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traveled the world, visiting every continent and almost every country, including 16 trips to Africa. The next week, I visited again to learn more about her travels. I love to travel and learned the joys from my own mother, who traveled the world later in her life. My mother, who was Hazel’s exact age, had died the year before, and I was left with a hole that I can only guess needed filling. At 90, Hazel was still able to fill me in on some of her trips, but she had trouble remembering the years, which was understandable. I discovered we were both members of Fremont Presbyterian Church, even though she hadn’t been able to attend for a long time.
Hazel and my mother were completely different personalities, but their interests were so similar, it comforted me to be around her. We soon found out she loved The Wall Street Journal but didn’t know you could get home delivery. We had just started getting it at home, so my husband took it down to her house every day and placed it on her doorstep after we finished reading. She called Jim the world’s best paperboy. At Christmas, she’d take us to dinner at The Waterboy, her favorite restaurant, as a thank-you.
During our visits, I learned other things about her. She loved literature, history, foreign affairs and politics, all interests of my mother’s. Hazel and my mother were completely different personalities, but their interests were so similar, it comforted me to be around her. I once shared this with her and she said, “I am so happy to be able to do something meaningful for you!” When Hazel's friend Helen needed hip replacement surgery two years ago, we found a short-term assisted living facility for Hazel. We visited, brought mail and watched the home front until Hazel could move back. After that, we arranged for home care assistants to help her out. I kept up our weekly chats until the past year, when she began spending more and more time in her den and talking took too much energy. A year ago, we got a puppy named McKinley, and I started taking him to see Hazel, who loved dogs. It was perfect. She’d hold him on her lap, petting him and feeding him treats. He’d lick her face with joy, and she’d giggle like a little girl. She’d recall how much she’d loved her cocker spaniel, Jerry. Hazel had been widowed twice and never had any children, nor did Helen. Hazel had no siblings, and her relatives lived a considerable distance away. Hazel’s and Helen’s friendship served them both very well. Helen dutifully cared for her friend, doing shopping and meal prep and, most importantly, providing companionship. I know no better friend than Helen. Our friendship with Helen will most certainly continue.
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PUBLISHER FROM page 9 news of our business, the political scene, our family and our volunteer work in the McKinley Park across the street—which she generously supported, along with numerous other local charities. And, of course, she enjoyed hearing about my own travels and looking at my photos.
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h. It’s that time of year to exhale. Time to let go of all 365 days of 2014, especially the bad ones. Let go of the struggles, the stresses, the strains of our goings about. And ah. It’s time to breathe in a completely fresh, life-affirming new breath of the New Year—the first breath of 2015, filled with the promise of a refreshed attitude, hope and renewed energy to be the best we can be. Now, should you have any trouble getting yourself to tap into the hope a new year brings (like I seem to do), you might want to ask for some help from Yoga Shala. Beginning this month, Yoga Shala is partnering with Whole Foods Market to create the Wellness Warrior Challenge, a month-long health blitz that offers unlimited yoga as well as a three-part nutrition series of cooking classes, said Biffy Cotter, one of the four owners of Yoga Shala. “You can’t just do yoga. You have to eat healthy to feel good,” she said. “And you can’t just eat healthy; you need to move your body” to reach optimal health. Cotter and her sister, Annie Fox Langdale, along with Tyler Langdale
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Yoga Shala owners are partnering with Whole Foods Market to create the Wellness Warrior Challenge. The January program offers unlimited yoga and a series of nutrition classes aimed at starting out 2015 with health in mind.
and Josh Pane, own Yoga Shala’s two studios: one in Midtown and the other at Arden Way and Eastern Avenue near Whole Foods. The whole thing begins Jan. 4 and challenges participants to take 15 yoga classes in a 30-day period, choosing from more than 55 yoga class offerings each week between Yoga Shala’s two studio locations. Whole Foods offers several dates for each of its three classes in the challenge. Participants can register and organize their challenge schedule online at yogashalasac.com or by calling 213-3051. Yoga Shala’s backstory is inspiring in its own right. Tyler Langdale and Pane opened the Midtown studio in 2010. Meanwhile, Cotter and her sister Annie Fox had been dreaming of opening their own yoga studio in the Arden Carmichael area. The four met and not only did yoga ideas bloom, but Tyler fell in love with and
married Annie. In 2012 Cotter bought into Yoga Shala. Two years later, the group opened the Arden Way location at Eastern Avenue. “What we are doing is far more than a random yoga studio opening up,” said Tyler Langdale. “We’re a family partnership of business entrepreneurs who’ve come together in an organic way.” Yoga Shala offers five yoga styles as well as multiday personal discovery retreats, camping yoga adventures, workshops and international yoga tours to India. “No matter what your experience, age or what your body type is, you can find a home at our studio,” Langdale said. “We don’t believe in a one-wayfits-all. We have different styles to customize your experience for you.” “People are literally sick in January from what they ate and drank in December and from giving up their exercise routines,” Cotter said. “The
Having trouble getting yourself moving? Need a little encouragement and camaraderie? Try looking in our backyard at the American River Parkway and to one of our own Arden area residents, Ken Press. Press is the founder of the local training group SacFit, a 16-week personalized fitness training program on the American River Parkway that preps both expert and beginning athletes to run or walk a half-marathon and to achieve their personal record doing so. SacFit offers two sessions per year, one beginning on Jan. 3 and a summer session beginning in June. Press is celebrating his group’s 10year anniversary and estimates he has trained as many as a thousand athletes per year since he started. But that’s not all. His training program culminates in a halfmarathon that attracts runners nationwide, and Press has donated more than $300,000 in proceeds from his organization back to the American River Parkway. “I recognize that large groups like SacFit do impact places like the parkway,” he said. “So we make sure we’re always giving back to the
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OUT FROM page 13 “Through an incremental and motivational environment we inspire first-timers to consider entering and participating in the Parkway Half Marathon,” Press said. “And we help our intermediate and more experienced athletes achieve their personal best times.” The program has evolved to include about 60 coaches, educational seminars and a structure in which athletes are subdivided into running groups of similar levels and goals. “The idea of having 400-500 people on a team might seem like there won’t be much personal attention,” Press said. “But the magic of SacFit is we give personalized attention despite being a huge team. We subdivide into color groups, then pace groups. By the time you get immersed into your program you are with 10 or 15 athletes of similar fitness levels who you train with for the balance of the season.” Press said the key to success with the program is fun. “We are not a matchmaking group, but we are very social and we have a wide cross-section of people, ages and interests,” he said. “We’ve actually had two marriages—people meeting at Sacfit. We know people who’ve met at SacFit are going to be lifelong friends.” The program begins at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 3 with in-person registration at Rio Americano High School. It continues each Saturday along the American River Parkway and it offers training run schedules and opportunities three other days during the week at various locations throughout the region, including California State University, Sacramento, high school tracks and nearby trails. Press is keeping the price of his program “artificially low” on purpose. It’s $95 for new members and $85 for returning. “I don’t want people to have to spend a lot of money on coaching,” he said. “I want them to take the money they save and invest in themselves by getting great shoes and great equipment. “The best part about these last 10 years is that I get random emails
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STUDENT MUSICIANS PASS THE TUBA
Local artist Louis Baker donated a watercolor depicting Ancil Hoffman Park to the Carmichael Water District. Photo courtesy of Susan Maxwell Skinner.
Hey, all you middle school music lovers! Tune up your tuba. Shine that saxophone and get your lungs filled up with air in time for the El Camino Middle School Band Clinic on Saturday, Jan. 31
during the week from members who let me know they no longer need to take diabetes medicine. Or somebody says their doctor gave them news they had the bloodwork of an athlete. Or I get word from an accomplished athlete saying she’s lowered her personal record by five or 10 minutes. It’s more rewarding than I could have ever anticipated. “If I can help someone exceed their own expectations of what they can do, that alone is life-changing.” Register online at sacfit.org or in person at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 3, 10 or 17 at Rio Americano High School. For more information, call 722-3481.
GARAGE SALE SIGNS POSE SAFETY HAZARD They’re all over town: utility poles plastered with signs and notices for lost animals, yard sales and events. County officials warn that these signs can present serious hazards for utility workers who climb the poles. Nails, staples, tacks and screws can injure line workers who climb the wooden utility power poles every day, especially during the winter when things are bit more slippery and work is often done in the dark. When the signs fall off or are removed, the fasteners often remain in the pole, where they can cut a power line worker.
Hey, all you middle school music lovers! Tune up your tuba. Shine that saxophone and get your lungs filled up with air in time for the El Camino Middle School Band Clinic on Saturday, Jan. 31, at El Camino High School on Eastern and El Camino avenues. For a $30 registration fee, all sixth- through eighth-grade band musicians in the community are invited to participate. The clinic allows middle school students to get a taste of high school band with the help of renowned high school band director Kevin Glaser. High school musicians work directly with middle-schoolers, helping them improve as musicians. It’s one of those seemingly chaotic events that imparts a positive experience for all involved by providing high-schoolers with a chance to give the gift of music to younger enthusiasts. The clinic provides group instruction, practical skills, music education and individual tutoring to all middle school band students, regardless of age or ability level. It is designed to encourage young band students to become more confident and proficient on their instrument. For more information, call Glaser at 971-7449.
LOCAL ART AT THE WATER DISTRICT One thing leads to another. Even in the art world. It wasn’t long ago that local artist Louis Baker’s watercolor of Ancil Hoffman Park graced the cover of Inside Arden. Well, now Baker has donated that very piece to the Carmichael Water District, where it will grace the district’s headquarters. The painting is one of two that have been in Baker’s family for years, and vividly depicts the Ranney Collector at Ancil Hoffman Park. The board of directors thanked Baker and honored his talent and
generosity at a special board meeting in December. The district is committed to celebrating and protecting the beauty of the Carmichael area in methods that protect our water supply.
GET CRABBY Enjoy an evening of fun, food and friends while supporting children’s programs at the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District’s 12th annual Crab Feed. There will be music, a silent auction and plenty of crab, as well as shrimp, chowder, salad and pasta. Seating is limited and the event sells out, so purchase tickets early at the district office, 2201 Cottage Way, or online at fecrecpark.com For more information, email tderosier@fecrecpark.com or call 927-3802, ext. 114.
EMBROIDERY, ANYONE? The Camellia Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 17,
at the Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave., Sacramento. Guests are always welcome at the free event. For more information, call 2232751.
ADULT SPORTS LEAGUES Adults interested in playing on soccer, basketball, softball or volleyball teams should check out the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District’s offerings. The district is taking signups for spring teams, including coed volleyball teams, several different adult slow-pitch softball teams of varying skill levels, a six-a-side soccer league played on an under 12-sized field, a five-person year-round basketball league, and a three-onthree year-round league. For more information, call 9273802.
ST. MARK’S PRESCHOOL INVITES VISITORS Parents interested in looking for a nurturing parent-participation
preschool are invited to visit St. Mark’s Preschool throughout January. The school is at 2391 St. Mark’s Way. The school offers a morning program for 3- and 4-year-olds. Children do not need to be potty trained to attend. There is a babysitting co-op to help care for students’ younger siblings when parents are participating in the classroom. The program includes play, learning, live music, story time, dancing, arts, crafts and kindergarten preparation. Visitors can spend a morning in the class to see if the program is right for their child. Visitation is available Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon throughout the month. To arrange a visit, contact preschool director Lily Andrews at 486-6509 or preschool@stmarksumc. com For more information, go to saintmarkspreschool.com Duffy Kelly can be reached at dk@ insidepublications.com n
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A Happy Ending COUNTY’S 2014 CLOSES WITH WELCOME BOOST FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES
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have some positive news about out budget. Last fall, when the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors adopted its final $3.7 billion budget for fiscal year 201415, more money was allocated to municipal services that benefit residents of the unincorporated area. Those additional resources went to the Sheriff’s Department, Probation, the District Attorney, Code Enforcement, Regional Parks and Animal Care. The funding to law enforcement was critical to maintain existing levels of service. The additional support for Animal Care is aimed to improve call response and service, including expanded open hours to the public. Regional Parks is getting additional staff and funding for fire risk reduction programs, including help for the American River Parkway. Both the District Attorney and Code Enforcement are getting help to address problem properties, illegal dumping, and improve the quality of life in unincorporated neighborhoods. Also getting a funding boost are community development projects, including enhanced road maintenance, street sweeping and graffiti removal services.
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A new state-of-the-art emergency alert system has been established for country residents to receive critical and time-sensitive warnings, including disaster events, flooding, levee failures, severe weather, unexpected road closures, missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods in specific geographic locations. You can sign up at Sacramento-Alert.org.
The bottom line is 2014 was a productive year for Sacramento County as a result of disciplined fiscal management, targeted investment and technology innovation as outlined below in this report to you.
EMERGENCY ALERT The Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services, in partnership with Yolo and Placer emergency agencies, is establishing a state-of-theart emergency alert system known as Sacramento Alert. The system provides information to residents about emergency events quickly and through a variety of communication methods. Residents will only receive alerts that are critical and time-sensitive, including for flooding, levee failures, severe weather, disaster events, unexpected road closures, missing persons, and evacuations of
buildings or neighborhoods in specific geographic locations. The alert system currently includes all listed and unlisted landline telephone numbers in Yolo, Placer and Sacramento counties that are serviced by AT&T and Verizon. If neither is your service provider, then you need to register to be included in the alert system. All information in the Self Registration Portal will be kept strictly confidential. Residents of the unincorporated areas as well as those residing in any of our cities are urged to sign up at Sacramento-Alert.org
WATT AVENUE/HIGHWAY 50 INTERCHANGE Last year, Sacramento County finished improvements to Watt Avenue where it interchanges with Highway 50, resulting in a safer way for motorists to exit and enter the
freeway. In addition, the improved design should reduce congestion, facilitate transit mobility, and provide better and safer accessibility for pedestrians and bicyclists. Watt Avenue was expanded over the highway by adding two additional through lanes and two auxiliary lanes. High-occupancy-vehicle lanes also were added to the freeway on-ramps. Plus the freeway off-ramps were enlarged and realigned to terminate at Watt Avenue at two signalized intersections modeled after similar successful installations for Highway 50 at Sunset and Hazel avenues. Another benefit is the construction of a dedicated transit lane for Watt Avenue from the interchange to the existing Watt/Manlove Light Rail Station. And continuous bicycle and pedestrian pathways now exist that are separated from vehicular traffic along the east side of Watt between
La Riviera Drive and Manlove Road, with grade-separated undercrossing at the freeway ramps. As someone who frequently uses that interchange as part of my commute, I know the construction posed challenges at times, but now the work is done. Thus far I have found the new improvements make my trip safer, easier and smoother, and I hope the results are the same for you.
