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TO DO THIS MONTH'S CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Home Sweet Homes 41st annual Historic Home Tour Sunday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. preservationsacramento.org/hometour
This year’s highly anticipated Historic Home Tour, now in its 41st year, showcases the Elmhurst neighborhood for the very first time, with architectural gems such as the Julia Morgan House and other regal residences in the Mediterranean, Tudor Revival, Craftsman and Victorian styles. In conjunction with the home tour, a free street fair will include booths from local contractors, businesses, artists and nonprofit, advocacy and historic organizations. The neighborhood is bounded by Highway 50, Stockton Boulevard, V Street, Second Avenue and 59th Street, so start your tour at the Preservation Sacramento booth at the T Street median (between 40th and 42nd streets) to receive a program and a wristband for entry. Preservation Sacramento, formerly the Sacramento Old City Association, is a citywide nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Sacramento’s irreplaceable historic places and encouraging quality urban design through advocacy, outreach and activism.
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Wales of a Tale “Between Two Fires” author event and book signing Saturday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. Avid Reader at Tower, 1600 Broadway marknoce.com
Escape to the exciting world of medieval Wales imagined by author Mark Noce in his debut historical fiction novel, “Between Two Fires,” the first in a series published by Thomas Dunne Books (an imprint of St. Martin’s Press and Macmillan). The book was released on Aug. 23, but now is your chance to grab a copy from the author himself, hear him speak and get him to sign your book—and maybe even spill some secrets about the next installment in the series.
In the Studios Sac Open Studios Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 10-11 and Sept. 17-18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend One: Studios west of Interstate 80 and Highway 99; Weekend Two: Studios east of I-80 and Highway 99 vergeart.com
Now in its 11th year, this two-weekend tour of 150 artist studios throughout Sacramento County will treat guests to a packed schedule of exhibits, activities, demonstrations and interactive events. Established in 2006 by the Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento and run in conjunction with Verge Center for the Arts since 2014, Sac Open Studios has grown to become the largest open-studio event in the county. Verge will kick off the tour with a launch party at its gallery and studio project at 625 S St. from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, with a preview exhibition, food and drink vendors, a DJ and hands-on kids activities. The party also serves as the official book launch and book signing for the new “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-toFork Capital,” a photo-driven guide to the city published by Cecily Hastings. Free special events will be going on during both weekends of the tour, so check out vergeart. com for more information and a full schedule of events and exhibitions.
Sac Open Studios offers tours of 150 open artist studios with exhibits and demonstrations on two Sept. weekends
Quantum Leap “Entanglement With Artificial Intelligence,” presented by Carmichael Quantum Mystics Friday, Sept. 16, 6:45-8:30 p.m. Carmichael Public Library, 5605 Marconi Ave. meetup.com
Do you ever wonder if robots are the future of human evolution? The Carmichael Quantum Mystics probes this hair-raising question in this free program that features a viewing of Season 4, Episode 7 of “Through the Wormhole” with Morgan Freeman, followed by a short presentation of the three evolutionary stages of artificial intelligence and discussion.
“Yay!” For JAYJAY Reboot: New Work from JAYJAY Artists Sept. 14 through Oct. 29 5524B Elvas Ave. 453-2999, artsy.net/jayjay
One of Sacramento’s favorite contemporary art galleries celebrates its 15th anniversary with the reveal of a newly remodeled exhibit space and an exciting opening show of all new work from the well-known JAYJAY stable of artists as well as artists who are new to the gallery. Founders Beth Jones and Lynda Jolley started JAYJAY (for Jones and Jolley, natch) in 2000 in a small storefront on Franklin Boulevard as an experiment, and clearly, the venture took off! Join the two J’s at their 15th anniversary celebration and grand opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, with music and refreshments.
No. 151, 30” x 90,” acrylic, gouache, enamel, oil, powdered pigment and shellac on three panels by Ian Harvey. Part of the Reboot: New Work from Jay Jay Artists
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All That Jazz Jazz Night at the Crocker Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. (Shelley Burns & Avalon Swing) and 6:30 p.m. (Denise Perrier) Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerartmuseum.org
The Jazz Night at the Crocker series comes to a crescendo with Denise Perrier on the Crocker’s Main Stage. Described as “the voice with a heart,” Perrier’s rich, contralto voice delivers the standards but spices things up with blues and Latin. Avalon Swing will bring a swing sensibility to classic jazz on the Café Stage.
Cruise Fest on Fulton is back and features more than 500 classic and unique cars this year.
Super Fun Superheroes ArtMix Crocker-Con Thursday, Sept. 8, 5-9 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerartmuseum.org
Bust out your cape and tights and get ready for a galactic good time at the Crocker’s fourth annual ArtMix Crocker-Con. Meet local comic book artists and writers, check out dozens of vendor booths, enjoy out-of-this-world live performances, sample the work of independent game designers and get down at the inaugural comics jam session. You can also do your best superhero impressions at character karaoke and challenge other caped crusaders at the first-ever masquerade parade and dance-off. Enjoy food and drink discounts during happy hour (from 5 to 6 p.m.) and $5 drink specials all night.
Get Your Motor Running CruiseFest On Fulton Avenue (benefitting the California Automobile Museum) Saturday, Sept. 10, 4-8:30 p.m. Fulton Avenue between Marconi Avenue and Cottage Way calautomuseum.org
Cruisin’ is back on Fulton Avenue, but this year, the cars aren’t just parked and pretty, they’re movin’ and cruisin’! More than 500 classic and unique cars will take over Fulton Avenue, including Gov. Jerry Brown’s ’74 Plymouth and re-creation “clone” cars provided by Tribute Team American Graffiti as seen in the movie “American Graffiti.” After the cruise from 4 to 6 p.m., the cars will all be parked along the route, where spectators will be able to get up close and personal with the cool classics, from a 1931 Model A to a 1938 Buick Special to a 1965 Suburban, as well as a variety of exotics such as Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches and Maseratis. The festivities will also include six bands and a variety of food trucks, vendors, breweries and auto-related artisans. As always, CruiseFest is free to all spectators. CruiseFest On Fulton Avenue is a benefit for the California Automobile Museum, located at 2200 Front St. in Old Sac.
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Pianist Catherine Miller performs at the Crocker
Girl Composer Power Crocker Classical Concert featuring soprano Carrie Hennessey and pianist Catherine Miller Sunday, Sept. 11, 3 p.m. Crocker Art Museum, 216 O St. crockerartmuseum.org
Acclaimed soprano Carrie Hennessey returns to the Crocker for a concert celebrating female composers throughout the eras, including works by Alma Mahler (wife of Gustav), Clara Schumann (wife of Robert) and Fanny Mendelssohn (sister of Felix), as well as contemporary composer Libby Larsen. Hennessey will be accompanied on piano by Sacramento native Catherine Miller, a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and a former member of the Sacramento Youth Symphony. Miller has gone on to study at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary, as a Fulbright scholar, receive her master’s of music degree at the Juilliard School, and tour around the world as a vocal competition accompanist.
Oy Vey, Schmear! 39th annual Sacramento Jewish Food Faire Sunday, Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Traditional Jewish cuisine of all types is available at the Jewish Food Faire
Congregation Beth Shalom, 4746 El Camino Ave. 485-4478, jewishfoodfaire.com
The 39th annual Sacramento Jewish Food Faire is a chance for the community to come together to enjoy entertainment, arts and crafts vendors and, of course, food! Chow down on new and traditional Jewish cuisine such as corned beef, pastrami and brisket sandwiches, bagels and lox, blintzes, latkes, falafel, stuffed cabbage rolls, noodle kugel, matzo ball and vegetarian mushroom barley soups, falafel, homemade hummus and Israeli pickled vegetables. Have a sweet tooth? Check out the hard-to-find homemade and imported baked pastries including rugellah, hamentashen, strudel, noodle kugel and much more. Highlighting the Faire’s “Generation to Generation” theme, many parents, children and grandchildren of the same family are participating in this year’s event by working together preparing foods, sharing recipes, performing and serving.
Going Once, Going Twice … 35th annual KVIE Art Auction Friday, Sept. 23, 7-10 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 24, and Sunday, Sept. 25, noon-10 p.m. kvie.org/artauction
Celebrating KVIE Public Television’s 35 years of creating an accessible venue to bring art into area homes, the 35th annual KVIE Art Auction will showcase more than 260 works of art by emerging, well-known and world-renowned Northern California artists selected by a distinguished panel of jurors overseen by KVIE art curator D. Neath. The live, threeday broadcast on Channel 6 will feature work that was culled from nearly 800 entries to make it to your TV screen—so get bidding! A complete list of artists as well as images and information on each piece up for bid is available on the KVIE website. Want a sneak peek? Don’t miss the Preview Gala on Monday, Sept. 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Twenty Shades of Ray Twenty Shades of Ray: 1996-2016, a 20-year survey of art by Robert-Jean Ray Sept. 10 through Oct. 1 DaDas Art Gallery Boutique, 3655 J St. 538-1082
See the beauty of two decades of creative creation when DaDas Art Gallery Boutique (in cooperation with microARTCollection) presents a 20-year survey of drawing, printmaking, collage, painting and mixed-media micro art by Robert-Jean Ray. Ray’s development was influenced by the graphic innovations of early 20thcentury modernism and, later, by post-modern abstract expressionism, arte povera and neo-expressionism. For more than 15 years, Ray’s goal has been to merge depictions of the human face with mixed-media collage compositions inspired by urban street graphics. His micro format drawings, collages and mixed media pieces have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and he has contributed illustrations to numerous publications, collaborated with other creatives, organized exhibitions for various art galleries and public institutions and is the founder/curator of microARTCollection. Meet him in person at the opening reception on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 3-5 p.m.
