It’s Happening On Main Street

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Karyl

Lammers

We’re on a roll now! January, we were busy scheduling our days, weeks, and months for the year ahead (we should be used to writing 2022 by now). It’s still that quiet time of year when we’re catching up with ourselves after a lively end of 2021 and preparing for all that 2022 has waiting for us. The future starts today, not tomorrow!

Downtown Main Street is featuring our first event of the new year: “Valentine Movie Night” on Sunday (before Valentine’s Day), February 6, at 7 p.m. at The Park Cinemas. The featured film is Road to Morocco. A 1942 film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, and Anthony Quinn. The film has been described as “laugh-drafting.” See it for the first time or again on the widescreen. For $12, the evening includes champagne and chocolates or popcorn and soda! A step back in time, you’ll leave the theater in a “state of peaceful happiness.” Laughter is the best medicine. Call the Main Street Office for tickets at (805)238-4103.

If you’re into sports, February presents 17 days of excellent coverage. The XXIV (24th) Winter Olympics start Friday the 4th until Sunday the 20th in Beijing, China, at the National Stadium. “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well” Pierre de Coubertin, Father of modern Olympic Games.

If you’re a football fan, you know the 2022 Super Bowl LVI (56) is on Sunday, February 13, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood (our backyard). This takes place in the middle of the Olympics and is a historical happening in the sports world.

Both events will be on NBC (Super Bowl starts at 3:30 p.m. here). Not everyone is into the game of football, let alone the Super Bowl, so there are some interesting quotes from this group “Red wine pairs well with pretending to understand football.” “Beer is my number one draft pick.” “Is it half-time yet?”

My idea of a Super Bowl is a large bowl of guacamole. Some Super Bowl stats are 3.8 million pounds of popcorn are sold, 1.3 billion chicken wings are consumed, 325 million gallons of beer will be swallowed, 2 million pizzas baked, 10 million pounds of ribs will be cooked, and about 88 million pounds of cheese sold. And a good time is had by All!!

February is one of the most misspelled words in the English language. It’s the only month that can go without a full moon. In 2022 the February full moon is the “snow Moon” and will arrive on the 16th.

Looking ahead, Main Street has no events scheduled for March; most other venues have not announced their March events yet. However, this does not mean there is nothing to do in Paso in March. Stargaze, drive-thru the rolling hills of vineyards & wineries, try our hot springs, enjoy one of our exceptional places to dine in downtown and around town, visit one of our historic museums; there is always something to do. The time you enjoy wasting time is not wasted time. To our visitors who become guests in one of our many outstanding hotels, we say: we’re glad to have you as our guest, and hope you have a good night’s rest; Tomorrow, you may again roam, but while your here, just feel at home!

Locals remember this is our town -enjoy it. Support our businesses—shop local. Keep our downtown going and our way of life above average. Compare our community with others and see how blessed we are.

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years”. - Abraham Lincoln