ADDRESSING AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING Panhandling is a problem and poses a safety concern, especially when done on traffic street medians, freeway ramps, etc. And for many of us aggressive panhandling near ATMs, banks and gasoline stations can be intimidating and threating, especially when we are confined in our car when approached. In recognition of that, the Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance last year to address aggressive panhandling in the unincorporated area similar to laws that exist in other cities of our region. After we enacted the ordinance, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against Sacramento County. As of this writing, the issue is still in litigation. Meanwhile, panhandling has stopped on Fair Oaks Boulevard’s
medians at Watt Avenue as a result of a pilot project that involved the installation of a metal fence along the left-turn pockets east and west of Watt Avenue. The intersection of Fair Oaks Boulevard and Watt Avenue is one of the busiest locations in Sacramento County, with more than 70,000 vehicles per day passing through. Panhandlers loitering in the median islands posed a significant safety concern, but it was impossible for law enforcement to maintain a presence there 24/7 to discourage such risky behavior. The fence discourages any sort of straddling by solicitors who were putting themselves and motorists at risk. Because of the pilot project’s success, I have asked the Department of Transportation to look at other appropriate locations, including on El Camino Avenue between Yorktown and Watt venues.
SERVING FOR THE ARTS Because school arts programs were a critical part of my education and serve youngsters by fostering early learning skills in life, I was happy to join nine other elected officials in October as volunteer waitresses and waiters as part of an arts education fundraiser, Savor the Arts. The event raised $23,000 for arts education programs serving local schools administered by the
$23,000 for arts education programs was raised last year at “Savor the Arts” fundraiser that featured elected officials serving and picking up dinner plates. Helping me that night were Sacramento City Councilmembers Steve Cohn, Darrell Fong, Steve Hansen, Kevin McCarty and newly elected member Rick Jennings, my colleague on the Board of Supervisors Roberta MacGlashan along with Patrick Kennedy who will soon join the board due to Supervisor Jimmie Yee’s retirement.
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. These programs help prepare students for the 21st century workforce, strengthening their creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills. Serving and picking up dinner plates with me that night were Sacramento City Councilmembers Steve Cohn, Darrell Fong, Steve Hansen, Kevin McCarty and newly elected member Rick Jennings, my colleague on the Board of Supervisors Roberta MacGlashan, and Patrick Kennedy, who will soon join the board due to Supervisor Jimmie Yee’s retirement.
TARGETING ILLEGAL MASSAGE PARLORS Last year the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve changes to the business license code that is assisting in preventing the spread of illegal massage parlors. This change was needed because the old “revolving door” method of dealing with massage parlors was not working. As soon as the Sheriff’s Department closed down a front for prostitution and human trafficking, the business would reopen under another name and owner (sometimes a relative). As a result, action was needed to stop the cycle while avoiding negatively impacting legitimate massage therapists. To break the cycle of “ownership flips,” the ordinance provides that if a massage operation is closed down for illicit activity, the property owner will be barred from leasing to another massage business but free to lease to any other type of business allowed in that land use zone. The restriction should reduce the blight and neighborhood issues that arise from illegal activity and encourage property owners to lease to other types of businesses. The ordinance is a step forward in the county’s ongoing efforts to weed out these bad apples and make our neighborhood commercial areas better. Last year the Sheriff’s Department North Area Problem Oriented Policing team raided several massage parlors, which resulted in
arrests and now the locations are subject to the ban.
CALL 311 A BIG SUCCESS Last year Sacramento County launched 311 as a “one number to call” to connect with county services, and it has been a great success. Before any promotion began, the customer representatives were receiving nearly 100 calls a week. Now, they are steadily receiving 2,700 calls a week in addition to email and phone app reports. You can use 311 to report illegal dumping, potholes, code enforcement issues, loose animals and more. For more information, visit 311.saccounty. net.
U.S. SENIOR OPEN Sacramento’s storied Del Paso Country Club will play host to the 2015 U.S. Senior Open Championship in June. The tournament will feature 156 of golf’s elite professionals and amateurs. More than 150,000 spectators are expected to visit the tournament during the seven-day event, which is estimated to pump $17 million into the Sacramento region’s economy during June 22-28. Next month, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, an informational community meeting will be held to help residents and businesses surrounding the golf course to understand how the event will affect the neighborhood. Officials from the U.S. Senior Open, Del Paso Country Club and Sacramento County will be present to explain traffic management and street closure plans, plus information for local residents on how to access their homes during the tournament. The meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Del Paso Country Club, 3333 Marconi Ave. For information about the tournament, go to 2015ussenioropen. com
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CONNECTING WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY Did you know that by the end of 2014, more people were accessing the Internet by smart devices such as a phone or tablet than with desktop computers? To meet these changing needs, Sacramento County has redesigned its home page so that it will function as well on a cellphone as it does on a large monitor. Check it out at saccounty.net. Sacramento County’s website and its online services let you avoid the hassle of driving downtown, parking or waiting in lines. Popular online services include fictitious business name search; marriage appointment scheduling; business license applications; recreation and leisure; pay property taxes; flight information; jail and inmate information; garbage pick-up day calendar; sheriff’s online reporting system; neighborhood cleanup appointment; events calendar; pay your utility bill; search
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for lost pets; apply for a county job; birth and death certificates; report a problem or request service. Plus you can stay informed on what is going on in the unincorporated area by signing up to receive electronic updates. To date, more than 60,000 subscribers have signed up. You can choose items of interest and the frequency of notifications. Among the selections available are press releases and county news blasts, construction and transportation alerts, land use updates (including notices about your Community Planning Advisory Council—CPAC), various public meetings such as the Board of Supervisors, information about our regional parks, etc.
ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE EXPANDS The odds of catching perpetrators are increasing thanks to law-abiding residents who have joined the Sheriff’s Department in fighting crime by participating in the Sheriff’s Electronic Eye Camera Registry Program.
SEE allows citizens and business owners to register the locations of their video surveillance systems with the Sheriff’s Department. When a crime occurs, the Sheriff’s Department will be able to identify the locations of video surveillance systems and enlist the assistance of citizens to help collect video evidence. Using the locations of the registered cameras, the Sheriff’s Department will be able to directly email citizens in an area in which a crime occurred. A common email to a geographic area may ask citizens to check their video surveillance systems for a specific date and time for video capturing a suspect, getaway car, crime, etc. If the citizens find any possible video evidence, they can contact the Sheriff’s SEE program to make arrangements for video retrieval. Citizens and business owners who register with SEE receive a window sticker to show they are participating in the program.
For more information or to answer questions, email the Sheriff’s Department at see@sacsheriff.com
STREET PROJECTS SCHEDULED The Department of Transportation is planning a number of street projects in 2015. El Camino Avenue from Howe to Fulton avenues will be getting an overlay, as will Eastern Avenue from El Camino to Marconi avenues. Also slated for work is Fulton Avenue from Marconi Avenue to Auburn Boulevard, plus Marconi Avenue from Business 80 to Howe Avenue. The Fair Oaks Boulevard Pedestrian Improvement Project from Day Drive to Arden Way will make it safer for those who walk along that route. Infill sidewalks will be added along with storm drain improvements for this stretch. Residents often have told me that they have seen children walking in the ditches or had to do that themselves in order to be safe
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PETERS FROM page 18 because of the traffic along that stretch of Fair Oaks Boulevard. This project will remedy that problem. Improvements along Howe Avenue from El Camino to Red Robin Lane are planned as part of the second phase of the Howe Avenue Safe Route to School Project. This effort will include new sidewalks on the east side of Howe Avenue between El Camino Avenue and Shaw, which is just past Belleview Park. Sidewalks also will be installed on the west side of Howe between El Camino and Red Robin Lane. During 2013 SACDOT installed a mid-block pedestrian signal on Howe Avenue near Bellview Park under the first phase of the project. And the next phase of improving Carmichael’s Fair Oaks Boulevard will start next year with the undergrounding of the SMUD utility lines between Landis Avenue and Engle Road. Afterward, SACDOT will install streetscape improvements along that stretch of Fair Oaks Boulevard that will include a new
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The Sacramento County Department of Transportation is planning to repave a portion of El Camino Avenue from Howe to Fulton avenues as well as Eastern Avenue from El Camino to Marconi avenues. Also slated for work is Fulton Avenue from Marconi Avenue to Auburn Boulevard plus Marconi Avenue from Business 80 to Howe Avenue.
traffic signal at Landis Avenue; filling in of sidewalk gaps with separated sidewalks being installed for most of the project area; addition of bike lanes; and bus turn-outs at all signalized intersections. The existing shared center turn lane will be replaced with a raised, landscaped, center median, and to maintain circulation and access throughout this stretch, protected U-turns will be permitted at the signalized intersections at Landis, Grant and Engle.
maintenance, signal system upgrades and traffic safety improvements to our region’s transportation system. In addition, Measure A has provided funding for widening and intersection improvements along Watt, Sunrise and Hazel avenues; “complete street” upgrades on Fulton Avenue as well as on Sunrise, Folsom and Fair Oaks Boulevards; and much more. Tell the STA the transportation priorities you would like to see funded in the future by visiting sacramentogo.org
WHAT ARE YOUR ROAD PRIORITIES?
2015 COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Do you want potholes fixed, traffic signals synchronized, or new bridges or roadways built? Through its SacramentoGO outreach program, the Sacramento Transportation Authority, which manages the Sacramento County Measure A half-cent sales tax for transportation, is looking for public input to help determine countywide transportation priorities. The Measure A program has helped deliver crucially needed road
This year I will be holding a series of community meetings, and you’re invited. If you are an early riser, please consider attending any one of my Community Coffee Meetings that will be held throughout the year in the morning in Fair Oaks. We will meet four times during the year at 7:30 a.m. at the Fair Oaks Water District’s conference room, 10326 Fair Oaks Blvd. near Winding Way. The first meeting will be on Wednesday, Feb.
18, and the guest speaker will be County Executive Brad Hudson. I also will be holding three evening community meetings in the Arden Arcade area during 2015 that will be rotated around to different locations. The first Arden Arcade meeting will be at Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave. near Northrop Avenue, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, featuring District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert as our guest speaker. Later in the year we will meet again at the Conzelmann Community Center at Howe Park and end the year at Sacramento Suburban Water District’s Board Room. Each of those meetings also will feature a guest speaker. A full listing of all the 2015 meeting dates is on my web page, accessible at bos.saccounty.net I hope to see you at any one or all this year. Susan Peters represents the Third District on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. She can be reached at susanpeters@saccounty.net n
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Skin Deep DESTINATION AESTHETICS HELPS CLIENTS ACHIEVE A ‘NEW NATURAL’ LOOK
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hawna Chrisman has been in the business of making patients feel like people for almost two decades, first as an intensive care nurse practitioner and now as the owner of Destination Aesthetics, a medical spa that specializes in noninvasive rejuvenation inside Studio 55 at Pavilions shopping center. “I’m so fulfilled making other people feel beautiful and happy,” Chrisman says. “We take such pride in what we do.” Chrisman and her team specialize in the use of noninvasive procedures such as injectables (dermal fillers or Botox), cosmetic lasers, CoolSculpting (“It literally freezes your fat away,” Chrisman says), chemical peels, Ultherapy (an ultrasound skintightening technique), lash lifts and more to give clients a look that Chrisman calls “the new natural.” “People who come to see us are looking for little to no downtime and a natural outcome,” Chrisman explains. “We’re more conservative with our treatments because we want our patients to look exactly the same as they did before, only more rejuvenated.” Patient satisfaction has always been an important aspect of Chrisman’s career. After attending the nursing program at Sacramento State University, she married her high school sweetheart, Josh, whom she met as a sophomore at El Camino High School. She went on to graduate school at UC San Francisco, where she earned her master’s degree in
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Shawna Chrisman, owner of Destination Aesthetics, has been in the business of making patients feel like people for almost two decades
nursing and her nurse practitioner license. During the next 17 years, she worked for Kaiser Permanente, Pulmonary Medicine Associates and Sutter General Hospital, assisting
with the management of intensive care patients—not exactly a stressfree work life. “I decided that I needed something more flexible for family reasons and something that provided
a nonhospital, positive, happy environment,” Chrisman says. The Korea native was adopted from her home country at 8 months old and lived in Minnesota until the age of 7, when her parents moved the family to Carmichael to pursue sunshine and swimming pools. For her career, she decided she needed a different way to be fulfilled as both a medical professional and mom to her two kids, Josiah and Elyse. A medical spa seemed like the way to go. So over the next year, Chrisman traveled all over the country, while still working long hours at the hospital, to earn the myriad certifications that would give her the necessary knowledge to open the practice of her dreams. When it came time to select a location and officially open, however, fate intervened. “In the fall of 2011, my previous medical director had a change of heart while I was looking for a location to start the spa,” Chrisman recalls. “One of my son’s friends happens to be the granddaughter of Dr. David Ferrera, who had a suite in his building that he was looking to fill. “I stopped by the space to check it out, and Dr. Ferrera popped out of his office to ask who I was and what I was looking for. When I explained, he said he might be able to help. Without knowing me, he offered to partner with me and start Destination Aesthetics Inc., and fulfill the role as medical director. He is one very generous and humble man.” Thus, Chrisman’s vision came to fast fruition, first in a suite on American River Drive and now, since 2013, in the Studio 55 Salon Suites in Pavilions. For the past three years,
Another reason to have the right living trust: Your daughter-in-law, Olivia • Your son works two jobs just to keep pace with her spending. • She has earned enough “frequent flyer” miles to circle the globe 18 times. • Grateful department store clerks buy her lunch when she shops. • She somehow turns every family gathering into a discussion of your estate plan. • She has actually measured your house for redecorating when you’re gone. What if your estate ended up in her control? Call me for a free consultation and learn how you can plan for the “Olivia” in your life. Or visit www.wyattlegal.com.
law office of brian d.wyatt ,PC Chrisman has made it her mission to offer the newest and most innovative med spa procedures on the market, including medical weight loss, and to educate her patients in the process. “I’m constantly traveling, attending seminars and certification programs,” Chrisman says. “Just like medicine, the field is always evolving. Noninvasive techniques especially have gained ground over the past few years, and I’m always looking for new technology to add to our menus to complement our patients and keep us on the cutting edge. “We do a lot of educational seminars because people are often afraid to tread into this area, so we offer live demos where people can see how easy some of the treatments are. We do a side-by-side comparison where we treat one side of the face and not the other so people can see the difference. “The evidence is very impactful. We want them to see the outcomes they’re looking for. Our goal is 100 percent satisfaction.”
