Greetings friends,
It’s April, so let’s get real friends. Literally, let’s get real. Really real.
What do I mean by get real? This is about taking living in the here and now and making our own community better. The things that we can actually put our fingers on, the knobs that we can twist, the events we can create, and the dirt we can dig, are the things that are real.
There is so much talk about Meta and virtual worlds. We aren’t talking about playing the Sims in the early 2000s, we are talking about people inventing an alternate world, one where will people put goggles on and share crypto-coins, sell virtual NFT images, and walk through virtual shopping malls. Facebook even changed their name to Meta to invest billions on a fake world.
VR goggles, alternate world, matrix, metaverse?
Seriously, who has the extra time to invent a fake world, when there is so much in the real world right around us? I’m not some guy that is clinging to my 1956 typewriter and vinyl records and I love technology. Pokemon Go at least got people out walking in the real world with a virtual overlay. This it is really about looking around us and finding at the things we can do, right here, in our own local world, that actually make our daily lives better. Yes, actually love Modesto, and Ceres, Oakdale and all of the communities around us.
Truly, this is what makes Modesto special. People can like living or being here or not, but I have noticed, what makes our community special is how people get involved, lend a hand, roll up their sleeved and do their part. The Gallo Center and McHenry Mansion would not be what they are without volunteers. Our local non-profits depend on all of us to take care of others, and our local government works because people serve on committees and commissions so the people are involved with our future.
These are our friends, our local business and the people that want to do their part to make it better. I spent some time with the owners of the new Casa Maestros that we are featuring this month, and besides opening their dream eatery, they wanted to be on 10th St to make it better, to make our downtown more social and be a part of something bigger. Our friends Jake and Katie Barber spearheaded the Children’s Museum and some of us our working on a Graffiti USA Museum. These are all ways we can Love Modesto in our own way.
This is why ModestoView is here, so we can all share our experiences, as friends, as business people and colleagues who want to make our lives better, not just for us, but for our kids and beyond.
Thank you all that read and share ModestoView monthly. I am grateful to all of you that advertise in these pages so we can design, print and deliver this monthly. We are here to “Serve Civic Pride Daily” and are glad you enjoy that.
See you out and about and lets all roll up our sleeves together.
With gratitude,
Chris Murphy
Founder and Publisher, ModestoView
chrism@modestoview.com<mailto:chrism@modestoview.com>
