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PHENOMENAL BUNGALOW Fully remodeled 4 bedroom 2 bath bungalow. All new plumbing, electrical, insulation, and tankless water heater included in this stunning home. Open Àoor plan you with gourmet kitchen, top-of-theline stainless steel appliances, farmhouse sink, and large remodeled bathroom with a claw foot tub. $599,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048

FABULOUS FOUNDRY HOUSE! Historically Unique East Sacramento property - originally a brass foundry established prior to 1915. This amazing 3 bedroom 3½ bath home includes a new outdoor kitchen, wine cellar, gourmet kitchen, designer landscaping, pristine pool, large loft, and all of this on an unusually large lot!!! $1,349,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048

SUPER RENOVATION 4 bedroom 3 bath Fabulous 40’s home where old world charm meets all the modern amenities! 2722 square feet with an open Àoor plan concept connecting the living room and dining room to kitchen with quartz counter tops, and leading to family room that opens to a beautiful backyard. $1,149,900 JAMIE RICH 612-4000

McKINLEY PARK McKinley Park at its best! This 3 bedroom 2 bath home offers a remodeled kitchen, re¿nished hardwood Àoors, a vintage ¿replace, a spacious Àoor plan, a wine cellar in the basement, and a large formal dining room. Remodeling garage and studio/art/of¿ce space. $699,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048

CLASSIC RIVER PARK Charming River Park 4 bedroom with optional dining room or of¿ce, 2½ baths, and master suite with walk-in closet. Formal living and dining rooms. Kitchen opens to family room and large informal eating area. Hardwood Àoors; easy river access; 2 car-garage with carriage house doors. $499,900 CHRIS BALESTRERI 996-2244

RIVER PARK CHARMER 2 or 3 bedroom home, re¿nished hardwood Àoors, dual pane windows and recessed lights. Updated kitchen opens to den (once a third bedroom) with slider door to the brick inlaid patio and yard. Remodeled bathroom with cute tile Àoor and glass tile accents. New central heat and air. $364,900 DAVID KIRRENE 531-7495

QUINTESSENTIAL E SACRAMENTO This charming East Sacramento three bedroom home is minutes from Mckinley Park and is on a great street. This home includes a gourmet kitchen, hardwood Àoors, a vintage ¿replace, a spacious Àoor plan, and a large indoor laundry. The backyard is perfect for family BBQs and entertaining. $419,000 TIM COLLOM 247-8048

WONDERFUL RIVER PARK Open Àoor plan is inviting with hardwood Àoors, updated kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances. The contemporary bath has a tub shower combination with subway tile. The master bedroom is spacious. The backyard area has a covered patio for entertaining. Plus a 2 car attached garage. $364,900 CHRIS BALESTRERI 996-2244

EAST SACRAMENTO DUPLEX Superb vintage duplex. Great for owner occupied or investor.

Beautiful 1910 Mediterranean style. Each unit has 2 bedrooms and a bath. Newer copper plumbing and electrical. Living and Dining room combinations. Easy walking to midtown restaurants, shops and theaters. $489,000 PAM VANDERFORD 799-7234

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STORYBOOK TUDOR! Boasting preservation that is second SPACIOUS MIDTOWN BUNGALOW! This expansive to none, this idyllic Tudor is an East Sacramento landmark! No detail has been overlooked in this grand 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home, which presents a stunning foyer, formal Living and Dining rooms, and a gourmet Kitchen. Even more, the backyard compliments the spectacular interior: presenting a glistening pool and spa, covered patio, and impeccably maintained foliage. Other amenities include hardwood Áoors, full basement, and a two-car garage. $1,295,000

bungalow is set within close proximity to Midtown restaurants, coffee shops, and public transportation. Presenting a formal Living area with a Àreplace, a formal Dining area with charming built-ins, and a bright Kitchen with a gas range, this 1532 square foot home offers familial charm. Other amenities include an indoor laundry room, dual pane windows, and an inviting backyard. $429,950

REMARKABLY CHARMING TUDOR! Located on a quintessential tree-lined street, this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath Tudor boasts the traditional charm of East Sacramento living. This 2648 home offers formal Living and Dining rooms, and a spacious den.

The open Kitchen has been updated to include modern amenities: Dacor 48” dual fuel Epicure series range with professional grade venting system, granite countertops, and a bright eat-in area that offers ample storage. The backyard is ideal for entertaining with a covered brick patio, a generous lawn area, and mature foliage.

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The backyard offers two covered patios, a lawn area and mature foliage. Other amenities include hardwood Áoors, dual pane windows, and a two-car garage. $399,000

ELEGANTLY CHARMING ENGLISH TUDOR! Nestled on a prominent street, this spacious 5 bedroom, 4 bath home presents both remarkable charm and modern elegance. This 3504 square foot Tudor offers formal Living and Dining rooms, and a sizable Family room. The Kitchen has been updated to include a Professional six-burner gas range, a generous island, and marble countertops and Áoors. Boasting a large stone patio and a spacious lawn area, the sizable backyard invites opportunities to entertain.

Other amenities include hardwood Áoors, surround sound, an indoor laundry room, a Ànished partial basement, and a two-car garage. $1,585,000

MCKINLEY PARK DARLING! Located directly across from McKinley Park, this 4 bedroom, 3 bath Tudor couples East Sac charm and modern living.This 2602 square foot home offer a formal Living room with a stunning stone Àreplace, a luminous Dining room, and an updated Kitchen complete with granite countertops, pantry cabinets, and a large island. This property further boasts spacious Master Suites on both the ground Áoor and second story, complete with spa-like bathrooms. The backyard presents an uncovered patio that meets the lawn area and mature foliage. Other amenities include hardwood Áoors, an indoor laundry room, dual pane windows, and a two car garage. $889,950

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COVER ARTIST Leslie Toms Leslie Toms is a contemporary painter focused on landscapes, cityscapes and still life. Her paintings are filled with rich colors and dramatic brushstrokes. She lives in East Sacramento and her studio will be on the Open Studio Tour on Sept. 20 and 21.

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A Season of Doings THE END OF SUMMER BRINGS A CALENDAR FULL OF FUN EVENTS

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s a die-hard fan of Sacramento’s spring and summer weather, I used to greet the approach of fall with reservation rather than enthusiasm. But in recent years, September has become a month I eagerly await.

Coming up this month are three events I’d like to recommend to our readers: Urban Renaissance Home Tour, Capital Artists Studio Tour (also known as Sac Open Studios) and Farm-to-Fork Celebration.

Urban Renaissance Home Tour is a new name for an event that has been held for more than 15 years.

Formerly called the East Sacramento Home Remodeling Tour, the one-day event on Sunday, Sept. 28, features five new or remodeled homes in East Sacramento. Tour goers can check out the latest trends in kitchens and baths, second-story additions and brand-new homes built with vintage charm to blend seamlessly into historic neighborhoods. Home remodeling is extremely popular in our older urban neighborhoods,

and people love to go on the tour to get ideas for their own projects, or just see how our neighborhoods are upgrading.

I founded the tour in 1996 to encourage remodeling that respects the character of our older neighborhoods. Two of my own homes have been on the tour a total of three times. People were exceptionally gracious and complimentary, and we loved sharing information to help people with their own projects.

Finding homeowners willing to open up their homes is an annual challenge. It takes a special person or couple, and each year I am so grateful for the generosity of those who participate. This month, we are running a story on the lovely home of Mike and Kelly Paris whose home is on the tour.

The tour is sponsored by Friends of East Sacramento, a volunteerled nonprofit that my partner Lisa Schmidt and I manage. We lease Clunie Community Center and McKinley Rose Garden from the city of Sacramento and have raised more than $250,000 to restore both historic facilities. All tour proceeds go to the McKinley Park Renewal Fund to help maintain and improve the community center and the rose garden.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 on the day of the tour. Visit sacurbanhometour.com or East Sac Hardware for tickets.

The most frequent compliment we receive on our publications is directed toward our covers. Folks love the original local artwork we feature.

By far the best part of my job as publisher is the time I spend looking

at art and meeting the artists who create it.

Come September, I eagerly await Sac Open Studios, which this year will be held over two weekends: Sept.

13-14 and Sept. 20-21. My friend Cheryl Holben, chair of Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, founded the tour in 2006 when she was a board member of Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento. Since then, the tour has become the largest Sacramento art event of its kind. This year, more than 125 artists will open their studios to participate in this free event.

Sac Open Studios offers an opportunity for members of the community to connect with local artists and purchase all types of art.

Sac Open Studios offers an opportunity for members of the community to connect with local artists and purchase all types of art. Visiting art studios is quite interesting. Some artists work out of individual spaces inside of a collective such as Verge Center for the Arts or Sacramento Art Complex. Others work in their homes or garages, or in warehouse or industrial spaces. If you go on the tour, you will see artists at

work and have a chance to meet and talk with them about their work.

The tour is organized by location.

The Sept. 13-14 tour features artists who work in downtown, Midtown, Land Park, Curtis Park, Natomas, North Sac, Pocket-Greenhaven and Southside Park. The Sept. 20-21 tour features artists who work in East Sacramento, Arden Arcade, Carmichael, Oak Park, Tahoe Park and Fair Oaks.

To best prepare for the tour, go to the preview exhibition opening Sept. 11 at Verge Center for the Arts, which features a representative piece from each participating artist. You can pick up a free tour program at Verge (625 S St.) or at University Art (2601 J St.).

Incidentally, our cover art on all four editions this month features work by artists on the tour. Each year I find at least one new piece of art to add to my collection. Last year I purchased four small paintings, two by artists that have been on our covers.

The last September event I’d like to recommend is the 2014 Farm-toFork Celebration, which takes place Sept. 13-28. During that time, local restaurants will host special events, offer special farm-to-fork menus and supply opportunities for the public to meet farmers, winemakers and brewers who define Sacramento’s culinary scene.

The Farm-to-Fork Festival on Saturday, Sept. 27, is a free event on Capitol Mall designed to demonstrate where our food and drink come from.

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Discover an exhibition that explores decades of social and political change. The Crocker is proud to be the only West Coast venue for this stunning collection of African American visual heritage; featuring 100 paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Don’t miss your chance to view some of the most famous images of 20th-century African American art.

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Please join me in welcoming fall with open arms as we celebrate the best of our community, neighborhoods and traditions.

Our company is proud to once again sponsor the Farm-to-Fork Gala Dinner on Tower Bridge on Sunday, Sept. 28. The hundreds of tickets available were snapped up in less than a minute after going on sale in July.

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Dream Design TOUR SHOWCASES FIVE NEW OR REMODELED HOMES IN EAST SAC

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he Urban Renaissance Home Tour will take place Sunday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The self-guided tour features five remodeled or new homes in East Sacramento.

The tour (previously known as the East Sacramento Home Remodeling Tour) is sponsored by Friends of East Sacramento.

This year’s tour includes a truly eclectic mix of home styles, says tour committee member Claudia Bordin. Homes include a cottage decorated in a simple palette of classic black and white with a few accent colors; a stately city home that is a downsizer’s dream; an Arts and Crafts revival with modern touches; a European country-style home; and a Tudor home that was updated to accommodate three generations.

Neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations will provide tour docents. In exchange, Friends of East Sacramento has recruited local businesses to make donations directly to the nonprofits. It is another way to reach out to the variety of community groups in our

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Don't miss the Urban Renaissance Home Tour. It will take place Sunday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The self-guided tour features five remodeled or new homes in East Sacramento.

neighborhood to participate and help them raise needed funds," explains Cecily Hastings, co-founder of Friends of East Sacramento.

This year's title sponsor is Chris Little of Little Real Estate.

The purpose of Friends of East Sacramento is to organize activities to generate funds for improvements, renovations and maintenance in the parks and other facilities located in East Sac, says Hastings about the all-volunteer organization. The group currently manages Clunie Community Center and McKinley Rose Garden.

Funds from this year’s tour will go to support the McKinley Park Renewal Fund.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 on the day of the tour (check or cash only). Tickets can be purchased at East Sacramento Hardware

(4800 Folsom Blvd.) or online at sacurbanhometour.com On the day of the tour, tickets will be sold at the home at 1323 41st St. To volunteer as a docent, call 452-8011 or email friendsofeastsac@ aol.com. For more information on the tour, go to sacurbanhometour.com

THE FARMER IN THE GARDEN The fourth annual Edible Garden Tour celebrating urban edible gardens in East Sacramento will take place Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour is sponsored

by Soroptimist International of Sacramento.

Each of the six home gardens has a different theme.

According to Susann Hadler, the tour will include a garden farm with chickens, citrus trees, blueberries and herbs in pots. The house was originally built by a farmer for one of his children. The main farmhouse, now long gone, was across the street.

Homeowner and gardener Suzanne Ton will be on hand to answer questions.

Another garden on the tour features raised beds and a backyard kitchen and bar where the homeowners enjoy meals made from their own vegetables.

Sacramento Symphonic Winds will provide music during the tour. Tour goers will have an opportunity to talk with Master Gardeners. Olive oil and aprons will be sold in select gardens.

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Tickets can be purchased in advance at Relles Florist (2400 J St.), The Pink House (1462 33rd St.), Haus (5601 H St.), Talini’s Nursery (5601 Folsom Blvd.), Twiggs (3250 J St.) and East Sac Hardware (4800 Folsom Blvd.). On the day of the tour, tickets will be sold at KMG Real Estate Finance (4201 H St.).

For more information or to purchase tickets, go to ediblegardensac.org

VOLUNTEER DAY IN MCKINLEY ROSE GARDEN Friends of East Sacramento and McKinley Park Volunteer Corps will hold a volunteer day in McKinley Rose Garden on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 7 to 11 a.m.

Volunteers will prune rosebushes and do light weeding in the rose and perennial beds.

No experience is necessary as there will be experienced rosarians available to train volunteers. While some equipment and garden supplies will

be provided, volunteers are asked to bring a pair of garden gloves, pruning shears and rakes if they have them.

Volunteers will meet at the benches in the rose garden. The rose garden is at the corner of H and 33rd streets.

R.S.V.P.s are requested, though dropin help will also be appreciated.

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AN OLD CITY HISTORY TOUR Sacramento Old City Association will hold its 39th annual home tour on Saturday, Sept. 20, featuring homes on the J Street corridor in Midtown.

The self-guided walking tour will feature Sutter’s Fort (the oldest building in Sacramento), some private residences with unique histories, Kennedy Gallery Art Center and Amber House Bed and Breakfast.

The tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and begins at the Midtown farmers market at 2020 J St. Tour goers will receive a brochure with a tour map and illustrated histories of the tour sites.

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EAST SAC LIFE FROM page 15 live music will be held adjacent to the farmers market. The fair is free and open to everyone.

Limited free parking will be available at the two-story structure on 20th Street between K and L streets.

A monitored bicycle corral will be available at no cost to tour goers.

Tickets cost $30 on the day of the event, $25 in advance. To purchase tickets, go to soca2014hometour. brownpapertickets.com For more information, call 2024815 or go to sacoldcity.org

STRONG MAYOR: PROS AND CONS Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association will host a debate on the strong-mayor proposal on the November ballot.

The debate will take place on Monday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m. at Tahoe/ Colonial Community Center, 5959 Eighth Ave. For more information, go to tahoe-park.org

ARTISTS THROW OPEN STUDIO DOORS During two weekends in September, more than 125 local artists will open their studios to the public for the Capital Artists Studio Tour (also known as Sac Open Studios). The tours will be Sept. 13 and 14 and Sept. 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

On the first weekend, studios in downtown, Land Park and Midtown will be open. On the second weekend, studios in East Sac, Tahoe Park and Oak Park will be open.

Participating local artists include Mark Foster, Linda Paris, Mary Carboni and Patt Illouli. Artwork will be available for purchase from the artists at their studios.

The free, self-guided tour is organized by Verge Center for the Arts. Programs are available at Verge (625 S St.) or online at sacopenstudios.com For more information, go to sacopenstudios.com

More than 125 local artists will open their studios to the public for the Capital Artists Studio Tour this month. Shown is a home portrait by Patt Illouli who is on the tour.

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS CLEANING UP THE POND AT MCKINLEY VILLAGE The city is moving forward with Site grading of the McKinley Village property was begun at the end of July. This is the first step in the development of the new community of 336 homes that will be built on the Centrage site.

The work is being done by Teichert Construction. The local firm was chosen as the contractor for the initial phases of site construction, including grading, infrastructure and building the vehicular underpass at the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at the eastern entrance to McKinley Village.

“The start of grading marks a new phase for McKinley Village. We are looking forward to completing the site improvements so we can offer a range of new-home opportunities for those who want to live in town and close to jobs, schools, shopping, restaurants and services,” said Kevin Carson, president of The New Home Company of Northern California.

The New Home Company is a partner in the team developing the property along with Riverview Capital Investments and Encore Capital Management. They expect to have homes for sale by 2015.

plans to renovate the McKinley Park pond. At a meeting in July, the city council authorized the city manager to hire a contractor for the project.

In June 2013, the city had the pond water tested. The results showed that the water was a human health hazard.

The testing occurred at the urging of East Sac resident Judy McClaver, who for the past two years has voluntarily maintained the pond.

