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The Real Reno

Like half the members on Reno Baby!, I work in marketing and we are talking at work about a project that taps into the "real Reno" - you know, the Reno that is so hard to describe to people ... how we reside somewhere in the cultural space between San Francisco, Boulder and Tuscaloosa.
We want to chronicle the attributes of our city that make us who we are, and the people who make those attributes what they are. I'm not talking Artown and Hot August Nights -- not the polished stuff. I'm talking the Awful Awful, the 50 tattoo parlors in a three-block radius dowtown, and the Mad Max Skater guy who harasses motorists on Moana and Virginia.
Who/what would you nominate?

Tags: artown, august, hot, motel, nada, nights, reno

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Shelton on May 6, 2008 at 7:57pm: 99 cent giant margaritas!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dave aiazzi on May 6, 2008 at 10:20pm: Battle Born Derby Demons, the breadth of the populace that flow through Rapscallion, being halfway between the rich, popular, much protected Lake Tahoe and the treeless expanse of alkaline Pyramid Lake, which is MUCH more popular to the locals.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elisa Maser on May 7, 2008 at 11:04pm: Real locals know that the desert isn't just a huge beige void. They love the smell of rain on sagebrush. Wish we still got Nevada Day off on Nevada Day. Know that Guy Rocha knows everything there is to know about Nevada. Remember the Waver. Saw "Hello Hollywood Hello" - altho some of us had to sneak into it... since it closed down before we turned 21. Have been to a brothel at least once ... whether it was just to drive up to the parking lot (as a 'got your license, let's go' kind of dare OR on one of the legislative tours). Have a skyroom memory.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by dave aiazzi on May 8, 2008 at 8:36am: Senator Bryan in the Skyroom 8/9/99 - Dig that wallpaper!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tom Clark on May 8, 2008 at 10:44am: Is that Michael Moreno with the good Senator...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by carrieh on May 8, 2008 at 7:29am: Its that "eco-cowboy" thing we got goin' on. The wild west, do what you want folks who see geothermal power and antelope hunting as intrinsically Nevadan.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Don Vetter on May 8, 2008 at 8:14am: Legislative Brothel Tours...that's so funny on so many levels; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jackie Shelton on May 8, 2008 at 8:17am: At least we're honest about it in Nevada. New York could take a lesson from us!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim_Scripps on May 8, 2008 at 9:37am: All right, so we have 99-cent margaritas, roller-derby girls, eco-cowboys, brothels, politicians who frequent brothels (Not Dave!), a mixtape of weird unique history ("Hello Hollywood, Hello," Skyroom, brothels (Not Dave!), etc.), the environment - sage smell, pyramid, Tahoe ...
Not a bad start. How about Sam Dehne playin' his git-tar at every damn public meeting in town, or the dude who rides the bicycle with the stereo, CB, siren light, digital camera, etc. at the Sparks Farmer's Market? How about Aaron Greene, owner of Paramount Custom Cycles, who is putting out some of the best custom choppers in the world?
Keep 'em comin' people. And name names (I want to actually find these people); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim_Scripps on May 9, 2008 at 11:22am: BTW, On my bike commute I saw the dude who rides his crazy bike at the Sparks Farmer's Market. OK, I didn't see the dude, but I saw his bike. Check it: http://twitpic.com/wuz; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nico on May 9, 2008 at 2:41pm: Oh god, I've never seen that. What time can this fellow be found at the Sparks Farmer's Market?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jim_Scripps on May 9, 2008 at 6:20pm: I don't know his touring schedule... but I know I ran into him at the River Festival today: http://twitpic.com/x9a; ▶ Reply to This