other white and this may be the only opportunity you will ever have to christen a fine pair of even-toed ungulates.
India Kebab & Curry
I really wanted to have a great time at India Kabab & Curry, 1091 South Virgina St. The restaurant is right in my neighborhood and has a welcoming appearance. I was immediately impressed by the double door entrance that would spare the dining room cold blasts of air with each arriving customer in the winter, an uncommon feature for a small place. The dining room is efficient, a little dim, but pretty and comfortable. The flatscreen on the wall was tuned to Indian TV and its volume exceeded pleasant restaurant background and kept creeping up to annoying with every Bollywood flourish. That should have tipped me off that something was amiss.
My party of seven arrived in two groups, the second of which was not provided menus. When queried for an entrée recommendation, our hostess seemed at a loss and registered mild annoyance when we asked for more time to choose our order. The request for a little more time turned into a lot more time as the hostess began a cell phone conversation behind the bar. The food was eventually served cordially by a well dressed man who quickly disappeared and we continued our meal amidst general indifference from the remaining staff.
The Kabab and Curry menu is quite extensive and covers, as the name suggests, plenty of tandoori and kebab options for those who don’t just want a bunch of good stuff stewed in tons of spices. There are many seafood options and intriguing, if inauthentic, choices like bleu cheese naan. The curried lamb and tandoori mixed grill we ordered were particularly tasty and the portions were reasonable for the price. Before my group left to no word of thanks or goodbye, I was glad to see as I settled the tab, a thorough customer survey included with the receipt that asked excellent questions and allowed me to get at what was good and not so good about our experience without feeling like a complete crank. It seems like a pretty good sign that India Kabob & Curry, a restaurant with all the ingredients to be great, do plan on perfecting their recipe.
India Kebab & Curry
I really wanted to have a great time at India Kabab & Curry, 1091 South Virgina St. The restaurant is right in my neighborhood and has a welcoming appearance. I was immediately impressed by the double door entrance that would spare the dining room cold blasts of air with each arriving customer in the winter, an uncommon feature for a small place. The dining room is efficient, a little dim, but pretty and comfortable. The flatscreen on the wall was tuned to Indian TV and its volume exceeded pleasant restaurant background and kept creeping up to annoying with every Bollywood flourish. That should have tipped me off that something was amiss.
My party of seven arrived in two groups, the second of which was not provided menus. When queried for an entrée recommendation, our hostess seemed at a loss and registered mild annoyance when we asked for more time to choose our order. The request for a little more time turned into a lot more time as the hostess began a cell phone conversation behind the bar. The food was eventually served cordially by a well dressed man who quickly disappeared and we continued our meal amidst general indifference from the remaining staff.
The Kabab and Curry menu is quite extensive and covers, as the name suggests, plenty of tandoori and kebab options for those who don’t just want a bunch of good stuff stewed in tons of spices. There are many seafood options and intriguing, if inauthentic, choices like bleu cheese naan. The curried lamb and tandoori mixed grill we ordered were particularly tasty and the portions were reasonable for the price. Before my group left to no word of thanks or goodbye, I was glad to see as I settled the tab, a thorough customer survey included with the receipt that asked excellent questions and allowed me to get at what was good and not so good about our experience without feeling like a complete crank. It seems like a pretty good sign that India Kabob & Curry, a restaurant with all the ingredients to be great, do plan on perfecting their recipe.
Battlefield Reno?
Much like they do anyplace, lots of things happen here in Reno. Some things you know about before hand, others you hear about afterwards. There are things you might not want to know about, some you would be disappointed to miss and others it would be nice to know if only to better shield yourself from. The account of a strange protest, the motives and methods of its principal characters, the targets, the nagging questions begged over at the God Hates Reno zine are definitely one of those; and maybe even a little of all three.
A Dump With Benefits
When I was a kid, my dad fixed the phone line of our local dump’s caretaker in exchange for the privilege of bringing some guns up and shooting all the broken stuff and rats. This week, though, you won’t have to do anyone any favors to get carte blanch at the dump. Free Dump Week, the annual and self explanatory event hosted by Waste Management, is in full effect between now and April 27th at the Lockwood landfill off I-80 East at exit 22. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful has all the info on free dumping, vouchered and otherwise.
Reno Whole Foods Update
89509.net was wondering aloud about the Whole Foods/Wild Oats situation in the South Meadows. Incredibly helpful Whole Foods employee Christos has the following to say:
Wild Oats is no longer Wild Oats, it’s totally Whole Foods inside. All of our employees at the Oats store will move into the new Whole Foods on it’s grand opening, which is officially June 25. The only reason we didn’t change our sign is because we would be moving soon enough, so why bother on the expensive/time consuming sign fixture? Wild Oats stopped it’s plan to move once the merger happened, so we’ll all just be employees at the new Whole Foods store which is, again, opening on June 25.