The city has also formed a community advisory committee to work with the contractor and city staff on the renovation. City Councilmember Steve Cohn appointed McClaver and Greg Lim, chairman of the parks committee for McKinley East Sacramento Neighborhood Association, to the advisory group. A certified wildlife biologist will also be appointed to the advisory board.

BUSY CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES With the election just a couple of months away, both candidates for the District 3 city council seat have been going nonstop. District 3 includes East Sacramento and River Park.

Jeff Harris, the top vote getter in the June primary, opened his campaign headquarters at 4601 H St. During the summer, Harris attended dozens of community events, including National Night Out, neighborhood association meetings, Pops in the Park and Screen on the Green. Harris and his volunteers also walked precincts to meet voters.

Harris’s opponent, Cyril Shah, spent his summer much the same way, attending community meetings and knocking on voters’ doors. The Shah campaign has a program, called Take a Walk With Cyril, in which volunteers walk with Shah and introduce him to their neighbors and friends.

Three candidate forums will be held in October. The first, sponsored

by East Sacramento Improvement Association, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m. at Clunie Community Center. Another forum will be on Wednesday, Oct. 8, and Inside Publications will sponsor a debate on Thursday, Oct. 9.

For more information about the candidates, go to jeffharrisforcitycouncil.org and shahforcouncil2014.com

SAC HIGH GRADS OF 1964 Sacramento High School’s graduating class of 1964 will celebrate its 50th high school reunion with three days of parties.

On Friday, Sept. 26, there will be a no-host cocktail party at Clubhouse 56 (723 56th St.) at 5 p.m.

There will be a dinner and dance on Saturday, Sept. 27, at Dante Club.

Tickets are $60 per person.

On Sunday, Sept. 28, there will be a guided tour of Sacramento High School at 11 a.m. and a no-host picnic in McKinley Park at 1 p.m.

For tickets or more information, email slsathome@gmail.com

BLOOMING ORCHIDS Relles Florist will hold a free class on orchids on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 to 11 a.m.

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Instructor Raymond Prothero of Sacramento Orchid Society will discuss how to care for the plants and how to get them to rebloom.

The class is free but advance registration is required. To sign up, call 441-1478 or go to rellesflorist.com Relles Florist is at 2400 J St.

A FANCY NANCY PARTY On Thursday, Sept. 18, McKinley Library will host a party for children and their parents based on the popular children’s book series "Fancy Nancy". Children can come dressed in boas, beads and tiaras or borrow some from the library.

There will be a craft table where children can make their own fancy hats, crowns and accessories.

Refreshments will be served. The program is free.

McKinley Library is at 601 Alhambra Blvd. For more information, call 264-2770.

SWEATIN’ FOR MCKINLEY There will be a health fair and fundraising fitness camp on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at McKinley Park to benefit McKinley Park Renewal Fund.

The event is being coordinated by Meg White. Classes will include yoga, Zumba, Pilates, kettlebells, boxing, flag football, soccer and fitness boot camps. The event will kick off with a free flexibility/yoga class at 8:30 a.m. The other programs will be offered every hour on the hour in different locations in the park.

Each class will be approximately 30 minutes long.

There will also be a boot camp program for children at 10 a.m. and a kids’ yoga class at 10:30 a.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

An advanced boot camp will be offered between 10 and 11:30 a.m.

Attendees can take just one class or they can take them all, says White.

Participants will get a great workout, have fun and, best of all, the proceeds will go toward keeping the community center and rose garden open. White owns Train Hard or Go Home fitness center at 719 56th St. The free health fair will feature information booths and speakers on nutrition, fitness and wellness. There will also be a silent auction and a raffle.

Major sponsors of the event include Train Hard or Go Home, Mercy General Hospital, Home Care Assistance, East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, Inside Publications. and Councilman Steve Cohn.

The event will be at Clunie Community Center at 601 Alhambra Blvd.

Tickets for the fitness camp are $10 in advance, $15 the day of the event. For more information, go to SweatingForMcKinley.com or call 508-6144.

PAINTING FOR PAWS! An art show and reception to benefit Happy Tails will be held on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Dante Club.

Original artwork by cats and dogs from the Happy Tails pet sanctuary will be available for purchase. The pieces are matted, framed and accompanied by a photo and bio of the furry artist. In addition, there will

To learn more or to make a donation, contact Quick at 296-6799 or kathycraigrox@aol.com. Food Truck Mania will be from 5 to 9 p.m. in Tahoe Park at 3501 59th St.

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be a silent auction, food, wine and animal-themed jewelry for sale.

Happy Tails is a nonprofit organization committed to creating a safe haven for abandoned and abused animals.

Advance tickets are $25. Tickets at the door are $35. They are available at HappyTails.Eventbrite.com Dante Club is at 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd. For more information, call 5561155 or go to happytails.org

A NEW RESTROOM FOR THE PLAYGROUND Last month, the construction of a new restroom at McKinley Park playground was completed.

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HELPING WILDLIFE On Friday, Sept. 26, a fundraising raffle benefiting Wildlife Care Association will be held at the Food Truck Mania event in Tahoe Park.

Wildlife Care Association takes care of more than 6,000 injured and orphaned animals in the Sacramento region each year.

Tahoe Park resident Kathy Quick is seeking raffle prize donations and is selling raffle tickets.

Guy West Bridge near Sacramento State University is being renovated and getting a new paint job. The bike and pedestrian bridge is a miniature replica of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

The bridge provides direct access for bicyclists to the parkway and is also the primary access route between the Campus Commons neighborhood and the university.

According to City Councilmember Steve Cohn, the city project will include restoration of suspension cables and rope connections, bridge deck and railing maintenance, and structural frame repairs that will ensure the bridge’s continued safe performance. The bridge will also be repainted in its original color: International Orange.

The project’s estimated cost is $3.2 million. It’s expected to be finished by the end of the year.

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The cleanup will include the area around Paradise Beach in River Park. There will be a check-in table in Glenn Hall Park where volunteers can pick up trash bags, water and other items. Volunteers of all ages are welcome, including kayakers and boaters.

Last year, more than 1,300 volunteers participated. Their efforts resulted in the removal of 15,700 pounds of trash and recyclables from the parkway, according to the foundation.

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The open house will include a self-guided tour, videos of procedures, a raffle and refreshments. Staff members will be available to answer questions.

Attendance at the open house is limited to two-legged family members.

Sacramento Animal Hospital is owned by veterinarians Diana Cortez, Karen Mulvihill and Erin True.

For more information, go to mysacvet.com or call 451-7213.

STOP BY YOUR LOCAL FIRE STATION On Saturday, Sept. 6, from 2 to 4 p.m., Fire Station #4 in East Sacramento will host an open house.

The station, the oldest working fire station in the Sacramento area, was built in 1902 on 26th Street between L Street and Capitol Avenue. In 1933, it was rebuilt at its current location, 3145 Granada Way, just off Alhambra Boulevard. This year, it celebrates its 81st anniversary in East Sacramento.

There will be plenty of high-flying excitement during the weekend of Sept. 6-7 when the California Capital Airshow returns to Mather Airport.

The show includes military and civilian jet performances, world-class aerobatics, parachute demonstrations and a display of vintage aircraft.

There will be entertainment, music and food.

For more information, go to californiacapitalairshow.com

MULCHING THE TREES On Monday, Sept. 8, Sacramento Tree Foundation will sponsor an after-work volunteer evening in McKinley Park. Volunteers will apply mulch rings around the park’s trees.

The volunteer session will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Attendees should meet at Shepard Garden and Arts Center.

The tree foundation will provide wheelbarrows, gloves and rakes but asks volunteers to bring these items if they have them.

The city’s urban forestry service will provide the mulch.

Shepard Garden and Arts Center is at 3330 McKinley Blvd.

For more information or to register, go to sactree.com/events

LEARNING MORE ABOUT TREES Sacramento Tree Foundation will offer a free guided tour of the trees of McKinley Park on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m.

The tour will be led by a certified arborist. Attendees are invited to bring a tablet or smartphone if they would like to learn how to use Greenprint Maps, a tree mapping app.

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offers. We felt lucky to get it. We have remodeled three times. I am game for a fourth, but Brian says no.”

To rebrand the home tour, Brian designed a new look for the marketing materials, including posters, banners and website. Jan is helping to promote the tour to the media.

Both are inveterate volunteers.

For many years, they were involved in their children’s schools, sports and church youth groups. They raised money, promoted events, coached, bought equipment, shuttled teams, served on boards and manned snack bars. “The schools had no money for sports, uniforms or programs,” says Jan. “The thing to do was to grab a few other parents, pitch in and get it done.

“There are so many things in our community that need help. There just isn’t enough time and money, but we try to make a difference.

Plus you meet wonderful people along the way,” she says.

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hen Friends of East Sacramento decided to change the name and feel of its annual home tour, the group’s organizers knew they would need help from experts in branding and marketing.

They didn’t have to look far.

Public relations and marketing expert Jan Burch and her husband Brian, a graphic designer and creative director, not only live in East Sac; their home office had been on a previous home tour.

For years, the event had been called the East Sacramento Home Remodeling Tour. But interior designers Cheryl Holben and Claudia Bordin, who helped select the five homes for this year’s tour, suggested changing the name to the Urban Renaissance Home Tour to reflect the quality of the tour homes and the exciting changes happening in Sacramento’s urban neighborhoods.

According to tour founder Cecily Hastings, the committee reached out to the Burches “because we know that they have an expertise in branding new products and are always generous with their volunteer time.”

Brian, creative director for the California Dental Association, spent many years as a freelance graphic designer working for clients in Palo Alto and the San Francisco area.

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Brian and Jan Burch

public relations and communications firm. She recently took a position at CalPERS in its internal communications department.

The couple also has experience with remodeling. They’ve lived in their East Sac home since 1988, the year

they were married. “It was a small two-bedroom home, much smaller than we wanted but what we could afford,” says Jan. “The market was very competitive. We made an offer— over the asking price—within hours of it being listed. There were multiple

The Urban Renaissance Home Tour will be on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To purchase tickets, go to East Sacramento Hardware (4800 Folsom Blvd.), call 452-8011 or go to sacurbanhometour. com To volunteer to be a docent, email friendsofeastsac@aol.com To suggest someone for a volunteer profile, call 441-7026 or email eastsaclife@aol.com n

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If you are interested in attending a Families Anonymous group, contact Jane at 402-2465.

IT’S ALL ABOUT ME Kelly Corrigan, a New York Times best-selling author, will keynote Dignity Health’s annual Care Begins With Me conference. The health and lifestyle event for women will be on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Sheraton Grand hotel.

There will also be Dignity Health doctors and health experts on hand to lead health care chats, a marketplace expo with local boutique vendors and refreshments.

Registration is $25. For more information, go to carebeginswithme. org

SACRED HEART CLASS OF ’64 Sacred Heart Parish School’s eighth-grade class of 1964 will celebrate its 50th reunion on Sunday, Oct. 12.

The class party will be from 3 to 6 p.m. at Iron Steaks (2422 13th St.).

The cost is $25 per person.

According to East Sac resident Cindy Collins, a member of the class, the highlight will be the attendance of the class’ eighth-grade teacher.

For more information, call Kathy Rehm at 212-8804.

SAVE YOUR E-WASTE Caleb Greenwood Elementary School is raising funds by collecting electronic waste for recycling.

On Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the group will accept items such as monitors, televisions, computers, digital cameras, telephones and fax machines.

Businesses with e-waste can arrange to have it picked up by calling parent Ann Gregory at 947-6188.

Funds raised will go toward the sixth-grade class trip to Sly Park and to help support the school’s primaryyears program.

Caleb Greenwood is at 5457 Carlson Drive in River Park.

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Park Trees at Risk CONCERNS GROW OVER PROPER CARE OF PARK TREES BY CITY

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irst, let’s establish how important trees are to Sacramento and its residents.

We are, after all, “the city of trees,” as the large water tower in the south part of town advises travelers driving up I-5. But it is much more than just a slogan to us. It is an essential element of our identity and a key part of Sacramento’s enviable livability. We instinctually named many of our neighborhoods after our parks (Land, McKinley, Curtis, Tahoe, etc.).

When I served on the board of Land Park Community Association a few years ago, we surveyed more than 1,000 residents about the most important concerns of Land Park residents. Preservation of the tree canopy outscored every other concern, including crime, by a huge margin.

With issues of air quality and climate change, concern for Sacramento’s tree canopy has only grown in recent years. In short, trees are a very big deal to us.

Last week, I joined two dozen folks in taking a tour of McKinley Park’s remarkable trees. (I live near William Land Park, the jewel of the city park system, but I must admit I’ve found no experience comparable to gazing

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up into the 120-foot magnificence of a McKinley English elm.) The tour was led by arborist Anne Fenkner of Sacramento Tree Foundation, a uniquely Sacramento institution that quietly goes about the challenging business of fending off threats to trees in our region from urbanization, disease and poor care practices.

The tour was less a showing-off of McKinley’s trees than a visit through a trauma ward, including a large, completely barren area where two giant elms had stood just weeks before, victims of the insidious Dutch elm disease. The tour included trees so parched that their normally rubbery leafs now have the feel of dry leather, the results of cells shutting down due to lack of water.

We witnessed a struggling volunteerbased triage operation organized by the tree foundation (dubbed Mulch Madness) to mulch around tree trunks in order to capture critical moisture in the soil—except that there is really almost no moisture to capture.

According to tree experts, mature trees should receive a “deep watering” for at least an hour or two every two to three weeks.

The overall appearance of McKinley Park is simply deplorable.

A contractor installing new $300,000plus restrooms in June mistakenly cut

McKinley Park's historic trees are fast disappearing due to disease

into a major water line, not once but multiple times, cutting off all water to the park for a two-week period. Water was also shut off to a large portion of the park for an extended time last summer during the herculean neighborhood effort to build a new playground to replace the one torched by arsonists. City officials reportedly hoped that winter rains would revive the browned-out grass. The rains never came, and parts of McKinley are now hardpan.

According to tree experts, mature trees should receive a “deep watering” for at least an hour or two every two to three weeks. But nowhere in the city park system are trees currently receiving such watering, according to reports of both senior park officials and park maintenance workers. What are the consequences of skipping deep watering of park trees over time?

Greater susceptibility to disease, tree weakness, shortened life spans and tree death.

A Bee article recently quoted Elizabeth Anderson, operations

manager for the city’s parks and recreation department, saying that the city is watering its parks two days a week for only 20 minutes (more for sports fields), even though the city’s watering ordinance imposes no time limit on watering. City watering rules limit watering to two days per week and restrict the hours of watering (not after 10 a.m. or before 7 p.m.), but they do not restrict sprinkler times other than a general prohibition against running sprinklers long enough to generate runoff. So why is the city so restrictive in its watering of city parks that it’s endangering not just turf, but the long-term health and viability of 50- and 100-year-old legacy trees in city parks? To save water, seemingly at all costs.

Have city officials made a conscious policy decision to sacrifice the health and risk the early death of mature park trees for the sake of hitting a 20 percent water conservation goal that the city seeks to reach? If so, the public has had no part in the decision.

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CITY HALL FROM page 24 It hasn’t been the subject of debate at a city council hearing.

According to recent reports, Sacramento is already far ahead of the statewide average in achieving water savings, even though Sacramento enjoys Cadillac-level senior water rights to both the Sacramento and American rivers. In April, the city issued a press release bragging that while the city, as a whole, had reduced its use by 16 percent, city government itself had reduced its use of water by 54 percent over the previous two-year average of water use. (Last month, the city announced that citywide consumption of water was now down 22 percent from last June’s levels.)

Meanwhile, statewide water use actually increased in May by 1 percent compared with the May average over the past two years.

By reducing its water use, the city is imperiling some of Sacramento’s most treasured assets: our park trees. At a certain point, gungho enthusiasm for an admirable and worthwhile single goal becomes reckless fanaticism.

By reducing its water use, the city is imperiling some of Sacramento’s most treasured assets: our park trees. At a certain point, gung-ho enthusiasm for an admirable and worthwhile single goal becomes reckless fanaticism. The city’s relentless focus on reduction of water use is making bureaucrats scared to use water out of fear of being called out for screwing up the city’s water conservation performance. But

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governing means having to handle more than one goal or priority at a time. We cannot throw the baby—our park trees—out with the bath water, so to speak. We can easily replant turf (at a cost), but we cannot replace 50- or 100-year-old majestic trees in the next budget cycle. Nor do budget numbers begin to gauge the harm to the community of a policy that, if not reversed, could lay waste to our city parks (which is, arguably, already occurring in McKinley Park).

The city is now trying to sell the slogan “gold is the new green.” As city officials whip up enthusiasm in support of a single-minded focus on water conservation targets, perhaps they ought to pause and consider what is most important to Sacramento citizens. I have a copy of the survey of Land Park residents that I’d be happy to share with them.

I offer my own slogan: Our tree canopy is the real green.