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A New Page We’ve published our first book!
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he tables are going to be turned on us in the next few months as we release our new book, “Inside Sacramento: The Most Interesting Neighborhood Places in America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital.” While usually it is our writers on our pages who tell our vital local stories, we will be reaching out to the rest of Sacramento’s media to help us promote the new book. One of the questions I’ll be asked to answer is why we published this book. Honestly, I grew tired of Sacramento’s not getting the respect it deserves as a place to live or a destination to visit. Sacramento hasn’t marketed itself especially well, especially the great neighborhood experiences our city offers. We rarely show up on lists of great places to live or visit in magazines or on websites. I’m convinced that is because there
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is nothing published that extols our virtues. A similar book, called “This Is Oakland” by Melissa Davis and Kristen Loken, inspired me. After seeing what they’d created for another underrated city, I knew Sacramento was ripe for a similar approach to help us create a new civic image. The Oakland book profiled 90 places in seven city neighborhoods. We identified eight city neighborhoods: Downtown, Old Sac, Midtown, R Street, The Handle, Oak Park, Land Park and East Sac. Originally, I thought we would be able to find only 70 places to eat, shop and explore in those neighborhoods. But as we delved into the selection process, we quickly realized we would go well beyond 70 places. When we were done, we had tallied 101 great places! While a handful of places
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we selected were not available for photography or didn’t fit our photo format, we quickly found other places that were worthy of inclusion. Creating this book was a challenge, but it was also greatly rewarding. While our 20-plus years of publishing proved helpful, the book publishing business is different and required us to learn new skills. Creating a book like this takes a very talented team. I am blessed to have one. The fabulous work of our photographers, Aniko Kiezel and Rachel Valley, speaks for itself on every page. Jessica Laskey wrote the descriptions of each place and managed the relationships with the participants. Graphic designer Brian Burch helped guide me in creating the beautiful book design. Longtime book publisher Helen Sweetland, now of Left Coast Book Works here in Sacramento, was invaluable in helping me negotiate the world of book publishing, printing and distribution. And I am grateful to Bob Graswich for contributing his expert editing skills. My husband Jim deserves a great deal of credit for keeping our business and home life running smoothly while I took nearly a year away from both to create this book. And I am very grateful to my publication staff members Daniel Nardinelli, Cindy Fuller, Michael McFarland, Marybeth Bizjak, Linda Smolek, Lisa Schmidt and Lauren Hastings, who
contributed design, photography, editing, distribution or web skills. I am also grateful to the smallbusiness owners who welcomed us into their places, shared their stories with us and helped us with book sales. They truly inspire us. Here is the introduction to the book so you can better understand why we pursued this project.
INTRODUCTION TO “INSIDE SACRAMENTO” Sacramento is known as America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital. No other major American city is more centrally located amid so many small, family-owned farms, ranches and vineyards—all producing year-round in our ideal Mediterranean climate. Sacramento adopted the Farm-toFork Capital designation through the efforts of civic and business leaders who wanted to sing the praises of our local food-growing and food-making experience. Sacramento is also home to one of the largest farmers markets in the state: the famed Sunday farmers market downtown, an exciting marketplace of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, flowers and artisanal products. In Sacramento, some 40 other farmers markets attract tens of thousands of people each week seeking the farm-to-fork experience.
Sacramento celebrates farm-to-fork culture each September with a festival and other events capped by a gala dinner, at which hundreds of diners enjoy a locally sourced meal on the magnificent Tower Bridge. Guests are treated to a feast highlighting the delicious collaboration between the Sacramento region’s farmers and chefs. The honored chefs selected to create the dinner are given a special green logo on their restaurant’s page in this book. But Sacramento doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. Even though it is the state capital, it’s often overshadowed by its larger and louder regional neighbors. The discovery of gold in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the historic Gold Rush. But in recent years, another rush has occurred: the development of the city’s many diverse neighborhoods. People are attracted to these neighborhoods by the sheer number of interesting shops, restaurants, cafés and other commercial establishments. In addition, the new Golden 1 Center downtown has encouraged dozens of new developments that enrich the central city and beyond, bringing people from all over to dine, shop, explore and be entertained. Our book is a curated collection of Sacramento’s most interesting places. It’s designed to give readers an insider’s glimpse into the unique and exceptional Sacramento neighborhood
experience. It’s not meant just for people who live in Sacramento, but also for visitors from all over the country who come on business or vacation or are considering moving here. The eight neighborhoods profiled in this book are among the city’s most pleasant to visit on foot and on bike. Sacramento is perfect for raising families so we have indicated the places that especially welcome them. This book was lovingly crafted as a guide to the delightful locally owned places we know about from living here and publishing neighborhood newsmagazines for the past two decades. Find yourself in Sacramento! “Inside Sacramento” is a 208-page, softbound, 8-by-10-inch, photo-driven guide to our city. It retails for $34.95. A limited number of books are available at all of the places featured in the book. For a list of sellers, go to our website, insidesacbook.com. You can also purchase a copy at one of our many book-signing events this month. The first will be held at Verge Center for the Arts at 625 S St. on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. The center will be celebrating the launch of its 2016 Sac Open Studios tour. We’ll also have a booth at the Farm-to-Fork Festival on Capitol Mall on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can also purchase the book online at insidesacbook.com. If you enjoy our publications, you will certainly enjoy our new book! n
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Randy Brink with River Cats president Jeff Savage. Photo courtesy of Kaylee Creevan. Ra
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ou probably don’t know his name. But if you ever met him, he’d remember your name. And after that, you probably wouldn’t forget his. At 56, Randy Brink has spent a lifetime building relationships, working—for free—for many of Sacramento’s leading sports teams and community organizations. A volunteer for the Sacramento Kings for 31 years, he attends all the home games, holding the titles of chief sound engineer and certified stagehand. For the Sacramento River Cats, he’s assistant for stadium operations and fireworks safety officer. For the Sacramento Republic FC, he’s the director of pitch. “Randy has just always been here,” says Jeff Savage, president of the Sacramento River Cats. “I don’t know how he gets in or gets tickets, but he does. I’ll see him in the hallway, in the office or around the stadium.” Brink’s secret: He makes friends easily and at all levels inside an organization. He quickly learns people’s names and becomes part of the team. “He’s a fixture around the River Cats,” says Savage. “Most of the staff knows him.” “Everyone loves Randy,” says Warren Smith, a former River Cats executive and now president of Sacramento Republic. He and Brink met in 1991, when Smith was working to bring the River Cats to Sacramento and get a stadium built in West Sacramento. “He just walked right up to me and said, ‘I’m going work for the River Cats,’” Smith recalls. “I said, ‘What do you want to do?’ Randy became fire marshal for the team and stadium.”
Later, Brink followed Smith to the Sacramento Republic soccer team. At every home game, as director of pitch, Brink escorts officials and referees onto the field to start the game. “Randy will walk around the rest of the game,” said Smith. “He’ll talk with staff and the people he knows. The players love him. Fans love him. He’s a special guy.” Kings and River Cats games and Republic matches aren’t the only places you’ll see Brink. That was him at this summer’s California State Fair, where he holds the title of state fair goodwill ambassador. He helps open every meeting of the fair’s board of directors, and he says an opening prayer at Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau board meetings. From farm-to-fork events and firework shows to Junior Olympics and NCAA Track and Field Championships, Brink is there, with all-access passes around his neck and a title for every activity. Brink’s volunteer resume is long and varied: He announces the baseball games at McClatchy High School. He’s facilities manager at Crocker & Crocker, emergency response manager for the West Sacramento Fire Department, honorary fire marshal for the Sacramento Fire Department, handler of dignitary operations for Mayor Kevin Johnson, honorary fire marshal in Old Sacramento. The list goes on. Brink is also an honorary Shriner in Masonic Lodge 20. And he’s pretty matter-of-fact about his job as an assistant skip tracer for bail bondsman Leonard Padilla.
