Plato’s Closet
I cannot believe that I’ve never posted about Plato’s Closet. Considering that I almost exclusively shop there it seems a little ridiculous. Maybe on some level I didn’t want to share my secret with you yet. I mean, if you’re a size 7 1/2 we’re going to be in direct competition for shoes. I can let that slide and allow you into my Plato’s world. Here are the things I love about Plato’s Closet: 1. I love buying used items. I love items that have a little life behind them. I love thrifting and while Plato’s is definitely NOT a thrift store, I get the same excitement about the hunt. 2. I can feel good…
Somthing’s a Brewing
This past weekend Andrew and I went to Sacramento. He had a conference for work so I occupied myself by reading and writing for hours in different coffee shops downtown. At each place I found unique espresso, free wifi and a warm and unpolished environment. In a place like that my creativity explodes. I found myself longing for that experience here at home. How warm a welcoming home it was to find Fresno Brewing Company. First of all, I’m so excited about their location.They are downtown tucked back in the Fulton Mall. I love walking up and down the Fulton Mall remembering stories of my grandparents going down there. It’s a piece of local history and…
Love is in The Air: Daughters of Simone
The holidays are in full force; love is in the air people. Especially recently, because my sweet friend Shannon got engaged to her long-time beau Jeff. This gave me the perfect excuse to tell you guys about this shamazing etsy store I came across awhile back. Daughters of Simone is an etsy vintage bridal boutique. Their stuff is absolutely gorgeous and seriously perfect for all those boho brides out there. Best part is it has a fresno native at the helm. Brittani (a fresno gal) and her friend Christy (a bay area native) have amazing taste. I personally blog stalk them and I think you should too. Here are some of my favorite items from…
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What is I Heart Fresno?
Fresno has been food for comedy fodder and for good reason. Most people who live here spend their days trying to figure out how to get out. We often find ourselves apologizing about being from Fresno when we’re out of town. It’s a city that toes the awkward line between rural and metropolitan. With all of it’s faults Fresno is a beautiful place with incredible people. It’s a place with a lot of potential. Instead of resenting the awkwardness of this place, we choose to embrace it. We choose to be pioneers. To love this place for what it is and to believe it can be something more. We heart Fresno and after seeing it…
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Plato’s Closet
I cannot believe that I’ve never posted about Plato’s Closet. Considering that I almost exclusively shop there it seems a little ridiculous. Maybe on some level I didn’t want to share my secret with you yet. I mean, if you’re a size 7 1/2 we’re going to be in direct competition for shoes. I can let that slide and allow you into my Plato’s world. Here are the things I love about Plato’s Closet: 1. I love buying used items. I love items that have a little life behind them. I love thrifting and while Plato’s is definitely NOT a thrift store, I get the same excitement about the hunt. 2. I can feel good…
Somthing’s a Brewing
This past weekend Andrew and I went to Sacramento. He had a conference for work so I occupied myself by reading and writing for hours in different coffee shops downtown. At each place I found unique espresso, free wifi and a warm and unpolished environment. In a place like that my creativity explodes. I found myself longing for that experience here at home. How warm a welcoming home it was to find Fresno Brewing Company. First of all, I’m so excited about their location.They are downtown tucked back in the Fulton Mall. I love walking up and down the Fulton Mall remembering stories of my grandparents going down there. It’s a piece of local history and…
Love is in The Air: Daughters of Simone
The holidays are in full force; love is in the air people. Especially recently, because my sweet friend Shannon got engaged to her long-time beau Jeff. This gave me the perfect excuse to tell you guys about this shamazing etsy store I came across awhile back. Daughters of Simone is an etsy vintage bridal boutique. Their stuff is absolutely gorgeous and seriously perfect for all those boho brides out there. Best part is it has a fresno native at the helm. Brittani (a fresno gal) and her friend Christy (a bay area native) have amazing taste. I personally blog stalk them and I think you should too. Here are some of my favorite items from…
Adventures In the Sierras
Oh hey ‘I Heart Fresno’ fans. So uh um. My name is Kassy Batesole, and I am one of your new contributors. A little about the new rookie of this blog, I have lived in four different countries, played college volleyball, attended a bible college and now Fresno State, love writing, libraries, guitar, any sport with a board, addicted to running, and live to swim in the waves of the ocean, and dancing on top of mountains. So I moved here from the wonderful city of all over Los Angeles. Like really. I was born in Texas but mostly lived in Huntington Beach, Orange County, Ventura, Simi Valley, Northridge, Granada Hills. In 2002, my family…
Birth Day Suit Maternity
As I get closer and closer to my due date… I’m a little freaked out. I can’t lie about that. This is my first baby and it’s been a very interesting experience being big and pregnant. You go through a lot of emotions and ups and downs… a lot of “Ew I feel so ugly” and “Oh my gosh what is happening to my body?!” Yea… stuff like that. And that’s why I’m ALWAYS pleased when I see something that helps pregnant women out– like Birth Day Suit Maternity. I love it when pregnant women don’t have to feel like they need to look frumpy all the time, even if it’s during labor!!! Birth Day…
Starting Vs. Finishing
I’m not gonna lie, maintaining isn’t really my thing. I mean I’m more of an ideas person. I love innovation and new challenges and the idea of just writing about some new restaurant and event, well as much as I love Fresno and believe in this blog, it had me rather tired. I was lacking inspiration and then I realized, maybe Dom and I are not the only ones who have a hard time continuing on the path we’ve set out on. In fact, the theme of starting vs. finishing seems to be circling around Fresno. New spots open up to immediate adoption and then the support slowly waivers. Why? It’s cause we’re smack dab…
I Love The Bus
Here it is. My first post on I Heart Fresno and I’m talking about the bus. Not what you were expecting, no doubt.
Contributors
We have some GREAT news! I Heart Fresno is adding a few new contributors to the website. As you can see, Cam and I haven’t been able to keep up our blogging due to life recently and although this started as a personal blog to give you our take on Fresno, we just can’t keep it all to ourselves anymore. We want our readers (if there are still any of you out there) to enjoy this website more than every few months. Let me introduce our two new contributors… Kassy Batesole and Anthony Taylor! These Fresno peeps will bring you a little dose of their Fresno adventures to our blog and we are so thrilled…
Thrifted
I would like to come up with some lengthy explanation for why we haven’t been blogging, but actually I find our absence on here is quite fitting. The thing I love about Fresno Augusts is they are incredibly lazy. I spent all of last weekend at the lake and pretty much every evening on the couch with my husband trying our best not to die from the sweltering heat. Even though the heat was darn near awful I love it. Not the heat, but the overuse of my air conditioner and the excuse to do absolutely nothing. Even blog. So, I hope you don’t hate us, but there it is. I was busy doing nothing…
This Morning and Next Week
This morning me and my little family are at The Grind. One soy chai, one white mocha, and one lazy morning. me with my good morning mug. It seems appropriate. reluctantly pictured husband with awesome morning hair. first attempt at getting a shot of the illusive pups. still not working out so well. We’ll settle for this shot. She’s a little camera shy. In case you haven’t met her yet, this is Cosmo Avedikian-Belleci. So our little family sat and sipped and enjoyed a slow morning. NEXT WEEK all two legged family members will be heading out to the Taco Truck Throw Down at Grizzlies Stadium! The MIKE OZ (aka Mr. Fresno) and a new…
