Fresno Famous

You know what's great about Art Hop in July?

Air conditioned galleries.

Picture it: Fresno, 2010.

You might want to think twice about that fourth glass of Charles Shaw tonight, lest you go skidding the wrong way down Fulton Street (Note: north of Divisadero it's one-way.

If there's one thing we like more than talking about ourselves, it's watching ourselves talk about ourselves.

(image) Art Hop is great. Like nothing else in this town, Art Hop has caught on and is spreading like wildfire all over the place.

(image) Tonight's Art Hop is going to be huge. Your favorite stops are all having holiday gift sales, which means you can pick up some Fresno art on the cheap- plus there will be arts and crafts.

This week in Famous we review the new Tower restaurant Senses and find it's way better than the Long John Silver's it resembles.

Your abridged guide to downtown Art Hop to the rescue.

Fresno features prominently in the 30-minute Sacramento PBS special "New Valley: Art for Our Sake" (read the transcript here), which ai

When you think of downtown, what comes to mind? Grizzly Stadium. Ok. The Security Bank. Makes sense. What about artists? Does that ring any sort of bell?