“I love what I do,” says Brink. “I’ve worked for Sacramento mayors and I’ve met six governors.” Brink attended McClatchy High School. Developmentally disabled, he now lives in a group home. A group of local leaders help him out when a need arises. One of those friends is Brian May, vice president of operations with the Sacramento Republic, who retired as deputy general manager of Cal Expo in 2012. “I met Randy more than 30 years ago,” says May. “We were at the Special Olympics and he requested the microphone, explaining that he was ambassador of the event and had to address the group. Randy didn’t compete, but he did show up and got involved.” With the help of Bob Thomas, then the director of Sacramento’s parks and recreation department, Brink volunteered for the city. Thomas went on to be Sacramento’s city manager and Sacramento County chief executive. Their friendship paved the way to more volunteer jobs with the city. May helped Brink get his Cal Expo gig and supplied him with a desk and business cards. As a Cal Expo volunteer, Brink has an email address and a bike. “He’s part of the family,” says May. “It’s been a blessing. I think the reason Randy has been so successful is he’s not shy. He gets to know people and their families and asks about them.” Brink gets around by foot and local buses. His schedule is packed with places to be and things to do. How TO page 17
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FROM page 15 does he keep it all organized? Brink points to his head and simply says, “It’s all up here.” His favorite sports teams are the Kings, River Cats, Monarchs, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, Oregon Ducks, 49ers and Raiders. “Oh, yeah, I liked the Mountain Lions when they were here. They were the kitty cats,” he says with a laugh. Dressed in sunglasses and distinctive colored sneakers, he’s a fixture at events sponsored by the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau. “I think we all, at one point or another, forget to stop and enjoy the good things happening all around us,” says SCVB president Steve Hammond. “Randy’s positive attitude is a reminder to all of us to look for the joy in our lives. He’s also living proof that if you give of yourself to your community, your community will give back in return.”
As facilities manager at Crocker & Crocker, Brink handles company events. When he turned 50, Lucy Crocker and a team of Randy fans threw a birthday party attended by more than 200 local leaders, the Kings Dancers and other longtime friends. In 2001, the city honored him with a proclamation recognizing his “outstanding commitment to the City of Sacramento and neverending willingness to help in almost any capacity, extending our deepest gratitude and appreciation for all that he has done.” There will be more jobs and titles in Brink’s life. He might be Sacramento’s number one volunteer. He’s certainly Sacramento’s number one cheerleader. And with that, he has an all-access pass to everything Sacramento.
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ak Park has been called “Sacramento’s first suburb.” More than a century old, Oak Park was a streetcar suburb, easily reachable by streetcars that were first drawn by horses and later ran on electricity. At the turn of the last century, the neighborhood was a thriving center for arts, culture, shopping and dining. Throughout the 20th century, events conspired to bring Oak Park down, turning it into a neighborhood more known for crime and decay than for arts and culture. The freeway building boom of the ’50s and ’60s dealt a double blow to Oak Park, cutting it off from adjacent neighborhoods and allowing middle class and prosperous residents to move out to more remote suburbs farther from the city center. Much like other similar neighborhoods across the country, Oak Park has been a target for revitalization and redevelopment for decades, with progress coming in fits and starts, and sometimes not at all. Recent revitalization efforts, however, seem to be taking hold. A handful of businesses have staked their claim around the newly named Triangle District, and their fortunes seem to be on the rise. This isn’t luck or good timing, however. Many of the businesses nestled in the crook of the triangle, around 35th Street and Broadway,
are putting out quality food and libations. They’re places that would be successful no matter where they set up shop. Two that stand out for their exemplary fare are Oak Park Brewing Company and La Venadita. The first is a thriving brewery/restaurant opened by a couple of local home brewers who wanted to share their passion with others. The second is a new venture by a successful Bay Area restaurateur who grew up in Sacramento. La Venadita (Spanish for the little deer, or doe) is a tongue-in-cheek taqueria. Owner Tom Schnetz grew up not far from Oak Park and now owns a house just a few blocks from his new restaurant. La Venadita’s logo is a portrait of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with antlers coming out of her head. You’ll find this kind of playfulness throughout the space and the menu. The queso fundido, usually a combo of molten cheese and chorizo, swaps out the standard Mexican sausage for shrimp, directly assaulting the noseafood-and-dairy “rule.” The mix is a gooey, satisfying treat. The carnitas taco is one of the best I’ve ever had. Fried in the shell, this beautiful combo of simmered pork, cheese and salsa takes a staple and elevates it to something extraordinary. Similarly, the Vampiro, an al pastor taco, is a sloppy feast of
marinated pork, fried cheese, onions, cilantro and just a little bit of guilt. You won’t want to skip it. Unexpectedly, one of the standouts on the menu is a simple salad. A perfect combo of mixed greens, roasted red onions and red peppers, pumpkin Lunch at La Venadita seeds, queso fresco and cumin vinaigrette, it’s a beautiful summer fixture of the neighborhood, and a salad. The flavors are on point and a solid citizen in the ever-expanding blunt reminder to us carnivores how Sacramento brewing scene. flavorful and rewarding a well-made Oak Park Brewing offers a wide salad can be. array of house-made and guest beers, La Venadita’s interior is plucky including my favorite: the house-made and funky. One bright-pink wall Rope Swing Cream Ale. The food dominates the space, looming over an menu is varied, with some ambitious open, exposed-brick-and-beam room dishes. flooded by light from two walls of Culinary standouts include the windows. The service is light. It’s an Little Chicken Bucket, a Southernorder-at-the-counter kind of place, but fried game hen served with an orders are sent from the kitchen muy indulgent pile of cheese grits, collard rapido. greens and chili honey glaze. This Just across the street, Oak Park little dish is one of the finest Southern Brewing Company holds down a dishes in this here Western town. secure spot in the new Oak Park. The shrimp and grits are also a great Open only two years, this brewery/ Southern plate, but pack enough heat restaurant already seems like a to light a gas furnace, so be warned. The shrimp po’ boy, OP burger and spare ribs are worth eating as well. Everything is served on point by friendly waiters in the brewery’s elegant steampunk environs. If you haven’t dropped by some of the new eateries in Oak Park, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Check it out. It’s closer than you think, and it offers a new slice of Sacramento history. La Venadita is at 3501 3rd Ave.; 400-4676; lavenaditasac.com. Oak Park Brewing Company is at 3514 Broadway; 660-2723, opbrewco. com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n
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ny historian will tell you that we can’t really know where we’re going unless we know where we’ve already been. That lesson can be applied fairly generally, from politics to economics, and maybe even particularly to development. Despite recent question marks, the trajectory of Heller Pacific’s Ice Blocks development might be guessed at through comparisons to a previous Heller Pacific project, the MARRS building on 20th Street. It was only last November when the historic Crystal Ice building went up in flames, essentially putting Heller Pacific’s project on ice. Despite the fire, Ice Blocks, a seven-building mixed-use project on R Street between 16th and 18th streets, is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. “We were approximately 85 percent preleased on the office space upstairs, and then the fire destroyed
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the project altogether,” says Aaron Marchand, vice president of Turton Commercial Real Estate. Marchand, responsible for leasing office space in Ice Blocks, admits that the fire posed a challenge for the developers: how to keep momentum while redefining the project. “The project was a question mark. So we flew to Portland to refresh and get a sense of what was going on in other cities that we hoped to emulate,” he says. “We saw that heavy-timber construction was really leading the charge up there.” In Portland, they toured redevelopment projects with high ceilings, natural light, huge glass windowpanes, exposed beams—all things that the Crystal Ice building could afford. After the fire, Heller Pacific and local architect Stephen Guest of RMW treated the project as “a blank slate,” says Marchand, “with efficient floor plans and energy efficiency, while maintaining a cool, creative space. Now we can offer loft mezzanine-type creative office environments, with internal stairwells and 24-foot walls of glass.” The development is broken into three blocks. The first will include approximately 30,000 square feet
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Despite the fire, Ice Blocks, a seven-building mixed-use project on R Street between 16th and 18th streets, is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.
of retail and approximately 97,000 square feet of creative offices. The second block will include 12,000 square feet of retail, as well as about 145 market-rate apartments. The third block is made up of three small buildings with multiple retail tenants on the ground floor and offices on the second. Marchand says the new design will pay tribute to R Street’s industrial history while creating a vibrant space where people can gather and socialize outside of home or work—the socalled “third place” of community building.
For those wondering what impact Ice Blocks may have on the Sacramento community, the MARRS building may be instructive. In 2008, Heller Pacific redeveloped what Marchand describes as “an old concrete warehouse box,” transforming the half-block building into what he says is now “a vibrant, pivotal piece of Midtown.” A short drive along 20th Street between J and K streets, from Peet’s to LowBrau Bierhall, seems to confirm this: The patio stretching the length of the block-long MARRS building is routinely packed with people.
