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24-3 Dream Homes Issue
Quick Bites
This appetizing dish was created especially for the readers of Bakersfield Magazine
by our own local restaurateur Ralph Fruguglietti of Frugatti’s Italian Eatery. We gave him the daunting task of dreaming up a hors d’oeuvre recipe using locally grown ingredients. Ralph took our test and rose to the challenge. Using his signature brick oven he whipped up an old family favorite with a Kern County twist, the Focaccia Raccolta.
Letters from the Editor
Riding Shotgun
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
It’s 3 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving and I’m stumbling around in the dark, trying to wake up and get my bearings. I’m not even dressed yet; he’s ready—has been since 1 a.m. I find my way to the kitchen for a fix of caffeine and he’s pinging around the room like he’s indulged several times, talking a mile a minute with the excitement befitting a kid that just got his first kiss...
The Rise and Demise of Midnight Fantasy –The Band
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good” was playing on the 8-track. I had just turned 16. I had a car and I had my band. And after months of preparation, we had just gotten the call that we were being booked to play the Kern County Fair Main Entrance Stage...life was good.
A band was born...
Living in the Shadows of “Hammer Envy”
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
I’m a pretty handy guy around the house. I can fix things...really, I can. And I have the tools to prove it! But it usually takes an act of congress to get me motivated. Why?
It's a Good Feeling...
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Long ago...well, maybe not that long ago, but when I was younger, and a merit badge-earning Cub Scout, I had the opportunity to volunteer during a live TV broadcast of the Jerry Lewis Telethon. I basically handed out prizes at the carnival games they had going on, and it was fun to be working in a TV studio...
It’s Not Only Colonel Baker’s field
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Grandma Sally was reflecting on the events of the day my mom was born. As I remember the story, it was a very hot July day in the thick of WWII. Grandpa Don, who was serving his country as an oil man, was able to stay in Kern County. Per Uncle Sam (the country’s uncle, not mine specifically), his expertise was needed at home...
There’s a fork for that...
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Growing up with entrepreneurial parents often afforded me opportunities that most kids my age could only dream of. Okay, maybe not dream of...but it was pretty cool...
What Can I Say, I’m a Giver...
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Freshly out of high school and newly “rich” from working full time, I came across an ad, in Hot Rod magazine of all places, for a “pair of genuine diamond stud earrings...”
Confessions of a Quasi-C-List Celeb
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
I was warned...I always knew there’d come a day—in fact, before I accepted this position I was guaranteed it!
“You’ll never know when or where, but be prepared,” they said...
Get a Haircut and Get a Real Job!
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
These are words I’ve heard time and time again and yet, somehow, I’ve managed to escape the fate of the almighty shears on a fairly regular basis...
“Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be pyros.”
Written by Bakersfield Magazine
Take it from me, rubbing alcohol and matches don't go together—Mamas, please don't let your children grow up to be pyros.