What can the city do to halt the damage its watering policies are doing to city trees? Based on numerous conversations I’ve had with park officials, arborists and park maintenance workers, it appears the first action that should be taken is to begin deep watering of most park trees once every two weeks, setting sprinklers on low flow where technically feasible. Secondly, the city should mobilize its park workers to clear grass and weeds from much of the drip zone of park trees (which has already been done in several parks) and mulch these areas to a depth of at least 4 inches to preserve moisture.

Finally, it should broadly aerate the soil around park trees to allow water to more easily penetrate the tightly compacted soil that is typical of high-use parks. None of these steps requires significant cost, and park volunteer groups will likely help.

Parks officials, in close collaboration with tree experts in the city’s urban forestry section, should also start engaging in serious long-range planning for reforestation of the city’s older parks, working with park volunteer corps and neighborhood groups as well as urban forestry specialists and other stakeholders. A great many trees in our older parks were planted 70, 80

or 100 years ago and are at or near the end of their natural lives. There is no time to waste in planning for an orderly and strategic replanting of appropriate park trees.

A great many trees in our older parks were planted 70, 80 or 100 years ago and are at or near the end of their natural lives. There is no time to waste in planning for an orderly and strategic replanting of appropriate park trees.

Additionally, city officials need to get serious about funding replacement of aging and increasingly decrepit park irrigations systems, particularly in our older parks. Since the city doesn’t have water meters on individual valves, it has no way of knowing how much water it’s losing to leaking water pipes beneath our parks. Park irrigation systems have been neglected for decades.

Parks maintenance manager Shannon Brown has had the difficult job of managing park maintenance crews in an era of severely depleted staffing levels. She has to cope with the creaky irrigation systems and hit water conservation targets while trying to keep the parks green.

She’s also a keen observer of the city budgeting process. “Nobody wants to invest in anything that they can’t see and touch,” she says. “Perhaps we need to find a way to make irrigation projects look sexy to secure funding.”

Brown also advises that we should “replace what is hugely aged before we put new things in parks that we cannot afford to maintain.”

The “sexy” element may come from the water savings that the replacement of leaky park irrigation

systems would bring. While Measure U provided $850,000 for park irrigation projects, it’s a small fraction of what is needed. There are numerous federal and state grant programs that offer funding for water infrastructure projects, particularly those in parks and that offer water savings opportunities. But the city must take the lead in planning such projects and funding reserve accounts to raise the local contribution that such grants typically require. Now would be an awfully good time to start.

Brown is understandably nervous about approving the planting of new or replacement park trees, which require more frequent deep watering than mature trees, until she’s satisfied that park irrigation systems and city watering policies will allow for the delivery of the water new trees need to thrive.

Next month, I’ll cover a city effort to completely revamp the city’s tree policies and ordinances, including a proposal to expand the city’s regulatory reach over trees on private property. How do you like the idea of having to secure a city permit to trim any trees on your property that are 4 inches or greater in diameter?

City staff also wants to pass off to residents in older neighborhoods responsibility for maintaining trees in the maintenance easements along the fronts of their lots. A sizable stakeholders group has been meeting with city staff and city consultants for almost a year on the subject, but the proposals, so far at least, have received no media coverage. We’ll fix that next month.

I find it ironic, and more than a little hypocritical, that the city is seeking to dictate to private citizens how to best care for their own trees while, at the same time, the city is putting city park trees in peril with its unduly restrictive watering policies.

As the old proverb goes, “Physician, heal thyself.”

Craig Powell is a local attorney, businessman, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, a civic watchdog and policy group.

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High Kicks AFTER BEATING ADDICTION, SHE FOUND REDEMPTION IN AN OLD LOVE: SOCCER

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isa Wrightsman can trace much of what has gone wrong in her life to a childhood bout with cancer. She can trace much of why she’s still here to that same terrible illness. Twelve years old when she was diagnosed with a rare, fast-growing tumor in her abdomen, she underwent chemotherapy and missed much of seventh grade. It was a turning point in many ways.

Wrightsman grew up in Elk Grove with a passion for soccer. She was a phenom on the field, routinely scoring six or seven goals in a game. When cancer struck, she found herself isolated. “I had a different routine than my peers,” she recalls. “When you’re on the verge of not living, you learn more about life than most kids.”

She developed not just self-sufficiency but also a heightened tolerance for pain. “I learned to numb it,” she says.

Cancer also separated Wrightsman from the sport she loved, and she stayed away for a long time. “I didn’t want to play again,” says Wrightsman. “I was afraid that I wouldn’t be as good as I used to be.”

One day, while watching her brother’s game, the ball came her way and she kicked it. She was back in.

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Lisa Wrightsman is the director of Street Soccer Sacramento Lady Salamanders

She attended Sac State on a soccer scholarship and was a star on and off the field. She was also a hellion. “I had a reckless attitude, partly because of my experience with cancer.” Her college years were a collage of weekend parties and tough soccer games. She was a force to be reckoned with on the field, holding the record for second highest goals

scored at Sac State. “Soccer kept me in line,” she says. “I found myself in that place.” Her plan was to play professionally after graduation, but it crashed and burned when the women’s professional league folded.

Wrightsman crashed and burned as well.

“I played semipro and worked as a personal trainer,” Wrightsman

says, “but I lost my work habits and became unhappy with my life.” After her second DUI, she moved back to her mother’s house. Her family was well meaning but had no grasp of the monster that was her alcoholism.

“I was convinced that my problem was more than just drinking and taking pain killers. I started taking methadone to get off of Vicodin, and then I was hooked on methadone.”

She tried to detox on her own but ended up back on methadone to balance withdrawal side effects.

The nadir was a six-month stint in jail. “I went home, but I didn’t know how to stay sober,” she recalls. “I finally asked my mom to help me get into rehab.” She entered a 90day residential treatment program at Alpha Oaks in Carmichael and then was admitted to a two-year employment program with Volunteers of America, where she was housed and fed with others in recovery. “It provided enough structure that it allowed me to really discover who I was in a safe place.” Her case manager told her about a street soccer program for the homeless, and she found her new passion.

“I went down and played with the men’s team, and I had a great time,” says Wrightsman. “It reminded me that I had loved something before I loved drugs and alcohol.” In 2010, Wrightsman went to the national tournament in Washington, D.C. “I was six months sober, so it was a big deal to be outside of my safe space.

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“Most participants are not soccer players. They’re adults with rough life experiences,” says Wrightsman.

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You put them in a uniform and put them on a soccer field. They score on this field, and they can transfer it to their lives.” Wrightsman is amazed at the impact the game and the trips have had on these women. “It gets them out of their comfort zone, teaches them to be part of a team, builds their confidence.”

“It’s good to see the parallels between soccer and life,” she says.

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The Art of Branding MARKETING PRO NOW HAS A NEW CLIENT: HERSELF

appointed to the George Deukmejian administration in the 1980s), Dana didn’t take long to find a kindred communications spirit in Heidi Foran, with whom she founded Dana/ Foran Advertising. But after 20 years shuttling back and forth from Sacramento to their satellite office in San Francisco, both women decided it was time to dedicate more time to their children.

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athy Dana is her own best client—and her own best boss, for that matter.

As the owner of Kathy Dana, Inc., an independent marketing communications firm, Dana specializes in building indelible images for a variety of businesses, even her own art.

“As a branding expert, I’m as committed as ever to helping organizations and causes brand themselves for success in the marketplace,” says Dana, who counts nonprofits, healthcare and educational institutions among her clientele. “Three months ago, I added Kathy Dana, the fine artist, to my roster of clients.”

For years, she was at the height of the advertising game as the co-owner of Dana/Foran Advertising, one of the top five agencies in the region.

But then she rediscovered the artistic roots from childhood that were waiting to re-emerge.

“I’ve been on this path since I was 5 years old,” Dana says. “My kindergarten teacher told my mother, ‘Five-year-olds can’t draw like that.’

When I was 9, I mailed a drawing to one of my favorite kids-TV hosts and a week later he showed my drawing on TV. I guess that’s where I got the bug for advertising. My mother, an accomplished artist herself, enrolled me in private art lessons at age 11.

At age 16, I took a sales job at a local needlecraft store. It was a very trendy hobby back then. One of the sales reps who sold to our store saw my

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“When I walked into Gallery 2110, I just loved it ... Fine art embraces all the things I love: travel and great conversations. So I knew this was the right place."

Kathy Dana started painting as a young child

[needlepoint canvases] and asked to represent me.”

Suddenly, the high school student found herself creating canvases for sale throughout the western United States, giving her the business background that has served her ever since.

“That was wonderful exposure to the world of marketing a product and owning your own business,” Dana recalls. “I began to see the connection between art and business.”

That connection followed her to college, where she studied graphic communication and journalism.

She caught the eye of one of her professors, who’d served as the art director for a prominent New York advertising agency.

“Any coincidence that a couple years after graduation, I went to work for what was then the fifth-largest ad agency in the world?” she laughs.

When circumstances brought her to Sacramento (her husband was

“I had a wonderful time [with Dana/Foran],” Dana says, “but I think the most important thing any human being can do is have children. The greatest satisfaction of all has come from being there while our two daughters, Danielle and Stephanie, grew up and became truly themselves.”

Now that both girls have left the nest—the youngest recently graduated from college—Dana has more time to unleash her artistic inclinations.

“To be a fine artist, you have to check out of the real world,” Dana says. “That’s not appropriate when

you’re growing a business and being a mother, so my art got sidelined. When [my girls left home], I thought, ‘How can I ease the pain of being an empty nester?’ That was my entree back into painting.”

When a colleague invited Dana to paint a piece for an auction that benefits the UC Davis Children’s Miracle Network, she realized that the canvas still called to her.

“I was hooked again on having a brush in hand as often as possible,” Dana says. “It was such a fulfilling way to re-enter the art world.”

Her passion for painting reignited, Dana has spent the past two years building up a body of work that she could eventually show or sell. But it wasn’t until setting foot in Gallery 2110, an art gallery with studios for 30 artists, that she knew now was time.

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conversations. So I knew this was the right place. When the owners told me at our very first meeting that a studio had just come open, I thought ‘Do it!’

I know when something’s right.”

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she worked massage magic for almost eight years.

“I started incorporating techniques from a course I took in face-lift massage,” Ajay says. “I paired a toning massage geared toward strengthening the muscles of the face with a traditional facial. I also incorporated body scrubs and created my own foot treatments. If you can do a face-lift on someone’s face, why not on their feet? Clients started booking three or four hours with me and I became very creative.”

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ometimes when you put things out in the universe, things happen more quickly than you could have imagined.”

So says Cindy Ajay, the owner of Blue Sky Day Spa, who celebrated 14 years in business last month. If you’d asked her years ago when she was a loan counselor at a mortgage bank what she’d be doing for a day job, she probably would have never imagined she’d be running a successful day spa, one of the first of its kind in Sacramento. But things have a way of working out for Ajay, even amid disastrous circumstances.

In January 1991, Ajay’s mother suddenly died, sending the then-37year-old into a miserable spiral.

“Dealing with her death made a lot of things come to light for me,” Ajay says. “I started questioning my life, my future. I had to take a month off of work because I was so stressed out.”

A car accident on the way to her second job, as a karate instructor at her brother’s studio, left her with a numb right arm. The doctor suggested massage therapy. The rest, you could say, is history.

“My massage therapist said to me, ‘You’re a people person, you seem strong—you should go to massage school,’” Ajay recalls. “By default, I went to a massage school over by the Natural Foods Co-op. I met with the owner, filled out an application, and as we were taking a tour of the facility, a calmness came over me. I had never felt so welcome. It was the soothing atmosphere I needed.”

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“When you try to please everybody, you lose yourself and your concept. You have to find your niche.”

Cindy Ajay is the owner of Blue Sky Day Spa, which recently celebrated 14 years in business

Ajay signed up for a three-month, 130-hour program and fell in love with massage therapy, though she continued working her bank job while building up her clientele; she’d see two clients a night on weekdays and schedule as many as she could every weekend. But the schedule started to take its toll.

“My dad finally said, ‘Why don’t you just let the day job go?’” Ajay

says. “He said, ‘I think you could have a future in this, so why not give it a try?’ He told me he would do whatever it took to support me.”

That was the nudge she needed, and soon Ajay had a bustling fulltime massage business out of her home. Since the clients kept coming, it wasn’t long before she had to seek additional space and moved into an office at 20th and N streets, where

Ajay also noticed that the trend of European day spas—spas that offer multiple services for face and body under one roof with a water feature, often a shower—was spreading to the United States. Since she was all but operating one already, she decided to see if she could turn her creative massage endeavor into a full-blown day spa.

“My friends were very encouraging,” Ajay says. “I gave myself two years to get the business going, but sometimes things happen quicker. My landlord at the time asked me to move and gave me 60 SHOPTALK page 34

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SHOPTALK FROM page 32 days. For two weeks, I racked my brain, but no one-room offices were popping up. All the offices appearing were three or four rooms. I thought, ‘Maybe it’s time for this spa.’”

The timing was indeed right and, combined with the loan she secured after a chance networking encounter with a Union Bank loan officer, Ajay’s Blue Sky Spa was up and running on Aug. 1, 2000. Within a year, business had ballooned to nearly $1 million and Ajay ran a staff of 14, seven days a week.

“The success of the business hit really quickly,” Ajay says. “I thought I could handle it, but it was (my private practice) magnified times 14.”

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Ajay certainly has. With Blue Sky’s signature mix of services (massage therapy as well as spa, skincare, makeup, nails and waxing treatments) and dedicated staff (all of Ajay’s therapists have been with her for years and are California State Board certified), pampering yourself has never been nicer.

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CUTTING A RUG When Kamran Baghestanian says the family business dates back generations, he’s not exaggerating.

The Baghestanian family has been in the Oriental rug business since the late 1800s, and Kamran is doing his part to continue the tradition he inherited from his father, Morry, with

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Kamran and Morry Baghestanian own Morry’s Oriental Rug Bazaar on 56th and H streets

whom he owns Morry’s Oriental Rug Bazaar on 56th and H streets.

“We’ve worked together for 25 years,” Baghestanian says proudly.

“I sort of grew up with rugs, so every day has been a learning experience.

To this day, we’ll come across a rug and my dad knows what village or province it’s from—he’s traveled the world and been to all these different places, so he knows how the people are, how they dye their wool, what kind of lifestyle they have. It’s awesome just to listen to him.”

Morry will be celebrating 55 years in the Oriental rug business this year, so naturally, he’s gained a lot of knowledge over the years. He was taught the craft by his father as a child in Persia (modern-day Iran), where he would travel to historic weaving villages to learn techniques from master craftsmen.

After completing his apprenticeship with his father, Morry established

a booming business supplying highquality, handcrafted rugs to Tehran, earning him the moniker of “Master Dealer” before the age of 40 and an assignment to the prestigious Tehran Antique and Handcraft Committee.

When the Islamic revolution riled up Iran in the 1970s, Morry sent then-13-year-old Kamran to the United States to continue his education in a safe and stable environment. The business expanded westward as well, and by the time Baghestanian graduated from Rio Americano High School, he was ready to join his father in what had become the largest Persian rug venture in Northern California.

“At the time, my father was supplying a lot of the furniture stores in the area, like Scofield’s,” Baghestanian recalls. “Then, while I was in college in 1991, Scofield’s rug department closed and we had to act quickly to find a place for all my

dad’s rugs. That’s when I opened my first store on Arden Way, Kamran’s Antiques and Oriental Rugs.”

Though that business lasted only a year, it didn’t take the Baghestanian clan long to get back on its feet. Kamran arranged a rug concession inside a furniture store in Lodi where he could carry his father’s rugs, which eventually allowed for the establishment of outposts in Sacramento and Napa as well. In 1998, Kamran opened his own independent furniture store in Lodi called Classic Living—carrying Morry’s rugs, of course—and his dad officially took over the Sacramento store. Classic Living lasted for 11 years before the economy took a dive and Kamran found himself back where his journey had first begun.

“The Sacramento store has been open for 22 years now,” Baghestanian reports. “I had the space right next to it when I first started, then when I moved the inventory back from Lodi and needed a bigger space, I got the space right next door. So in February of this year, I joined my father right where I first started in Sacramento.”

With this homecoming of sorts, Baghestanian is even more eager to share his family’s traditions with customers.

“Everything in your home at some point will change, but oriental rugs are the only thing that stay with the family and look better as they age.”

“We’re already seeing different generations come in,” he says. “A mom, then her daughter, then hopefully her daughter someday.

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But what about for those folks who don’t need a heritage piece and just want a beautiful rug to brighten up a room?

“We have a lot of different styles in a range for everyone’s budget,” Baghestanian says. “Why spend hundreds of dollars if you merely want a throw rug for a couple of hundred bucks? But we also have rugs for $20-, $30-, $40,000 if you want something super nice.”

And to make sure that the rug you pick is the perfect fit for your space, the Baghestanians offer the “on approval” approach—before you make a purchase, you can take a rug home to try it out.

“Don’t buy it until you try it,” Baghestanian says. “Take it home, lay it down. Lighting in homes is different and you’re going to live with it for a very long time, so we want to make sure you’re content.”

If you don’t see what you’re looking for amid the Bazaar’s impressive inventory, the two intrepid rug purveyors can access their international web of dealers to find you the perfect pick.

