Arcata’s Occupy camp differed from Portland’s in a couple of ways. First of all, it was much smaller, initially set up in the middle of Arcata Plaza and then moved to City Hall...
Arcata has a lovely Halloween tradition. Kids and their parents dress up for Halloween and head for Arcata Plaza, where local businesses give out candy at their front doors. I thought of Broomfield...
Is it about Flying Free, any which way you can? Is it about Love? Or is it about Friendship? Even the kelp was wondering at Trinidad State Beach.
Go to Samoa Cookhouse for the history, not the food. It is “the last lumber camp–style cookhouse in operation in North America,” and the food is what you’d expect from a cookhouse...
This post has been updated. See new photograph below. North Coast Co-op just doesn’t have the same friendly vibe as People’s Co-op in Portland. Luckily, there’s Wildberries Market...
Note from 2015: This was originally a page about Arcata on the 12 Cities, 1 Year website, which no longer exists. All the pages and posts from 12 Cities, 1 Year, can be found on this site or on Todd...
One of the first restaurants Todd and I visited while living in Arcata, California, was Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine in Eureka. And the dish I had was memorable: Somlaw Machew Manoss, or sweet and...