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With the competent and compassionate Chrisman in charge, we wouldn’t expect anything less. Interested in learning more about Destination Aesthetics’ one-stop shop of noninvasive beauty boosters? Check out destinationaesthetics.com or call 844-4913. Destination Aesthetics is at 530 Pavilions Lane.
THE MUSIC MAN “There are few things in life more fulfilling than setting your sights on a distant star, blazing your own trail and making people smile with the quality of your work,” says Dave Lynch, the owner of Guitar Workshop Enterprises since 1996 and all-around cool cat since, well, his birth. (He turned 58 last month.) Lynch has spent the better part of four decades working as a guitar repair technician, professional guitarist and music educator in Sacramento, though he’s been blazing his own trail since long before that. The Texas native studied woodcraft, SHOPTALK page 26
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Spreading Joy THIS ‘CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER’ BELIEVES WE ALL HAVE BLESSINGS
the reasons they were happy, both wrote the same reasons, in the same order. “Everybody in Starbucks was clapping,” he recalls. “I went out to my car and just started processing.” He began asking everyone he met to rate their happiness level and identify what made them happy. Then he approached a stranger in Oakland’s Jack London Square. “I said, ‘Can I ask you a question?’ and he said, ‘No.’ I persisted, and he saw that I wasn’t going to give up, so he let me. On a scale of 1 to 10, he gave me the lowest number I had ever gotten. I asked if I could share a quick story, and he said, ‘No.’ He realized I wasn’t going to let him go, so he nodded. I started talking fast, but toward the end, I saw that he was calming down. I asked if I could share another story. I ended up sharing nine stories with him over the course of 30 minutes.
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dwin Edebiri has played many roles over the course of his career: pilot, business owner, radio show host. But the title he’s most proud of is his current one: chief happiness Officer. Edebiri is the CHO of the I Am Happy project and its sister organization, the Happy Neighborhood project. As a child growing up in Nigeria, Edebiri competed with his siblings to see who could leave the most food on their plate; their mother rewarded the child who contributed the most toward their next meal. When he came to the United States, Edebiri had accumulated enough college credits from his travels through Europe to earn a degree quickly. He then completed an aeronautical MBA program while piloting planes on the side. He proceeded to build and run a string of businesses, culminating with an Internet business that was sold in 2009, just before the economic bubble popped. Not yet ready to start another business, he hosted a call-in radio show in the Sacramento area. It was an eye-opener. “I realized that a lot of people were struggling with low energy,” he says. “I was in a good place, so I didn’t
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Edebiri spends a lot of his time talking with middle and high school students about happiness. Edwin Edebiri is the chief happiness officer of the I Am Happy project
understand what they were going through. I saw that people were being affected by the economic meltdown, and through daily meditation I came to the realization that I couldn’t do anything about the big picture, but I could do something on an individual level.”
One day, Edebiri overheard a couple having an argument at a Starbucks. He injected himself into the altercation, asking each to tell him, on a scale of 1 to 10, how happy they were. Surprisingly, their numbers were both relatively high. When asked to write down
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SHOPTALK FROM page 23 electrics and welding in high school (“I wanted to work with power tools”), then brought that hands-on experience to Sacramento in 1976, where he trained with guitar building and repair expert Gary Cooper. Lynch also spent stints at Sacramento City College and the prestigious Berklee College of Music, managed Andy Penn’s Drum & Guitar City for many years, and was two years into being the road rep for St. Louis Music when he decided to try his luck at entrepreneurship. “I was sick of being on the road, so I opened Guitar Workshop,” Lynch recalls. “I put every penny I had into it and was just starting to break even at the three-year mark, when new people bought the building I was in and doubled my rent.” A setback like that could deter even the most determined of businessmen, but not Lynch. “I was sitting on the curb in front of the shop, gazing off into space in anguish, when I noticed that a unit right across the way had opened up,” Lynch says. “I walked over to the Raven Club next door and asked if anyone knew who owned the building. The owner of the club said he did. I asked him how much he wanted for it and I ended up getting the space. We’ve been here since 1999.” Guitar Workshop is a mecca for all things guitar-related, which is no coincidence considering its owner has been in love with the instrument for much of his life. “I’m a classic obsessive-compulsive about guitar playing,” Lynch says.
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“I had a plastic guitar in my hands starting at age 6. Now, as a guitar technician, you’re doing major surgery on something you love, and not a lot of people do the level of work we do. “Where do you go to get an instrument repaired and have it come out playing better than ever and looking like nothing ever happened? At Guitar Workshop, we bring an extremely high level of instrument repair, customization, knowledge and education to the community.”
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Lynch’s passion extends well beyond fixing frets, however. He has invented several tools of his trade that are now patented and mass-produced as well as the Guitdoorbell, a clever contraption that features a tiny, real guitar affixed over a doorway that strums a chord when the door opens, thanks to a strategically placed pick. “I originally put one up in the shop to know if people came in when I was back in the bathroom or something,” Lynch says. “So many people asked about it that I thought I should get a patent and see what happens. “Well, 10 years and a king’s ransom later, we’ve been featured in the SkyMall magazine, the Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue and on a TV show in Australia. You never know until you try.” That can-do attitude is something Lynch passes on to his students, who flock to the J Street space for lessons from Lynch and his staff of accomplish, talented teachers. “All of us at the shop love to play and teach music,” Lynch says. “I love when I’m teaching a kid and I see that
light go on in their eyes. It’s amazing to see them accomplish something they thought they couldn’t. To show them that if you’re patient with yourself, there’s nothing you can’t do. “Being a kid is such a special time in life, and I believe that music and creativity are the keys to education. There’s no better way to learn the art of listening than to play music.” Between repairing beloved instruments, coming up with ingenious inventions, playing gigs as often as he can, teaching aspiring musicians, and continuing to improve his workshop facilities, Lynch certainly has his hands full. But he prefers it that way. “At the end of the day, I hope I’ve made the world a better place because of what I do,” Lynch says, then chuckles to himself. “So I guess that’s the mission of Guitar Workshop: to save the world.” One guitar at a time. Are you a guitar aficionado? Head to Guitar Workshop Enterprises at 3248 J St. Questions? Call Lynch at 441-6555 or go to guitarworkshoponline.com
CHEERS! When you’re a fourth-generation Sacramentan, it seems only fitting that you name your brewery after the city’s original moniker created by John Sutter in 1839. Dave Gull did just that when he founded New Helvetia Brewing Company two years ago, but the company’s historical roots go even deeper than that. “I wanted to relaunch the historic Buffalo Brewing Company (under a new name) because it reminded me of a time when Sacramento accomplished big things with far fewer resources,” Gull says. “We seemed to have lost that. For a very long time, Sacramento didn’t seem to be getting much done.
There wasn’t a lot of risk-taking or entrepreneurial spirit. But I’ve seen a shift in the attitude lately.” One of the most significant shifts in the Sacramento food and culture landscape has been the rapid expansion of the city’s craft brewery scene, with Gull and others like him leading the charge. “Founding New Helvetia was a way of reclaiming something from our history for Sacramento,” the former commercial real estate developer says. “Our name, our beers, our tasting room décor with its historic maps and images, even our building is historic.” Gull’s inspiration, Buffalo Brewing Company, was established in 1890— Gull’s great-grandfather was friends
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Also, New Helvetia draws a special kind of foot traffic. “We’re the home of the Sloppy Moose Running Club,” Gull says proudly, “which has turned out to be the greatest thing about our Thursday nights. “When we first started the brewery, we thought about forming a running team so people could meet here and train for races around town wearing gear with our name on it. Along the way, we were approached by a customer who’d been part of a running club like that in Spokane, so we teamed up … and now we sponsor them and promote them. We’re their home.” So whether you’re looking to learn about Sacramento’s bygone beers, taste an award-winning ale or pull on a pint after a long jog, New Helvetia is the place to be. Thirsty? New Helvetia Brewing Company is at 1730 Broadway. For more information, call 469-9889 or go to newhelvetiabrew.com n
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you. I told him that I should be the one to thank him, but he stopped me. He said, ‘When you saw me yesterday, I was on my way to commit suicide. I was in so much pain that I wanted to get it over with. After we talked, I went back home and flipped over my suicide note.’ He went from zero reasons to be happy to 29 reasons. They had been suppressed, but after our talk they came back to him. He now had a reason to live.” That chance encounter led to the I Am Happy project, now in 64 cities in 19 countries. Individuals sign up to be “happiness ambassadors” in their communities, spreading happiness through volunteerism and special projects. In Chicago, ambassadors have adopted a convent of retired nuns for the past three years. In India, they’ve adopted orphanages. “Each chapter does something different,” says Edebiri. His goal is to have the I Am Happy project in more than 100 cities and 30 countries by the end of 2015. Edebiri spends a lot of his time talking with middle and high school
students about happiness. He has seen significant declines in gang membership and delinquency as a result. “They see that they have control,” he says. “People can be empowered to make decisions about their own happiness.” An annual scholarship will go to high school seniors chosen by their peers as the happiest at their schools. This year, he launched the Happy Neighborhood project, which brings businesses into the happiness equation. The “Happy Button App” identifies local businesses that have invested in promoting happiness, rewarding them in both financial and intangible ways. The next stage will embrace nonprofits, providing revenue to organizations that often struggle to make ends meet. “The more we share with others, the more we are blessed,” says Edebiri. “We all have blessings.” Go to iamhappyproject.org or happyneighborhoodproject.com to learn more. Download the free Happy Button App at happybuttonapp.com n
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The Artful Pourer THE FIREHOUSE’S WINE DIRECTOR COMBINES LOVE OF JOB WITH PASSION FOR PAINTING
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ittle did Mario Ortiz know that a weekend job as a busboy would lead him to the top at one of Sacramento’s premier restaurants. Ortiz was a junior at Burbank High School more than 40 years ago when he decided to pass some free time on the weekends by washing dishes and clearing tables at The Firehouse in Old Sacramento. That was the first place he worked. And it appears it will be the last. More than four decades later, this Land Park resident is now the well-known and even better-respected wine director at The Firehouse. With his gentle demeanor and rock-solid dedication, he worked his way up through the years, learning about the business of good service, great food, delicious wine and how, if you look for it, all of life is interconnected. It wasn’t just hard work and stickto-itiveness that propelled his success. Ortiz fell in love with working banquets and large events because that’s when he really got to know his customers. It was at the banquets and big dinner parties that Ortiz saw something even more captivating that made him want to stay at The Firehouse. “I liked the ambience at The Firehouse. It’s always been a very pretty restaurant. But it was the people that I met who really got me hooked,” he said. Ortiz enjoyed his childhood and being one of eight children. But he
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Mario Ortiz is the wine director at The Firehouse and also an accomplished artist
learned some big lessons from the community. “I grew up in a very modest family and I wanted to learn about Sacramento, how people interacted. It intrigued me to learn about how businesspeople and leaders operated,”
he said. “At The Firehouse, I met people that I read about or saw on the news. People like Andy Warhol, politicians, businessmen, famous people.
“I realized I liked being around the leaders in the community. I thought, ‘Wow! These people are important.’” From busboy to server, the progression is natural. But Ortiz had two hidden talents that opened him up to the world of wine. Those talents were soccer and painting. How in the world would they steer him to wine? To play soccer, Ortiz would “sneak away” to nearby cities, as he puts it. One of those places was Napa. He fell in love with the picturesque countryside of Napa Valley and realized some of the wine he was pouring at The Firehouse came from wineries he spotted in that countryside. With paintbrush in hand, Ortiz began to ask permission from a few wineries to paint their vineyards. “Some of the time, I got to meet the winemakers and they invited me to their homes to paint,” he said. “I became friends with some amazing people. That’s how I learned to like wine. “Let’s say I met a winemaker and we would sell his wine at The Firehouse. I would say, wow, now I know this person who makes this beautiful wine. So everything became connected together—wine, food, business, leaders, big decisions. A lot of people make their business decisions while having a meal. I thought this was so beautiful how everything in my life is connected.” Ortiz soon began painting famous people on the wine bottles themselves. He tells the story of how he painted a portrait of Clint Eastwood on a bottle for a WEAVE (Women Escaping a Violent Environment) fundraiser. Eastwood himself bought that bottle. Ortiz went on to paint custom wine
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Preserving the Past LOCAL GROUP MEETS QUARTERLY TO DISCUSS URBAN DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
BY STEVE SWINDEL BUILDING OUR FUTURE
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n its day, the historic home at 2131 H St. in Midtown was undoubtedly a thing of beauty.