“We even ask customers to bring pictures from magazines,” Baghestanian says. “That’s when I go to work. We’re pretty successful at being able to find the same look, design and colors.”

Considering the four generations of experience behind him, “pretty successful” might be a bit of an understatement.

Looking for a ravishing rug to complete a room or start your own family tradition? The September sale celebrating Morry’s 55 years in the business is on now! Visit Morry’s Oriental Rug Bazaar at 5623 H St., call 731-4444 or go to morrysorientalrugs.com

SPINNING THEIR WHEELS “Cycling is like being a 10-year-old kid again,” Bruce Kaiser says.

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Cody Kaiser is a professional bike racer who competes in cyclocross. He is also the son of Kinetic Cycles owner Bruce Kaiser.

This enthusiasm for all things bicycling serves the owner of Kinetic Cycles well, considering he lives and breathes bikes all day long at the La Sierra Drive store he opened in March (a relocation from Elk Grove, where the store had operated for six years).

Kaiser was no stranger to the love of sports for both fun and fitness when he opened Kinetic Cycles in 2007. His career as a golf pro had taken him all over the country as a club professional, running club operations and playing tournaments in Florida, Louisiana, Texas and finally El Dorado Hills, when he was recruited by Serrano Country Club in 1995.

“Once I got here, I didn’t want to go anywhere else,” Kaiser says.

Although golfing certainly keeps you moving, Kaiser took up cycling for fitness in 2002, and promptly fell in love with the sport. He passed this passion on to his son Cody, who is now a 22-year-old professional bike racer who competes in cyclocross— “this weird mix of mountain bike and road racing, then sprinkle a little steeplechase on top,” Cody explains—

at the world championship level and fields his own professional team.

It quickly became clear back in 2002 that the Kaiser clan had found their niche in cycling, which made their decision to open a store five years later nearly a no-brainer.

“We wanted to spread the passion and joy for cycling,” Kaiser says.

“Cycling had done so much for our family, we wanted people to be able to have a retail experience that got them to have fun on bikes, too.”

Part of that experience was contingent upon what kind of bicycles Kaiser carried, which is where the brand Specialized came in.

“I started looking at all the different vendors and manufacturers (I could carry),” Kaiser recalls. “I kept asking, ‘Who’s a leader in technology?

Who has great new products?’ When I heard about Specialized, it seemed like the right fit. It’s based out of Morgan Hill, which means it’s local, which to me seemed like a home run. We always like to support local.

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But lest you think all you’ll be able to find at Kinetic Cycles is Specialized products, think again. Kaiser carries an impressive array of bicycle brands and products, and his staff specializes in custom fittings to make sure you feel as good as you look.

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Buy Me Some Peanuts RIVER CATS EXECS KNOW IT TAKES MORE THAN BASEBALL TO KEEP FANS HAPPY

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here are certain things a baseball fan shouldn’t know when enjoying a River Cats game at Raley Field.

Among them is the fact that several hours before the first pitch on this particular night, five people who serve hot dogs and beer called to report they would miss the game with one excuse or another.

As a fan, you are not supposed to know this and it’s not supposed to matter. But it does matter. It can ruin the Swiss-watch complexities plotted over days, months and years by Sierra Beshears, the ballpark’s general manager for food and beverage.

“It’s the kind of crisis that happens all the time,” she says. “But it’s still a crisis when it happens.”

The River Cats are in business to provide customers with the gentle elixir of America’s pastime, which, poets tell us, means the thwack of a baseball striking a wood bat, a dusty slide into third, a home run in the bottom of the ninth.

Those sights and sounds are eternal. Their presence each spring and summer on the shoreline, just west of Tower Bridge, has helped to make the River Cats the most

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Sierra Beshears is the the general manager for food and beverage at Raley Field

valuable minor-league team in the United States, worth about $40 million, if you believe Forbes magazine.

But the baseball-poetry stuff isn’t what keeps fans coming back.

For that feat, the River Cats rely on people like Beshears, workers who create the food and effects and atmosphere that transport baseball fans through their game-time experiences at Raley Field.

“It’s all about customer service,” says Mark Ling, the team’s public relations and baseball operations coordinator.

In 15 years since landing at Sacramento, the River Cats have never been able to conduct business with the big-league swagger that sustains the Kings or Giants or A’s.

The River Cats can’t sell swagger because they are by definition a minor-league outfit.

The trick is not act like one.

Big-league franchises sell exactly that: the promise of The Show, the presence of the world’s best athletes, the marquee names. Some do it well.

Others get lazy about it.

None of those obvious big-league promotional tools exist in the River Cats’ garage, beyond the occasional appearance of a famous name undergoing physical rehab while he takes a few cuts in the minors.

“When we get a big-name player passing through, we certainly try to capitalize on it, even if he’s playing for the other team,” says Dane Lund, entertainment and promotions manager for the River Cats. “But usually, what we have to sell is a great experience.”

That experience covers a wide spectrum over six months, from an uninhibited performance by a boozy Jimmy Buffett tribute band to a miniconcert starring Lincoln Brewster, a Christian guitarist and worship pastor at Bayside Church in Granite Bay. It becomes a balancing act, with the River Cats seeking to build an evening of nonstop fun and entertainment around an old-fashioned, slow-paced game where few fans know the players. Thanks to the team’s status as a Triple-A feeder for the Oakland A’s, the River Cats have no control over the team roster. They barely know who will be in uniform.

“Baseball is why people come out, and it always will be about the game,” Lund says. “But we have to do our best with everything else, which is why we invest in the latest scoreboard technology and wireless cameras.”

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Bringing People to R Street KEY TO SUCCESS IS HOUSING WHERE ARTISTS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE

“It’s filmmakers, performing artists, dancers, musicians, painters, sculptors, graphic designers,” he says.

“It’s essentially a community for creatives, as opposed to traditional artists.”

The $41 million project is a collaboration of CFY Development, Inc. and the landowner, CADA (Capitol Area Development Authority). Founded in 1978, the development authority is a selfsustaining public agency modeled after a land development and property management company, but which must abide by government mandates.

Its goal is to “build safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable urban neighborhoods.”

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renaissance of Sacramento’s R Street is under way.

And, like the famous Italian rebirth of the 14th to 17th centuries, this movement engages artists.

The downtown R Street corridor has become a mini arts district in recent years, welcoming New Helvetia Theatre and a collection of galleries and studios called ARTHOUSE to join longtime staples such as Fox & Goose, which hosts live music. But what does the area need to complete the transformation into a true arts and culture district? That would be residents.

Warehouse Artist Lofts, on R Street between 11th and 12th streets, will fill that void by renting out 116 housing units once construction is complete this fall. “These are new tenants,” says developer Ali Youssefi, of CFY Development, Inc. “It’s a new use for a commercial space that will bring in residents.”

Warehouse Artist Lofts—also known as WAL—involves the construction of a new building on a vacant lot and the rehabilitation of a six-story historic warehouse built in 1915 and on the National Register of Historic Places into a residential, mixed-use complex. The property will include 13,000 square feet of groundlevel commercial space to attract visitors to the R Street Historic District.

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“It’s filmmakers, performing artists, dancers, musicians, painters, sculptors, graphic designers.

It’s essentially a community for creatives, as opposed to traditional artists.”

Construction of the artist lofts on R and 11th streets is in full swing

and built of reinforced concrete; it’s considered Sacramento’s first fireproof building.

The WAL project broke ground in February 2013. The developer plans

to release units in August with a target October move-in date. Youssefi says curiosity among Sacramento’s creative class is growing, with about 450 people now on an interest list.

“Our whole idea was to utilize this as a catalyst to revitalize this area,” says CADA’s R Street development manager, Todd Leon, adding, “It was Ali’s vision of artists housing that originally sparked our interest.”

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“It’s really a range of rent levels we CFY Development was behind have available for tenants,” Youssefi the transformation of Globe Mills says. “Having affordable housing in Alkali Flat into residential units was important to artists. It’s just in 2008. CFY joined the Warehouse unique. There’s no project like this in Artist Lofts (formerly called Capitol Sacramento.”

Lofts) development team in 2012.

The building’s design boasts a The original plan involved developing dance studio for residents instead condos, but Youssefi’s input turned the concept into an affordable housing of a traditional gym, and the space project for artists instead. Some units can double as a gallery for Second will be affordable, while others will be Saturday events. The units have high ceilings with plenty of natural light available at market rate. and hard floors. Industrial sinks will Developers worked with local be installed in each building for the arts councils and commissions to cleaning of art supplies. determine the needs and wants of “Even before we started the artists for a live-work space. In terms project, these were features artists of businesses, the main requests told us they’d want to see in a livewere for a coffee shop, grocery store work space,” Youssefi says. and art supply store. In terms of The three-story, 9,600-square-feet housing, artists said affordability was key if they were going to relocate B&G building on the corner of 11th and R streets is being rehabilitated downtown. A studio will run $375 to $1,100 a month; a three-bedroom will in conjunction with Warehouse Artist Lofts, and will include commercial

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Making Strides EDUCATION IS ON THE UPSWING IN DISTRICT 2

BY JEFF CUNEO SCUSD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

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t has been a privilege to serve as your trustee on the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education over the past four years. I am running for reelection to another term on Nov. 4.

I believe that being a school board member is a special, trusted community position. The school board is not a “steppingstone” or another political office to me. I ran for school board because I knew how important the position was, not only to my children’s’ future but our community’s as well. Being a school board member is and has been my passion. School board is my first choice and that is why I sought this position four years ago.

I decided to run for school board four years ago because I was committed to and passionate about our community’s youth. I had been (and still am) a child advocate for nearly a decade. I saw how education impacted children’s lives and futures.

And I felt that our school district could do a better job of preparing students for college and career. I was a parent personally invested in

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the direction of the school district.

I believe our community needed a strong voice that would listen to its needs and hopes and put them into practice. Finally, as a mentor to a foster youth, I saw how one person could change the trajectory of a child’s life. I promised that I would be a representative who places the education of our children above political or special interests.

Our school district is on the right path. During my four years, graduation rates have risen. More of our students are graduating from college and are career ready. At the same time, dropout rates have declined steadily. We have realized gains in literacy and math for all students. Our students are succeeding as never before in our district. Our parent-teacher organizations continue to grow as more links between parents and schools are realized.

Teachers are being more fully and comprehensively supported by our school district.

In regard to the budget, I helped stop our district’s practice of deficit spending. I focused budget discussions on the classroom and always asked how our spending impacted student success. I fought for increased money for programs that were proven successful and gave parents additional educational opportunities for their children. I prioritized teacher training and development so that teachers will have the tools they need to succeed in the classroom. I helped weather the worst fiscal crisis in a generation by making difficult but necessary decisions that ensured the overall health and well-being of students.

I worked to ensure equity and access to public education for every student. Under my leadership, the school district is implementing programs regarding student character and supporting students in developmentally appropriate ways.

We are using a more holistic approach to issues that have negatively impacted the achievement gap. And our understanding of school culture allows for a better environment for students and parents.

I have worked hard over the past four years supporting my community and advocating for our educational priorities. I am committed to doing the right thing for our community.

Locally, I have supported our strong array of public schools with energy, commitment and a keen desire to realize improvement at every level. For the first time in a decade, East Sacramento has a high school. Kit Carson International Baccalaureate School, which will begin with ninth grade this year until it is a 7-12 program, is just beginning but has an exciting future.

By ensuring a rigorous and global approach to education, I think the new high school has promise in finally delivering a college-going, characterbuilding educational environment for our area’s high school students.

In this regard, I listened to my neighborhood and found a solution to an existing problem in a complex system that gave our community its first high school.

I led and supported the efforts of parents and community members to transform Caleb Greenwood into an International Baccalaureate primaryyears (K-6) program. The school is re-energized, will need an additional kindergarten class to accommodate its growth, and has widespread community support. I supported the addition of kindergarten at Phoebe Hearst Elementary. I have been working tirelessly with district staff, parents and community members to secure additional classroom space for Theodore Judah programs. For the past few years, the programs that made Judah a destination neighborhood school have been placed in jeopardy because of the lack of available classroom space. My work has remedied the issue, as district staff has committed to placing an additional facility on the campus. And I continue to advocate on behalf of my community to ensure a thoughtful design and approach to the new facility.

I realize that Sutter Middle School is a jewel in our local education system. And because of this, I listened to my community at the end of a very long debate and realized that the best CUNEO page 50

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I focused budget discussions on the classroom and always asked how our spending impacted student success.

I supported the unique programs at David Lubin Elementary that keep it vibrant and attractive to many parents. I also visited the school numerous times during its recent transition in site leadership, which I supported, and which has brought a renewed sense of purpose and community to the school.

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We are on the right path. In the future, I will continue to support students, parents and teachers so that our school district and local schools are successful. I have worked hard over the past four years supporting my community and advocating for our educational priorities. I am committed to doing the right thing for our community. I always seek out opinions and feedback before making important decisions. I serve with passion, integrity and thoughtfulness.

With every decision I made, I always asked, “What is best for our students?”

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Reading Is Fundamental LITERACY GROUP NEEDS VOLUNTEERS FOR TUTORING PROGRAM

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BY GLORIA GLYER DOING GOOD

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iteracy Little League is gearing up for the 19th season of its literacy tutoring program at Edison Language Institute in the San Juan Unified School District. Tutors work with third-graders on reading skills to get them ready for fourth grade, when independent reading is a must. Volunteers see the same child each week for 40 minutes. A training session for future volunteers will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church (2391 St. Mark’s Way). For more information, contact volunteer coordinator Dorothy Marshall at 488-2578 or dorothym@csus.edu

GET ON BOARD The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is seeking high school and college students to serve as junior board members. To find out about the next training session, contact Jennifer Pear at 929-4720 or Jennifer.Pear@ LLS.org

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Junior Achievement of Sacramento extends a big thank-you to more than 700 volunteers from the local business community who taught economic empowerment programs to 12,500 students in the 2013-14 school year. The programs are designed to empower young people to own their economic success. For more information about Junior Achievement, go to jasac.org

HELPING WEAVE Point West Rotary Club has selected WEAVE (Women Escaping a Violent Environment) as the beneficiary of its 20th annual California Brewers Festival. The festival takes place Saturday, Sept.

20, at Discovery Park. Tickets are $45. For tickets or more information, go to calbrewfest.com For information on how to help weave, go to weaveinc.org

LITERACY IN FOOD Food Literacy Center has dropped the word “California” from its name, but it continues to do good work in the state. “We’ve seen a 36 percent increased positive attitude toward healthy snacks since we began the food literacy program three years ago; 91 percent of our kids tell us healthy food tastes good,” says Amber Stott, founding executive of the center, which operates a food literacy program at three Sacramento schools.

According to Stott, the group changed its name because the center is no longer limited to serving

California. “We have watermelonsized dreams of taking over the world with our food literacy curriculum,” she says.

“We’ve seen a 36 percent increased positive attitude toward healthy snacks since we began the food literacy program three years ago.”

The center provides after-school education at Aspire Capitol Heights Academy in Oak Park, Florin Elementary School in Elk Grove and Pacific Elementary School in South Sacramento. At each school, it offers weekly 45-minute classes on cooking, nutrition and where food comes from.

Stott says that 70 percent of students request foods they have tasted in class. The center’s 70 volunteers serve 2,400 kids annually.

For more information, go to foodliteracycenter.org

A GREAT GALA Women’s Empowerment raised $160,000 through its 13th annual Celebration of Independence gala in June. The money will fund programs to help homeless women find homes and jobs so they can support their families.

Women’s Empowerment offers comprehensive job-readiness

programs. Last year, 81 percent of graduates found homes and 90 percent found jobs or enrolled in school or training.

For more information, go to womens-empowerment.org

WISH COME TRUE A little girl named Chloe will get her wish—to visit the San Diego Zoo—thanks to Make-A-Wish Foundation. The 9-year-old heart patient learned the news during a visit to Folsom Zoo, where she met tigers Misty and Pounder. Chloe has loved tigers ever since her grandmother bought her a stuffed tiger when she was 3. The animal never leaves her side, especially when she’s in the hospital.

Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children diagnosed with lifethreatening conditions. To learn more about Make-A-Wish, go to necannv. wish.org

BOWLING FOR DOLLARS Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Sacramento Area recently raised $42,000 with a bowling fundraiser at Country Club Lanes.

More than 200 people participated in the event, called Bowl for Kids’ Sake.

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Heat of the Moment THE PERILS OF OVERCOMMUNICATING

BY STEPHANIE RILEY

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t’s Tuesday, and “Heat of the Moment” by the band Asia is playing on the radio. Erin would be so excited.

Hearing that particular song on a Tuesday is kind of a big deal for her.

See, she watches a TV show called “Supernatural,” and in one episode, it’s a Tuesday and this song is playing on the radio while one of the main characters, Dean, brushes his teeth.

Later that day, he gets killed. The next morning, it’s Tuesday again, the song is playing, and Dean again gets killed in a different way. The setup is repeated over and over again—sort of like a macabre “Groundhog Day” with a 1982 soundtrack. Take my word for it, it’s funny, especially when he gets flattened by a piano. Cracks me up every time.

