Catching up with a friend over lunch in Nevada City, stop by Broad Street Bistro and sit outside on their patio.  Open seven days a week 7am to 6pm, bring your lap top, your dog or just chill with a coffee and people watch on Broad Street.  Broad Street Bistro has offered up a free latte to one InnSide Nevada City blog reader, please post a comment on this post on who you’d go to lunch with and I’ll draw the winner on Wednesday, September 5th.  The winner of last week’s SOAP shower scrub giveaway is Amanda T, and Sheila, Amanda, Marci, Holly and Rae have all won a 15% off coupon to go in and make their own bodycare product.

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New Zealander Nicole Ranger mountain biking Round Mountain Trail and Hudson Trail in Nevada City.  She thinks the trails here are “awesome.”  She enjoyed the added technical challenges of the rocky terrain.  If you’re looking for riding suggestions in the area, stop by the Outside Inn’s office and pick up one of our free trail guides.

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Nevada City Farmers Market, every Saturday morning from 8:30-12:30 mid June to mid November.  Photos from Riverhill Farm, Four Frog Farm, Boxcar Farm, Mountain Bounty Farm, Dinner Bell Farm and Living Lands Agrarian Network.  Support local farmers and buy local.  For more information on great way to Eat Local check out the post I recently wrote for Go Nevada County.  And if you have too many veggies and want to share, don’t forget the Outside Inn’s free veggie cart.

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Along a the quiet country road called Factory Street are a collection of granite boulders with telltale chalk marks on them.  The chalk is used by local climbers to grip the tiny ledges as they maneuver around the granite slabs.  Here is Dieter King working out early this morning on his favorite local bouldering site literally two blocks away from the nearest cafe in downtown Nevada City.  How did you start your day?

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Have you been into Save Our Ailing Planet (SOAP)?  Located behind SPD at 104 Argall Way the shop specializes in bulk eco-friendly cleaners, soaps, shampoos and more.  The Outside Inn has been using the Shikai shampoo and conditioner, Biokleen laundry detergent and a variety of other eco-friendly bulk cleaning products for years.  But did you know you can go into SOAP and make your own bath salts, shower scrubs or spritzers?  The staff is happy to set up the ingredients and walk you through the process, make one or a dozen, either purchase one of their many glass jars or bring in your own and buy the ingredients by weight.  I made a shower scrub with Pacific sea salt, Himalayan pink salt, sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil, jojoba oil and coconut oil and … Read More »

Are you training for the upcoming Barbara Schmidt Millar Celebration of Life Triathlon out at Scotts Flat Lake?  The event takes place on September 16th at 9am on the Cascade Shores, with women of all abilities and ages swimming, biking and running.  The money raised from the event goes to help fund mammograms at the Women’s Imaging Center at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and a scholarship for a local high school student who’s planning on studying in the health care profession.

The Outside Inn’s has always been a sponsor of the event, but this year we’ve decided to use the InnSide Nevada City blog to have a bit of a giveaway of some raffle tickets.  We’ve got $100 worth of raffle tickets to give away and the list of prizes is amazing!  Please post a comment on this blog … Read More »

Are you a vintage girl?  What’s your favorite item?  Have you been to check out The Parlour on Commercial Street?  The shop is packed full of vintage apparell, shoes and goodies, plus a selection of vintage inspired new clothing.  Owner Shawna James loves looking in thrift stores, garage sales and other treasure troves and over the years has perfected the art of finding unique pieces.  Open seven days a week from 11am onward.

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Synthetic Unlimited presents Anthony and Cleopatra at the historic Nevada Theatre in downtown Nevada City.  The action packed adaptation of Shakespeare play promises love, lust, sword fighting and more.  The 20 plus cast features powerful performances by Jimmy McCammon as Marc Antony, and Grace Fae as Cleopatra.   The play opens on Thursday, August 23rd and runs through September 15th.  To purchase tickets visit the Nevada City Box Office.  To view more photos please click here.  The Outside Inn’s blog InnSide Nevada City is excited to say that we’ve got 2 tickets to the opening performace, Thursday August 23rd at 7pm.  Please post a comment on this blog post on why you’d like to see the play and I’ll draw the winners on Monday, August 20th.  And the winner of the two tickets to the Nevada City … Read More »

Time to cool off in Nevada City!  Head to the river, the lake or the pool!  We’ve done a number of posts on great water activities.

Magical spots on the South Yuba River
Kayaking on Lower Scotts Flat Lake
Stand Up Paddle Boarding at Scotts Flat Lake
Swimming Holes on the South and Middle Fork of the Yuba River
Purdons Crossing, South Yuba River
The Outside Inn pool

 If you need directions to any of these refreshing spots feel free to stop by the Outside Inn’s office for directions.

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The Nevada City Film Festival is coming to town August 16th-19th.  The event is showcasing over 100 films from 14 different countries.  Join the kick off party Thursday night with the documentary “Neil Youngs Journeys” by Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme.  We interviewed a few of the locals filmmakers on why they’re excited about this year’s show.   Zoe Toffaleti, a current film student at UC Santa Cruz decided to pass on the bright lights of NY and SF to intern with the Nevada City Film Festival.  ”NCFF is kind of the best of both worlds; I’m learning a lot about every step of film production and programming, and I get to stay in Nevada City. I really love this town, and I feel so lucky that I can live in my parents’ house, walk to the office, … Read More »