Marchand says Ice Blocks will be like the MARRS building on steroids. Though it’s only a single building, MARRS seems larger. It was designed to “activate” the public space along the length of its exterior, creating a third-place environment that Ice Blocks, as a seven-building project, should only improve upon. As an example, says Marchand, “two buildings will be staggered, with a breezeway connecting the two, so that now you have eight possible corners instead of just four.” Marchand expects that the creative vibrancy of Ice Blocks will rely upon the diversity of its tenants, a synergy that can’t be gauged until after those tenants move in. In the meantime, Ice Blocks is appealing to everything from “small consulting firms to large tech companies,” as well as to both Sacramento businesses and national clients. “We can offer suites down to 1,200 square feet, which is unique for a new development. Also, you can have a 400-square-foot retailer all the way up to a 10,000-square-foot retailer, even a 20,000-square-foot retailer,” says Marchand. While Ice Blocks lost some tenants after the fire, the leasing agent has since entered new negotiations with other potential tenants. “The momentum is picking back up,” says Marchand. One important tenant still plans to move its main office to Ice Blocks: Sacramento Republic FC. (It also plans to open a storefront and event space.) Jordan Venema can be reached at jordan. venema@gmail.com n
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The Farm Next Door EVERYTHING EDIBLE GROWS AT THIS BACKYARD URBAN FARM
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uice from a just-picked orange threatens to run down my chin. My host, urban farmer Nina Prychodzko of Old World Farm in East Sacramento, says the fruit came from a tree her father planted more than 40 years ago. She urges me to sample a sunwarmed cherry tomato and a ripe fig—what she calls candy. I hesitate to pick an Asian pear. It looks like a green apple on steroids, but it is surprisingly sweet and I eat the whole thing. I wipe my sticky hands on my jeans and struggle with my flip-flops as I follow Prychodzko around the garden. She darts here and there while she fills a bag with fruits and vegetables, despite my protest that I can’t accept gifts. I’m almost too full to walk. Old World Farm is one of six urban gardens that will be featured on Soroptimist International of Sacramento’s Edible Gardens Tour on Sept. 10. Prychodzko and David Baker of Green Restaurants Alliance Sacramento will be on hand at Old World Farm. Along with other local gardeners, including Kristi and Mike Fitzgerald and East Sac Farms’ Morgan Daily and Kyle Hagerty, they will answer questions and offer water-
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ponytail. When my pen quits working, she digs through her fanny pack to find another one. She owns one of the oldest cellphones I’ve seen in a while. Old World Farm looks like every other house on 37th Street, albeit one with an abundance of figs and comfrey growing in the front yard. When Prychodzko opens the gates to her garden, you travel back in time. She practices farming techniques she learned from her parents, who were originally from Belarus and Poland and had a farm in Paraguay. They came to California in 1964 when Prychodzko was 5 years old. There are no drip-irrigation systems or equipment here. Prychodzko waters by hand and uses a pitchfork to till the soil. Her neighbors throw cardboard over her fence and leave pails of compost on her porch. The compost goes directly into the ground, and she covers it with carpet scraps and cardboard to keep the soil moist. Her parents bought the unassuming house and double lot for cash in 1973 and transformed it into a working farm. “My mom used to sell produce right off the front
Urban farmer Nina Prychodzko of Old World Farm
saving tips and information to create your own edible garden. On this morning, Prychodzko is wearing cut-off sweatpants, a T-shirt and old running shoes, and her reddish hair is pulled into a loose
porch, 24/7,” she says. Customers knew to slide money through the mail slot on the door when the family wasn’t home. Guys knew her mother would encourage them to buy lots of flowers for their sweethearts. “Mom said, ‘The more you talk, the more you sell,’” she says. Prychodzko, one of 11 kids, inherited the house and farm, along with her mother’s charm and a bit of her accent. She shows me a photo of her parents while we take a break under the arbor. A hummingbird buzzes by and eyes the grapes. Prychodzko no longer sells produce on the porch and doesn’t keep business hours; she puts out fliers and a flag to let people know when she is open. And, like her mother before her, she sells the fruits of her labor to local chefs. Patrick Mulvaney, a longtime customer, is fond of the figs in the front yard. “I get to share [my garden] with chefs,” she says. “I don’t want any demands. I’m going to grow what I want to grow.” I try to write down everything she does grow: sunflowers, grapefruit, grapes, persimmons, peaches, beets,
Swiss chard, raspberries, tangelos, melons, those famous figs and her father’s oranges. She adds a spiky, purplish amaranth plant to the bag, which is getting heavy, along with some bay leaves. There are dahlias, cacti and wooly thyme. I’ve missed a bunch. It’s impossible to keep track of it all, but Prychodzko has a map in her head. Everything is natural. Nothing is wasted. “I don’t spray anything. I don’t fertilize. The earth takes care of itself,” she says. I ask about the weathered wreaths lying around the vegetable boxes and Prychodzko tells me she rescued them after Christmas last year from a heap of yard waste on 42nd and M streets. They are slowly composting into the soil. Proceeds from the 2016 Edible Gardens Tour will benefit Tubman House’s Doorway Program and the Food Literacy Center. Be sure to visit Old World Farm, as well as the other gardens on the tour. And wear your walking shoes. For more information about the Edible Gardens Tour, go to soroptimistsacramento.com n
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User Friendly? TRANSIT CUSTOMERS CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT THEY WANT
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he New York-based TransitCenter foundation recently surveyed 3,000 transit riders across the country to find out what they wanted. Researchers also held focus groups with transit users to delve deeper into their transit desires. Unsurprisingly, it turns out transit users most prize transportation basics: frequent service, short trip times and stops you can get to by walking. (A local Sacramento concern, security on board transit vehicles, was not surveyed.) Those basic wants seem simple enough, but many times they aren’t met. Decision makers, who typically are not transit users themselves, may place more emphasis on serving a large geographic area than on frequent and fast service. Further, decision makers may have a distorted view of transit customers. TransitCenter found that the traditional concept of two rider types, well-heeled “choice” riders and transit-dependent “captive” riders, is
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wrong. Even supposedly captive riders do have other transportation options. Shoddy service will still drive them away. The customary transit system strategy of catering to commuters (a mix of choice and captive riders), yearning for more choice riders and virtually ignoring captive riders is misguided. TransitCenter breaks the transit market into three rider categories: occasional, commuters and all purpose. They recommend that transit providers vigorously target all-purpose riders—the riders who make the most transit trips. The goal, according to the foundation’s report, should be to “create conditions that increase the number of people who can walk to useful transit.” In a number of ways, Sacramento’s approach to transit operations has been at odds with the market-oriented (and trip-maximizing) transportation system TransitCenter touts. Regional Transit has cut back service frequency. Based on user wants, reducing frequent service
is the worst long-term marketing strategy. Frequent transit service is the most valuable transit characteristic. Ideally, with service every 10 or 12 minutes, a rider may not have to bother checking a schedule. There’s a shorter wait if a bus or train is missed. RT’s buses typically run every half hour or even less frequently. That’s a problem. Riders want fast trip times, but RT has cut routes. That means slower trip times. Trips that used to be direct may require transfers, waiting, circuitous routes, taking buses that get stuck in traffic, and walking too far. TransitCenter suggests reducing trip times by creating dedicated rights of way for transit. Prepaid fare collection, “tap-and-go” fare cards and other methods can speed boarding. Designing (and redesigning) routes to be straight and direct is important. Streetcars earn special disdain in the TransitCenter report. A few streetcar systems have been successful by serving walkable neighborhoods and busy destinations.
Most other systems have fallen far short of meeting ridership expectations. They’ve mainly been a development tool or tourist attraction, rather than a key transportation component. Streetcars operating in mixed-flow traffic (with cars), like the one Sacramento is planning, are slow, averaging 8 mph. Buses can go twice as fast. RT has 22 light rail park-andride stations. These stations are inherently not walkable and have no neighborhood feel or sense of place. They have 8,000-plus parking spots that either are free or cost a
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maximum of $1 a day. They primarily serve commuters, many of whom are motivated to use them to avoid paying higher parking rates downtown. Outside of peak commute hours, the stations are rarely used. Globally, the busiest transit stations are all-purpose, triporiented stations. Those are the stations that see use throughout the day. Stations need to be easily reached by walking and surrounded by mixed-use neighborhoods with many destinations. Eighty percent of frequent transit users get to stations by foot. TransitCenter urges concentrating on improving transit service in walkable neighborhoods. However, service to less dense, less walkable areas has been a hallmark of RT’s light rail system. RT chose light rail routes that saved on construction costs but shortchanged customers on convenience. Route alignments don’t directly serve prime destinations. The Watt line avoided Arden Fair mall and ends at Roseville Road and Watt stations that are in the middle
of nowhere. McClellan Business Park, with thousands of jobs, is close by but not served. The Folsom line could have jogged over to Sac State but it didn’t, and it runs through miles of sparsely developed land. In November, Sacramento County voters will be voting on another transportation sales tax. Instead of fixing RT first and focusing solely on more frequent and faster transit service and needed maintenance, Measure B includes light rail expansion to far-flung, less dense, less walkable areas. It includes an expensive streetcar line. Light rail expansions to Elk Grove and the airport will add some new customers, but they won’t provide what most transit customers want: frequent and fast service and walkable stations. In fact, the operating costs for the expansions will likely hamstring RT’s ability to deliver what customers really desire. Walt Seifert is a bicyclist, driver and transportation writer. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net n
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Thru September 18 Presented by Runaway Stage Productions at 24th Street Theatre 2791 24th St, Sac 207-1226 Based on the award-winning DreamWorks animation film, Shrek: The Musical is this year’s must-see show for all the family. Join the unlikely hero and his loyal steed Donkey as they embark on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona from a fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Add the diminutive Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairytale misfits, and a biscuit with attitude, and you’ve got the biggest, brightest musical comedy around. Featuring all new songs as well as cult Shrek anthem “I’m a Believer,” Shrek: The Musical brings all the much-loved DreamWorks characters to life, live on stage, in an all singing, all dancing extravaganza.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
Thru September 18 B Street Theatre 2711 B St, Sac 443-5300 The most hilarious show you’ll ever see about depression! An ailing mother. A dutiful son. Every brilliant thing to make her feel better.