My oldest daughter and I share a twisted sense of humor and a love of texting. Several times a day, we send each other goofy little messages. It’s our way of saying “I am thinking about you” or “No one else gets this, but I know you will” or “I need coffee; do you have any?”

But I can’t text Erin about the song today. I can’t text her for two whole weeks.

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When her summer camp announced its no-electronics policy, I was initially thrilled. I wanted Erin to have a traditional camp experience, and she can’t really do that with YouTube videos, text messages and music playing on her iPhone. How could she possibly enjoy water sports, nature hikes, singing around the campfire and making new friends with her phone pinging in her pocket?

Kids need to develop a little willpower and learn how to live in the moment.

Needless to say, I supported the camp’s policy wholeheartedly.

Until she left.

I didn’t realize how much I count on being able to check in with my kids via their phones. Ever since their dad and I divorced, we’ve relied on texting to fill in the gaps on the days we aren’t together. Even if it’s just a note or a silly picture, it’s great to have that connection.

Last Sunday, the girls’ dad dropped them off at Mountain Camp near Lake Tahoe and texted me that they had been delivered safely. I immediately wanted to text and ask what their roommates were like, and if there were any cute boys there.

(Apologies to Erin’s boyfriend for that.)

Emma didn’t even flinch when she read that she’d have to leave her phone at home while she was away. She’s much less hooked on her cellphone than her sister is. In fact, I’m not certain she even knows where her phone is. She may have lost it and is afraid to tell me.

Speaking of losing it, that’s how I feel right now. It’s day three of 14 and I’m feeling a twitch coming on. I know better than to expect a letter.

Both my girls are excellent writers. I sent them to camp with addresses for me, their dad and their grandparents.

They have stationery, and they can get stamps at the camp store. But I know they won’t write. They certainly have stories to tell, but they don’t have the patience for letter writing.

They will save their stories for when they get home.

While a cellphone offers an element of independence for kids, it also offers a virtual leash for us parents.

I remember being a teenager and feeling smug in the knowledge that there were times my mom had no idea where I was and what I was doing.

But what about my stories?

I’m not a helicopter parent. I don’t think I am, anyway. I let my kids make mistakes. I don’t follow them around. I will never do their homework or write their college essays for them. And even though I know there’s a feature called “find my iPhone” that would allow me to track Erin’s exact location (or at least her device), I don’t use it. My son

Nick, on the other hand, can tell you where everyone in the family is at a moment’s notice. Except for me. I turned that nonsense off.

While a cellphone offers an element of independence for kids, it also offers a virtual leash for us parents.

I remember being a teenager and feeling smug in the knowledge that there were times my mom had no idea where I was and what I was doing. If I’d had a cellphone in 1984, my mom would have known that we snuck into the local Catholic school and played in the gym instead of going to see “The Karate Kid.” Cellphones are handy, all right.

They make it possible for me to reach my kids when plans change, when I need to confirm what time they’ll be home, and when certain songs come on the radio. The important things. My friend Scott calls this “overcommunicating,” but I know he’d text his German shepherd if she had opposable thumbs.

Overcommunicating or not, texting with my kids is more about checking in than tracking them. Who doesn’t appreciate a little note once in a while that says “I’m thinking of you” or “Dean got a piano dropped on him again”?

I came up with a great idea: I could text everything I want to say and let Erin read the messages when she gets home. Imagine the thrill when she gets back to her iPhone and sees that she has 212 texts. Talk about feeling the love! Well, that’s until she realizes they are all goofy things from her mom. Then she’d probably want to drop a piano on me.

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Who’s Listening?

A BLESSING IN A MOST UNUSUAL PLACE

BY NORRIS BURKES SPIRIT MATTERS

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en years ago, while serving as a pediatric chaplain at Sutter Medical Center, I answered a phone call from a nursing supervisor.

At first, it seemed she was calling with a typical request. “We have some parents asking for you to bless their newborn daughter,” she said.

“No problem,” I answered.

“Actually,” she said, “it could be a problem. Can you bless a baby who’s died?”

I was quiet for a moment while the supervisor gave me more information.

The baby had been born on Christmas Eve. Now, instead of wrapping the babe in swaddling clothes, the parents were shopping for burial clothes.

“I can,” I promised.

“Good,” she said, “But you’ll be alone.”

“Pardon me?” I asked.

The nurse unwrapped a bit more of the story. The parents had left the hospital immediately after the death, too devastated to remain.

Nevertheless, they wanted the baby blessed in their absence.

“No problem,” I said.

A few minutes later, I met the supervisor in the basement morgue.

The busy nurse pointed to the refrigerator that sheltered the baby and then returned to our short-staffed ICU. Alone, I opened the refrigerated space to see a bundle wrapped in blankets with a name tag attached. I checked the tag. Yes, I had the right baby.

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I picked up the little girl and began removing the safety pins that kept her so tightly wrapped. I wanted to see her face.

I peeled away three layers of blankets until finally I uncovered a face peeking through the covers.

Here was a creation known and loved

by God and perfectly described in Jeremiah 1:5, in which God says, “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart ...”

I peeled away three layers of blankets until finally I uncovered a face peeking through the covers. Here was a creation known and loved by God. That’s the moment I realized that maybe I did have a problem. How could I pronounce a blessing if no one was present to hear it? It felt much like the old adage: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

According to most religious practices and beliefs, the baby was already in heaven. There was nothing I could do to speed her journey or even obtain better accommodations.

Knowing all these things in my theological brain was very different

from knowing these things with the heart of a parent.

Then, against all the classroom theology I’d ever been taught, I decided to speak from my heart.

“Hello, sweetheart,” I said. “You were someone’s promise—someone’s anticipation and expectation. Your mama and daddy love you very much.

I know because they asked me to come and tell you that one more time.”

After “talking” to the baby, I pronounced a blessing and prayer for the parents: “God, I entrust to your care this life conceived in love. May your blessing come upon these parents. Remove all anxiety from their minds and strengthen this love so that they may have peace in their hearts and home.”

I rewrapped the baby and gently placed her back onto the refrigerated shelf.

Had this been a real blessing? I wondered. Would the parents be able to know, to feel, to hear the blessing?

Or had this just been the proverbial tree falling in a forest?

Within my heart, I knew something had happened, but what? Then I realized that blessings aren’t always about what someone does for another.

Sometimes they can be what happens to the one doing the ministry.

On that day, it felt like both.

Norris Burkes is a chaplain, syndicated columnist, national speaker and author of the book “No Small Miracles.” He can be reached at ask@TheChaplain.net n

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Carmel Charm A LOCAL BUILDER LARDS HIS EAST SAC HOME WITH COTTAGE ELEMENTS

BY JULIE FOSTER HOME INSIGHT

“I don’t need big but rather wanted cozy, charming and romantic ...”

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uilder Mike Paris and his wife, Kelly, love to visit the charming seaside town of Carmel. The village’s multitude of cottages serves as inspiration for many of Paris’ building projects.

One of those projects is the couple’s own East Sac home, which will be featured on the Urban Renaissance Home Tour on Sept. 28. The 2,700-square-foot house incorporates many of the cottagey architectural elements Paris favors: arched doorways, French doors, shed roofs, balconies, working shutters, high ceilings and tall windows.

Paris calls his style “Nouveau Cottage.”

“I try and find ways to bring natural light into all rooms from two different directions and create space and volume in small rooms with floor elevation shifts,” he says.

Paris combines overscale structural features with durable natural materials and generally works on a house plan from the outside in.

“The living spaces must be true to the architectural style,” he explains.

“The challenge is staying focused on authentic scale and building materials.”

Paris owns BlackPine Communities and is working with developer Paul Petrovich on the residential housing aspect of the Curtis Park Village project. He’s using his Nouveau Cottage design concepts for one of the housing styles that will be available.

The first models are expected to open in late October.

A skilled and dedicated homemaker, Kelly designed the interior of the couple’s East Sac home. “I love putting a house together,” she says, “picking out the paint colors, tiles and flooring.”

She wanted a house that looked and felt as if it had been in place for generations.

“I don’t need big but rather wanted cozy, charming and romantic, especially from the outside,” she says.

“Bigger is not always better.”

Her design talents are evident throughout the family-friendly house, which the couple shares with their daughter. She used lots of brick, warm colors and dark wood floors covered with rugs. Fireplaces create

a sense of romance and comfort. The house has four fireplaces, including one in the master bedroom and one in their daughter’s room.

She used to love the shabby chic look but says she is trying to move away from using so many “rose-patterned pillows.”

“The living spaces must be true to the architectural style. The challenge is staying focused on authentic scale and building materials.”

Lately, she has gravitated toward a more neutral palette of warm colors for interior spaces, with painted white wood trim, beadboard, crown moldings and wood on the ceilings.

“I always use a soft white trim that provides enough of a contrast against a wall color,” she explains.

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HOME FROM page 59 She frequently alters the look of a room by changing the paint color or adding new bedding, slipcovers, throw pillows or area rug.

“I like things that I can change,” she says.

She loves to cook and bake. The kitchen has plenty of room for friends and family to gather.

Kelly is also a gifted gardener.

Her green thumb is apparent in the perfect English cottage gardens in the front and back yards. The backyard also contains three trellises.

“We have incorporated a trellis into every backyard we’ve had,” she says.

The backyard features a swimming pool and patio and a 664-square-foot pool house complete with a fireplace, full bath and a large area that

works as either an office or spacious bedroom.

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The Green Thumb Club HOW THEIR GARDENS GROW IS THEIR COMMON INTEREST

succulents or cactus. Others love garden art or flower arranging. Most, however, simply enjoy creating a quiet, peaceful space in their yards.

“It is wonderful to visit gardens in the neighborhood and see all of the creative ways people have designed and used their space,” she says. “The homes in this neighborhood are about 60 years old. They have large lots and mature trees and plants. Personally, I find it fascinating to see the creative ways people use their space. We are passionate about being good stewards for our environment. But the one thing we all have in common is a love for gardening.”

BY GWEN SCHOEN THE CLUB LIFE

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eople with a passion for gardening know there are many rewards. Among them: instant gratification and a sense of pride for hard work; watching the bees flitter from one flower to another; discovering a plant that has come to life after a dormant season. Corinne Liseno would add another reward: friendship.

Liseno loves growing roses. A few years ago, she was searching for a garden club near her home where she could meet people who find joy in digging, pruning and weeding. She didn’t have to look very far. Even though she didn’t live in Arden Park, she discovered that the neighborhood, near Watt Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard, has had an active garden club for more than 60 years. When she attended her first meeting, members gave her an enthusiastic welcome and the assurance that she did not have to live in the neighborhood to join. They require only that members have a passion for gardening and learning about horticulture along with a willingness to share their knowledge. That suited Liseno’s interests just fine.

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Arden Park Garden Club publicity chair Mary Jane Sutliff

“I have been a member ever since,” she says. “You don’t think of gardening as a social pastime, but when you belong to a garden club, you develop wonderful friendships with people who have the same passion.

Only a true gardener can sit and listen to an hourlong lecture about

the benefits of various fertilizers,” she says with a laugh. Liseno is currently the club president and is busy helping the group organize its annual fall garden tour.

Mary Jane Sutliff adds that many members specialize in one particular type of plant, such as roses,

“It is wonderful to visit gardens in the neighborhood and see all of the creative ways people have designed and used their space.”

Currently, Arden Park Garden Club has 55 members. They meet monthly, usually on the second Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Arden Park Community Center (1000 La Sierra Drive). Often, meetings focus on such topics as water conservation, fertilizer, pest control and growing specific plants. The club frequently hosts field trips to commercial and public gardens and garden shows. Annual dues are $20 per household. You will find membership

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Or you can stop by Arden Park Community Center, where you can visit with club members and garden experts and purchase tour tickets.

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Back to School KIDS SHOULD ARRIVE ON FOOT OR BIKE, NOT IN CARS

children to the potentially greater risks of inactivity. Guidelines suggest kids should be physically active 60 minutes every day. Research shows that outdoor activity is especially beneficial and that being outdoors provides a mental boost as well.

When driven, kids lose an important opportunity for independence—the invaluable experience of being on their own for the journey to school.

Meanwhile, parents, already short on time, are pressed into timeconsuming, energy-consuming stints as chauffer twice a day.

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ost kids used to walk or bike to school. In 1969, 89 percent of kids living within a mile of school walked or biked. Now, only 1 student in 10 gets to school under his or her own power. The resulting reduction in physical activity has contributed to today’s youth being extraordinarily overweight and obese—fatter and more prone to diabetes than any generation in history.

Neighborhood schools are vanishing. Applying a narrow view of economy, administrators have made schools bigger and farther apart.

In smaller communities, schools may be at the edge of town instead of centrally located. Even when a school is close by as the crow flies, it can hard to get to. Busy, hardto-cross streets, cul-de-sacs, gated communities and sound walls can make trips too long or too dangerous for walking or biking.

School bus cutbacks also mean more car traffic around schools.

Ironically, many parents say they need to drive their kids to school because of the traffic. Of course, the decision to drive means even more traffic. Estimates are that a quarter to

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The trend of fewer kids walking and biking to school can be reversed.

a third of peak-hour traffic is related to school trips.

Besides being concerned about traffic, parents worry about “stranger danger.” They fear their child being abducted. Parents fear abduction more than the harms that might come from car crashes, sports injuries or drug addiction. While kidnapping risks should not be ignored, they are easily and commonly exaggerated.

Though highly publicized, child

kidnappings are rare. When they do occur, the perpetrator is usually a family member or acquaintance, not a stranger.

So parents drive. As anyone can observe around a school at drop-off and pickup times, the results are confusion and chaos: backed-up traffic, double parking, harried parents and overwhelmed children.

When trying to protect their kids by driving, parents instead expose their

The trend of fewer kids walking and biking to school can be reversed.

Starting in 2000, Marin County began a successful, federally funded Safe Routes to School pilot program. The program resulted in an increase of 17 percent in the number of kids walking and biking to participating schools.

There was a 24 percent decrease in the number of children arriving as the only child in the car. The success of the pilot program led to the adoption of Safe Routes to School strategies

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Marin’s success helped launch broader federal and state Safe Routes to School funding programs.

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Last year, Sacramento hosted the fourth national Safe Routes to School conference, with 600 community leaders in attendance. Locally, some school districts and other organizations have embraced the safe routes to schools idea and actively promoted the concept. The San Juan and Elk Grove school districts have safe routes to schools coordinators.

North Natomas Transportation Management Association has a schools coordinator. In partnership with the Natomas school district, it organized events and activities such as weekly walk-to-school days, bike clubs and a bike tech program at the high school. Sacramento City Unified School District does not have a safe routes coordinator.

No one knows the conditions around schools better than students, parents and staffs. If school communities were more involved in identifying problem areas, those

problems could be fixed. Parents should push schools to become more bicycle and pedestrian friendly.

Schools should do more to reduce auto traffic and improve the health of students. Parents should allow their kids the freedom to walk or bike when conditions warrant.

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Terrific Tomatoes GREENHAVEN GARDENER SHARES HIS TIPS AND TRICKS

BY ANITA CLEVENGER GARDEN JABBER

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any Sacramento gardeners grow tomatoes. Whether it’s one or two plants in a container by the driveway or a couple dozen in the ground, we are on a quest. We want to grow tomatoes that taste delicious, not like “Styrofoam with tomato flavoring,” as Garrison Keillor once described supermarket tomatoes.

Few of us pursue tomato growing with the fervor of Greenhaven’s Pete Frichette. He’s been refining his tomato-growing techniques for decades. He’s studied reference materials and books about tomatoes and soils, talked to area farmers and kept meticulous, detailed records.

The Sacramento Bee’s garden writer, Debbie Arrington, was so impressed by his analytical approach and towering tomato plants that she dubbed him “Mr. Tomato.”

Frichette remembers when his dad and everybody else on his block of East Sacramento’s 50th Street had a victory garden during World War II. “It was patriotic,” he recalls.

Frichette, an architect, designed and built a house and garden overlooking Lake Greenhaven. He brought in a backhoe to remove three feet of “slick

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Greenhaven gardener Pete Frichette among his tomato plants

clay—terrible soil.” He used an auger to drill holes, which he filled with sand to improve drainage, filled in the garden with good topsoil and planted tomatoes. “They’re my favorite food,” he says.

Frichette has collected many articles and books about growing tomatoes. He finds UC Davis Publication 8159, Growing Tomatoes in the Home Garden, especially helpful. It categorizes tomato

varieties by climate zone. He prefers to select Zone B tomatoes, best where daytime temperatures regularly exceed 95 degrees. He doesn’t know why area nurseries sometimes sell varieties better suited for cooler climates, but they do. UC Davis also lists disease resistance and plant type, advises about tomato culture and provides information about how to deal with common disorders and pests. Frichette follows much of the guidance, but not all. When it comes to tomatoes, he says, “everybody has an opinion.”