Today, however, the front and
rear doors and a rear window are boarded up with plywood. A balcony is sagging. The lawn is brown, dead long before drought made that fashionable. According to Margaret Buss of Boulevard Park Neighborhood Association, the house has been unoccupied since the mid1980s. The house has history: It was built in 1907 for Aden C. Hart, a Sacramento physician and a founder of Sutter Hospital. It’s one of the largest houses in a neighborhood filled with large houses. The lot on which it sits is easily twice the size of its neighbors’. Lion heads guard the front of the
The Hart house in Midtown
house. Recently, the leonine security was added to with a wrought-iron
In June 2014, the city’s housing and
“The purpose of the group is to
repurposing an old warehouse
fence, surveillance camera and
dangerous buildings staff tagged the
provide a public event where public
building on the R Street corridor into
security system. Someone is spending
home as unsafe. A permit for minor
history and historic preservation
housing and retail space.
money on the house, but not to
repairs was issued in September, but
organizations, neighborhood
maintain it.
the $800 value of the work covered
groups, developers and builders,
Street between 11th and 12th
by the permit is surely inadequate to
and Sacramento city staff can share
streets, will feature parking at the
repair all the problems.
information and updates about
basement level, retail stores on
You can only guess at the exterior’s original color scheme. The paint (where there is paint) is so worn and
In August, Buss gave a talk
The six-story building, on R
what they are doing and upcoming
the first floor and 10 to 12 housing
faded that the color is unrecognizable.
about the house, along with a slide
projects,” says Burg. The group
units on floors 2 through 6. The old
In places, the siding is missing
show, at Sacramento Preservation
focuses on historic preservation issues
warehouse’s concrete framing has
altogether.
Roundtable, a quarterly gathering of
and urban planning and development.
been reinforced with steel for seismic
According to William Burg,
local history and historic preservation
Not all of the roundtable
safety. Additional units will be
president of Sacramento Old
organizations. Meetings are open to
presentations are devoted to
constructed on an empty lot next to
City Association, there used to be
the public and are generally held on
preserving old homes. At one meeting,
the warehouse.
numerous historic houses in similar
the second Saturday of February,
Ali Youssefi with CFY Development
condition. Today, only a few remain.
May, August and November.
described his company’s Warehouse
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Artist Lofts project. Youssefi is
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housing. Qualified artists will be
called Sac Heritage Walking Tours,
allowed to rent the units for between
is available for Android and iPhone.
$370 and $570 per month. Other
The app features tours of the Capitol
units will be offered at market rates.
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a digital version of walking tours
is a partnership of CFY, Holliday
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nonprofit dedicated to promoting and
Development Authority.
preserving Sacramento’s architectural
Another item presented at the
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August roundtable meeting is a smartphone app that helps you take a walking tour of Sacramento’s historic areas. The Tour Buddy app,
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Let It Snow LAND PARK SKI SHOP THRIVES DESPITE THE FICKLE WEATHER
inventories a year in advance. No longer. Now we have to be ready to receive FedEx inventory on a 48-hour basis, once the storms start coming.” Proffit, a former schoolteacher, has been skiing for 60 years, going back to the days when an alpine skier could expect to hang onto rope tows to reach the highest peaks. As a retailer, he has enjoyed fine winters—a few years ago, he had two seasons in one, thanks to a late batch of storms—and he has endured droughts, but none like the parched winter of 2013-14.
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or concrete evidence that Land Park Ski & Sports knows how to adapt and endure, consider the building that contains the alpine ski shop on Freeport Boulevard and 16th Avenue, just down the street from City College. Framed by a steeply pitched wooden A-frame roof and tall, triangular windows, the place looks like a cozy Squaw Valley chalet. Inside, open rafters present display space for various old alpine skis, long and skinny ones, made from hickory and Bakelite, the sort of equipment that would terrify a modern skier. Yet the building’s true provenance has zero connection with alpine skiing. It was a Woody’s hamburger joint, more George Foreman than Jean-Claude Killy. Where burgers and fries once sizzled, skis and snowboards are now tuned and waxed. Somehow, Land Park Ski & Sports manages to make the space work like a purpose-built showroom in Zermatt, Switzerland. Adaptation and endurance are essential in the alpine ski equipment business, and not just because a few chain stores make half-hearted
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“We provide the kind of service that chains simply can’t or won’t provide.”
Land Park Ski owner Bill Proffit
attempts to sell similar merchandise. Land Park Ski & Sports doesn’t worry much about the competition. The real source of worry is far more eternal: the whim and fury of nature. “Last winter was the worst I’d ever seen in 35 years in this business,”
says Bill Proffit, the shop’s owner. “With California in a drought, people weren’t buying ski equipment. I went to the credit departments of every manufacturer in the industry and explained things. They understood what was happening. We usually plan
The fickle weather that hovers like a constant shadow over his business has left Proffit with an impressively relaxed persona. As he sits in one of the movie-theater chairs where customers try on boots, he succinctly explains why the typical complaints of a small-business owner—encroaching power centers, big-box stores and cutthroat pricing—hardly cause a ripple at Land Park Ski & Sports. “Our business is all about niches,” he says. “We create niches. And we give service. We provide the kind of service that chains simply can’t or won’t provide. We bring the entire family together by selling skis for beginners with a junior trade-in program, and we sell snowboards so families can ski and snowboard together. We have people coming into
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still have fun at Squaw or Heavenly or Homewood or Northstar. “The industry hadn’t done much to change the shape of skis for something like 100 years,” Proffit says, exaggerating only a little. “A great skier could ski on fence boards, but most people couldn’t. Then, around the mid-’90s, the designers and manufacturers suddenly figured out they could make it easier for people to ski and turn with some pretty simple changes, basically with deeper sidecuts.” Today, alpine ski equipment is better than ever. And in recent years, Lake Tahoe-area resorts have begun to spruce up, with new ownership groups investing heavily in lodges, hotels, lifts and snowmaking machinery. The ability to make snow is a huge plus for skiers and retailers who cater to them. “Lift tickets are obviously more expensive these days, but with new amenities, the experience is far better than it used to be,” Proffit says. “All we need is a good long winter.”
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Get Fit EXTRA POUNDS MAKE GARDEN CHORES MORE WORK, LESS FUN
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re you making any New Year’s resolutions this year? How about deciding to get in better shape so that you can garden more easily? Many of us resolve, year after year, to lose weight for health or to improve our appearance. But we may not be aware just how much the extra pounds limit our ability to do the things that we love. Can you readily bend over to pull a weed or plant a seed? Can you carry a bag of mulch or dig a hole? If you get down on the ground, can you get back up without a struggle? If you can’t do these things or other activities as well as you like, you may be able to improve. You can’t get younger, but it’s possible to feel better and become fitter, stronger and healthier. Gardening can help you get or stay fit. Spreading mulch, digging, lifting and raking are great exercise. Every minute on our feet is good for us. Our bodies are meant to move. Studies show that the more we sit, the shorter our lives. We are encouraged to take 10,000 steps a day. It’s more fun to do them during your favorite activities
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Writer Anita Clevenger enjoys a hike
rather than just trudging around the block. I’ve always gardened and been fairly active, but sometimes you need to do more. Four years ago, my physical condition was deteriorating. Forty-five extra pounds were in my way. I tried not to get down because it was hard to get back up. Long garden gauntlets, essential to a rose lover, were embarrassingly tight over my beefy arms. I love to hike, but it was a challenge just to walk around the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery’s rose garden where I volunteer. My left hip developed painful bursitis, both feet hurt and my knees were so stiff that it was hard to go downstairs. My blood pressure crept higher. Then, alarmingly, I was diagnosed as prediabetic.
The number on the scale didn’t motivate me, but setting some tangible goals did. I vowed to lower my fasting glucose to a normal level (under 100) and to hike up Nevada’s Mt. Rose, a 10,778-foot peak that overlooks Lake Tahoe. I read about diet and exercise, changing my habits a little at a time. I ate many more vegetables and fruits and cut out most fried, fatty or sweet food. I went to the gym five days a week and bicycled on errands around town. The weight came off gradually. I was 25 pounds lighter when my husband, son and I reached Mt. Rose’s summit in July 2012. Since then, I’ve lost another 15 pounds, ascended a few more mountains and continue to eat well and work out. My blood sugar and
blood pressure are normal, and I feel the best that I have in more than a decade. The bursitis is gone and my knees are surprisingly flexible and pain-free. Five extra pounds still cling to my short, stocky frame. I’d like to lose them, but my doctor says it’s not necessary. In fact, he congratulated me and shook my hand during my last appointment. It’s not possible to heal damaged joints, but you can lessen pain and increase mobility just by reducing the weight that you carry. Studies show that even a five-pound loss can make your knees and hips feel better. Exercise increases joint mobility, strengthens muscles and keeps bones strong. Flexibility and balance improve, too, if you work at it.
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In the garden, I no longer hesitate to get down on the ground. I do, however, cushion my knees. Knees aren’t meant to bear weight, after all. Some people are able to work using a kneeling pad, but try wearing kneepads if you tend to move around.
If you decide to improve your fitness or lose some weight this year, be kind to yourself and take it slowly. If you decide to improve your fitness or lose some weight this year, be kind to yourself and take it slowly. Don’t hurt yourself in a new exercise regimen. Pounds that come off too quickly tend to return. If your weight gets stuck at a plateau,
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ain pounding on the window woke me up before dawn a few Saturdays ago. My first thought was to pull up the quilt and snuggle down deep, but I had promised to meet Danielle Best, market manager of the certified farmers market at Country Club Plaza. When I’d made the promise, it seemed like fun to watch the farmers arrive and set up their stands. But that morning, as my little dog curled up in the warm spot I’d left under the quilt, I so wanted to take back the promise. “We’ll be there rain or shine,” said Best. And so, at 6:30 in the morning, as I sat waiting for the traffic signal to change at the corner of Watt and El Camino avenues, the windshield wipers running full tilt, I wondered if Best and I would be the only ones there. Ten farm trucks were already circled in the market space as I pulled into the lot behind Macy’s. A few merchants were still in their trucks, probably waiting for a break in the weather, or maybe daylight, before
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Farmer Ana Juarez of Salinas gets her produce stand ready for business
they unloaded their crops and set up their stands. Jason Cuff, of Hearty Fork Farm in Winters, wasn’t going to let the weather deter his efforts. He leaned
into the wind, assembling his tent. As soon as he let go, the tent, like a giant tumbleweed, rolled through the market space. He dragged it back to his designated spot and set
it up again. It collapsed. Finally, he weighted it down with boxes of produce and display tables. “It’s going to be a fun day,” he said with an enthusiastic laugh as the hood on his jacket flipped over his face. To be that cheerful, under the circumstances, was impressive. Across the market, Ana Juarez was setting up displays and readying the scale and cash register for the day’s business. She, too, was smiling and humming to herself as she arranged bundles of carrots and beets, fluffed red-stemmed greens, stacked up cabbage and fanned out huge branches of Brussels sprouts. Her stand was a beautiful pop of color on such a dreary, gray morning. “I left home at 2 a.m.,” said Juarez, who lives in Salinas. “It usually takes three hours, but I left early today because of the weather.” She does this three days a week, which made me feel guilty about wanting to stay in bed that morning. Juarez and her husband, Eleazar, own Rio de Parras Organics, a 47-acre farm about 60 miles north of Salinas. He runs the farm with the help of a few family members and friends. She sells what they grow at various farmers markets between Salinas and South Lake Tahoe. They grow an amazing variety of produce. “In the spring, strawberries, cucumber, zucchini, tomatoes. In the fall, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, onions and a lot more,” she said. When I commented on how beautiful the produce was, she beamed with pride. “We grow all organic with no synthetic chemicals or fertilizers,” she said. “We started out with 22
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persimmons. A couple of hours later, the sun came out, and the farmers gave a cheer as even more shoppers arrived. The market wouldn’t be a bust after all. When I got home, my clothes soaked and hair matted from rain and wind, my little dog was still in bed. The lazy mutt. For a list of certified farmers markets in the Sacramento area, along with seasons and times, visit california-grown.com Gwen Schoen can be reached at egschoen@aim.com n
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Way location in 1977 and had a
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Feeding Ambition CULINARY CAREERS CHAMPIONED BY INSIDERS’ VISITS TO TWO LOCAL SCHOOLS
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ore than food was cooking when celebrity restaurateurs recently showed up at two Sacramento area schools. Indeed, inspiration was on the menu. At Leo A. Palmiter High School in Arcade, 30 teenage culinary students heard how Bobby Coyote started out as a soda jerk and now has his own restaurant chain; how Chris Jarosz washed enough dishes to eventually run multiple restaurants and food trucks; how Mikki Stevens started out as a hostess and now directs operations for the company that owns Johnny Rockets franchises. Student counterparts at San Juan High School in Citrus Heights also received job-hunting tips from an insider in the industry that, after government, is America’s secondlargest employer. The visits were part of a program launched by the California Restaurant Association. Force In Training aims to encourage industry recruitment by supplying mentors for culinary students. On the same day as the two Sacramento school visits, the association sent 70 professionals to scores of other California schools. Their presentations emphasized “soft skills,” which are hard to teach but vital habits for employment. They include being punctual, being clean, respecting co-workers and minimizing social media use on the job. “It sounds obvious,” says Leo A. Palmiter Culinary Arts teacher Jeff Zahniser. “But many employers complain schools are turning out workers who lack social skills. The
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Touring the Leo A. Palmiter High School garden, visitors Bobby Coyote (left) and Chris Jarosz (center) meet culinary students and instructor Jeff Zahniser
mentors got through to my kids. They saw a successful chef who had tattoos and told them he didn’t excel at school, that he started off washing dishes. The kids think, well, if he can do well, so can I.” The tattooed chef in question was Sacramento icon of cool Chris Jarosz, 46, who owns West Sacramento’s Broderick Roadhouse. Capital Dime restaurant, Trick Pony and food trucks extend the culinary entrepreneur’s alternately hip empire. He grew up in a Pennsylvania steel
mill town but took his first job as a greasy spoon cafe dishwasher. Jarosz now heads the Sacramento chapter of the California Restaurant Association and regards mentoring wannabe chefs as an after-hours mission. “Not going to college is not necessarily a terrible thing,” he maintains. “Most restaurant owners I’ve met didn’t. Some kids are forced into higher education before they’re ready; sometimes having a job helps them figure out what direction they want to take.”