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Thru September Sacramento River Train 400 N Harbor Blvd, West Sacramento 800-866-1690 Get a dose of intrigue with murder mystery dinner theatre aboard the Sacramento RiverTrain. As the train rolls along, you’ll meet a cast of quirky characters who will draw you into their drama as they squabble, scheme, and ultimately meet their demise. You’ll be counted on to solve the case while you dine. Tickets include a three hour train ride, three courses of American fare with unlimited coffee and soft drinks, and an interactive dinner theatre show.
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Thru October 2 Capital Stage 2215 J St, Sac 995-5464 National New Play by Will Snider and directed by Michael Stevenson. In the chaotic hustle and bustle of a Wall Street restaurant kitchen, Chef George is trying to stay sober. In between yelling at a pair of trash-talking line cooks and a pot-smoking busboy, he befriends Steve, an East African immigrant who seems to be a humble yet dignified dishwasher. But Steve played a shocking role in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide, and immigration authorities are on his trail. Set during busy dinner shifts and filled with a cast of unforgettable New York characters, HOW TO USE A KNIFE bursts with grinding suspense, energy, and surprise.
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September 16 - October 1 EMH Productions at Ooley Theater 2007 28th St, Sac 214-6255 EMH productions is proud to bring to the stage an original piece by actor and writer, Dan Fagan. Rough neck… that’s what they call men like Brint who work under highly dangerous conditions out in the oil fields. Driven to drink in excess, Brint struggles to deal with his personal issues like a relationship he destroyed, a child who needs a father, and meeting possibly the love of his life, who really should go to Nashville to pursue her dreams of being a singer.
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Green Neighbors Young urban farmers operate a farm stand in their driveway
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sually when people buy a house, they look for a certain number of bedrooms, or an updated kitchen, or an open floor plan. Not Morgan Daily and Kyle Hagerty. When the couple moved from Pacific Grove to Sacramento so Hagerty could take a job with Metro Fire, they weren’t just looking for a place to live—they were looking for a lot with plenty of outdoor space. “We were looking for a yard more than a house,” says Daily, who with Hagerty, her boyfriend of four and a half years, runs East Sac Farms, an urban farmstead based in the backyard of the 56th Street home they moved into in 2014. With a 5,800-square-foot lot (only one-fifth of which is house), the East Sac couple found the perfect setting to plant their biggest garden yet. “Kyle and I share an interest in sustainable living,” says Daily, who is starting as a junior at UC Davis this fall to study sustainable agriculture and food systems. “He inspired me to
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Instagram, @urbanfarmstead. It’s a stunning panoply of photos that features well-composed shots of produce, the photogenic Hagerty and Daily romping in the garden, the quaint chalkboard listing “Today’s Bounty,” a few shots of the farmstead suppers they’ve hosted in their backyard for family and friends, as well as some candid shots of their adorable border collie-Lab mix, Burdock. But when neighbors showed enthusiasm for their concept, the pair decided to spread the word on Nextdoor.com, a website that fields alerts and events for 10 neighborhoods in Sacramento. “At first we weren’t sure if we wanted to share it with everyone,” Daily admits. “But then it started to get so much attention. It was not really something we expected. We haven’t expected any of this, actually. It’s been very exciting.” Urban farms have been gaining in popularity and permanence. Last year, the city of Sacramento passed the Urban Farm Ordinance, which allows people to sell produce they’ve
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grown in their own backyards—something Hagerty actually helped make happen. Daily and Hagerty have tapped into a growing desire to get closer to the source of our food, which is right up Daily’s alley. “I was originally studying culinary arts,” the 26-year-old says. “But I quickly realized that while I enjoy cooking, I didn’t want it as a career. I switched my major first to environmental science, then to sustainable agriculture, which combines the ideas of healthy eating and living and sustainability.” Maintaining an urban farm is hard work. Daily, who works as a nanny when she’s not studying, thoroughly enjoys working on the farm. So does Hagerty when he’s not fighting fires like the recent Sand Fire in Southern California. They work with Peaceful Valley Nursery in Grass Valley to obtain seeds and to follow how-tos on making the most out of their garden. Daily works in the garden in the mornings, and the pair spends one full day a week tending crops, fertilizing, pruning, checking for bugs and mildew, tilling in
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compost and harvesting the bounty for their biweekly giveaways. They encourage visitors to bring produce from their own gardens to trade. They also accept monetary donations, which go right back into the garden or to local school programs that encourage healthy eating and education like the Food Literacy Center and Edible Sac High, where Daily regularly volunteers. “When I graduate, I want to run the farmstead and teach kids,” Daily says. “I want to help local schools encourage kids to know and love healthy food and to know how it’s grown.” They need only stop by East Sac Farms and see how it’s done—one yard plus one dedicated duo equals a beautiful bounty for all. Check out East Sac Farms’ photos on Instagram @urbanfarmstead or email eastsacfarms@gmail.com for more information. East Sac Farms will be featured on the Edible Garden Tour on Saturday, Sept. 10. For more information, go to soroptimistsacramento.com n
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Artful Addition A CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW IS TRANSFORMED WITH A NEW SECOND STORY
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son was born 15 years later, they needed more living and storage space. So in 2012, they remodeled portions of the ground floor and added a second story. Other than the guest room upstairs and the formal
dining room, the family uses every added square inch of the home on a daily basis. Steve, a commercial architect, works from home. One of the bedrooms, with its own bathroom, is now his office.
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The original resident of this historic house was Mary Ruby Taylor Palmer, the widow of a mining engineer from Amador. Her husband, William A. Palmer, lived there from 1914 to 1916. The house was a modest bungalow typical of homes in the early 20th century. Later owners made numerous changes to house, culminating with the Nasts’ remodel, which added 1,000 square feet. The couple’s appreciation for the home’s architectural details meant they required a team experienced in working on older homes. Creative Eye Design + Build and Ted Smith Design fit the bill. “That was a top requirement, since we wanted to make sure the design elements stayed consistent and cohesive from an architectural standpoint,” says Shellie. Except for one small area that became the new laundry room, the footprint of the house wasn’t altered. The Nasts took their cues from the front room of the house, which in Craftsman homes is generally the most formal. New rooms received paneling, moldings, wainscoting and baseboards that matched the original dimensions. In the dining room, the builders created a stunning box beam ceiling that replicates the one in the living room. The couple chose historical paint colors, mostly grays, browns and blues. They painted Steve’s office copper red and added a Bradbury & Bradbury wallpaper frieze. Columns on the exterior of the house are tapered, so the newel posts on the staircase and corners of the kitchen island repeat the same design. The front door is situated at an angle, so the couple re-created the same angle pattern for the doorways in the upstairs hallway. “The idea was for the construction to be consistent. It was functional as well, since it would have been tight if we had used the traditional hallway concept,” Steve explains. The kitchen had been remodeled in the 1980s by a previous owner. The Nasts gutted the space, installing woven bamboo flooring and a farmhouse sink. A new laundry room off the kitchen replaced the inconvenient facility in the basement.
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THE NASTS TOOK THEIR CUES FROM THE FRONT ROOM OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IN CRAFTSMAN HOMES IS GENERALLY THE MOST FORMAL.
A beautiful staircase with cherry stair treads leads to the second-story addition with its three bedrooms and two baths. The railing is inset with two-sided hammered copper tiles in a rose pattern. Tiles are styled after the work of American artist Dard Hunter (1883-1966), who was active in the Arts & Crafts movement. In the bedroom occupied by couple’s son, Bradbury & Bradbury silk-screened wallpaper sports an airplane motif. A window seat provides extra storage. His bathroom boasts an oversized tub and blue penny round floor tiles. The master bath delights the senses with its basket-weave tile carpet runner and the shower’s mosaic tiles. Both bedrooms have awning-style windows. “We open these every night along with the windows over the stairwell during the summer, and the Delta breeze flows through the house,” says Shellie.
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“Everyone did such a great job on this house. It was all about the collaboration,” she says. We love this house. It’s a happy place to be.” I would like to thank Professor Catherine Turrill Lupi, chair of the art department at Sacramento State University, for help with this story. The Nast home will be featured on Preservation Sacramento’s Historic Home Tour on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 on the day of the tour. To purchase tickets, go to PreservationSacramento.org/hometour. If you know of a home you think should be featured in Inside Publications, contact Julie Foster at foster.julie91@yahoo.com n
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Never Too Busy
TO HELP OTHERS IS GIVING BACK PHILOSOPHY OF BILL AND MARY KUYPER
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o say that Mary and Bill Kuyper have a full schedule is an understatement. How much of an understatement? Let’s start with their full-time jobs: Bill is an ornamental iron contractor who’s been commissioned by hospitals, hotels, restaurants and private residents. Mary is a facilities manager for the state with a background in interior design. But the East Sacramento couple also runs a busy side business: a wedding floral company called Garden Wishes. And they volunteer their time with local organizations, including Sacramento Event Crew, the Sacramento
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International Airport Ambassadors, the Sacramento Zoo and Friends of East Sacramento. “We like doing lots of different things,” says Bill, who just completed a stunning metal sculpture for Sutter Hospital as a memorial to a 12-yearold patient. “We volunteer and we travel,” Mary concurs. (They make a point to travel every six weeks or so.) This shared affinity for spending time helping others and exploring the world is something the Kuypers discovered early on in their 20-year marriage. On one of their first dates after meeting at the Sacramento Tall Club, they scooped ice cream at the zoo’s annual Ice Cream Safari. That was more than 21 years ago, and the Kuypers still volunteer for the event every year. As Airport Ambassadors, the Kuypers help out at the airport information booth, telling travelers about local tourist attractions and answering questions.