Frichette prefers indeterminate tomatoes that keep growing throughout the season. His favorite tomatoes are ones that provide a “joyful burst of acid” when you bite into them. ‘Early Girl’ is his favorite choice for everyday eating. ‘Better Boy’ is a heavy producer. ‘Super San Marzano’ is his choice for fresh sauces. He supports them with cylindrical wire cages made from concrete reinforcing wire. Some vines top 9 feet before the season is over.

His best heirloom tomato is ‘Mortgage Lifter.’ He grows only a couple of cherry tomato plants, spreading them out on a trellis so that they are easier for kids to pick.

UC Davis recommends that gardeners avoid growing tomatoes or other members of the nightshade family (such as peppers, potatoes and eggplant) in the same location for more than two years to avoid developing disease and insect problems. Frichette knows that crop rotation is a good idea. “The ones that grow best are planted in the first year,” he observes. However, like

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Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grown in the same beds for 32 years and works hard to build his soil. Every year, he digs 2 feet down, removes the soil and mixes nutrients and compost into it. Just as farmers do, he has his soil tested periodically and makes sure that key elements are balanced. After he plants, he adds 6 inches of compost to the soilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surface. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digging those holes is good for the triceps,â&#x20AC;? he notes.

Gardeners in Sacramento are advised to plant tomatoes in late April or early May, when the soil warms up and there is less wind. Frichette canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait that long. He plants his tomatoes in bottomless 5-gallon buckets that help protect the young plants from â&#x20AC;&#x153;critters and wind.â&#x20AC;? He sometimes plants as early as late February. This year, he did most of his planting in March.

Frichette now uses a drip system to water the tomatoes, but for years he poured 2 gallons of water into each tomatoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bucket every three days, for a total of two inches of water a week.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimenting with â&#x20AC;&#x153;fertilatingâ&#x20AC;? this year, applying fertilizer through the drip lines. He adds a balanced granular fertilizer when the tomatoes are planted and sprays liquid fertilizer on the foliage every few weeks throughout the season. While Frichette wants leafy, vigorous plants, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry when lower leaves die off later in the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The plant doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need them for photosynthesis anymore,â&#x20AC;? he says.

The best tomatoes are harvested when they are ripe. Frichette harvests by feel, not by color. He gives each tomato a gentle squeeze. If it gives slightly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready.

Last year, Frichette gave tomatoes to 178 different people. These lucky people agree that Mr. Tomatoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinions are backed up by results.

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95816 EAST SACRAMENTO, MCKINLEY PARK 1040 34TH ST 1632 36TH ST 3319 T ST 3522 D ST 3531 D ST 1108 DOLORES WAY 1559 35TH ST 618 24TH ST 1341 39TH ST 3131 SERRA WAY 3125 CARLY WAY 561 37TH ST

$600,000 $365,000 $276,000 $379,000 $385,000 $427,000 $460,000 $235,000 $475,000 $434,000 $244,000 $419,000

862 38TH ST 3840 T ST 315 35TH ST

95817 TAHOE PARK, ELMHURST 3417 10TH AVE 3334 33RD ST 2936 43RD ST 5300 U ST 2621 57TH ST 3501 37TH ST 2940 39TH ST 2983 39TH ST 3031 PORTOLA WAY 2723 60TH ST 5212 V ST 2629 SANTA CRUZ WAY 3540 34TH ST 2 MIDWAY CT 3440 43RD ST 3781 6TH AVE 5204 U ST 3019 5TH AVE 3073 6TH AVE

$705,000 $800,000 $765,000

$210,000 $249,000 $95,000 $301,000 $320,000 $124,800 $263,000 $99,000 $308,000 $277,000 $330,000 $300,000 $105,000 $340,765 $57,500 $127,250 $279,000 $226,000 $289,000

95818 LAND PARK, CURTIS PARK

2847 22ND ST $769,000 2186 6TH AVE $355,000 2840 CASTRO WAY $485,000 1315 TENEIGHTH WAY $1,104,000 2633 28 $142,000 2990 17TH ST $368,000 3601 COLLEGE AVE $885,000 2410 9TH AVE $475,000 2875 2ND AVE $280,000 2028 21 ST $716,143 786 VALLEJO WAY $350,000 2677 CURTIS WAY $717,000 562 ROBERTSON WAY $304,000 1740 BURNETT WAY $325,000 3325 CUTTER WAY $475,000 1704 CARAMAY WAY $509,000 2730 LAND PARK DR $638,000 2800 2ND AVE $267,500 3750 19TH ST $1,755,000 2717 17TH ST $379,900 711 FLINT WAY $358,000 2441 MONTGOMERY WY $364,000 2700 13TH ST $569,900 733 ROBERTSON $365,000 2621 16TH ST $380,000 2788 SAN LUIS CT $268,000 2000 24TH ST $340,000 1712 CARAMAY WAY $381,000

95819 EAST SACRAMENTO, RIVER PARK 127 51ST ST 3754 ERLEWINE CIR 142 FALLON LN 1440 52ND ST 4556 B ST 656 55TH ST 1537 54TH ST 4939 P ST 649 54TH ST

$326,000 $387,000 $434,000 $365,000 $405,000 $355,000 $395,000 $283,000 $357,900

847 56TH ST $390,000 524 40TH ST $380,000 107 TIVOLI WAY $399,000 5539 S MODDISON $419,000 4100 FOLSOM BLVD #5D $430,000 5020 MODDISON AVE $285,000 5624 MONALEE AVE $508,000 460 PALA WAY $300,000 1324 56TH ST $312,000 1901 DISCOVERY WAY $375,000 5000 C ST $449,000 5108 T ST $345,000 1035 44TH ST $1,025,000 1721 42ND ST $355,250 4100 FOLSOM BLVD #7D $520,000 5508 STATE AVE $570,000 47 36TH WAY $420,000 859 53RD ST $517,000 60 SANDBURG DR $585,000

95821 ARDEN-ARCADE 2801 HERBERT WAY 2509 BUTANO DR 2606 CATALINA DR 2805 EDISON AVE 3310 ARBOR WAY 2621 GREENWOOD AVE 3825 FRENCH AVE 3823 THORNWOOD DR 3437 TOLEDO WAY 4013 POUNDS AVE 2605 DARWIN ST 4425 WHITNEY AVE 4216 EL CAMINO AVE 2351 CARLSBAD AVE 3850 ROBERTSON AVE 3633 DARLENE AVE 3023 NORRIS AVE 2613 CATALINA DR 3230 BEN LOMOND DR 2545 CAMBON WAY 4616 RAVENWOOD AVE 2549 BUTANO DR 3609 SEAN DR 3013 BERTIS DR 2364 PURINTON DR 3028 GREENWOOD AVE 3733 WEST WAY 4332 MULFORD AVE 3321 BEN LOMOND DR 3542 LEATHA WAY 2820 CARSON WAY 4148 HORGAN WAY

$190,000 $225,000 $310,000 $129,000 $230,000 $260,000 $279,900 $435,000 $223,500 $355,000 $134,000 $251,000 $142,500 $240,000 $480,000 $155,000 $215,000 $315,000 $395,000 $250,000 $285,000 $210,000 $220,000 $289,500 $205,000 $309,000 $210,000 $255,000 $475,731 $325,000 $376,000 $232,000

95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 7544 COSGROVE 7521 GEORGICA WAY 2682 MEADOWVALE AVE 1948 65TH AVE 1465 MATHEWS WAY 7582 SAN FELICE CIR 1157 WEBER WAY 4590 FRANCIS COURT 1711 HARIAN WAY 7265 15TH ST 2275 MURIETA WAY 2262 67TH AVE 7335 19TH ST 7501 GEORGICA WAY

$144,000 $217,000 $94,100 $190,000 $161,000 $170,000 $350,000 $387,000 $372,000 $181,000 $261,000 $152,000 $171,000 $207,000

7404 TISDALE $237,212 1458 POTRERO WAY $449,000 2450 CASA LINDA DR $115,000 2064 WHITMAN $175,000 6748 DEMARET DR $179,900 7408 TISDALE WAY $198,116 7397 TISDALE WAY $221,978 7511 GEORGICA WAY $263,000 5020 S LAND PARK DR $361,000 4531 S LAND PARK DR $435,850 2670 WOOD VIOLET WAY $130,000 7580 21ST ST $155,000 2130 ARLISS WAY $162,000 4641 23RD ST $335,000 1423 CARROUSEL LN $496,600 7224 15TH $133,000 2901 TORRANCE AVE $180,000 7594 N TWILIGHT DR. $177,500 6748 GOLF VIEW DR $130,500 7232 TAMOSHANTER WAY $170,000 2521 ENCINAL AVE $188,800 2824 53RD AVE $189,000 7568 LEMARSH WAY $193,500 5875 GLORIA DR #5 $139,000 7459 29TH ST $175,000 6060 GLORIA DR #6 $110,000 2319 68TH AVE $160,000 5110 EUCLID AVE $335,000 2172 SHIELAH WAY $345,000 6990 DEMARET DR $169,990 2117 22ND AVE $249,000 7407 FLORES WAY $115,200 2957 BEESTON AVE $123,500 7309 BENBOW ST $165,000 2011 BERG AVE $150,000 7475 19TH ST $191,000 7412 TISDALE WAY $251,809 4617 SUNSET DR $452,500

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2124 ETHAN WAY $151,000 1372 COMMONS DR $337,000 205 ELMHURST CIRCLE $395,000 708 COMMONS DR $268,500 1331 COMMONS DR $315,000 2000 BELCOT RD $230,000 2406 LARKSPUR #251 $110,000 424 RIO DEL ORO LN $179,000 700 HARTNELL PL $226,000 3279 VIA GRANDE $110,200 1420 COMMONS DR $337,000 1113 VANDERBILT WAY $349,000 2237 WOODSIDE LN #7 $120,000 1527 HOOD #B $102,000 3223 CASITAS BONITO CT $145,000 1637 WAYLAND AVE $179,000 811 DUNBARTON CIRCLE $275,000 1134 COMMONS DRIVE $675,000 641 WOODSIDE SIERRA #3$105,000 2424 PARK ESTATES DR $265,000 1473 UNIVERSITY AVE $345,000 1936 UNIVERSITY PARK DR $357,500 649 WOODSIDE SIERRA #7 $68,000 102 E RANCH RD $375,000 782 WOODSIDE LN EAST #11 $83,000 2109 CARLOTTA DR $180,000 152 HARTNELL PL $340,000 1224 COMMONS DRIVE $675,000 2238 WOODSIDE LN #9 $65,000

1197 VANDERBILT WAY $374,900 102 DUNBARTON CIRCLE $387,100 2430 LARKSPUR LN #281 $95,000 937 FULTON AVE #504 $102,500 2345 SANTA ANITA DR $274,000 10 COLBY CT $235,000 2270 SWARTHMORE DR $315,000

95831 GREENHAVEN, S LAND PARK

780 WESTLITE CIR $390,000 944 SHELLWOOD WAY $330,000 1006 FOXHALL WAY $280,500 7465 POCKET RD $640,000 7345 L ARBRE WAY $448,000 62 WINDUBEY CIR $237,000 7422 SALTON SEA WAY $272,000 22 BLUE WATER CIR $274,000 6785 LANGSTON WAY $310,000 6816 HAVENHURST DR $362,000 7366 DURFEE WAY $255,000 400 FLORIN RD $149,900 7607 RIVER RANCH WAY $495,000 24 SAGE RIVER CR $415,000 6 AMARAL CT $275,000 1072 LA FLEUR WAY $384,900 8006 LINDA ISLE LN $415,000 7495 SALTON SEA WAY $202,350 7040 HAVENSIDE DR $245,000 7259 RIVERWIND WAY $335,000 1408 SAN CLEMENTE WY $340,000 271 RIVERTREE WAY $356,000 6268 FENNWOOD CT $380,000 455 DE MAR DR $277,000 935 GULFWIND WAY $217,000 7674 RIVER VILLAGE DR $330,000 906 ROUNDTREE CT $122,900 6735 POCKET RD $310,000 7285 LONG RIVER DR $316,000 749 CECILYN WAY $257,500 6449 S LAND PARK DR $499,000

95864 ARDEN

2841 HURLEY WAY $195,000 1333 WYANT WAY $159,000 1508 RUSHDEN DR $165,000 2087 MORLEY WAY $659,000 3209 SOMERSET RD $226,000 2701 HUNTINGTON RD $1,045,500 1209 WATT AVE $159,900 4204 AMERICAN RIVER DR $500,000 1055 SAN RAMON WAY $560,000 3824 DUBAC WAY $329,000 3548 BODEGA $779,000 3209 CHURCHILL RD $190,000 3330 ADAMS RD $1,329,000 2077 MAPLE GLEN RD $1,525,000 3401 MAYFAIR DR $185,000 3940 DUNSTER WAY $570,000 3718 LAGUNA WAY $600,000 3929 LAS PASAS WAY $750,000 4348 FIGWOOD WAY $299,000 640 WHITEHALL WAY $530,000 930 CORONADO BLVD $685,000 1200 WATT AVE $291,000 1007 LA SALLE DR $550,000 1112 AMBERWOOD RD $190,000 4632 MORPHEUS LN $319,000 1821 EASTERN AVE $339,000

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Your Brain on Phone DISTRACTED DRIVING IS DRIVING BLIND

BY DR. AMY ROGERS SCIENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

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ids are back in school.

Vacations are over and workplaces are in full swing.

You need to stay connected, keep on top of who’s doing what. So even though you’re driving, when you hear that “ping,” you glance at the text message on your cellphone.

In a fraction of a second, you go from sober to drunk. You’re piloting 3,000-plus pounds of deadly missile, and at highway speed, you’ll travel the length of a football field as if you were blindfolded.

Maybe you don’t use your phone in a moving car, but a staggering number of drivers do. A 2013 survey found that 98 percent of drivers correctly think texting and driving is dangerous, but 43 percent of those surveyed read texts nevertheless.

Why do we do it?

Neuroscientists are grappling with this question. The answers lie deep in what it means to be human.

Our desire for community, for relationship with others, is ancient and powerful. When we experience contact with another person, our brain rewards us by releasing a bit of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Dopamine gives a sense of well-being.

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In effect, answering a text is a smallscale form of the same pleasure people get from using cocaine. Dopamine is a big part of the reason why, when it comes to distracted driving, many people say one thing but do another.

Nearly 70 percent of California drivers say they have been hit or nearly hit by a driver using a cellphone. In 2012, 3,328 Americans died in distraction-related collisions.

Texting while driving increases your crash risk 23 times. This exceeds the risk of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Not me, some people think.

I’m a good driver and I’m good at multitasking.

Modern cognitive science tells us that multitasking is a myth. The

attention centers of our brains can’t do two things at once. Our brains actually juggle two tasks, alternating focus from one to the other. Each time the focus switches, things can get missed.

With devastating consequences.

In his excellent new book, “A Deadly Wandering,” Northern California writer Matt Richtel tells the poignant story of a young Utah man who killed two rocket scientists when his car crossed the centerline while he was texting. The man’s subsequent performance on neurologic tests of attention showed his ability to multitask was actually better than average, giving lie to the notion that being “good” at multitasking can protect you from distraction.

When we pay attention, different parts of the brain synchronize to each other, and separate tasks require separate “tuning of the frequency.”

For example, the part of our brain that receives input from the eyes communicates with the part of the brain that processes or interprets what we see. When we make a choice to attend to a text message, what neuroscientists call top-down activation, the neurons that read text become sensitive, alert specifically to the message even if there are other competing objects in the field of view.

Thus, the price of attention to one thing is ignoring something else. To focus on a text message, your brain reduces the sensitivity of neurons

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that process glimpses of things that are not texts—things like a bicyclist on the road.

Modern cognitive science tells us that multitasking is a myth.

Our brains actually juggle two tasks, alternating focus from one to the other.

The result is called inattention blindness. A person can “see” something with the visual cortex part of the brain that’s connected to the eyes, but never become aware of the object because the processing part of the brain is paying attention to something else.

A Harvard psychologist famously demonstrated inattention blindness with a widely circulated video. Six

people wearing either white or black shirts are milling about with a basketball. Viewers are instructed to count how many times players wearing white pass the ball. Midway through the short video, a woman in a gorilla costume saunters into the screen, pauses to beat her chest and walks away. When questioned after the video, half of viewers missed the gorilla. Their eyes were on it, but their conscious minds never perceived it.

Therefore, the problem with cellphone use by drivers isn’t taking their eyes off the road. It’s taking their minds off.

Inattention blindness can result from attention to nonvisual inputs, too. Recent data suggest that talking on a cellphone is equally distracting whether or not you’re hands-free (as is required by California law.)

If your brain is busy processing a conversation, the brain curtails visual processing to minimize distraction. Talking to someone who isn’t physically in the car can blind the driver to the unexpected, even

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This Art Is Unreal BROADWAY EXHIBIT WILL BE VIEWABLE ONLY ON SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS

BY R.E. GRASWICH

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asteful boundaries are hard to find when the taste in question involves 15 art pieces that don’t really exist.

In Sacramento, those questionable boundaries were tested at Sacramento’s Historic City Cemetery on Broadway. But first, some background: Starting Sept. 13, Broadway will be the staging ground for the most technically advanced and challenging art exhibition ever seen in Sacramento: an “augmented reality” show splashed across several city blocks. Intriguingly, the abstracts, videos and traditional pieces on display will exist only on mobile smartphone and tablet apps.