Jarosz connects easily with kids from disadvantaged backgrounds “Many of them are told they won’t amount to much,” says Jarosz. “They see my spiked-up hair and tattoos and figure working in a restaurant is somewhere where they don’t have to fit a mold. I tell them in this business, if they work hard and walk a straight line, the sky’s the limit.” The program also serves its mentors. “We see young people as the ones who are shaping the industry,” explains restaurant executive Mikki Stevens. “They tell us what a new
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now has nine restaurants and shares ownership in several more. “Part of being in this business teaching kids what you learned on the way up,” he says. “If we can get through to a few of them, we feel it’s a mission accomplished. To those who have emotional challenges and disadvantages, our message is that there’s room in our business for everyone. If you can be taught, if you can work hard, you can be viable.” San Juan High culinary students heard a similar message. Mentors were Ken Le from Oshima Sushi and Fugu Lounge and Warren G. Bender executive Roland Guillen. “What industry pros have to share is important,” says the school’s culinary instructor, Sandi Coulter. “My students were impressed by how young some chefs are. Seeing
successful people who are near to their own age makes their goals seem closer.” Insight on employee screening was also valuable. “The Warren G. Bender executive said that after interviews, he escorts job applicants to their cars,” reported Coulter. “He sees whether they keep it clean; if the interior is trashed. He told the students a car shows a lot about a person. Some thought miniscule things like that didn’t matter, but they do.” On the receiving end of FIT visitors’ advice was Aaron Namoco. “The mentors inspired me,” said the 17-year-old Leo A. Palmiter student. “Cooking is my passion. I love to put my heart into meal preparation and to feel I’m part of a team. “What (the visiting professionals achieved in their careers) was pretty hard for me to imagine. But then I heard about how they did it, step by step, (and) now it seems possible. “You realize that a dishwasher who has a positive attitude can own his own restaurant—someday.” n
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participated in the event, including 25 transplant recipients, 12 bone marrow donors and 54 teams. Also at the event, 29 potential donors were swabbed and added to the registry. For more information, go to bethematchwalkrun.org.
BY GLORIA GLYER DOING GOOD
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ig Brothers Big Sisters of Sacramento had a bit of competition with its 2014 Big Event, which happened to take place on the same night as Game 4 of the World Series. Good news: The event raised more than $60,000 for the organization. It was held at Lions Gate Hotel, with David Sobon as auctioneer and music by The Ray Iaea Jazz Project. Nearly 40 vendors participated. Money’s nice, but Big Brothers Big Sisters always needs volunteers for its mentorship program, especially male volunteers. Its site-based program is designed for volunteers with limited time. It takes only one hour a week to mentor a young boy at his school site. The volunteer can choose the day, the hour and the school. For more information, go to bbbs-sac.org or call 646-9300.
BONE MARROW NEWS Be the Match is a walk/run that raises money for bonemarrow transplant research and treatment. In November, 713 people
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FUNDS FOR LIFE Sacramento Life Center supporters—650 of them—raised more than $300,000 for the center at the Nov. 8 Salute to Life Dinner & Auction. The center provides free medical care, counseling and education services for teens and adults facing an unexpected pregnancy. “We rely on this event for the funding to continue the work we are doing. Last year, we saw nearly double the number of women and teens than we expected,” said executive director Marie Leatherby. For more information, go to saclife. org or call 451-2273.
HELPING FOSTER YOUTH At United Way’s annual Women in Philanthropy luncheon on Oct. 24, 20 foster youth took to the ramp to model fashions to the delight of the 270 in attendance. The lunch raised $11,000 for young people in foster care. The event, held at Arden Fair mall, included presentations by current and former foster youth. For more information, go to yourlocalunitedway.org or call 3683000.
WINE AUCTION KUDOS Supporters of Stanford Youth Solutions raised more than $100,000 for youth and families in crisis at the Vintage 2014 wine auction, where the Antelope High School Titan marching band and color guard provided musical entertainment. Honored at the auction was Dr. Darryl Hunter, founder of a coalition that provides cancer screenings, vision exams and dental care. He also is co-founder of an alliance to connect military veterans to health care benefits. A note on the Titan band: It has been selected to participate in the 2015 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. For more information on Stanford Youth Solutions, go to youthsolutions. org or call 344-0199.
GETTING HOMELESS WOMEN READY TO WORK Women’s Empowerment recently received a check for $25,000 from Save Mart C.A.R.E.S. The money will be used to help homeless women find homes and jobs to support their families through a comprehensive job-readiness program. The mission of Women’s Empowerment aligns closely with that of Save Mart C.A.R.E.S., which supports programs that have a record of results and contribute to the advancement of community, arts, recreation, education and/or sports. Women’s Empowerment offers an eight-week program for homeless women to address basic needs such
as health, mental health and housing while preparing them to become ready for work. Once women graduate, they can join the advanced job-readiness program, which includes paid jobtraining programs, certifications, financial literacy and more. For more information, visit womens-empowerment.org or call 669-2307.
INDEPENDENT LIVING Bank of American recently awarded a $15,000 grant to UCP of America to help people with developmental disabilities get affordable housing and develop financial skills. The grant will aid UCP’s Community Living Arrangements Services and Programs, which empowers people with developmental disabilities to live life without limits. Doug Bergman, UCP’s president and CEO, said, “Too often, when someone is diagnosed with a disability, society assumes the only option is to forever lock that person into a life of dependency, which can be a drain on society and on the spirit of that person. We are grateful to Bank of America for recognizing that people with disabilities can live life without limits when they are empowered with the right tools.” For more information, visit ucpsacto.org or call 565-7700. Gloria Glyer can be reached at gglyer@sbbmail.com or (530) 4775331 n
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Arden Park Dream! Wonderful open and spacious Áoor plan that offers 4 Bed/ 3 full Baths - Gourmet kitchen with island and granite counter tops $699,950 Tom Phillips (916) 799-4571
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Outstanding 3-4 Bed/1.5 Bath Boulevard Park home with open and spacious Áoor plan. 1920’s character & charm tastefully updated throughout $599,950 Tom Phillips (916) 799-4571
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Quiet area, great curb appeal, extra large lot - 3 Bed/2 Bath Room for pool - Great room concept with formal dining room. $365,000 Kathy Dunnigan (916) 208-9536
Wonderful 3 Bed/2 Bath Campus Commons Patio Home. Rare 1 level with hardwood & stone Áoors, built in cabinetry/Àreplace in vaulted ceiling Living Room $448,000 Hilary Devine (916) 425-9384
Charming 3 Bed/1 Bath Land Park Bungalow on a large corner lot. Hardwood Áoors throughout most of this home add to its appeal. $339,000 Stephen Haley (916) 955-9112
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Cultural, artistic and civic occasions enjoy canine participation in Arden/ Carmichael. Here are a few events that regularly go to the dogs. 1. The annual “Pioneer Park Pooch Parade” lures Supervisor Susan Peters (back row center) and her beloved schnauzer, Ernie, to a pageant of pets. 2. West Highland terriers Stewie, Sadie and Ceilidh embrace their Scottish roots at the annual Carmichael Celtic Festival. 3. Animals such as artist Mliheh Bartolmeo’s Chihuahua, Rum-Rum, are the theme for a Feb. 10 to March 8 show at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Learn about the event at sacfinearts.org 4. At the Carmichael Park dog enclosure, businessman and dog devotee Doug Ose pressed paws with a former congressman’s best friends. 5. Bulldog Chloe-Marie (left), huskie Burt and St Bernard mix Ya-yah (and human companions Michelle Reneau, Morna Stephens and Karl Hutton) contest annual Fido fashion stakes in Carmichael Park.
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Swimming in the Gene Pool BEING COMPARED WITH A GOOD-LOOKING MOM SEEMS PRETTY SWEET—EVENTUALLY
BY KELLI WHEELER MOMSERVATIONS
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y the time many of you will have read this I will have turned 44 years old. (I first typed 43—even my fingers refuse to believe it.) As much as I’d like to think this is mathematically impossible, the two teenagers I gave birth to are pretty good empirical evidence that I’m not 18 anymore. Let’s face it. I’m in the classic car division of the Auto Showcase. I am no longer a “Miss,” I am a “Ma’am.” The music of my generation has become oldies and classic rock. The staples of my youth—rotary phones, mixed tapes, VCRs—have been relegated to the Smithsonian. Before I know it, I’m going to be driving for
miles with my turn signal on and yelling at kids to get off my lawn! Now that I’m staring the definition of “middle age” right in the face (Wikipedia defines it as the years from 45 to 65, marked by visible signs of aging, accumulation of body fat, and waning physical fitness. By the way, I’m adding Wikipedia to my list of Negative Influences I Don’t Need In My Life.), I can understand why my mom gets so tickled whenever anyone asks if we’re sisters. Because I have discovered this: Having a daughter who looks just like you is a wonderful fountain of youth and ego booster. I can thank my mother for this. Sorry, Dad, your genes got their butts kicked in the female lineage gene pool. My entire life everyone has always gushed over how much I look like my mother. I consider it a compliment because I always believed my mom to be beautiful. When I was a selfabsorbed teenager, I used to roll my eyes every time another checkout cashier would make my mom blush with joy telling her she looked too young to be the mother of a teenager.
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When I hit my 30s—the same age my mom was when she had teenagers— people marveling at my mom looking like my sister had become routine. But it always felt like it was about her and not me. I just happened to be this doppelganger of proof to my mom’s wondrous youthful beauty.
I didn’t mind 43. I still felt like I belonged with the hot rods in the Auto Showcase. Fortyfour, I’m not gonna lie, it stings a little bit stepping next in line to officially being middle-age. And then I had my own little carbon copy. From the time my daughter was an infant, people like my friend Kathy would gush about how beautiful Whitney was and how amazing it was that she was my spitting image. Wow! I’ll take that co-compliment! As my baby grew into young lady, it became commonplace for people to say, “Whitney is just so pretty. She looks exactly like you!” Now it was my turn to blush like a schoolgirl as I glowed in my daughter’s limelight, tickled with the subsidiary compliment. Now that she’s a teenager, blossoming into a true beauty, I can
feel Whitney rolling her eyes when people say in the same breath how grown up and lovely she’s become while telling her she looks just like me. But I love it! And now I totally get it why my mom lit up like a Fourth of July firework whenever anyone told her how young and comparatively beautiful she looked. Because when you get up in the morning thinking you’re going to be looking at the 25-year-old you still feel like inside only to practically jump back in horrified shock at the wrinkly, grayhaired, bingo-winged, muffin-topped, pear-shaped, hurry-up-and-puton-some-clothes-makeup-and-dosomething-with-that-God-awful-hair person staring back at you, you will gladly receive any compliment you can get. Even if means you gotta honey-up next to your lovely young daughter and mooch off your whirlpool-strong gene pool to make you think you still got it. I didn’t mind 43. I still felt like I belonged with the hot rods in the Auto Showcase. Forty-four, I’m not gonna lie, it stings a little bit stepping next in line to officially being middleage. But it’s OK. I’m calling Mom. We’ll grab Whit. We’ll go hit up some strangers until someone marvels about how youthful and wonderfully lovely we look alike to make all our days. Grab your towels, ladies. We’re going swimming in the gene pool. Kelli Wheeler is a Sacramento mother of two and author of “Momservations—The Fine Print of Parenting.” She can be reached at Momservations.com n
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Red Dot Gallery presents Common Threads: New/Recent Work by Pam Dixon, Pablo Galvan and Somboun Sayasane in January. Shown above: “If Wishes Were Horses” by Pamela Dixon, ceramic. 2231 J Street, Ste. 101
“The Biggest Show in Town” runs January 6-24 at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center’s Annual Members Show exhibiting member’s works including sculpture, photography, painting. Shown: “Sedona Canyon” by Jan Dailey, oil. 5330B Gibbons Drive, Carmichael
The Alex Bult Gallery features a solo exhibition of sculpture and paintings by artist Sam Hernández. Shown: “Journey to Shangri-la.” Jan. 6 to Feb. 7. 1114 21st St.; alexbultgallery.com
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The b. sakata garo gallery will exhibit an “Airplane Show” including work by William T. Wiley, Gale Wagner, Peter Stegall, Gustavo Ramos River and Mel Prest. Shown left: a work by John Buck. 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com
Artistic Edge Gallery will feature work this month by Michael Mikolon, Charlene Hall and Julia Kropinovain January. Shown: “Blue Tree” by Charlene Hall, 1880 Fulton Ave.; artisticedgeframing.com
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Rehab Addicts THIS LAND PARK COUPLE EMBARKED ON A MULTIPHASE REMODELING PLAN BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT
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im and Kim Dobrinski are selfproclaimed rehab addicts. But when they bought their 1930s Land Park home in 2011, they took their time before launching into a remodel of the 2,800-square-foot house. “We lived in it for a little while beginning with cosmetic work in the basement so we would
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“It’s an old-fashioned neighborhood where we can walk, visit local eateries and enjoy the park. We know our neighbors and never hesitate to borrow a cup of sugar. What’s not to love about Land Park!”
have a sanctuary to go to during construction,” Jim says. While the couple spruced up the basement’s existing bathroom and laundry room, they waited for approval of their remodeling plans. Today, a large new window floods the basement with natural light, making the yellow walls even sunnier. “You can come down here during the day
and you don’t even need to turn on any lights,” Jim says. Next, they rebuilt the garage. Says Jim, “We spent a lot of time deciding on the look since it is visible from the living room.” A sleek commercial aluminum roll-up garage door set the tone. Since the home’s exterior doors were in bad shape, the couple used the same commercial style for the replacement doors, visually tying the two structures together. Once the garage was complete, Jim, an electrical contractor for 20 years and a licensed contractor since 2002, had the staging area he needed for the house remodel. A stunning welded stainless steel and cable staircase inside the front door replaced the very traditional “Father Knows Best” stair railing. The Dobrinskis used Brazilian cherry for the HOME page 60
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HOME FROM page 59 handrails, treads and risers. Though the staircase took a lot of time to
In the living room, the original fireplace surround, made of ribbed
construct, it was well worth the effort. wood, was painted a soft gray. A new gas fireplace sparkles with tempered “The railings proved to be challenging to the metal fabricator (Eduardo Lopez of Quality Steel
sink in the downstairs powder room
involved and since it was a one-piece
but replaced the green-and-white
assembly,” Jim says.
checkered tiles with more neutral tile
divided-light windows throughout
and stonework. The home’s new decorative accents
the house, the pair refreshed them.
and furniture are colorful and eye-
“There were a gazillion coats of
catching. After locating a railroad-
paint on them, which we had to strip
mining cart in Reno, Kim cut it down
off. It took a lot of time,” Jim says.
and topped it with a sheet of glass to
The couple salvaged three similar
create a one-of-a-kind coffee table for
windows from a neighborhood home
the living room.
