Forks High School facade

In case you didn't know the original Forks High School was torn down this summer with plans to try to save the front facade.  Now the facade is at risk of being torn down.  The school board has to give the community an opportunity to raise alternative funds to save the building and a town meeting will be scheduled soon. 

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101005/news/310059994/one-final-chance-to-save-old-forks-high-school-facade-if-community

Eclipse debuts tonight

Well Twilight: Eclipse premieres tonight and I'll scour the web tomorrow to find shots of the premiere in Port Angeles.  It's been sunny lately here which is nice to see after all that rain.

Officially Summer

Well yesterday marked the first official day of summer and the tourists are starting to come in more and more.  More people are starting to learn that I'm here and I'm getting more business cards handed out.  Things have been slow going, but that was expected at first.  Summer is not going to be my best computer repair time around here as it's the only decent weather we get round here and most people are spending it outside.  That's where I hope the tourist Twilight crowd can help supplement the income a little.  I have pretty cool and unique items, at least once or more a day I get people taking a picture of my product in the window and sign.  As traffic increases hopefully too does the window shopper to shopper ratio.

Sparkling Sunshine

Sunshine has finally broken through the clouds and it looks like it should stick around a little this time.  Tourist traffic is starting to pick up too, so I've got wishful thinking for some foot traffic.  I got business cards ordered and on the way, so I can get those handed out and hopefully get some word of mouth business.

No vampires this morning, possibly this afternoon

Well it's an iffy day for vampires today in Forks, WA.  We started out with some sun, the first in quite a few days, but it has moved to more overcast now.  The weather report says it's supposed to rain more tonight and the 10 day forecast shows nothing but rain.  Now we're used to the rain here in Forks, but that doesn't mean we don't get tired of it once in a while.  I mean come on, it's June but the weather sure isn't acting like it.

More rain, more Twilighters and Twihards

Another vampire friendly day in Forks, WA the rain is pouring and the sun is nowhere to be seen.  There was good traffic for the Memorial day weekend, I just hope it keeps up.  It's been a pretty depressing first 2 months so far, not seeing much foot traffic in the door.  Though I did just get my signage in and I'm told traffic really picks up in the summer.  Here's hoping.

Rainy Day Ribs

Another rainy day here in Forks, some were hoping for sun for the memorial day weekend. I know the fishermen are glad to see the rain, too many sunny days causes the rivers to be too low and clear. Forks Outfitters was hoping for some sunny weather, they're doing they're memorial day ribs special this weekend. People round here don't care to much about the rain though, it's one of the few times you can get cooked ribs here in Forks. That's all for now, got a bunch of stock in the other day and need to do some rearranging.

Grand opening creeping up

Another beautiful overcast day here in Forks, WA, no sun, no rain, just right. Well I was shooting for a June 1st grand opening but all my product won't be in by then. Think I'll open up on the 1st and do my grand opening the week after, everything should have arrived by then.

If it's not one thing it's another.

Well I'm still recovering from throwing my back out and then I was knocked down with a cold. The wife caught it too and she had to call out sick for the day. Hope to be functional tomorrow and hope some more product or my signs come in. It's been an interesting week of weather, we had some pretty big winds and then some hail that actually hurt.

Back

I haven't updated in a while, I've been laid out as I threw my back out. I've been busy comparing wholesalers and ordering stock. I have most of my product ordered, the next main order I have is my Twilight t-shirts. I'm still deciding which of my designs to have printed up as I can only afford to do a few at first. For sizes I think I'm going to stick with medium and large, and I'll probably start out with 4 to 6 designs, see how they sell and go from there.

Fishing derby yesterday, more rain today

The Forks youth fishing derby was yesterday and as usual there was a huge turnout. This was my first year going to the derby since they relocated it to the rearing pond on Bogachiel Way. When I was a kid they used to have it at a stream that ran near the Sportsman Club. I have mixed feelings about the new location, it is definitely a lot easier for the kids to catch fish but it is also a lot more crowded, people were standing shoulder to shoulder almost. Anyways, we had a good time, didn't catch anything unfortunately because it started to rain and the kid wanted to go. I thought is was funny that my wife was surprised at how much I knew about fishing. I haven't been in probably over 10 years and I was never hardcore into it when I was a kid. But I guess it one of the skills you acquire growing up in a fishing town.
Hail and rain so far today, other than that it's a typical overcast day in Forks, just the way I like it.

Sunny Sunday

It's a rare sunny day in Forks, Wa. However because it's Sunday most of the town is shut down. There's lots to do outside though and you don't have to spend any money to enjoy nature. My mom is in town for a visit and we're going to the Lounge restaurant to give it a try. My brother has been there but I haven't yet, I may write a little review about it tomorrow.

