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This Month’s Good Question - July 2008
Every month I go out into the community and ask one good question and report the answers. This month’s good question is: What restaurant(s) would you like to see in Gilroy’s downtown?”
“I’d like to see an IHOP, a Kirk’s Steak Burgers or a Morgan Hill Chinese Takeout.”
–Lindsay Silva
“I have to get my .02 in as well. I’d love to see Morgan Hill’s Ragoots open a location in our downtown. I’d also love to have a Red Lobster! Another great one would be something like the Sonoma Chicken Coop in Campbell. Ooh, and an Indian fusion place that plays bhangra music on the weekends!”
–Cynthia Clinton
“A good fish and chips place, like Wellington’s was. I’d also like a cool Turkish or Turkish fusion place where I can get great kebabs. A Red Lobster would be good too.”
–Joseph Fernandes
“I’d love a good French Bistro downtown.”
–Linnea Smith
“I’d like to see a trendy dinner place, a micro-brewery or a nice steak house.”
–-Tim Wecks
“Italian! The downtown needs Italian or what about Chinese?”
–Dan from Econo Furniture
What restaurant(s) would YOU like to see in the downtown? Call me!
Filed under Good Question | Comment (0)SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS - Econo Furniture 95020
The featured business this time is ECONO FURNITURE in the heart of Gilroy’s Downtown on the southeast corner of Sixth and Monterey Streets.
Econo Furniture
7390 Monterey St
Gilroy, CA 95020
(408) 846-8788
Business Hours: M-Sat = 10am to 8pm, Sun=11am to 6pm
Econo Furniture has been the feature of interest on the southeast corner of Monterey and Sixth for nearly 10 years now. In business since December 1999, you know them by the unique furniture they display outside – usually unique chairs in the shape of a flower, hand, or even in the shape of an elegant high-heeled shoe.
Every furniture store has furniture, but what sets this store head-and-shoulders above the others in town is its people. The staff is warm and friendly and always gives visitors a friendly greeting when they enter the store. Plus, if they see you more than once, they usually remember your name. This I know from personal experience!
If you’re outside looking in at the dining and bedroom sections of the store, it can look like they are closed or like that section is off limits, but it’s not! If they are open in the main part of the store, on the corner, they are happy to open the door for you if they know you want to look around. It’s locked because it’s not accessible from the main floor inside the store - it just has a separate entrance is all. Don’t be shy!
Stop by Econo Furniture today and see why I love this store so much. I know you’ll love it too!
Filed under Spotlight On Business | Comment (0)Independence Day
I live in Gilroy, down by where the old cannery used to be. It’s a an old working class neighborhood with a mixture of nice houses and what appears to be migrant housing with many lots having in-laws quarters. Driving through the neighborhood you see more than one mailbox on the outside of probably half the houses on the street.
Fireworks can start a month or more in advance of Independence Day and even New Year.
These fireworks are big and, no doubt, illegal. They are small explosions. I’m guessing they come from Mexico. The sky lights up like lightning has struck and a second later WA-BOOM! We’re not talking a “pop” here. It’s like living in a war zone.
My dogs have been barking like crazy all day and most of the evenings for a week. The fireworks will probably contintue for another few weeks, but hopefully sporadically.
I tried to get a picture of some of the fireworks, but the van belonging to the neighbors’ visitors that’s blocking my car into the driveway is totally obscuring the view. Such is life.
I hope your holiday was safe and enjoyable. May you sleep in peace tonight, knowing all is well.
Filed under Around Gilroy 95020 | Comment (0)Did You Know? February 2007
- Did you know that Valentines Day love makes Libra babies? You could have your very own snappy dresser before the year is out. Put your petty cares aside and Make Libras, Not War! But don’t think about it too much… he who hesitates has a Scorpio.
- Did you know that you can improve your vision, sometimes to the point of not having to wear eyeglasses at all, by devoting some time every day to eye exercises? Get busy; it’s almost sunglasses weather. They have shades now that are so big you’ll look like Fearless Fly.
- Did you know that the absolute, most sure-fire way to get closer to your dreams is to live them now (as in TODAY) to any degree that you can? Surely there’s something you can do today that will get you one smidgey bit closer to the goals that mean so much to you. I double-dog dare ya!
- Did you know that if a pair of jeans doesn’t make your butt look good, it’s not even worth $1? Millions of Americans each year develop a painful condition called “Swivel Neck” from trying to observe their fannies in the mirrors of dressing rooms. Don’t let this happen to you; bring a hand mirror. If the back view isn’t all you’d hoped, just say no, man. Just say no.