“We understand travel because we do it so often,” Bill explains. “People are tired and cranky because they’ve just gotten off a flight, so we like to help out.” “Then, when we’re at other airports as travelers ourselves, we like to stop by the information booth and chat with the volunteers,” Mary adds. “Talking to so many people is like studying psychology. You learn how to interact with so many different kinds of people.” This love of conversation has served the couple well as volunteers at the California State Fair for the Sacramento County booth and at the California Grown Floral booth demonstrating how to make wedding bouquets. For the past four years, they have volunteered at McKinley Rose Garden through the nonprofit Friends of East Sac. They oversee the garden’s annual winter pruning, which brings nearly 100 volunteers together on a Saturday morning each January to
prune 1,200 rosebushes. Bill has also lent his metal talents to the arbors decorating the perimeter, as well as to reinstalling the wrought-iron trellis that was stolen from the garden and recovered last April. “We got married at the Rose Garden, so we want to keep it beautiful,” Bill says. The connection to their community includes Bill’s service on the East Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. (He was named Volunteer of the Year in 2015.) The couple created and donated centerpieces for the annual Taste of East Sacramento fundraiser, and they regularly donate blood, work at Farm-to-Fork events in September and are involved with Sacramento Event Crew, which posts volunteer opportunities on its website every month. “It’s great because you can decide to get involved in whatever comes up,” Mary says. “You don’t have to be tied to one organization.”
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Mary’s love of lending a hand can be traced back to her mother, who often took Mary with her on volunteer outings and who still tries to help out—at the age of 95—at the skilled nursing facility where she lives. “She likes to feel useful for people who aren’t as able,” Bill says proudly. Mary’s mother’s love of doing good clearly rubbed off, and lucky for Mary, she found a companion who’s just as gung-ho about giving back. So no matter how busy life gets for the Kuypers, it appears there’s always room to spare for a good cause and a neighbor in need. For more information about volunteer opportunities, visit friendsofeastsacramento.org, saczoo.org, visitsacramento.com, saceventcrew.com or saccounty.net. To see Bill Kuyper’s metalwork, visit billkuyper.com. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com n
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Art Preview GALLERY ART SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER
WASH Inc. Annual Open Watercolor Exhibition, “Go With The Flow 2016”, runs through Oct. 2. at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center.Shown above: “Whitewashed” by Diana Johnson,a 2015 Award Winner. 5330B Gibbons Drive.
Tim Collom Gallery will exhibit new works by Tim Collom through Sept. 28. On display will be a new collection of works in oil as well as selected limited edition giclees. Shown above: “Sunflowers”, 24”x24”, oil on birch panel, 2016 by Collom. 915 20th St.; timcollomgallery.com
Viewpoint Photographic Gallery presents a retrospective of photographer Francine Moskovitz through Oct. 1. Shown above: “Karen, Back View” by Moskovitz. 2015 J St.
The exhibition “Reboot” denotes the reset of JAYJAY on their 15th anniversary. This show celebrates their expanding stable of modern and contemporary artists and runs through Oct. 29. Shown above: Galaxy XVI by Joan Moment, 42” x 84” acrylic on canvas. 5520 Elvas Avenue; jayjayart.com ARTHOUSE on R presents “Ghost Genes”, works by Craig Martinez through Oct. 4. Shown left: “Apache Gahn” by Martinez. 1021 R Street; arthouseonr.com
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Wild Bread LOCAL BAKERS ARE THE GO-TO SOURCE FOR GREAT SOURDOUGH
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his is the story of something seemingly simple yet mysteriously complex: bread. But not just any bread. This bread is more than flour, water and salt. This is wild bread, or to put it more technically, naturally yeasted sourdough bread. Devout followers of this baking style set jars of flour and water outside to harvest natural yeasts from the air. This jar becomes alive with a growing bloom called a mother, which is used as the starting basis for each batch of bread. Some mothers are old, even ancient. They’re talked about and
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looked after like family members. Gin Yang, a local fan of fermented foods, keeps two mothers alive. One is supposedly a descendant of the original San Francisco sourdough. She believes that the other, which she calls Baked Alaska, dates back to the 1800s. Greg Berger, a Sacramento graphic designer, also has a mother with a colorful history. It was passed down from local chef Adam Pechal’s mom, who started it 55 years ago. Pechal gifted this yeast to Berger, who then mixed it with some wild yeast. To keep a sourdough mother alive, you occasionally toss out half of the old mother as you feed it with new flour and water. This process is what sets home-baked sourdough apart from most commercial varieties. “It’s a level of commitment to keep the natural mother alive and difficult to do at a full-scale bakery,” explains Berger. “Tartine [the famed San Francisco bakery] does it, but it’s superselect. It’s only available certain hours, and you can only buy one.”
So when you’re looking for a great loaf of sourdough bread, you’re better off making friends with home bakers like Berger and Yang. They are constantly perfecting their craft, which means there’s often leftover bread to share. Berger makes bread so often that he started “bread bombing” his friends, a term he made up to describe the act of showing up, unannounced, to deliver a beautiful sourdough loaf. “If I was going to charge you for the time and labor … is that my hourly rate, my graphic design rate? That’ll be a $75 loaf of bread!” Berger declares, laughing. Luckily for his friends, it’s always free. He’s not doing this for the money. He’s chasing the challenge of the ultimate loaf, a journey he started in 2013. Yang also drops bread off to friends and neighbors. In the past four years, she’s made more than 1,000 loaves. Yet she’s by no means satisfied with her results. She says she’s still learning, and she expects to be for some time.
“Sourdough gives you a run for your money, kind of like raising kids. Eventually the reward is there,” Yang says. “It’s a journey.” In the world of naturally yeasted sourdough, the journey is better traveled together. Many home bakers have formed online learning communities where they share tips and discoveries. This is where Berger and Yang met. In fact, the two have never met in person—or tasted each other’s breads. Yet they each claim that the other is making the best wild bread. They’re basing this on what they’ve learned from each other online. You can also tell a lot about a successful loaf of sourdough from appearance, so Facebook photos say a lot about a wild bread. Berger says he looks for a nice rounded top with a toasty brown color and tiny blisters from the steam. Berger also says the slash marks on top of the loaf should open up a bit and get crusty. Inside, the holes should be fairly uniform. This is a matter of function.
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she says. “When we’re making the best, we get stuck. We shouldn’t really get that close to that stuff.” Amber K. Stott is founder and chief food genius of the nonprofit Food Literacy Center, inspiring kids to eat their veggies. She’s a freelance food writer and has been named a Food Revolution Hero by Jamie Oliver Food Foundation, Food Tank’s 20 Innovators Protecting the Planet and a TEDx Sacramento Changemaker Fellow. She can be reached at amber. stott@gmail.com n
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Make It
Bigger HE THINKS PLANS FOR CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION ARE TOO TIMID
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President and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council Barry Broome
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arry Broome likes to see foundations being dug, concrete being poured and tower cranes working in the sky, hoisting iron for new office towers, warehouses, factories. Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council, is delighted when the region builds stuff. New buildings mean investments and jobs. So why is Broome calling for a full stop on Sacramento’s plans to sink upward of $200 million into an expanded convention center and remodeled community center theater? Three reasons. First, the expanded convention center won’t be big enough to make a difference in the type of conventions the city attracts. Second, the theater should not be part of the convention center because it restricts the
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expansion footprint. And third, several key players whose input is critical to the expansion—the city manager, the mayor and the convention and visitors bureau chief—are either leaving office or nearing retirement. “These three key people who are responsible for the leadership in this project have done a great job, but there will be less accountability once they leave,” Broome says. “Unfortunately, the region will be left to deal with whatever they've done in terms of the convention, tourism and hospitality platform.” Broome is intense and indelicate with his opinions. But over coffee at Peet’s on Capitol Mall, near offices leased by the economic council in the Wells Fargo building, he’s passionate about the opportunities presented by a new convention center. He’s
fearful of what will happen if the city underestimates the stakes. “The convention center project is just as important as the new arena because of the economic impact it will bring to the region,” Broome says. “The convention, tourist and hospitality platform is huge, and it should represent the best marketing tools a city can offer. We haven't been able to capitalize because the performance of the convention center has been below market.” An expanded convention center and remodeled theater have been discussed for years at City Hall. This past May, the city council announced its intent to get serious about the project by paying $1.34 million to consultants and architects. The city plans to issue bonds and borrow money for the job, which will
run about $200 million under current estimates—or about $600 million by the time the 30-year bonds are paid off. Broome believes those funds will be a waste of taxpayer money if the expansion is too modest. No decisions have been finalized, but city documents suggest the convention center renovation could expand the facility’s exhibit space from 134,000 feet to 200,000 feet. Not big enough, says Broome. The current convention center lags far behind in two other key convention magnets: meeting space and ballroom size. The center has only 20,700 square feet of meeting space—less than half the national average. And the center’s ballroom is 24,300 square feet, or 6,000 square feet smaller than average.