Eleven artists from Spain to Sacramento contributed pieces for the 15-month-long virtual-reality public art project, called Broadway Augmented. The works of art were transformed into 3D models and ultimately rendered into apps.

Viewers with tablets and smartphones can walk along Broadway, look for instructions and view the art on their devices. The virtual show runs daily except Sunday.

Alas, art lovers won’t find anything new at Broadway’s Historic City Cemetery. Not that the artists weren’t game for some whistling in the graveyard.

“At least two of the artists had ideas about using the cemetery,” says Shelly Willis, executive director of the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places program. “Their proposals raised some interesting questions, because with augmented reality, there’s really

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Viewers with tablets and smartphones can walk along Broadway, look for instructions and view the art on their devices.

The virtual show runs daily except Sunday.

nothing there, but there is something there.”

One artist proposed a work that overlooked the 19th-century gravesite of a husband and wife. When a 21st-century viewer approached and engaged the app, giant eyes would appear over the couple’s graves, winking and enjoying the moment from beyond.

“It was decided that would not be appropriate,” Willis says, almost regretfully.

After drawing the line at the cemetery, organizers gave the artists a relatively free hand. As an added twist, Willis and her team purposely salted the project with traditional artists who have never worked in a technically advanced universe like augmented reality. Other contributors were accustomed only to gallery showings, not to art in big public spaces.

“Some of the artists had worked in new mediums and were quite

knowledgeable about it,” she says.

“Others were not. One is kind of like me: He uses a flip phone that he’s had for many years. Texting is the limit of his expertise.”

The Broadway Augmented art walk idea was born two years ago, when Rachel Clarke, an electronic art professor at Sacramento State, saw some 3D exhibitions in Los Angeles.

She shared her enthusiasm with Willis. They wrote a grant proposal,

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The women wanted a challenge.

They accepted one when they decided Broadway would be the perfect place for augmented reality. They hooked up with Greater Broadway Partnership and its executive director, Teresa Rocha. The project began to take shape (well, not exactly, but you get the idea).

By this stage, 3D art shows were becoming very 2012. Augmentedreality demonstrations were almost commonplace. But they were typically indoors, with controlled lighting and environments.

So the great outdoors, with uncontrolled light patterns and a mash-up of sensory stimulations, beckoned the Sacramento pioneers.

“We wanted to create some excitement and draw some attention to Broadway, which is a place that’s creative and unique,” Willis says. “We started walking around Broadway and realized it was frankly a challenge.

There’s lots of visual noise, no

uniformity. We knew there would be technical issues that were going to be difficult to address.”

Into the frame came Geoffrey Alan Rhodes, visual communications professor at Art Institute of Chicago.

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students, he did exactly that for the Broadway project. But it wasn’t easy.

“The lighting changes throughout the day and with different weather and seasons,” Rhodes says. “Signs can be replaced, billboards changed. All of these presented challenges specific to each site that had to be dealt with through one tactic or another.”

Rhodes found Broadway a refreshingly raw backdrop for the project. He says, “We’re used to finding these sorts of electronic media experiences either in new, high-end public architecture like airports or within commercial industries as promotional items.”

The project team realizes the show is not exactly passive—viewers must earn their pleasures, walking on Broadway, finding instructional signs that set up the exhibits. And viewers will need smart, mobile hookups to access the app.

To make things easier, tours will be available at the Sacramento Republic FC offices at 2421 17th St., near Broadway.

For Luddite art lovers, the city has donated smartphones that can be borrowed for the Broadway Augmented tour. And it’s all free.

Really free. Not in the augmentedreality sense of free.

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Brain Work PROOF IS IN THE PAINTING AS ARTIST RELEARNS CRAFT

to tone down blue,” she recalls. The ability to hold an image in her head crept back sometime around 2012.

“The brain can rewire itself to fetch information,” notes Altschul, now 56.

“It’s an incredible tool.”

Her studio is full of paintings, mostly portraits on toned canvas, images in which the subject’s face isn’t always visible. The work is loose and painterly and holds the eye. One half-finished and compelling piece shows a female figure from the back climbing a long ladder suspended in the sky. Altschul says doing portraits is a new twist in her work. “For many years I was an abstract painter,” she says.

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tanding in her Curtis Park studio, Patricia Altschul pushes a wild tangle of curls from her face and locates a small transparent envelope on her worktable. From it she fishes out a 2-inch-square piece of paper that vaguely depicts the sky with clouds.

It’s a small, simple piece for the MFA-credentialed artist and former art professor.

“It is what I could do at the time,” Altschul explains. She created the tiny piece in 2003, three years after she suffered a traumatic head injury that rendered her unable to walk, talk or process visual information. “I lost my working memory,” she says. Of the many paintings in her studio, the diminutive piece is a marker of the beginning of her journey to retrain and discover the resiliency of the human mind.

Altschul was doing a routine cleaning job in 2000 when a wall shelf collapsed and sent Masonite boards cascading on top of her head. She was hit repeatedly and briefly knocked out. “It was a freak accident,” she says. “Life has stuff in it, and that’s the way it is.”

After the accident, she was on the couch for months and began speech, occupational and physical therapy.

“My world became very small,” she recalls. She had to relearn how to be mobile and communicate. Three years later, with the help of an assistance dog, she made her way back into the studio. However, she was without the “mental toolbox” she formerly used as an artist. “I didn’t know what color to

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“I didn’t know what color to use or how to use it, and I could not hold an image in my head.”

Painter Patricia Altschul and her canine helper in her studio

use or how to use it,” she says, “and I could not hold an image in my head.”

Initially, she painted only the sky and clouds and, after a while, treetops. A few years later, she moved on to sketching small animals in order to explore form. Then, working in oils, she created images inspired by old family photographs. Altschul forged through problems such as not being able to distinguish foreground from background or remember

what she was working on from one day to the next. As a reminder, she kept a notebook. “I would wait for information to appear on the canvas,” she says. “I didn’t know what to do next.” She says it was discouraging, starting from scratch each day. “But it didn’t occur to me to not try.”

Slowly, changes came.

“The color wheel came back, and I started remembering that you can use green to neutralize red and orange

Back inside her home, she points to paintings created before the accident.

The acrylic paintings are abstract and muted, featuring shapes reminiscent of birds. Altschul said Wallace Stevens’ poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” inspired the works, which are about time—the moment before a bird takes off.

The earlier pieces are the culmination of studies at UC Davis graduate school, which she attended in the early ’80s, when Wayne Thiebaud, Manuel Neri, Cornelia

After many years as an abstract painter, Altschul says doing portraits is a new twist in her work.

Schulz and Roy De Forest were among the teachers. Altschul went on to become an adjunct art professor at American River College and taught drawing, painting and beginning design. “I loved it,” she says. “I especially loved teaching beginning

drawing and relating how to read visual information and solve visual problems. I loved the moment the light goes on for students.”

Altschul’s earlier pieces were painted with a different palette of colors than she currently uses, and her newer paintings depict a different subject matter. Still, a timeless

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Out of This World SACRAMENTO STATE HOSTS WEEKLONG CELEBRATION OF GLOBAL MUSIC, DANCE

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here can you find performers, foods and cultural fun from around the world in one place?

At SacWorldFest, a celebration of cultural diversity through music and dance, hosted on the Sacramento State University campus from Sept. 27 through Oct. 5.

The weeklong extravaganza will kick off with a fundraising gala at the University Theatre at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, that will include delectable dishes from around the world, beverages from breweries and wineries, delicious desserts, raffle prizes and performances from regional groups with a special “Spotlight on Brazil.”

The rest of the festival, which includes master classes and tons of fascinating performances, will take place all around the city—events and locations can be found on the website—as well as on the Sac State campus.

“Having the SacWorldFest celebration on our campus is a wonderful opportunity for the community and the university,”

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Brazilian band SambaDá is one of the headliners at SacWorldFest hosted at the Sac State campus from Sept. 27 through Oct. 5

says Edward Inch, dean of the CSUS College of Arts and Letters. “It brings new visitors to campus while providing a terrific venue for the dynamic entertainment and multiethnic art and food.”

SacWorldFest culminates on Sunday, Oct. 5 with a community festival on campus from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that will feature acts on multiple stages, including headliner SambaDá, the West Coast’s hottest Brazilian band; international vocalist Alencia Vela; Irish, Welsh and Americana music by Stepping Stone; Sacramento/ Black Art of Dance; Ukrainian dance

by Sonechko; and West African music and dance by JODAMA Drum & Dance. There also will be crafts and fine art vendors and a Global Village offering food from around the planet.

For more information, go to sacworldfest.org

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? To answer that age-old question, Soroptimist International of Sacramento will host its fourth annual Edible Gardens Tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 in East Sacramento.

Six local master gardeners will take tour-goers on an exclusive tromp through their fruit, vegetable and herb gardens, including Suzanne Ton’s Urban Farm (offering mandarin oranges, blueberries, squash and rosemary) and Karen Baumann’s Whimsical Garden (showcasing persimmon, pear, kale, basil and banana trees). They also will answer questions to the tunes of the Sacramento Symphonic Winds.

Proceeds benefit Soroptimist International of Sacramento, a nonprofit service club that has given support to at-risk women and children for 91 years. For more

information on the group, go to soroptimistsacramento.com For tickets and more information on the tour, go to ediblegardensac.org

THIS OLD HOUSE If these walls could talk. Well, for one day they kind of can: The Sacramento Old City Association Home Tour will open the doors to some enticing historic homes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20.

Now in its 39th year, the tour allows visitors a privileged peek into some of midtown’s restored and reused buildings. This year, that includes Sutter’s Fort (the oldest building in Sacramento), private residences, the Kennedy Gallery Art Center and the Amber House Bed and Breakfast.

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CHALK CIRCLES Sure, art is ephemeral, but never more so than when one good rainstorm could wash it away for good. So be sure to check out the sidewalk masterpieces at Chalk It Up on Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30Sept. 1) at Fremont Park before the elements take their toll.

Now in its 24th year, the threeday event boasts elaborate sidewalk chalk art creations by more than 200 artists, family-friendly fun at a variety of booths, hands-on activities, live music from 30 regional groups, gourmet food trucks, and a wine and beer garden to help you wash it all down. As always, the event is free, so bring the whole brood for a stroll around the park perimeter to see

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Don’t miss Care Begins With Me, Sacramento’s premier health and lifestyle event for women. Treat yourself to delicious appetizers and beverages. Experience the marketplace expo. Conclude the evening with informative care chats led by Dignity Health doctors and health experts.

It all happens Thursday, October 2, 2014 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Sheraton Grand Hotel.

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PREVIEWS FROM page 80 stunning pieces from Sacramento’s creative class rendered in everyone’s favorite elementary-school medium.

For more information, go to chalkitup.org Fremont Park is bounded by 15th, 16th, P and Q streets.

FOR OUR EYES ONLY Have you ever wondered what it really looks like in an artist’s atelier?

Now is your chance to get an exclusive sneak peek into more than 130 artists’ studios during the Sacramento Open Studios event presented by the Center for Contemporary Art from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 13, 14, 20 and 21 all across Sacramento.

Local artists will talk visitors through their processes, show off their most recent pieces and answer questions from curious tour-goers; one-third of all artists will even demonstrate their techniques. Special events such as the Sacramento Open Studios Kick-Off Party & Reception (on Thursday, Sept. 11) and free demonstrations of letterpress, monoprint, painting and more are not to be missed, so make sure you pick up a guide and a map at Verge Center for the Arts (625 S St.) or online at sacopenstudios.com Studios will be open west of the Capital City Freeway (downtown, midtown, Land Park, Greenhaven/ Pocket) on Sept. 13 and 14 and east of the freeway (East Sacramento, Tahoe Park, Oak Park, Carmichael, Arden Arcade, Fair Oaks) on Sept. 20 and 21. For more information, visit sacopenstudios.com

Have you ever wondered what it really looks like in an artist’s atelier? Now is your chance to get an exclusive sneak peek into more than 130 artists’ studios during the Sacramento Open Studios event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 13, 14, 20 and 21.

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A children’s area will feature a spice-your-own-popcorn bar, paper flower making, arts and crafts and a coloring station.

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CROCKER-CON Deaf Jam, Comic-Con, Classical Concerts—September has arrived at Crocker Art Museum, and it’s shaping up to be one very exciting month.

First up is the Classical Concert featuring the Trio MoD at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14. The group is composed of Maquette Kuper on flute and alto flute, Deborah Pittman on clarinet and Native American flute, and baritone vocalist Omari Tau. The three have an electric, eclectic musical style that fuses classical, jazz,

OAK PARK GATHERING On Thursday, Sept. 11, Oak Park Business Association will block off 3rd Avenue (at 35th Street and Broadway) for a Second Thursday event called Gather.

Gather takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. in the newly dubbed Triangle District, Oak Park’s central business corridor.

The free event will feature live music by reggae band ZuhG. Food vendors will include Mother restaurant, Maui Wowi Hawaiian

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Oak Park's Gather street festival is on Sept. 11 in the Triangle District

gospel and Native American music in original arrangements, including Pittman’s Harlem-inspired “Peter in the Hood,” that will delight the ears and eyes. Tickets are $6 for museum members, $10 for students and $12 for nonmembers.

Next, is your Spidey sense tingling?

Comic-Con is coming to the Crocker with an Art Mix twist for Crocker-Con from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.

11. The evening will include special appearances by the 501st Legion as well as featured artists from DC, Marvel and Dark Horse Comics; rock music performed by Ewoks (the band Six Beers Deep) and nerd-core DJ sets by the Sleeprockers; an expanded outdoor showcase with more than 30 artists and vendors; and more costumed cosplay fun than you can imagine. Drink specials are under $5 all night and costumed Crocker-Coners get in free, so let your cosplay freak flag fly!

For a tamer (but no less interesting) evening, check out audience-favorite saxophonist Garrett Perkins performing for Jazz in the Courtyard at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18. Perkins will present work by African American musicians past and present, from bebop to contemporary jazz, in a concert that’s sure to educate as well as entertain. Tickets are $6 for members, $10 for students, $12 for nonmembers.

Looking forward to the next, new exhibit to grace the Crocker’s walls?

It’s here: “Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art” opens on Sept. 21 and will be on display through Jan. 11.

The exhibit will feature nearly 100 pieces of all different media from the mid-20th century to contemporary times by Latino artists drawn from Smithsonian American Art Museum collections. It will explore our “nation of immigrants,” the movements that inspired these artists and how they approached issues of expansionism, migration, settlement and shifting cultural traditions through their artwork.

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this show, entitled “From the Valley and Beyond.”

Montanino says: “I’m attracted to the strong light of the valley and coast where subjects are dramatically lit. It’s irresistible to paint the transformation of their mood using color and composition.”

Even more irresistible is seeing his beautiful landscapes up close and getting to meet the painter in person.

Don’t miss the preview reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 11 or the opening night reception on Second Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 13.

For more information, call 4765540 or go to alexbultgallery.com Alex Bult Gallery is at 1114 21st St., Suite B.

PREVIEWS FROM page 78 think it is. “Deaf Jam” is actually the title of an acclaimed documentary that chronicles the story of two young women in New York City who combine American Sign Language and spoken word poetry to form a new kind of self-expression: ASL slam poetry.

The Crocker event will include a screening of the film, ASL-interpreted tours of the museum, ASL poetry and a community art exhibit for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and their family and friends. All are welcome, and preregistration is suggested.

For tickets and more information for all Crocker events, call 808-1182 or go to crockerartmuseum.org

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FULL OF BEANS Are you jonesing for some java?

Now you can join in the fun that all those beer-loving pub crawlers and rosé-swilling wine tourists get to have with Sacramento’s very first Caffeine Crawl presented by The LAB on Sept.

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The event was thought up in 2011 by the beverage marketing firm The LAB, which is based in Kansas City and Portland, as a way to bring a jolt of java to cities all over the country by featuring local roasters. This is the first year California’s capital will get in on the caffeinated fun, and it sounds like a blast: Crawlers will start at one of three Roaster Sponsor locations—Insight Coffee Roasters, Old Soul Co. or Chocolate Fish—grab some nifty swag bags and enjoy a brief presentation before taking a tour by bike or car to other participating shops around Sacramento, including Temple Coffee, Fluid Espresso Bar, Pachamama Coffee Bar, Shine Coffee and Son of a Bean Coffee House.

All coffeehouses will present a topic that is near and dear to their coffeeloving hearts and provide guests with samples to sip while they listen. Once the tour is finished, crawlers can partake in the after-party at Temple Coffee, which will feature crafts, lots more coffee and raffle prizes galore. It should only take you a week to come down from the caffeine high.

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Anthony Montanino’s landscapes will be on exhibit at Alex Bult Gallery from Sept. 11 through Oct. 4.

For tickets and more information, go to caffeinecrawl.com/sacramentotickets.html Caffeine Crawl starting locations are Insight Coffee Roasters (1901 Eighth St.), Old Soul Co. (1716 L St.) and Chocolate Fish (400 P St.).

