Archive for the ‘Crestline Basics’ Category

Crestline Restaurants Listing

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 19:20 No Comments

Here is a quickie listing of restaurants located in Crestline California, particularly in Downtown Crestline and Old Town (AKA Top Town, on Crest Forest Drive):
Crestline Restaurants

A Frame Burgers - Lake Dr
Billy Bear’s 23943 Lake Dr ~ 909-338-1660
La Cocina De Tony - 24194 Lake Dr ~ 909-338-9377
Lake Gregory Coffee - Lake Dr ~ 909-338-8211
Loose Caboose […]

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Cable in Crestline and Arrowhead

Sunday, October 19, 2008 20:28 No Comments

If you live near Crestline and Lake Arrowhead in California, you will need to look up Charter Cable for your cable and cable Internet needs. There is no other choice for cable up here, so you will have to find this company if you are to have fast Internet and your television programs on tap!
Of […]

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Be Careful in the Crestline Mountain Area This Week

Monday, October 13, 2008 22:22 No Comments

Due to the strong Santa Ana winds blowing through the mountain region this week, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Crestline and its surrounding areas.
Winds are expected to average 15-25mph during the daytime, with gusts up to 45-50mph through the passes and canyons.
This, combined with low humidity and warm temperatures, […]

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Lake Gregory Pharmacy Review

Saturday, October 11, 2008 16:54 2 Comments

I love my pharmacy. I know that’s a weird thing to love, much less even like: a pharmacy is simply where you wait in line to get your medications, right? So it’s unusual for a pharmacy and a pharmacist to actually make it onto one’s personal radar as a source of joy.
Crestline’s tiny local […]

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Crestline Weather Widget

Friday, August 8, 2008 7:08 No Comments

We’ve just added a 24/7 insta-widget for you to check on the weather in Crestline! You can look to the widget in the sidebar here, or go directly to the expanded Crestline weather forecast at Wunderground.

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Top 10 Things to Know Before you Move to Crestline

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 7:25 1 Comment

Considering a move to our mountain paradise? You’ll need to walk in with your eyes wide open - our lifestyle is not the modern, fast-paced, urban society one associates with the rest of southern California. In other words, it’s not for everyone.
Read this Top Ten list and see if these good and bad points agree […]

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Crestline Wildlife

Monday, August 4, 2008 7:01 1 Comment

Living in Crestline, we get a variety of wild animals living in and among our dailyness.

RACCOONS

Last night we had a huge raccoon climbing around our back porch - I assume attracted by our large bowls of water and dry dog food. It had no fear of me. I gave it a respectfully wide berth myself. […]

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Make an Emergency Earthquake Plan

Saturday, August 2, 2008 18:06 No Comments

My Los Angeles friend Bonnie wrote an article on the recent 5.4 magnitude earthquake (11:42 AM, July 29, 2008 - government info here) felt here in the mountains. I was in San Diego at the time and the there house shook, the windows rattled, etc. I have friends all over southern CA who were Twittering […]

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What is the Crestline Alpine Mall ?

Thursday, July 31, 2008 17:16 7 Comments

We don’t really have a mall, per se, in the 1980s sense of “enclosed mega shopping space.” But Crestline DOES have a modest outdoor retail area called the Alpine Mall. It’s a cluster of cute retail cabins. There’s also decent parking (which in Crestline means flat parking where you don’t have to back out into […]

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Review of the Blue Jay Movie Theater

Monday, July 21, 2008 22:08 2 Comments

Crestline residents have several movie-going choices:

to go down the hill into the urban jungle for more movie theaters than you can shake your wallet at,
to head into Big Bear for the two smallish Village theaters (and a 45 minutes drive from Crestline at best),
…or to head over to Blue Jay for the one […]

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