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convention, tourism and hospitality platform is so important.” As we talked, Broome glanced down at 11 pages of single-spaced charts and data tables, material collected by the economic council to demonstrate Sacramento’s position in the convention and hospitality industry. (Disclosure: I helped create the economic council in 2013, before Broome came on board.) Later, he gave me his documents. They made for depressing reading. For example, among our 10 closest peer markets, the Sacramento region is dead last in leisure and hospitality employment—which overwhelmingly impacts young people. The solution is a tax initiative ballot measure, with a fraction of a penny going to build a much larger convention center. The theater should be demolished and reimagined elsewhere, Broome believes. “We’ll help in any way possible,” Broome says. “This is too important not to get right.”
"The convention center project is just as important as the new arena because of the economic impact it will bring to the region. The convention, tourist and hospitality platform is huge, and it should represent the best marketing tools a city can offer. We haven't been able to capitalize because the performance of the convention center has been below market."
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Portrait of an Artist A rowdy youth didn’t stop this prolific painter
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iles Hermann walks into a small room in his suburban home where there is an easel by the window, a red loveseat and a stack of finely executed oil paintings. He sits in the chair in front of the easel and folds his hands. “You can ask me anything,” Hermann says. “I’m fearless.” With a reputation as one of Sacramento’s most consistent painters (he worked through the late ’80s boom, the 2010 bust and into the new “gig economy”), Hermann has history and perspective. At age 54, he has more than 25 one-man shows under his belt. Speaking in a quiet and thoughtful manner, he sketches out his journey as a painter. Artists’ stories sometimes unfurl on an easy path, but his tale rivals some of the abstract expressionists in terms of wild youth and the struggle for self-expression. Thinking back to the late ’80s and early ’90s, Hermann remembers a heady lifestyle in the burgeoning Midtown scene when he created fresh and loose paintings, sold out shows and expended restless energy. There were parties and drinking, and Hermann was so inaccessible that gallery owners had to contact him by mail. And they did. He left the impression of a brilliant and careening young artist, which has its charm. “I would show up for openings drunk and disheveled,” he confesses. One time, the venerable Betty Mast of Artists Contemporary Gallery nearly asked him to leave his own reception. However, she relented and left him woozily leaning against the wall. “Betty was sweet to me,” he says, pausing to rub the back of his neck. “In hindsight, of course, it was all wasteful youth.” Even in the thick of his wild years, Hermann’s work showed astute draftsmanship, a flair for brushwork and a mastery of abstraction that never lost touch with realism. “He was a damn good painter, and he still is,” says Moni Van Camp-Kondos, who helped Hermann land his first show. “The minute I saw his work, I bought three paintings, and they hang in our house today.” Van Camp-Kondos saw Hermann as a painter who needed to find his way. “Back in those days, he didn’t even have an easel to paint on,” she says. She helped him land a job at Corti Brothers market and booked him a show at City Gallery on J Street. Van CampKondos also connected him with the gallery manager at Gump’s in San Francisco, and he By Debra Belt sold out two shows at Artist Spotlight the posh venue.
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Artists’ stories sometimes unfurl on an easy path, but his tale rivals some of the abstract expressionists in terms of wild youth and the struggle for self-expression.
In spite of this success, Hermann struggled. He recalls growing up with six siblings in a family that was occasionally flush and sometimes broke, depending on the whims of his jazz-loving father. His mother worked a graveyard shift for the county. The situation made him angry, and he viewed marriage as a lame institution. Art was his way of connecting with people. “I was always the best artist in school, and it was a way to make friends and leave an impression,” he says. After graduating from McClatchy High, Hermann went to San Francisco to attend The Art Institute. While waiting for student loans to come through, he slept in a park on Russian Hill. He kept his clothes and personal items in three school lockers, off to the side, so no one would see, and he took showers in the upstairs men’s room where hot water was on again, off again. “When you’re young, you can do it,” he says. But he burned out trying to juggle expenses in San Francisco. Hermann returned to Sacramento, where he found teachers like Gregory Kondos. “Greg was generous,” he says. “He would take genuine interest in your work. I also remember him coming in with paint on his arms. He was a real working artist.” Hermann realized the quality of Sacramento and the teachers here. “One time I asked Wayne Thiebaud why he chooses to live and work in Sacramento, when he could live anywhere,” Hermann recalls. “He said he likes it here because it’s unpretentious. He nailed it on that. That is the essence of Sacramento.” Hermann taps into that essence, capturing the deep purple shadows in the hot summer light, the reflections in the rivers and the lush canopy overhead. He continues to work and show in galleries around town and throughout California. “You have to put yourself out there,” he says. “Art is meant to be shared.” With time, his views have softened. “You get clarity with the years,” he says. For instance, he began to think maybe marriage was not such a lame idea. In
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of style, but his look is stripped down and no-nonsense. “I’m serious about working,” he says. He is up at 4 a.m. and in the studio early. “There are such wonderful quiet hours before the noise of the day starts.” On his easel is a painting of Trinity and Edwards streets in the coastal town of Trinidad. The foreground is a stormy and almost abstract rendering of a wet street. Two sharp figures pull the painting back into focused reality. The background is a peaceful ocean, and there’s a patch of blue sky in the distance. He has painted the scene many times over the years, a series of reflections on “the trinity of land, sea and sky.” The painting shows his touch in balancing abstraction and reality. “It’s a constant struggle to capture the scene and stay loose, but not so loose you lose the feeling of the place,” he says.
2005, he married Meghan Hurley, an auburn-haired physical education teacher. “She brings moderation to
my life,” he says. “Frankly, I needed reeling in.” Now he sits in his quiet studio, removed from the Midtown action.
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1818 L ST #508 1818 L ST #412 1718 LIESTAL ALY #100
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95816 E SAC, MCKINLEY PARK 1564 35TH ST 2401 Q ST 569 35TH ST 2400 E ST 1074 36TH ST 741 33RD ST 318 27TH ST 1325 WEST SUTTER WALK
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3180 C ST 2401 D ST 568 SANTA YNEZ WAY 3201 D ST 1216 27TH ST 1327 33RD ST 1329 E SUTTER WALK
95817 ELMHURST 3451 36TH ST 3748 MILLER WAY 5425 2ND AVE 3055 DONNER WAY 2833 34TH ST 2632 36TH ST 4309 U ST 3408 42ND ST 2926 39TH ST 2906 58TH ST
$461,000 $375,000 $485,000 $560,000 $730,000 $430,000 $531,000 $230,000 $380,000 $515,000 $475,000 $400,000 $325,000 $405,000 $259,000 $320,000 $410,000
