OK… I know… this is the third post in a row about the Riverside Open pro beach volleyball tournament.  Why so many posts? I like volleyball. This is the first AVP pro beach volleyball tournament in Riverside. Six Olympians played in the finals today. All of the above. I took my daughter to the Riverside [...]

The AVP Riverside Open pro beach volleyball tournament begins today.  Since there is no beach in downtown Riverside, I drove down to Market / Third a few times over the past week to see how asphalt could be transformed into a beach. OK, so it’s not exactly the beach, but it’s pretty cool to see [...]

Pro beach volleyball in Riverside?  As someone who has played a fair amount of beach volleyball at the actual beach, I’m amazed to be writing “Riverside” and “beach volleyball” in the same sentence. The AVP Crocs Pro Beach Volleyball Tour is holding the Riverside Open next weekend (April 17-19) in downtown Riverside.  This is a [...]

The next time you’re driving down Magnolia and you notice the great white shark sticking out of Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler, do yourself a favor and go inside (the restaurant, not the shark). This is our first post on www.riversideandbeyond.com, so we wanted to start with a review of one of our favorite places to eat.  [...]