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and crushed fire glass.
“I am the Craigslist queen,” she explains. “I love to find old things and
He installed artificial turf
“You will open up spaces and find
interspersed with large concrete
something you didn’t plan on at all,”
steppingstones. The backyard is
she says.
divided into three distinct outdoor
Jim always checks the
rooms that delight the senses. Just
dependability of the electrical and
off the living room, a covered porch
plumbing systems.
with a TV, barbecue grill, ceiling
“I just feel more comfortable
fan and seating is the perfect place
knowing that the electrical and
for friends and family to gather.
plumbing will hold up,” he says.
A conversation pit offers comfy seating around a gas fireplace. Nearby is a gurgling fountain
They love their new home and praise its location. “It’s an old-fashioned
made from a grinding stone that
neighborhood where we can walk,
repurpose them, but the hunt is the
added two new balconies, one at the
once belonged to Kim’s uncle.
visit local eateries and enjoy the
most fun.”
home’s front, the other off the master
Beyond that is the outdoor dining
park,” Jim says. “We know our
bedroom overlooking the magazine-
room.
neighbors and never hesitate to
Upstairs, the couple converted two existing balconies into bedrooms and turned the original master bedroom into a walk-in closet. The
cover-worthy backyard, which needed a total overhaul. “Once the inside of the house was
Kim advises those considering remodeling an older home to
borrow a cup of sugar. What’s not to love about Land Park!”
double the time they think it will
resulting reconfiguration netted
livable, we started putting together
take as well as the amount of
them an additional bedroom, giving
the backyard, which took about a year
money it might cost.
the house four bedrooms. The couple
to complete,” Jim says.
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One Good Reason SOME DAYS IT’S HARD TO GET OUT OF BED
No effect.
one becomes under a warm down
someone I can support through their
voice of a drill sergeant, “you’re
comforter on a cold morning. It’s
troubled day. Take me beside those
the pastor, and the congregation is
amazing how those sheets can envelop
who are feeling alone.”
expecting a sermon!”
one’s world.
“Finally,” she lets loose with the
As a hospital chaplain, I can relate
The truth is that my world had already become pretty enveloping. As
hear the message I needed to reaffirm.
month as I lay in bed recalling several
of late, I had become an undercover
Namely, “The best way out of yourself
patients I had visited the previous
worrier. Nothing seemed good
is through someone else.”
week.
enough: not my writing, not my house
That is to say, God works best
next to the barking dogs, not my kids,
on our problems when we show a
not even the cafeteria food.
willingness to become the process of
BY NORRIS BURKES
grandmother diagnosed with a painful
SPIRIT MATTERS
bone cancer. Across the hall from her
It had become all about me as I
was a mother who’d inexplicably died
sang several choruses of “me, my,
aybe you’ve heard the
before her 12-year-old daughter could
mine, me.”
old joke about a man who
come for a visit. Then I thought of the
resisted his wife’s urging
family of the college student who’d
to get out of bed for Sunday church
As my prayer took shape, the echo of my words was enough to help me
sometimes. It happened just last
I thought about the nice
M
“OK, God,” I prayed. “Guide me to
It’s amazing how self-centered
mysteriously drowned alone in a pool.
healing for another. At that point, I felt a renewed awakening. So I rolled over and
Then I heard from God.
greeted my second-grade-teacher wife
Not in the way televangelists hear
with a kiss. “Time to get up, sweetie.” “Give me three good reasons,” she
from God; I’ve never heard God tell me to build a television network or a
said as she turned to hit the snooze
“Give me three good reasons I
mind as I lay motionless, suffering
prayer tower, but I do experience a
button one more time.
should get out of this warm bed,” he
from what felt like a very cluttered
guiding presence from time to time.
demands.
soul.
They were all imprinted in my
services.
“First,” she says, arms folded, “I’m
Like the pastor in the joke, I asked
I sensed God telling me: “No wonder you feel inadequate. Guess
your wife, and you should respect my
God for one good reason I should go
what? You are inadequate. However,
wishes.”
to work: “What do I have to offer
I’m not.” “Now,” said this voice or presence,
He doesn’t move.
these patients today? And who am I
“Second,” she says in a pious
to assure their families that You are
“shake yourself out of this funk and
present and in control?”
ask me to guide you to someone
whisper, “God wants you to go to
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Teaching Tiny Tots PRESCHOOL FOUNDER HAS EDUCATED GENERATIONS OF ARDEN KIDS
BY TERRY KAUFMAN
E
of Burroughs Corporation. “It was
MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS
all men, so I had the choice of many dates,” recalls Moulton, who chose
leanor Moulton is 82, but she
just one of them: Lee Moulton. They
can’t wait to get to school
married in 1957.
every single day.
When her husband took a new
School is EduCare Learning
position with Aerojet, they relocated
Centers in Arden Park, an institution
to Sacramento. They lived in a house
Moulton founded and has run for
on Arden Way, then moved to Foothill
more than 45 years. Through her
Farms with their two children.
doors have streamed generations of
Moulton became good friends with
Sacramento-area preschoolers, from
the other young mothers, including
families so loyal to EduCare that they
the governor’s daughter, Barbara
will put baby’s name on the waiting
Casey. Lee became involved in home
list before baby even has a name.
construction with his brother and built the house in Carmichael where they live to this day. Moulton went
Moulton attributes EduCare’s longevity to its stability. One teacher has been there for 40 years, and two others have been with her for about 20 years.
back to school, attending Sac State in the evenings and earning a degree in child development. As she began to look at ways to augment their income, she decided to open a preschool.
Eleanor Moulton (back row, center) with Ryan, Sierra, Faith, Nathan and Amy Witte. All the Wittes are former students, including Amy, whom Moulton taught in the mid 1970's.
Moulton pinches herself sometimes to make sure it’s real. “My life is full of joy,” she says. “I get up every morning just wired, and sometimes I can’t contain myself.” Moulton grew up in Galesburg, Ill., home of the poet and writer Carl Sandburg. Her family was so poor that her mother used a crayon to outline Moulton’s shoes on newspapers, which were then cut to
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fit inside the shoes and block the holes
family, but I never felt poor because I
in them.
was always so busy.”
“We grew everything,” says
She attended nursing school and
“We take pride in our program,” says Moulton. “We have a disciplinary philosophy that stresses good manners, and we have more materials than most other preschools.”
Moulton. “We had a horse, cats, goats,
began working as a nurse in the
chickens. I milked the goats. My dad
1950s. When a friend invited her to
climbed up telephone poles in the
relocate to California, she leapt at
worst weather. My mom worked at
the chance, serving as a nurse aboard
International Harvester.” The Deere
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
family—as in John Deere—allowed
railroad. She moved to Pasadena
her to ride her horse on their spacious
at the beginning of the computer
property. “We were a poor working
revolution and worked as a corporate
and teacher,” she recalls. There were
nurse for the ElectroData division
12 children in the inaugural class.
“I was the chief cook, bottle washer
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priorities. “We want them to have
workforce in greater numbers, and
fun!”
demand for child care grew. “We
Over more than four decades, she
started with just a 9-to-noon schedule
has seen all types. “I have a special
with no lunch, and then we added
nose,” she says. “I should have
afternoon hours,” says Moulton.
worked for the FBI because I know
“When we extended our hours, they
how to profile.” Even before the
started pouring through the doors.”
focus on autism and other learning
Today, the school is open from 6:30
disabilities, Moulton was sensitive
a.m. to 6 p.m. It has 15 teachers and
to the unique nature of each of her
more than 80 children between the
students. “I’ve helped so many of
ages of 2 and 5.
them. One man thinks that I’m
Moulton attributes EduCare’s
knew that he had been misdiagnosed
has been there for 40 years, and
and was really a savant.”
two others have been with her for
The school operates year-round,
about 20 years. “We take pride in
and students come from all over the
our program,” says Moulton. “We
region. There is often a waiting list.
have a disciplinary philosophy
“I couldn’t have done this for as long
that stresses good manners, and
as I have if I didn’t absolutely love
we have more materials than most
what I do,” says Moulton. “I feel like
other preschools.” She points out
I’m one of the luckiest people alive.”
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Green Streets THEY MINIMIZE RAINWATER AND MAKE LIFE SAFER FOR EVERYONE
BY WALT SEIFERT GETTING THERE
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e take wide paved streets for granted. Except for backcountry gravel or dirt roads, smooth paved roads are almost universal. It was not always so. Not having had the benefit of the Roman Empire’s road crews, U.S. country roads through the 1800s were bumpy and rutted, dusty when dry and muddy messes when wet. The Good Roads Movement in the late 1800s, spearheaded by bicyclists, changed how roads were built. Later, the advent of motorized vehicles made smooth, paved roads even more important to goods movement and human mobility. State-of-the-art construction methods changed from macadam roads (small stones over larger stones) to tarmac (tar spread over macadam) to asphalt and concrete. It’s been boom times for pavement ever since. Estimates are that from 30 to more than 60 percent of the land area in cities is now paved over. All those concrete and asphalt streets, sidewalks and parking lots capping the earth have side effects. More pavement means less open space for parks and less land available for
An attractive green street design in Melbourne, Australia
agriculture. Runoff is a problem. Runoff from an acre of pavement is 10 to 20 times greater than the runoff from an acre of grassland. As I write this, Sacramentans are still cleaning up from the storm that dumped two inches of rain on Dec. 3. Streets were flooded across the city as torrents of storm water overwhelmed the drainage system. Since parts of the city have a combined sanitary sewer and storm-water system, overflows create a health hazard. Storm-water surges inundate sewage treatment plants. Flash flooding of streets disrupts transportation and can even threaten lives.
Reducing storm-water quantity and improving its quality are main features of “green streets.” Imposing man-made drainage on the earth can be a fruitless struggle against nature. Green streets cooperate with nature by mimicking natural drainage and retaining storm water on site. The result is less runoff, recharged aquifers and cleaner runoff through filtering of pollutants. Stream and river habitats are protected. Street designers have used a variety of methods to minimize stormwater runoff. They’ve narrowed streets to create less impervious surface area. Another option, though infrequently used in the United
States, is pervious concrete or asphalt that allows rainwater to percolate through to the soil. In addition to changing the amount and type of pavement, designers can use landscaping to manage storm water. Instead of going right down the drain, storm water can be directed to retention ponds or, through gaps in the curb, to planted swales in medians and alongside streets. Swales are gently sloped, low tracts of land built to channel runoff and increase rainwater infiltration. Traffic-calming features, such as curb extensions and traffic islands, can be used as sites for street trees or rain gardens. Rain gardens have low spots to capture GETTING THERE page 69
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Music in Her Soul LOCAL PROMOTER STRIVES TO CREATE COMMUNITY THROUGH SONG
BY DEB BELT ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
W
hen a singer like New York’s Catherine Russell comes to town, it’s a pretty sure bet who arranged the performance. Swell Productions is the quiet powerhouse bringing a vast world of music to Sacramento. From artists like Russell to piano phenomenon Marcia Ball to sacred steel players like The Campbell Brothers, Swell Productions rocks River City.
“It’s something elemental. The voice is the most human thing we relate to,” she explains. “You see it in kids. They are the always the ones right up by the stage dancing around. As we get older, we slip away from that nature.” “Remarkable music. Live” is Swell’s motto, and business partners Mindy Giles and Steve Nikkel draw upon deep experience in the music industry to land top acts in local venues. “The music business is a small world,” Giles says. “It’s a lot
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Mindy Giles
about keeping relationships alive.” Giles has established a treasure trove of relationships over the years through her work with labels such as Alligator in Chicago, Black Top in New Orleans and Tower Records distributor Bayside Entertainment. Giles has connected with music as long as she can remember. She
was the kid playing records for the play in the neighbor’s garage in her hometown of Columbus, Ind. “I have detailed memories of making posters and tickets and picking the records,” she recalls. “It has always been a consistent thing in my life.” She listened hard to the music played by her parents and older
brother, including Bobby Charles, Fats Domino and Lloyd Price. As soon as she was old enough, Giles landed a job at a local record store. It was 1969; she made about $1.50 an hour. When she went off to college in Bloomington, she found work at Discount Records, a “deep catalog” store where she could really dig into the music. When she was offered an assistant manager position in Chicago at age 19, Giles quit college and hightailed it to the Windy City. She remembers getting her first free tickets to a show, which turned out to be Muddy Waters and Friends and included, in part, Dr. John, Johnny Winter and Paul Butterfield. “In one fell swoop, I saw the fathers, mothers and sons of the blues,” she says. “It was like Chicago just said, ‘Soak this up.’” She eventually returned to Bloomington to finish her degree in psychology and journalism. After a stint in film school, Giles was hired by PolyGram Records just in time to get swept up in “Saturday Night Fever,” which turned the recording industry on its ear. “Sales figures exploded,” she says. Then it happened again with “Grease.” After a year and a half of watching decision making at PolyGram that was centered in New York, Giles grew frustrated. “I was hearing young acts like Tom Petty and Graham Parker, but there was no interest in recording them,” she says. Deciding to find a situation closer to the artists, Giles began meeting with a group of independent record label owners. The sole woman in the group, she learned more about blues, ARTIST page 71
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water, which then can slowly filter into the ground, where microbes can break down contaminants before they reach the water supply. Green streets can do a lot more than minimize storm water. Green streets complement Complete Streets efforts to make streets more accessible for all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, the disabled and the young and old. Narrow streets are slower streets that are safer for all, including motorists. Wide planting areas provide more room for trees, an improvement over narrow landscape strips. Curb extensions reduce pedestrian crossing distances. Tree canopies provide welcome shade for pedestrians and cyclists, an especially important feature given Sacramento’s sizzling summers. Shade extends pavement service life and saves on maintenance costs. Shade (and light-colored “cool� streets) also reduces the urban heat island effect, significantly cooling the whole city. Street trees and swale plantings are pleasing to the eye.
