Five Things to Get Excited About This Week

1.     The 11-Day 2011 Chasco Fiesta starts Thursday with a Native American Night in We’ll be along later today with a preview of the events to come.

2.     Are you ready for the Chasco Fiesta Street Parade? The streets downtown will be dominated by floats, crews and revelry starting at Grand Blvd. & Gulf Drive at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

3.      On Tuesday, we’ll explore Chasco’s origins in Jeff Cannon's Moving Forward, Looking Back column.

4.     We’re planning on premiering our restaurant review column later this week. If you have a restaurant you’d like to see discussed or would like to review one yourself, email editor Alex.Tiegen@patch.com.

5.     Want to escape Chasco but still find something to do? We’ll have suggestions later this week.