Well, this is what I remember fron the mid 90s, so it may have changed but probably not by a lot.

It's pretty small-town, very college town. Almonds and rice are the big crops in the area, Sierra Nevada Brewing is right there, real estate is cheap both to rent and to buy (compared to the rest of California, anyway). A lot of bars downtown catering to the college, some with live music, not much in the way of fine dining but some good diners. Used to be a nice little family-run art house theater downtown that I hope is still there. Two malls and a Wal-mart. A large-ish Mormon community and also a pretty thriving gay community. Excellent parks and bike trails that will get you a lot of places, I have no memory of any public transit at all. easy access to canoeing and kayaking, not far to go for river rafting or skiing. It's pretty flat, itself, atrociously hot in the summers and mild in the winters, lots of pollen in the spring.

What are the conflicting things you've heard, out of curiousity?

What are the conflicting things you've heard, out of curiousity?

Hellmouth? Mothra's nesting ground?

Would the world seriously grind to a halt if we just took off from Christmas eve until after the New Year?

SERIOUSLY! When I worked for a tiny non-profit, they had a policy of the office being closed for that week and it was a great decision. I am getting some work done this week, but mostly because it is my last few days and one project I know more than anyone else. Nothing is on deadline and everyone else is either wasting time online or catching up on work that gets shafted when we are busy - all of which could be done from home.

YAY for good baby reports.

I definitely would have noticed a Hellmouth, so I'll say no to that, but Mothra might have slipped past me.

What are the conflicting things you've heard, out of curiousity?

Rather more about whether it's kind of an agricultural town or more like wine country.

When I worked for a tiny non-profit, they had a policy of the office being closed for that week and it was a great decision.

Ditto and ditto. Although, last week I found out about a 1/3 deadline, so I'd have to do some work this week anyway.... Although I'm scared to do the 15 minutes of work on it that should get done today, because then I'll really have nothing to do.

More agricultural than wine, definitely. Unless it's changed quite a bit in the last 10 years.

When I worked for a tiny non-profit, they had a policy of the office being closed for that week and it was a great decision.

That would rock! I'm getting a little work done, but our clients have been 70% no shows today. I heard no one showed up for their appointments on Monday.

We have big stuff happening the 4th and 5th, so the theory of being open this week is a good one.

It's the practice, where no one else is here to answer my questions, that sucks.

OH MY GOD I AM SO BORED!!!