Original Post:
The ‘Open 2008’ sign posted above the Whole Foods Market marquee at the busy intersection of South Virginia and Neil Road in Reno’s South Meadows seemed a lot more promising back in 2007. It looks, though, like work is progressing on the building and you can get a pretty good idea of just how nice it’s all going to be when it finally does open up. Whole Foods is probably a good choice for Reno, aspiring as it does to the more upwardly mobile, gourmet aspects of natural foods, and it should fit in nicely just off the freeway and within Hummer distance of every master planned community nearby.
What is less certain, though, is the fate of the Wild Oats just down the block. I’m not sure why Whole Foods (who owns both) would want the two stores so near each other. Wild Oats does occupy a slightly different portion of the natural foods market, especially here in Reno where it maintains an unusual and undeserved kind of fringe status best exemplified by the Burning Man obsessed and hopelessly out of date Wild Oats Reno web presence (highlight: “Reno is an isolated city.”)
Around the time that Whole Foods sign originally went up, a small banner appeared on the old Good Guys building less than a mile away in Redfield Promenade at the confluence of Kietzke, South Virginia and McCarran, announcing the relocation of Wild Oats. The building appears untouched and that would seem to be the extent of the move thus far but the project is listed on the Whole Foods website right below the new Reno Whole Foods Market, both opening dates unfortunately, “to be announced.”
Mogul Earthquakes Continue Daily
The temblors just keep coming in Mogul with more in an ongoing series of earthquakes out in the far reaches of West Reno. Yesterday’s biggest quake rated a respectable 3.0. The UNR Seismological Laboratory has a special report on the Mogul swarm along with a nifty guide to earthquake preparedness and recovery. The USGS has real time reporting direct from their instruments with magnitudes and depths along with seismologist input.
Reno Winds Not Really Into, Like, Trees
75 MPH gusts were busily undoing some of the City of Reno’s hard work.
Drug Addled Sculpture Sends Mixed Messages
Reno Whole Foods Sews Wild Oats or something
The ‘Open 2008’ sign posted above the Whole Foods Market marquee at the busy intersection of South Virginia and Neil Road in Reno’s South Meadows seemed a lot more promising back in 2007. It looks, though, like work is progressing on the building and you can get a pretty good idea of just how nice it’s all going to be when it finally does open up. Whole Foods is probably a good choice for Reno, aspiring as it does to the more upwardly mobile, gourmet aspects of natural foods, and it should fit in nicely just off the freeway and within Hummer distance of every master planned community nearby.
What is less certain, though, is the fate of the Wild Oats just down the block. I’m not sure why Whole Foods (who owns both) would want the two stores so near each other. Wild Oats does occupy a slightly different portion of the natural foods market, especially here in Reno where it maintains an unusual and undeserved kind of fringe status best exemplified by the Burning Man obsessed and hopelessly out of date Wild Oats Reno web presence (highlight: “Reno is an isolated city.”)
Around the time that Whole Foods sign originally went up, a small banner appeared on the old Sam Goody building less than a mile away in Redfield Promenade at the confluence of Kietzke, South Virginia and McCarran, announcing the relocation of Wild Oats. The building appears untouched and that would seem to be the extent of the move thus far but the project is listed on the Whole Foods website right below the new Reno Whole Foods Market, both opening dates unfortunately, “to be announced.”
Reno Up or Reno Out?
The trusty Reno Gazette Journal remarked today on The Alexander, a fancy sounding three story apartment complex beginning construction on South Virginia Street between the Double Diamond dub housing and some new car dealerships. The brainchild of California based A.G. Spanos, it is meant to capitalize on the burgeoning development of the South Meadows and a supposed demand for upscale rental properties (the estimated $1150 to $1650 rents sound, at this stage, a little conservative). The project’s mid-level height, though, points to an interesting question: Should amoebic Reno continue to grow outward (and embrace short little buildings like the Alexander) or is it time to start going vertical and add some non casino high rises to the development repertoire?
Earth Day is Great and All, But…
There is, of course, no better time than right now to get out and do something good for yourself and your neighborhood. The non-profit and self explanatory Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful is like Publisher’s Clearing House for do-gooders. There are several upcoming events that range from way cool (May 3rd’s multi-site Invasive Weed Pull) to downright awesome (April 12th and 20th Kids Making New Paper From Old at Idlewild Park) not to mention the (in all seriousness) fulfilling and life affirming annual Truckee Meadows Community Cleanup.
Big Flashing Letters: God Hates Reno
There’s some new blood covering the Reno beat; I’ll let them explain the finer points of their name. They’re a little on the self-consciously transgressive side and have a paranoiac chip on their collective shoulder but the folks behind God Hates Reno seem to genuinely want to express… something. Their first big hit, though, comes from the GHR unaffiliated Robert Wernick and he spins a pretty good yarn about the way Reno used to be, touching on some forgotten local characters along the way. Here’s hoping for an uptick in original content but for now 89509.net totally supports other people doggedly trolling the internet for good Reno stuff to link to.