FEEDING A NEED Whet your appetites: Sacramento’s Farm to Fork Week 2014 is here, and what better way to kick off the region’s favorite food-athon than to make sure those who don’t have access to abundant food can have a satisfying meal? Don’t miss the Farm to Every Fork gala dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Trinity Cathedral.

Your ticket buys you a mouthwatering meal prepared by chefs Michael Thiemann and Matt Masera of restaurants Mother and Empress Tavern, as well as a meal for someone who has experienced poverty and food insecurity.

Sacramento Farmers and Chefs have teamed up with Slow Food Sacramento, Sacramento Food Bank

& Family Services, River City Food Bank, the Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee/Homeward Street Journal, Food Not Bombs and the Fund for Urban Gardens to host the event, which they hope will spur a communal commitment to end hunger in our region.

So while you’re enjoying the food, music, wine and the keynote presentation by Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First, you can know that you’re also helping feed someone in need.

For more information, go to farmtofork.com Trinity Cathedral is at 2620 Capitol Ave.

COAST TO COAST If a last-minute beach vacation just isn’t in the cards, let art spirit you away at the new exhibition of Anthony Montanino’s landscapes at Alex Bult Gallery from Sept. 11 through Oct. 4.

The artist is based in the stunning Sacramento Valley, but his frequent trips to the coast of Maine inspired

Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda are familiar faces around the Sacramento Ballet, but there’s a new face that you should get to know: Caty Solace was just named the company’s new executive director.

Solace comes to Sacramento from the Trey McIntyre Project, a Boise, Idaho-based nonprofit dedicated to the artistic vision of contemporary choreographer McIntyre. Solace’s work there has prepared her well for taking the Sacramento Ballet into its 60th anniversary season.

“She has been on the job about two weeks with lots to catch up on,” says Ron Cunningham. “We think she is wonderful and will help take the Sac Ballet to a new level of growth.”

The ballet’s upcoming season will include the return of Cunningham’s wildly popular “The Great Gatsby,” as well as his beloved “Nutcracker,” the hotly anticipated premiere of his new version of “Peter Pan,” a full-length production of “Swan Lake,” “Modern Masters” in May and the continuing Beer & Ballet series at City College.

Solace has her work cut out for her!

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Capital Wineries THESE TWO URBAN WINERIES CALL THE CITY ‘WINE COUNTRY’

BY GREG SABIN RESTAURANT INSIDER

H

ere in Sacramento, we’re in the middle of wine country.

Just an hour from Napa, a little farther to Sonoma, an easy 45 minutes to El Dorado and Amador and a quick highway trip to Lodi, we are the hub of the wine wheel that defines much of California viticulture. It wasn’t until recently, however, that winemakers started setting up shop here in town.

Our central location allows these winemakers to source their grapes from any nearby wine region, keeping costs down and quality up. Two of these urban wineries have lovely tasting rooms and restaurants.

Cabana Wines and Bistro— Open for about six months, Cabana Winery and Bistro is still finalizing its menu and hours but is already a fine addition to the East Sac neighborhood. Winemaker Robert Smerling has been working the wine circuit for a few decades and knows his stuff. He took away a Best in Region and Best of Class in Region for his 2012 Sauvignon Blanc at this year’s California State Fair.

Smerling was founder and vintner in Amador County's Renwood Winery from 1993 to 2010. He fell in love with the urban winery concept after visiting Santa Barbara's urban wine district.

Smerling and staff have also put together a fine list of outside wines and beers to serve in the bistro. The bistro menu, already diverse and well executed. Some great dishes are

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Robert Smerling of Cabana Winery in his East Sac tasting room and bistro

coming out of Cabana’s little kitchen.

This is not a winery afterthought menu but a standalone restaurant menu worthy of many a return visit.

From pilsner soup to country pate to fish tacos, the menu thematically makes no sense but is delicious as all get-out.

This is not a winery afterthought menu but a standalone restaurant menu worthy of many a return visit.

Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. was recently added and has

already received rave reviews. An courtyard patio is a perfect spot for parties and special events.

Cabana Wines and Bistro is at 5610 Elvas Ave.; 476-5492; cabanawine. com Revolution Wines—Standing reservedly on the corner of 29th and S, in the neighborhood some call Newton Booth, Revolution Wines hides in plain sight. If you’re driving by, it’s hard to tell how well equipped it is for wine tasting, dining and relaxing.

There’s a sizable L-shaped bar, table seating for dozens inside and one of the loveliest outdoor patios in town. Dappled with vining plants and twinkling lights, the patio that Revolution shares with next-door neighbor Temple Coffee can’t be beat

when it comes to evening dining and sipping.

And what lovely dining and sipping it is. Revolution’s wine offerings are well balanced, and its menu is small but amazingly well thought out. On a recent visit, I was particularly taken with a 2013 Clarksburg chenin blanc.

First, I’m quite happy that a jug wine from the ’70s and ’80s is making a comeback as a well-crafted varietal.

You’ll find chenin blanc popping up on almost every winemaker’s to-do list, and Revolution does a lovely job with this varietal. It’s a crisp, light white with the barest hint of fruit.

On the red side of the aisle, Revolution’s St. Rey Celeste is a lovely example of a field blend. Most blends make use of several different grapes from several different vineyards. In contrast, a field blend uses multiple

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varieties grown together in the same vineyard.

The Celeste is a subtle, dry red, great with food or on its own. The grapes are all Sacramento County fruit, which adds a touch of pride for the local drinker.

The products from Revolution’s kitchen can hold their own with the wines.

The products from Revolution’s kitchen can hold their own with the wines. This is not a full restaurant menu, but it is a nicely curated collection of plates that pair well with the wine and make for happy mouths.

The peach-and-greens salad is a beautiful celebration of in-season

ingredients, complementing the sweet peaches with cilantro, candied pistachios and cherry-balsamic vinaigrette. The beet salad celebrates the neon-colored roots with candied macadamias and a healthy serving of blue cheese.

On the more indulgent side, the BLT cheese dip is as ridiculous as it sounds, creamy and meaty, with an

acidy bite of tomatoes and enough fresh herbs to give the whole thing a lift and make it more than just a wonderfully warm cheese bomb.

For a sweet ending, pair the fruit bruschetta with a late-harvest viognier. The fruit/honey/bread concoction goes quite nicely with the sweet notes of the wine and makes for a memorable send-off.

Revolution Wines is at 2831 S St.; 444-7711; rwwinery.com

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Midtown

MIDTOWN

Jack’s Urban Eats

1800 L St. 447-9440

L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

Aioli Bodega Espanola L D $$ Full Bar Patio Andalusian cuisine served in a casual European atmosphere

Biba Ristorante

2801 Capitol Ave. 455-2422 L D $$$ Full Bar Upscale Northern Italian

cuisine served a la carte • Biba-restaurant.com

Buckhorn Grill

1801 L St. 446-3757

L D $$ Wine/Beer A counter service restaurant with high-quality chicken, char-roasted beef, salmon, and entrée salads

Café Bernardo

2726 Capitol Ave. 443-1180 1431 R St. 930-9191

D $$ Full Bar Chicago-style pizza, salads wings served in a family-friendly atmosphere • Chicagofirerestaurant.com

Crepeville

1730 L St. 444-1100

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Outdoor Dining Crepes, omelets, salads, soups and sandwiches served in a casual setting

Ernesto’s Mexican Food 1901 16th St. 441-5850

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(flavor changes every week)

$25/PERSON Set menu includes: tea sandwiches, assorted pastries, macaroon, tarts and choice of organic tea (reservation required)

Located on the corner of 9th & K in downtown Sacramento M-F 7-6, Sat 8-6, Sun 8-4 | 551-1500 | info@estellspatisserie.com

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Lucca Restaurant & Bar 1615 J St. 669-5300

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Patio Mediterranean cuisine in a casual, chic atmosphere • Luccarestaurant.com

Mulvaney’s Building & Loan 1215 19th St. 441-6022

L D Full Bar $$$ Modern American cuisine in an upscale historic setting

B L D $ No table service at this coffee roaster and bakery, also serving creative artisanal sandwiches

2416 J St. 443-0440

Doughnut Day

D Full Bar $$ Middle Eastern cuisine in a Moroccan setting

Centro Cocina Mexicana

Chicago Fire

FRENCH TEA SERVICE

2115 J St. 442-4388

Old Soul Co.

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cooking served in a casual atmosphere • Paragarys.com

FRIDAYS

Kasbah Lounge

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Casual California cuisine with counter service

2730 J St. 442-2552

French-inspired pastries, cakes and breads handcrafted on-site every morning by artisan bakers and chefs!

1230 20th St. 444-0307

B L D $-$$ Full Bar Outdoor Dining Fresh Mexican food served in an upscale, yet family-friendly setting • Ernestosmexicanfood.com

58 Degrees & Holding Co.

1716 L St. 443-7685

Paesano’s Pizzeria

1806 Capitol Ave. 447-8646

L D $$ Gourmet pizza, pasta, salads in casual setting • Paesanos.biz

Paragary’s Bar & Oven 1401 28th St. 457-5737

D $$ Full Bar Outdoor Patio California cuisine with an Italian touch • Paragarys.com

Suzie Burger

29th and P Sts. 455-3300

L D $ Classic burgers, cheesesteaks, shakes, chili dogs, and other tasty treats • suzieburger.com

Tapa The World 2115 J St. 442-4353

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer/Sangria Spanish/world cuisine in a casual authentic atmosphere, live flamenco music - tapathewworld.com

1217 18th St. 442-5858

Thai Basil Café

Fox & Goose Public House

L D $-$$ Wine/Beer Patio Housemade curries among their authentic Thai specialties Thaibasilrestaurant.com

L D $$$ Wine/Beer California cuisine served in a chic, upscale setting • 58degrees.com

1001 R St. 443-8825

2431 J St. 442-7690

B L D $-$$ Wine/Beer English Pub favorites in an historic setting • Foxandgoose.com

The Coconut Midtown

Harlow’s Restaurant

L D $-$$ Beer/Wine Food with Thai Food Flair

2502 J Street 440-1088 Lunch Delivery M-F and Happy Hour 4-6

2708 J Street 441-4693

L D $$ Full Bar Modern Italian/California cuisine with Asian inspirations • Harlows.com

The Waterboy

Italian Importing Company

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Fine South of France and northern Italian cuisine in a chic neighborhood setting • waterboyrestaurant.com

1827 J Street 442-6678

B L $ Italian food in a casual grocery setting

2000 Capitol Ave. 498-9891

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Italian Stallion

L D $$-$$$ Full Bar Patio Regional Mexican cuisine served in an authentic artistic setting • zocolosacramento.com

L D $-$$ Thin-Crust Pizza, Deserts and Beer in an intimate setting and popular location

1801 Capitol Ave. 441-0303

3260B J St. 449-8810

La Trattoria Bohemia

EAST SAC 33rd Street Bistro

3301 Folsom Blvd. 455-2233

B L D $$ Full Bar Patio Pacific Northwest cuisine in a casual bistro setting • 33rdstreetbistro.com

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

Clark's Corner Restaurant 5641 J St.

B L D Full Bar $$ American cuisine in a casual historic setting. Breakfast on weekends.

Clubhouse 56

723 56th. Street 454-5656

BLD Full Bar $$ American. HD sports, kid's menu, breakfast weekends, Late night dining

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

Selland's Market Cafe 5340 H St. 473-3333

B L D $$-$$$ Wine/Beer High quality handcrafted food to eat in or take out, wine bar

Star Ginger

3101 Folsom Blvd. 231-8888 L D $$ Asian Grill and Noodle Bar

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

Español 5723 Folsom Blvd. 457-3679

L D Full Bar $-$$ Classic Italian cuisine served in a traditional family-style atmosphere

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 St. 731-8888

L D $ Pizza for Dine In or Take Out or Delivery 100 Beers on tap • eastsacpizza.com

Now Open Mondays Monday Special: $10 ANY SIZE PIZZA

FREE MIMOSA! Join us 9 - 1 for Sunday Brunch Hours: M-F 11-9, Sat-Sun 12-9 • Happy Hour T-F 4-7

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ch the swirl! DOWNTOWN t a Foundation C 400 L St. 321-9522

L D $$ Full Bar American cooking in an historic atmosphere • foundationsacramento.com

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HeavenLy’s Yogurt

5535 H Street Sun-Thu 11am to 9:30 pm Fri-Sat 11am to 10:30 pm

1117 11th St. 447-8900

Casa Garden Restaurant

Downtown & Vine 1200 K Street #8 228-4518

Educational tasting experience of wines by the taste, flight or glass • 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

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.

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Fat City Bar & Cafe 1001 Front St. 446-6768

Sacramento’s Oldest Restaurant

ESPAÑOL Since 1923

ITALIAN

RESTAURANT

$10 OFF Total DINNER food order of $40 or more

With coupon. Cannot be combined with other discounts.

Expires 9/30/14.

$5 OFF

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Expires 9/30/14.

5723 Folsom Boulevard 457-1936 Dine In & Take Out • Cocktail Lounge • Banquet Room Seats 35 Lunch 11-4 pm • Dinner 4-9 pm Sundays • 11:30-9 pm • Closed Mondays

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L D Wine/Beer $$ American bistro favorites with a modern twist in a casual, Old Sac setting • ten22oldsac.com

LAND PARK

Limit one free 8oz. yogurt per coupon

Shaved snow ice available!

1022 Second St. 441-2211

Chops Steak Seafood & Bar L D $$$ Full Bar Steakhouse serving dry-aged prime beef in an upscale club atmosphere Chop

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Ten 22

2760 Sutterville Road 452-2809

L D $$ • D with minimum diners call to inquire $$ Wine/Beer. American cuisine. Operated by volunteers to benefit Sacramento Children's Home. Small and large groups. casagardenrestaurant.org

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

D $$-$$$ Full Bar American cuisine served in a casual historic Old Sac location • Fatsrestaurants. com

Taylor's Kitchen

The Firehouse Restaurant

D $$$ Wine/Beer Dinner served Wed. through Saturday. Reservations suggested but walk-ins welcome.

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

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Chinese favorites in an elegant setting • Fatsrestaurants.com

Il Fornaio

400 Capitol Mall 446-4100

L D Full Bar $$$ Fine Northern Italian cuisine in a chic, upscale atmosphere • Ilfornaio.com

Grange

926 J Street • 492-4450

B L D Full Bar $$$ Simple, seasonal, soulful • grangerestaurant.com

Hock Farm Craft & Provision 1415 L St. 440-8888 L D $$-$$ Full Bar Celebration of the region's rich history and bountiful terrain • Paragarys.com

Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar 1530 J St. 447-2112

L D Full Bar $$-$$$ Japanese cuisine served in an upscale setting • Mikunisushi.com

2924 Freeport Boulevard 443-5154

Jackson Dining

1120 Fulton Ave. 483-7300

L D $$ Wine/Beer Creative cuisine in a casual setting • Jacksoncateringevents.com

Jack’s Urban Eats

2535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 481-5225 L D $ Full Bar Made-to-order comfort food in a casual setting • Jacksurbaneats.com

The Kitchen

2225 Hurley Way 568-7171

D $$$ Wine/Beer Five-course gourmet demonstration dinner by reservation only • Thekitchenrestaurant.com

La Rosa Blanca Taqueria 3032 Auburn Blvd. 484-0139 2813 Fulton Ave. 484-6104

L D Full Bar $$-$$ Fresh Mexican food served in a colorful family-friendly setting

Leatherby’s Family Creamery 2333 Arden Way 920-8382

L D $ House-made ice cream and specialties, soups and sandwiches

Lemon Grass Restaurant 601 Munroe St. 486-4891

L D $$ Full Bar Patio Vietnamese and Thai cuisine in a casual yet elegant setting

Matteo's Pizza

5132 Fair Oaks. Blvd. 779-0727

Tower Café

L D Beer/Wine $$ Neighborhood gathering place for pizza, pasta and grill dishes

B L D $$ Wine/Beer International cuisine with dessert specialties in a casual setting

The Mandarin Restaurant

Willie's Burgers

D $$-$$$ Full Bar Gourmet Chineses food for 32 years • Dine in and take out

1518 Broadway 441-0222

2415 16th St. 444-2006

L D $ Great burgers and more. Open until 3 on Friday and Saturday • williesburgers.com

4321 Arden Way 488-47794

Roxy

2381 Fair Oaks Blvd. 489-2000

ARDENCARMICHAEL Bella Bru Café

5038 Fair Oaks Blvd. 485-2883

B L D $-$$ Full Bar Espresso, omelettes, salads, table service from 5 -9 p.m. • bellabrucafe.com

Café Vinoteca

3535 Fair Oaks Blvd. 487-1331

L D $$ Full Bar Italian bistro in a casual setting • Cafevinoteca.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

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 • piatti.com

Sam's Hof Brau

2500 Watt 482-2175 L D $$ Wine/Beer Fresh quality meats roasted daily • thehofbrau.com

Thai House

427 Munroe in Loehmann's 485-3888 L D $$ Wine/Beer Featuring the great taste of Thai traditional specialties • sacthaihouse.com

Willie's Burgers

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