We’ve been treating rainwater as wastewater. We should be treating it as a resource.
the volume of water that has to be treated in combined sewer systems, investments in green streets save taxpayers and utility ratepayers money. That investment is most efficient when it’s made at the time of street construction, rather than added at a later date. According to a Portland Tribune article, a 2007 EPA study found that 11 of 12 green infrastructure projects saved money when compared to doing the same project with pipes and other manmade “gray� technology. We’ve been treating rainwater as wastewater. We should be treating it as a resource. Maybe it’s time for the street standards that are used by cities and counties to guide street building to emphasize green street ideas. Water management has always been important. Climate change, drought and population growth make it more important than ever.
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How To Rehydrate WHEN EXERCISING, SHOULD YOU QUAFF A SPORTS DRINK OR WATER?
BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
A
t fitness clubs around the region, new faces are turning up as people resolve to improve their health in the New Year. They’ll find a plethora of choices. Within the Arden Arcade area, clubs offer dance fitness (Latin-inspired Zumba and Cardio Dance at California Family Fitness), Les Mills programs (BodyAttack and BodyPump at Del Norte), cycling and power yoga (Arden Hills), and even Spiderman moves on ropes (Bodyweb at Crunch Gym). While sweating and panting through a group exercise class, participants are likely to get thirsty. During exertion, our bodies lose water. We exhale humid air in our breath, and we sweat to control our body temperature. To prevent dehydration, the lost water must be replaced by drinking. By drinking what? Water or a sports drink? Many people nowadays are choosing commercial sports drinks over old-fashioned water. Beyond marketing, the logic is this. Fluid lost through sweat isn’t pure water. It contains salt. Because both water and
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salt leave the body in sweat, it makes sense that a drink that contains both is the best choice to replenish them. But is a sports drink really superior to water for hydration? Sports drinks contain electrolytes. This is a fancy word for dissolved salts. When a grain of table salt (sodium chloride) enters water, it falls apart into separate atoms of sodium and chloride. The sodium and chloride become ions. That is, they carry an electrical charge (sodium positive,
chloride negative). Because these ions are charged particles in water, they can carry an electric current. Hence the term electrolytes. The electrolytes sodium, potassium and chloride, along with calcium, magnesium and others in smaller amounts, are essential for life. Human blood is salty, and the fluid inside cells is loaded with electrolytes. In the body, electrolytes are necessary for fluid balance, muscle contraction, nerve impulses, heartbeats,
transporting chemicals into and out of cells, and much more. Regulating the amount of these ions in the blood is the job of the kidneys, which control how much water and electrolytes are dumped in urine and how much are retained. Electrolytes lost through sweat are replaced in the diet. As anyone who is trying to limit sodium intake can testify, salt is abundant in the foods we eat. After exercise, normal food plus plenty of tap water will replenish losses without the need for a special rehydrating beverage. For example, Gatorade is a solution of sodium, potassium and phosphate salts with sugar, food coloring and artificial flavors added. A 12-ounce bottle contains 160 milligrams of sodium. That’s about the amount of sodium in an equal volume of milk, or a cup of raisin bran cereal, or maybe 10 dry-roasted peanuts. Twelve ounces of Gatorade provides 45 milligrams of potassium. An average banana packs more than 420 milligrams. So after a workout, water plus a snack is just as good—or better—than Gatorade for replacing electrolytes. Is there any reason to consume a sports drink during exercise? Yes, but only during vigorous, prolonged activity. As a general guideline, sports drinks have no advantage over plain water during the first hour of exercise. As long as you’re drinking water and have healthy kidneys, your body can manage quite a bit of sodium loss. Even among marathon runners, hyponatremia (the condition of having too little salt in the blood) is rare. If you’re doing one group class at the gym, water is all you need, and you
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The most important part of staying hydrated during exercise is the “hydra” part: water. For athletes who are going harder and longer, or who are exercising in hot, dry conditions that promote a lot of sweating, sports drinks can be useful. In addition to replacing electrolytes (salt), sports drinks include sugar (carbohydrate) in the mix. Sugar water gives a jolt of easily absorbed energy. As a bonus, sugar also helps with hydration. One important transport protein located in the lining of the small intestine only absorbs salt when sugar is present. The protein systematically grabs one glucose molecule and one sodium ion from the gut and moves
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ARTIST page 68 folk and jazz and found her comfort zone with “the creative, feisty and underdog” small labels. In 1978, she answered a classified ad for someone to pour long hours, blood, sweat and tears into a blues label. “I knew it was Bruce Iglauer at Alligator,” she says. “The ad said ‘no phone calls.’ I called him.” Iglauer hired her to book all of Alligator’s artists in North America. Working in an upstairs office in Iglauer’s house and sharing a plywood desk, Giles booked Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Lonnie Brooks, Johnny Winter and Professor Longhair. She threw record release parties, attended national booking conventions and discovered a young musician named Stevie Ray Vaughan, whom Iglauer did not want to sign. “I was crushed,” Giles says. “And I had to tell Stevie.” Deciding it was time to move on, Giles left Alligator and went to work for Rounder, another independent label and distributor. Specializing in marketing for a few smaller labels distributed by Rounder, including New Orleans’ Black Top Records, she organized the Black Top Blues-ARama train tour from New Orleans to Chicago in 1994. When Black Top began litigation with Rounder, Giles found herself out of work and moved to Sacramento in 1997 to become marketing director for Tower Records’ Bayside Entertainment Distribution. However, in a few years, Tower began to crumble due to the Internet, larger chain stores and a depressed world economy, and Bayside was bought by another distribution company.
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America The Tutu-ful SACRAMENTO BALLET PLANS A PATRIOTIC PROGRAM FOR MID-JANUARY
By Jessica Laskey RIVER CITY PREVIEWS
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hen you think stars and stripes, you might think July, but Sacramento Ballet is bringing some sizzling patriotism to the stage with Inside the Director’s Studio “Made in America” at 6 p.m. on Jan. 16 at the dance troupe’s Midtown studio. Listen in as John Clifford, a protégé of the great George Balanchine, explains the magic behind “Stars and Stripes,” the choreographer’s dazzling love letter to America with music by John Phillip Sousa. The evening will include dance excerpts and rare insider stories that you won’t want to miss. For tickets and more information, call 552-5800 or visit sacballet.org. Sacramento Ballet is located at 1631 K Street.
IN LIVING ‘COLOUR’ You might not remember how to spell Polish artist Zbigniew Kozikowski’s name, but you’ll certainly remember his vibrant art pieces on display from Jan. 8 through Feb. 10 at Arthouse on R Street.
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Polish artist Zbigniew Kozikowski’s colorful artwork will be on display from Jan. 8 through Feb. 10 at Arthouse on R Street
The solo exhibition, entitled Colour, will feature Kozikowski’s brilliant cityscapes and other eyepopping paintings inspired by his love of light and color. “I believe that what we perceive as a visual world is only a phenomenon, repeatedly created by light,” he says. “In light, we find the deepest meaning of existence. Its immateriality is the source of materiality for our senses. My aim is to change it into colored spots so harmonized that they become
the materialization of light, called color.” Kozikowski came to the United States in 1993 after earning his master of fine arts degree from the distinguished Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow; he was one of only 13 students admitted. He and his wife, Barbara, arrived here seeking freedom and artistic success, which Kozikowski has most certainly achieved. The artist’s work will be on display in the Arthouse main gallery, which
occupies the former Fuller building next to the Fox & Goose pub, as well as in his open studio during the opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10. For more information, call 212-4988. To see more of Kozikowski’s work, go to kozart.com Arthouse is at 1021 R St.
IN WITH THE NEW If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to take in more art, why
not make Crocker Art Museum your first stop in 2015? From Jan. 8 through Feb. 22, the Crocker will present Peace and Hope, a joint exhibition with A Community for Peace that features the work of children, teens, women and men affected by violence, abuse and trauma. See the healing effects of art for yourself in this inspiring show. To continue your quest for a new year and a new you, check out Art Mix Renewal from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8. The party will start with an exclusive record release from Be Calm Honcho presented by Crossbill Records, as well as guest DJs, art-making stations, $10 New Look consultations with local fashion gurus and talks by Crossfit experts and healthful cooking demonstrations to help you keep those resolutions. Drinks are under $5 all night—which should ease your interactions during the “mix and mingle” games—and college students receive a $2 discount. The event is free for museum members, $10 for nonmembers. Are you or is someone you love suffering from chronic pain? Perhaps a painting a day will keep the pain away. At least that’s what the Crocker hopes to do with Art Rx from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 10. Individuals with chronic pain and their families or caregivers are invited to enjoy a special tour of the museum with facilitated discussion to provide a positive experience that could reduce the burden of chronic pain. Advance registration is required, so call 808-1182 or email education@ crockerartmuseum.org Hoping to just chill out to some classic tunes? The Crocker’s Classical Concert has you covered at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11 with a performance by the Saturday Club, the oldest musical organization in Sacramento. You’re probably already a member of the Crocker, but if you’re also a member of Capital Public Radio, you can get the special reduced tickets price of $6. Interested in the offerings at the Sacramento Japanese Film Festival but don’t know where to start? The festival and the Crocker have joined forces for a special screening
To see something truly inspiring, be sure to stop by Artists’ Collaborative Gallery in Old Sacramento between Jan. 6 and Feb. 10 to catch its Children’s Art Show in collaboration with the nonprofit organization I Can Do That!
of “The Burmese Harp” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22. The film responds to the aftermath of World War II much like the ongoing Crocker photography exhibit Provoke Era:
It explores the chaos and wreckage left behind in the wake of the war through the eyes of a Japanese army officer who remained in Burma after the surrender.
“The Burmese Harp” won the 1956 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and the 1956 Venice Film Festival San Giorgio Prize. Space is limited, so reserve your tickets early by calling 808-1182. Are you craving an evening of spirit-stirring music? Then make sure you don’t miss Iván Nájera’s Tribute to Los Panchos concert at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29. As one of the region’s best-loved Latin Jazz artists, Nájera and his award-winning band will pay tribute to Mexico’s famed Los Panchos, an internationally acclaimed Latin “trío romántico” famed for its romantic ballads and boleros, as well as perform some of his own work. If you’re looking for further inspiration, check out the Crocker’s ongoing exhibition Arte Mexicano: Legacy of the Masters before the concert. For tickets and more information on all events and exhibitions, call 8081182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org Crocker Art Museum is at 216 O St.
GO TOWARD THE LIGHT If you’ve always been curious about Tibetan Buddhism, you’ll have a rare opportunity to hear one of the rising stars of its international practice, You’ll have a rare opportunity to hear one of the rising stars of its international practice, Jhado Rinpoche, speak about the steps to happiness and enlightenment
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PREVIEWS FROM page 73 Jhado Rinpoche, speak about the steps to happiness and enlightenment at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9 at Kim Quang Temple in the Arden area. Born in 1954 to a nomadic family in Tibet, Jhado Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of the abbot of the Jhado Monastery at age 3. After fleeing Tibet in 1959, Rinpoche spent several years studying in India, and in 1964 he took vows as a monk from the Dalai Lama to become fully ordained in 1973. For more than a decade, Rinpoche served as a teacher and abbot of the Dalai Lama’s private monastery, Namgyal, and he’s currently working with the Dalai Lama’s International Kalachakra Network. This fascinating guru will be speaking on Lam Rim, the stages of the path to happiness and enlightenment. Couldn’t we all use a little schooling in how to be happy? The event is free (though donations are welcome) and is presented in partnership by the local Buddhist nonprofit Lion’s Road Dharma Center and the local Mongolian Buddhist temple Zanabazar Dharma Center. For more information, go to lionsroaddharmacenter.org Kim Quang Temple is at 3119 Alta Arden Expressway.
CAN-DO SPIRIT To see something truly inspiring, be sure to stop by Artists’ Collaborative Gallery in Old Sacramento between Jan. 6 and Feb. 10 to catch its Children’s Art Show in collaboration with the nonprofit organization I Can Do That! I Can Do That! provides arts programming throughout the community to children of all abilities as a member of the international Very Special Arts network. In fact, it’s the local role-model site for VSA California. See the stunning art and meet some of the amazing artists themselves at the Second Saturday reception from 2 to 5 p.m. on Jan. 10. For more information about I Can Do That!, go to icandothat-arts4all. org
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GOING ONCE … GOING TWICE … Looking for something to spruce up your interior for 2015? Brian Witherell might have what you’re looking for at Witherell’s live estate auction, the first of its kind for the local auction house, on Saturday, Jan. 10. “We are excited to finally be able to make furniture—including midcentury modern—silver, jewelry, Asian art, paintings and décor from estates in the region available to local residents at very reasonable prices,” Witherell says, whom you might recognize from his appearances as an appraiser on PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow.” The auction starts at 10 a.m. in the warehouse across from Witherell’s showroom and will continue until all items are sold. Get a sneak peek at the merchandise at the same-day preview from 8 to 10 a.m. For more information, go to witherells.com Witherell’s showroom is at 300 20th St.
Ever wondered what artwork created by African adzes, Japanese saws, Native American crook knives and high-powered sandblasters looks like? Check out the solo exhibition by artist Sam Hernández entitled “Sculptures/Paintings,” on display at Alex Bult Gallery from Jan. 8 through Feb. 7.
For more information on Artists’ Collaborative Gallery, go to artcollab. com Artists’ Collaborative Gallery is at 129 K St.