95818 LAND PK, CURTIS PK 2744 21ST ST 2033 VALLEJO WAY 2847 22ND ST 2708 6TH AVE 1828 CASTRO WAY 2000 VALLEJO WAY 2613 16TH ST 1440 8TH AVENUE 2608 12TH ST 3605 CROCKER 2501 8TH AVE 2648 3RD AVE
$445,000 $415,000 $790,000 $488,000 $495,000 $481,275 $425,000 $720,000 $433,000 $599,900 $515,000 $532,000
95819 E SAC, RIVER PARK 745 SAN ANTONIO WAY 1387 56TH ST 469 PALA WAY 1441 40TH ST. 1416 62ND ST 1033 56TH ST 5539 MODDISON AVE 5413 CALEB AVE 55 49TH ST 826 43RD ST 1900 DISCOVERY WAY 222 TIVOLI WAY 1362 50TH ST 5895 CAMELLIA AVE 112 ADA WAY 1200 44TH ST 1873 51ST ST 1361 54TH ST 5707 SPILMAN AVE 655 55TH ST 517 40TH ST 1517 40TH ST 400 41ST ST
95820 TAHOE PARK 6644 18TH AVE 5212 CABRILLO WAY 3025 53RD ST 5915 18TH AVE 6022 RAYMOND WAY 5 SUBURBAN CT 5020 59TH ST 4560 25TH AVE 4924 63RD ST 3101 PERRYMAN WAY 4204 57TH ST 3859 KROY WAY
$560,000 $580,000 $805,000 $2,250,000 $312,000 $370,000 $525,000 $600,000 $480,000 $655,000 $480,000 $754,500 $415,000 $499,000 $567,500 $876,000 $575,000 $465,000 $525,000 $510,000 $695,000 $592,000 $651,250 $203,000 $284,950 $337,000 $319,000 $339,500 $317,500 $230,000 $230,000 $251,000 $340,000 $297,000 $325,380
4865 10TH AVE 3119 63RD ST 5112 ORTEGA ST 3839 60TH ST 4145 56TH ST 5502 ESMERALDA ST 4817 61ST ST 5217 62ND ST 5301 60TH ST 4240 13TH AVE 201 BRADY CT 5701 8TH AVE 5201 8TH AVE. 4406 78TH ST 5114 ESMERALDA ST 4420 28TH AVE 5150 46TH STREET 3650 62ND ST 4301 71ST
$360,150 $315,000 $257,000 $281,000 $305,000 $225,000 $225,000 $250,000 $265,000 $230,000 $292,000 $309,950 $352,000 $260,000 $255,000 $205,000 $232,000 $301,000 $307,000
95821 ARDEN-ARCADE
2541 FULTON SQUARE LN #39 $95,900 2560 AVALON DR $265,500 2398 RAINBOW AVE $275,000 4126 EDISON AVE $275,000 3613 HILLCREST LN $334,000 2012 JANICE AVE $155,000 2670 WATSON ST $272,500 2440 CARLSBAD AVE $290,000 3613 MIAMI ST $330,000 3712 HUFF WAY $342,000 3857 TERRA VISTA WAY $390,000 3207 KENTFIELD DR $325,000 4100 DENA WAY $376,000 2466 TOWN CIR $210,839 3092 BERTIS DR $277,000 4601 ROBERTSON AVE $410,000 3116 KERRIA $267,000 4508 WYMAN DR $314,900 4419 MULFORD AVE $328,000 2624 EASTERN AVE $360,000 2803 EDISON AVE $166,000 2849 DARWIN ST $220,000 3058 YELLOWSTONE LN $379,950 4308 RIO VISTA AVE $429,000 3109 MIRAMAR RD $309,000 3416 HARGER CT $521,500 2800 TIOGA WAY $345,000 2501 FULTON SQUARE LN #2 $95,000 2561 FULTON SQUARE LN #57$125,000 2701 WATT AVE $245,000 3815 EDISON AVE $575,000 3832 WOODCREST RD $308,000 2401 LESLIE LN $265,000 3300 RUBICON WAY $295,000 2747 TIOGA WAY $379,000 3517 DOMICH WAY $273,000 4625 WYMAN DR $295,000 4500 N PARK DR $425,000 3837 DURAN CIR $315,000 3756 N EDGE DR $230,000 2611 GRANITE WAY $235,000 3601 FRENCH AVE $243,000 4111 BOONE LN $292,000 3533 CHADSWORTH WAY $340,000 3740 N EDGE DR $419,000
95822 SOUTH LAND PARK 7582 SAN FELICE CIR 7472 HENRIETTA DR 4437 EUCLID AVE
$225,000 $316,000 $500,000
7400 BALFOUR WAY 2540 FERNDALE AVE 7505 AMHERST ST 2345 CORK CIR 2101 57TH AVE 5210 CARMEN WAY 4900 CRESTWOOD WAY 5624 JACKS LN 2200 MURIETA WAY 2041 ARLISS WAY 5861 ANNRUD WAY 2251 MURIETA WAY 5641 LA CAMPANA WAY 1436 WACKER WAY 7519 HENRIETTA 1649 68TH AVE 5612 HAROLD WAY 5620 23RD ST 2385 ANITA AVE 6441 HOGAN DR 2125 62ND AVE 7013 AMHERST ST 2011 BERG AVE 2406 34TH AVE 1441 WENTWORTH AVE 5991 WYMORE WAY 7555 MUIRFIELD 2014 ONEIL WAY 2138 54TH AVE 7492 GEORGICA WAY 6068 ANNRUD WAY 7518 AMHERST ST 6811 DEMARET DR 6649 CARNATION AVE
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782 WOODSIDE LANE EAST #12 $90,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #31 $140,000 1528 HOOD RD #C $135,000 532 HARTNELL PL $342,000 1179 VANDERBILT WAY $350,000 2323 SWARTHMORE DR $355,000 2121 TRIMBLE WAY $357,000 961 FULTON AVE #539 $65,500 2212 WOODSIDE LN #1 $147,000 882 E WOODSIDE LN #2 $195,000 2112 JUANITA LN $275,000 2221 WOODSIDE LN #1 $189,500 3021 EL PRADO WAY $285,000 708 COMMONS DR $297,500 2290 WOODSIDE LN #6 $180,000 2025 RICHMOND ST $330,000 504 HARTNELL PL $310,000 1551 UNIVERSITY $445,000 1019 DORNAJO WAY #112 $96,250 1505 HOOD RD #B $130,000 2286 WOODSIDE LN #6 $137,100 606 WOODSIDE SIERRA #5 $110,000 973 FULTON AVE #482 $90,000 2280 HURLEY WAY #75 $160,000 2519 EXETER SQUARE LN $271,500 546 WOODSIDE OAKS #5 $101,000 704 ELMHURST CIR $365,000
95831 GREENHAVEN, SOUTH LAND PARK
6859 ANTIGUA WAY 6370 GRANGERS DAIRY DR 6241 RIVERSIDE BLVD #115 1164 SPRUCE TREE CIR
$375,000 $583,000 $140,000 $282,000
796 SAO JORGE WAY 7348 WILLOW LAKE WAY 7516 POCKET RD 415 NASCA WAY 1157 SPRUCE TREE CIR 804 ROYAL GARDEN AVE 540 VALIM WAY 805 ROUNDTREE CT 7457 WINDBRIDGE DR 7327 FARM DALE WAY 6960 FLINTWOOD WAY 39 SIX RIVERS CIR 930 TRESTLE GLEN WAY 1407 SAN CLEMENTE WAY 1207 SPRUCE TREE CIR 7 PARK VISTA CIR 60 SOUTHLITE CIR 7100 POCKET RD 8003 LINDA ISLE LN 6241 RIVERSIDE BLVD #111 575 DE MAR DR 6912 S LAND PARK DR 671 RIVERGATE WAY 703 BRIDGESIDE DR 15 STARGLOW CIR 6843 WATERVIEW WAY 1324 SAN AUGUSTINE WAY 418 ROUNDTREE CT 1211 SPRUCE TREE CIR 809 ROUNDTREE CT 45 LAS POSITAS CIR 7492 RIO MONDEGO DR
95864 ARDEN
3808 EL RICON WAY 4313 LAURELWOOD 2130 ROCKWOOD DR 4376 VULCAN DR 432 WYNDGATE RD 1613 LA PLAYA WAY 810 LARCH LN 2801 BERKSHIRE WAY 3440 MAYFAIR DR 1711 MERCURY WAY 1371 FITCH WAY 750 EL ENCINO WAY 4335 SIERRA MADRE DR 3021 SIERRA MILLS LN 2005 MARYAL DR 641 ESTATES DR 1337 KEENEY WAY 4340 VALMONTE DR 3220 MAYFAIR DR 1837 MARYAL DR 3320 CHURCHILL RD 3844 LYNWOOD WAY 4260 AVILA LN 2032 NEPTUNE WAY 4140 LAGUNITA CT 4373 VULCAN DR 4305 MORPHEUS LN 2584 MORLEY WAY 3304 SIERRA OAKS DR 1149 GREENHILLS RD 3670 LAS PASAS WAY 736 WHITEHALL WAY 4229 BURRELL WAY 1320 GREENHILLS RD 3120 HEMPSTEAD RD 2106 VENUS DR
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$494,900 $369,000 $810,000 $332,400 $645,000 $780,000 $1,325,000 $219,000 $222,000 $384,000 $629,000 $720,000 $890,000 $408,000 $429,900 $1,800,000 $250,000 $615,000 $191,000 $320,000 $284,000 $290,000 $341,000 $394,000 $820,000 $324,000 $415,000 $637,500 $1,490,000 $225,000 $615,500 $749,000 $378,000 $177,000 $280,000 $385,000
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A LOOK AT WHAT’S IN SEASON AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS IN SEPTEMBER
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BEET
APPLE
BLUE LAKE BEAN
This root vegetable comes in a rainbow of colors: red, gold, pink, white, even striped. It has a very high sugar content and is a unique source of phytonutrients called betalains. Its greens are edible, too: Prepare them similar to spinach or chard. To eat: Roast and serve in a salad with arugula, goat cheese and chopped walnuts.
Nearby Apple Hill supplies the apples in our local farmers markets. They come in numerous varieties: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith and more. This popular autumn fruit can be used in a variety of ways, from salads to desserts. To eat: Bake in a pie with a lattice crust or crumb topping.
This popular bean, also known as a snap or string bean, is considered the gold standard of green beans. Mild and versatile, it has a dark-green, cylindrical, stringless, firm, plump pod. To eat: Use for quick pickling or canning.
CELERY ROOT
PARSNIP
FINGERLING POTATO
Despite its name, this vegetable is not related to celery. A dense, fleshy white root vegetable, it is a flavorful source of vitamin C. It’s also known as celeriac. To eat: Use in salads and slaws.
This root vegetable looks like a top-heavy white carrot. It develops a rich, nutty flavor after cooking. Don’t try to eat it raw—it’s practically inedible. To eat: Add to soups and stews.
This small, waxy potato gets its name from its long, narrow shape, which makes it look like a finger. It comes in a variety of colors and maintains its shape when cooked. To eat: Slice in half vertically, toss with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in a hot oven.
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