Up and running again

Well I'm up and running again, had some downtime due to a blown power supply. Dad has gone turkey hunting in West Virginia after he just got back from turkey hunting in eastern WA. I'm watching the shop for him, not much business currently though.
My custom Twilight greeting cards showed up, and they are nicer than I thought they would be. Got my logo, business name and catchphrase all ready for business cards and signs. Waiting on my resellers license so I can get some vendor applications filled out and get some inventory ordered. I've got a register program for ringing sales, just need to practice on it a bit and then get my inventory entered into it.
I also got my business banking account set up and am waiting on the debit cards to arrive to order some custom Twilight t-shirts. Looking around town at the current offerings I haven't seen a lot of original Twilight merchandise, just a lot of stuff that could be picked up at Wal-mart cheaper. I know when I go visit a tourist destination, I look for something original and unique to the area and that is what I am going to specialize in. I want to have the different, unique and one of a kind products that you can only get in Forks, Wa at the heart of the Twilight saga.

Forks Easter egg hunt

Just got done with the Forks Easter egg hunt at the Tillicum park ball fields. We walked there and it was overcast weather with the sun peaking out. As soon as we walked through the gates it started raining a little and then as soon as they shouted go for the hunt it started hailing. The kids didn't care they those eggs disappeared into baskets faster than the hail was falling. As soon as the drawings for the prizes were done it stopped raining and the sun came out. It's nice to see that although the town has changed a little with the Twilight phenom the weather still keeps it's sense of humor.

Perfect day for vampires

It's another beautiful overcast day in Forks, Wa, my favorite type of weather. I don't claim to be any kind of vampire, but growing up in Forks I definitely share some traits. Overcast is my favorite weather, I don't like the sun it burns my eyes, and I prefer to be more active at night than the day, and I'm a bit of a loner. I'm still amazed at the spotlight Twilight has cast on Forks, I remember when growing up getting excited if they mentioned Forks on the KOMO news weather forecast. I feel very fortunate to have been raised in Forks, it's a very safe, sheltered, tight knit community where everybody knows everybody. That also made some things harder, when someone lost their life it really hit the whole community. I'm really excited to go back though, back to a slower pace of life, where people work for what they have and don't think they are owed everything or that they are better than everyone else. I won't miss the attitudes of the people in the city, the traffic or the commute. Well back to packing for now.

The move to Forks and Twilight country starts

I am an original resident of Forks, WA born and raised. I graduated from Forks High School in 1996 and have left and come back a few times and I'm going back again. It was 2001 when I last lived in Forks and now I've got a beautiful wife and wonderful son that I'm thrilled to expose to all the wonderful things our little town and area has to offer. We've got a lot of the packing done and finishing up the last days of work. My dad owns the Olympic Sporting Goods store in town and I'm going to be opening up my own little shop within his. It will be called Olympic Tech Goods & Services and will feature mainly computer and electronic goods for sale and will offer computer repair services as well. I will of course also have Twilight goods as well, I'm going to offer as many unique and exclusive Twilight items as I can. If anyone reads this and has suggestions of what they would like to see in the store, let me know and I'll do everything I can to accommodate. I hope to be updating this blog daily when we get down there with Forks and Twilight news and goings on. I'm actually watching Twilight in Forks: The Saga of a Real Town as I write this and I must say I am so thankful for what Stephanie Meyer has done for our town. Being the son of a Forks business owner I know first hand what a hard place the town was in before the Twilight series. There are many reasons that I am moving my family back to Forks, the biggest is because of Twilight, without it it wouldn't have been possible at all. I'm glad that I have this opportunity to go back, my dad puts on a good face, but I know things have been hard on him. A few years ago one of our closest family friends fell off a cliff and has suffered some mental and physical damage. His wife was not able to care for him all by herself, so my dad has taken on a large share of the responsibilities as well, he won't show it but I know it's been tough on him. My dad hasn't really gotten into the whole Twilight phenom but I plan on changing that. The Olympic Outfitters has taken a lot of the recognition from the Twilight series but Olympic Sporting Goods is the real sporting goods store in town. Olympic Outfitters was actually Ace Hardware for many years and I wasn't even aware of the name change until a visit last year. The sporting goods store in the books was not a part of a large grocery store, it is a small family business run by Mike Nelson's dad. Well according to the writings that sounds like my dads shop. You could say I'm a little bitter about Ace Hardware (as I know it) claiming all the glory but c'est la vie. Well it's 2:42am and the movie is over and I still have two more days at my current job so I better get to bed. So, if anyone ever actually reads this please stop by Olympic Sporting goods and say hi to Bob (my dad) and in about a week Shay (that's me) and tell us what would make your Forks/Twilight experience more enjoyable. I hope to see you soon, and thanks for stopping by to read, I hope you come back.

Twilight Breaking Dawn movie moving forward.

If you have been keeping up with the twilight movies, you may know that the fourth book "Breaking Dawn" was in debate as to whether it would get made or not. This was because the actors Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison were originally contracted for the first 3 books/movies only. It looks like things are moving forward now as the 3 main characters (Tyler Loughten also) have signed on to do the fourth movie and a script is being penned right now. It looks as though shooting may begin as early as this fall. See here:http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=62312 for the full story. Now the only question is whether it will be one long movie or if they will extend it into two, as "Breaking Dawn" was much longer then the previous 3 books. Personally I hope they extend it into 2 movies, so they can get all the content in there without leaving anything out and to keep the tourism flowing in Forks.