NEW TURLOCK COSTCO
"Our Costco" opens at 8 a.m. tomorrow. This evening they had a special preview which was suppose to include hours d'oeuvres. I thought that might mean that all of the "sample ladies" on the West Coast would converge on Turlock. What it really meant was that all of the caterers in the area showed up. It was a major spread with tri-tip, various chickens, several kinds of sausage, salmon, pizza, smoothes, and all the Costco cake you could eat. Costco doesn't do anything in a small way.

It was wall-to-wall people. I probably won't brave the crowds there for a few weeks. But I expect that the $1.50 soda and Polish combination will become a part of my lunch routine. Actually it already is -- but now I won't have to go to Merced or Modesto.