SISTERS OF JERSEY This is a show that’ll have you shouting “Hallelujah!” from your seats: “Nunsense” comes to Sacramento Theatre Company’s Pollock Stage from Jan. 7 through Feb. 14. The zany musical comedy by Dan Goggin is based on a line of greeting cards that Goggin created in the 1980s featuring nuns offering tart, clerical quips that proved to be wildly popular. Encouraged by
the cards’ success, Goggin created a cabaret called “The Nunsense Story,” which opened for a four-day run in Manhattan and instead ran for 38 weeks. Goggin expanded the show into a full, five-woman musical, which opened Off-Broadway in 1985 and has since become the second-longestrunning Off-Broadway musical in history. The plot involves the five kooky Little Sisters of Hoboken, an accidental murder, nuns in the freezer and a variety show to raise funds for funeral costs—you’re probably laughing already! For tickets and more information, call 443-6722 or go to sactheatre.org
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON Who is Watson? Trusty sidekick to Sherlock Holmes? Engineer who built Bell’s first telephone? The supercomputer that became the reigning “Jeopardy!” champion? Amiable techno-dweeb looking for love? All of these Watsons come together in the time-bending comedy “The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence,” playing Jan. 6 through Feb. 7 at B Street Theatre. Part of the company’s cutting-edge B3 series, the show earned playwright Madeleine George a Pulitzer Prize nomination following its world premiere at Playwrights Horizon in 2013. The cautionary tale of love and machines is sure to make you laugh and think.
Ever wondered what artwork created by African adzes, Japanese saws, Native American crook knives and high-powered sandblasters looks like? Check out the solo exhibition by artist Sam Hernández entitled “Sculptures/Paintings,” on display at Alex Bult Gallery from Jan. 8 through Feb. 7, and see for yourself. Hernández and his innovative, free-standing work have been the recipients of numerous honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship and a Senior Fulbright Scholar Award. His pieces have been featured in numerous books, exhibition catalogues, museums and galleries around the world. His totemic pieces, primarily sculpted out of wood, are also included in numerous distinguished public
COUCH SURFING Have you ever been wandering through an art gallery and wished there was somewhere to sit? Couchbleachers, a new exhibition at Verge Center for the Arts from Jan. 10 through March 22, is your wish fulfilled. The interactive exhibit by Los Angeles-based visual and performing artist Nate Page is a clever artistic examination of seating as both art
and functional object. Visitors will be able to not only view the various seating arrangements as sculpture, but, Page hopes, “they’ll also be able to touch it, move through it and climb on it.” Throughout the run of the exhibition, Verge will also facilitate a series of community dialogues, events and activities with the goal of generating a crowd-sourced history of contemporary art in the Sacramento region—a result of their recent merger with the Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento. Don’t miss the opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10. For more information and a complete list of events, go to vergeart. com or call 448-2985. Verge Center for the Arts is at 625 S Street. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Please email items for consideration by the first of the month, at least one month in advance of the event. n
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collections, including Yale University Art Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, Museum of Contemporary Art in Macedonia and New Orleans Museum of Art. Meet the man behind the tools of his trade at the preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, or at the opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10. For more information, call 4765540 or go to alexbultgallery.com Alex Bult Gallery is at 1114 21st St., Suite B.
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f breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then choosing the right place to eat breakfast can be the most important food decision of your day. A day can be ruined by crumbly pancakes, shattered by soggy waffles, obliterated by overdone eggs. Conversely, a fine plate of biscuits and gravy can brighten up the whole day and make the sun shine that much brighter. So, if you’re wondering where to breakfast, turn your gaze to daybreak standout Bacon & Butter. Opened in 2012 in Midtown, the breakfast eatery recently relocated to Tahoe Park in a larger, more inviting space. Unlike its somewhat awkward Midtown location on 21st Street (restaurant by day, nightclub by night), the new Bacon & Butter feels warm and casual. Dressed up with light colors and chalkboards and centered on a substantial L-shaped counter, the space is open and bright, lending itself to a lovely morning meal. The first thing you might notice on arriving is the line out the door. Whether it’s 11 a.m. on a Thursday or 8 a.m. on a Saturday, you’re likely to wait anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour for a table. The folks of Tahoe Park and surrounding neighborhoods are eating up the new businesses that have opened in just the past year, including B&B and Public House Theater, a movie theater and bar. If you’ve got time for the wait, then you’ll most likely be rewarded with a strong cup of Old Soul coffee
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Start the day with a plate of biscuits and bacon gravy from Bacon & Butter at Broadway and 59th Street
or a morning eye-opener. (My favorite is the Ciderosa, a mixture of hard cider and orange juice.) The menu is compact but wide ranging. Nothing will jump out as particularly adventurous or outside your comfort zone. This is America, after all, and this is breakfast we’re talking about. On the lighter side, you can’t miss with the housemade granola ($7.50). My mother, who fancies herself a granola aficionado, claims it’s the best in town. Rich and sweet, crunchy and fruity, it goes way beyond the handful
of trail mix you’ve come to expect when it comes to granola. If you’re not in the mood for a full plate of gut-busting breakfast fun, B&B’s rotating selection of freshly baked breads and pastries might be just the thing to get your morning started. The cupcakes are amazing, the best I’ve had in memory. For the holidays, the eggnog cupcake was a particularly incredible bite, topped with cream cheese frosting and filled with eggnog custard. Also, the cookies are top-notch. The apple and bacon fritter, despite being the
best-sounding thing I’ve ever heard of, is a bit of a letdown, too doughy and dense. But let’s face it. You didn’t wait in line for an hour so that you could eat light. Dig into a stack of flapjacks ($9), solid but not leaden, sweet and satisfying. Plain will do, but do yourself a favor and order the Meyer lemon and poppy seed version ($13). Just take note that you’ll need to split them between three people if you want to leave the restaurant in anything other than a wheelbarrow. RESTAURANT page 79
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RESTAURANT FROM page 76 Feeling like eggs and bacon? Then order the grilled cheese Benedict ($14). Two mighty stacks of challah, four different cheeses, bacon, poached egg and hollandaise make for a mighty start to your day. And, if consumed with a side of potatoes, it might constitute the end of your day as well.
You can taste the care and the work going into each dish. Did you say biscuits? I did. Try the biscuit sandwich ($11), a dense tower of dough, egg, caramelized onion, mascarpone and a cheese skirt a la Squeeze Inn. I know what you’re thinking. “This sounds too light and
insubstantial for my breakfast needs.” Don’t fear: You can add a smothering of bacon gravy for just $2 more. Almost every dish at Bacon & Butter is perfectly suitable for splitting. Each plate comes teetering with more food than a non-Olympicathlete could consume and still function. Yet each plate is also well thought out and well crafted. Owner and chef Billy Zoellin might be a little overzealous with his portions and a bit gratuitous with his cheese/gravy/ bacon additions to most dishes, but the flavors are strong and exciting, bright and seasonal. You can taste the care and the work going into each dish. This isn’t diner food. This isn’t greasy-spoon fare. Nor is it white-tablecloth brunch. This is hearty, seasonal food cooked with an attentive eye and a steady hand. These are carefully sourced ingredients and expert preparations.
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Andaloussia
L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches
1537 Howe Ave. 927-1014 L D $-$$ Authentic Moroccan cuisine, lunch & dinner specials, belly dancing weekends • bestmoroccanfood.com
Bandera
2232 Fair Oaks Blvd. 922-3524
D Full Bar $$-$$$ American Cooking served in an all-booth setting. • Houtons.com
Bella Bru Café
5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883
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The Mandarin Restaurant 4321 Arden Way 488-47794
D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out
Roma's Pizza & Pasta
L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.com
L D $$ Traditional Italian pizza & pasta Family Friendly Catering + Team Parties • romas-pizzaand-pasta.com
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Casual California cuisine • paragarys.com
Chinois City Café
3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-8690
L D $$ Full Bar Asian-influenced cuisine in a casual setting • Chinoiscitycafe.com
Ettore’s
2376 Fair Oaks Blvd. 482-0708
B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio European-style gourmet café with salads, soup, spit-roasted chicken, and desserts in a bistro setting • Ettores.com
Jackson Dining
1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300
5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727
L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes
6530 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-9800
Roxy
2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000
B L D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine with a Western touch in a creative upscale atmosphere
Ristorante Piatti
571 Pavilions Lane 649-8885
L D $$ Full Bar Contemporary Italian cuisine in a casually elegant setting
Sam's Hof Brau
2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com
Thai House
527 A Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888
L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com
L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com
Jack’s Urban Eats
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Specializing in ultra-premium, extra-virgin olive oils, & balsamic vinegars. Gourmet Foods & Gifts Tastings & Private Parties 2600 FAIR OAKS BLVD.
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L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com
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2851 Fulton Ave. 481-9500
L D $$ Thai cusine in a friendly, casual setting
The Kitchen
Willie's Burgers
D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com
L D $ Great burgers and more
La Rosa Blanca Taqueria
33rd Street Bistro
2225 Hurley Way 568-7171
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Matteo's Pizza
Café Bernardo
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B L D $-$$ European-style cafe serving espresso, omelettes, salads, sandwiches, dinner entres, full bar, table service from 5 p.m., patio dining bellabrucafe.com
3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331
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5050 Fair Oaks Blvd. 488-5050
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3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233
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Burr's Fountain 4920 Folsom Blvd. 452-5516
B L D $ Fountain-style diner serving burgers, sandwiches, soup and ice cream specialties
Cabana Winery & Bistro 5610 Elvas 476-5492
LD $$ Wine tasting and paired entrees. Sunday Brunch 10 - 2. • cabanawine.com
Clarks' Corner Restaurant 5641 J St.
L D Full Bar $$ American cuisine in a casual historic setting
Clubhouse 56
723 56th. Street 454-5656
BLD Full Bar $$ American cuisine. HD sports, kid's menu, beakfast weekends
Evan’s Kitchen 855 57th St. 452-3896
B L D Wine/Beer $$ Eclectic California cuisine served in a family-friendly atmosphere, Kid’s menu, winemaker dinners, daily lunch specials, community table for single diners • Chefevan.com
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Formoli's Bistro
3839 J St. 448-5699
B L D Wine/Beer Patio $$ Mediterranean influenced cuisine in a neighborhood setting
Hot City Pizza 5642 J Street 731-8888
D $ Wine/Beer Fresh made to order pizza served in a cozy dining room; or to take out
Italian Stallion
3260B J St. 449-8810
L D $-$$ Thin-Crust Pizza, Deserts and Beer in an intimate setting and popular location
La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St. 455-7803
L D Wine/Beer $-$$ Italian and Czech specialties in a neighborhood bistro setting
Les Baux
5090 Folsom Blvd. 739-1348
BLD $ Wine/Beer Unique boulangerie, café & bistro serving affordable delicious food/drinks all day long • lesbauxbakery.com
Opa! Opa!
5644 J St. 451-4000
L D Wine/Beer $ Fresh Greek cuisine in a chic, casual setting, counter service
Nopalitos
5530 H St. 452-8226
B L $ Wine/Beer Southwestern fare in a casual diner setting
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Grange
B L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar
B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com
5340 H St. 473-3333
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Asian Grill and Noodle Bar • starginger.com
L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com
Istanbul Bistro
3260 J Street 449-8810
1111 J St. 442-8200
DOWNTOWN
Mikuni Restaurant and Sushi Bar
Chops Steak Seafood & Bar 1117 11th St. 447-8900
L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef and fresh seafood in an upscale club atmosphere • Chopssacramento.com
Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518
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Wine Bar, Event Center & Retail Sales, 36 wines by the glass, beer on tap • downtownandvine.com
Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St. 443-3772
L D $$$ Full Bar Modern American cuisine served family-style in a chic, upscale space • Elladiningroomandbar.com
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Esquire Grill 1213 K St. 448-8900
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Upscale American fare served in an elegant setting • Paragarys.com
Estelle's Patisserie
901 K St. 916-551-1500 L D $$-$$$ French-inspired Bakery serving fresh pastry & desserts, artisan breads and handcrafted sandwiches. EstellesPatisserie.com
Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768
D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants. com
The Firehouse Restaurant
Asian Cuisine: Delicious, Fresh and Healthful Since 2700 B.C. F A T ’S
1112 Second St. 442-4772
L D $$$ Full Bar Global and California cuisine in an upscale historic Old Sac setting • Firehouseoldsac.com
Frank Fat’s
806 L St. 442-7092
ASIA BISTRO
806 L Street Sacramento 916-442-7092
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com
Il Fornaio 1500 Eureka Road Roseville 916-787-3287
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L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American in a clubby atmosphere
1530 J St. 447-2112
L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com
Parlaré Eurolounge 10th & J Sts. 448-8960
bellabrucafe.com Carmichael Natomas El Dorado Hills
2585 Iron Point Road Folsom 916-983-1133
1415 L St. 440-8888
L D Wine/Beer $$ Mediterranean-inspired cuisine in cozy neighborhood bistro setting
L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com
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3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888
400 L St. 321-9522
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400 Capitol Mall 446-4100
L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com
D $$ Full Bar Relax with drinks and dinner in this stylish downtown space
Rio City Café
1110 Front St. Old Sac 442-8226 L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Seasonal menu of favorites in a setting overlooking river • Riocitycafe.com
Ten 22
1022 Second St. 441-2211
L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com
LAND PARK Freeport Bakery
2966 Freeport Blvd. 442-4256
B L $ Award-winning baked goods and cakes for eat in or take out • Freeportbakery.com
Iron Grill 13th Street and Broadway 737-5115
L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Upscale neighborhood steakhouse • Ironsteaks.com
Jamie's Bar and Grill
427 Broadway 442-4044
L D $ Full Bar Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Dine in or take out since 1986
Riverside Clubhouse 2633 Riverside Drive 448-9988 L D $$ Full Bar Upscale American cuisine served in a contemporary setting • Riversideclubhouse.com
Taylor's Kitchen
2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154
D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.
Tower Café
1518 Broadway 441-0222
B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting
Willie's Burgers
2415 16th St. 444-2006
L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 am Friday and Saturday n
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5 bedrooms + bonus room, pvt master suite, additional garage w/ Workshop, large Kitchen & lot. Call for pricing.
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