Comments on: Pronto- Farmer’s Market in a Bowel [sic] http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/ Sacramento News, Gossip & Snark Wed, 3 Dec 2008 20:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: HeyMeg http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-23998 HeyMeg Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:24:00 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-23998 I'm late to the party and I don't care about the grid issues. But wanted to say Sac-Eats thanks for the suggestion - I had the farmers' market salad this weekend and it was the best salad I've had in Sacramento. I love the croutons and the tangy dressing. It had the right proportions of everything. Well worth the $10 for a nice meal out. Finished with chocolate gelato. I also took the liberty of telling everyone there that I tried it b/c of a glowing review on Sacrag.com. :) I’m late to the party and I don’t care about the grid issues. But wanted to say Sac-Eats thanks for the suggestion - I had the farmers’ market salad this weekend and it was the best salad I’ve had in Sacramento. I love the croutons and the tangy dressing. It had the right proportions of everything. Well worth the $10 for a nice meal out. Finished with chocolate gelato. I also took the liberty of telling everyone there that I tried it b/c of a glowing review on Sacrag.com. :)

]]> By: Amy http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-23581 Amy Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:09:02 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-23581 I'm also a believer in the Farmer's Market Salad. I recommend sharing that with the Mac 'n Cheese side and you've got a $20 dinner for two. Oh, and the gelato is heaven. I’m also a believer in the Farmer’s Market Salad. I recommend sharing that with the Mac ‘n Cheese side and you’ve got a $20 dinner for two. Oh, and the gelato is heaven.

]]> By: wburg http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22816 wburg Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:36:29 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22816 Well, part of why I moved downtown was because I got sick of having various epithets yelled at me from pickup trucks and primered Camaros, including one incident where I was berated because my socks apparently weren't manly enough, so yes, I think that part of it is the hostility encountered when we leave our island home. And no, RG, it doesn't matter in the slightest. But things that don't matter are probably the most entertaining things to discuss on the Internet: if it really mattered, we'd discuss it in person. Well, part of why I moved downtown was because I got sick of having various epithets yelled at me from pickup trucks and primered Camaros, including one incident where I was berated because my socks apparently weren’t manly enough, so yes, I think that part of it is the hostility encountered when we leave our island home.

And no, RG, it doesn’t matter in the slightest. But things that don’t matter are probably the most entertaining things to discuss on the Internet: if it really mattered, we’d discuss it in person.

]]> By: TalkingPocket http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22673 TalkingPocket Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:21:10 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22673 do you think that when gridders leave their homeland they are met with the same hostility that is dealt to those coming in? and how can we tell them apart, is it a secret handshake, a bob of the head out of rhythem? this all reminds me of a piece of artwork hanging in sub-q some years ago. it said, "i love you, but i'm downtown." do you think that when gridders leave their homeland they are met with the same hostility that is dealt to those coming in? and how can we tell them apart, is it a secret handshake, a bob of the head out of rhythem? this all reminds me of a piece of artwork hanging in sub-q some years ago. it said, “i love you, but i’m downtown.”

]]> By: TD http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22609 TD Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:20:01 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22609 "Does it really matter if someone is a hipster, on-the-gridder, suburbanite, dork, nerd, spaz, or geek, so long as they’re happy and not hurting others?" i concur... it takes more than one ingredient to make a good salad. “Does it really matter if someone is a hipster, on-the-gridder, suburbanite, dork, nerd, spaz, or geek, so long as they’re happy and not hurting others?”

i concur… it takes more than one ingredient to make a good salad.

]]> By: RunnerGirl http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22603 RunnerGirl Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:37:08 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22603 And, back where we started! Thanks for entertaining us, as always, Mr. Olsen! All in good fun! :) And, back where we started!

Thanks for entertaining us, as always, Mr. Olsen! All in good fun! :)

]]> By: Christopher Olsen http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22602 Christopher Olsen Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:34:53 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22602 "Apparently it’s only those who live on numbered or lettered streets who are allowed to frequent businesses on the same said numbered or lettered streets. The rest of us are rowdy hellions who need to stay away. Heaven forbid there should be attractions in the downtown area that stimulate the regional economy, and some of us (gasp!) drive cars." Pretty much. At least until I move to Seattle. “Apparently it’s only those who live on numbered or lettered streets who are allowed to frequent businesses on the same said numbered or lettered streets. The rest of us are rowdy hellions who need to stay away. Heaven forbid there should be attractions in the downtown area that stimulate the regional economy, and some of us (gasp!) drive cars.”

Pretty much. At least until I move to Seattle.

]]> By: RunnerGirl http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22597 RunnerGirl Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:47:12 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22597 "You can sing along. The words are easy. 'So I say I gotta be free. So I say I gotta be me.'" I just heard a speech by 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills the other day, and he talked about our perceptions of people, as he fought many perceptions people had of him -- even after he won the gold. Does it really matter if someone is a hipster, on-the-gridder, suburbanite, dork, nerd, spaz, or geek, so long as they're happy and not hurting others? Seriously! This discussion started about SALAD. “You can sing along. The words are easy. ‘So I say I gotta be free. So I say I gotta be me.’”

I just heard a speech by 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills the other day, and he talked about our perceptions of people, as he fought many perceptions people had of him — even after he won the gold.

Does it really matter if someone is a hipster, on-the-gridder, suburbanite, dork, nerd, spaz, or geek, so long as they’re happy and not hurting others?

Seriously!

This discussion started about SALAD.

]]> By: sacpadre http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22594 sacpadre Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:10:35 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22594 I am think I am one of those hipsters in front of Old Ironsides. Actually, I'm inside. They have some killers shows there. I am think I am one of those hipsters in front of Old Ironsides. Actually, I’m inside. They have some killers shows there.

]]> By: Melly http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22589 Melly Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:53:28 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22589 Runnergirl: It took me a while to figure out what you were saying...yep, I am slow. Runnergirl: It took me a while to figure out what you were saying…yep, I am slow.

]]> By: wburg http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22587 wburg Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:25:39 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22587 td: I wouldn't worry about it too much. About a third of those hipsters in front of Old Ironsides are probably in marketing/advertising too. And, of course, whenever I start flaming my own hypocrisy leaps out for everyone to see: I do marketing and advertising for an underground experimental music festival! So I guess that makes me a "marketing drone" too... td: I wouldn’t worry about it too much. About a third of those hipsters in front of Old Ironsides are probably in marketing/advertising too. And, of course, whenever I start flaming my own hypocrisy leaps out for everyone to see: I do marketing and advertising for an underground experimental music festival! So I guess that makes me a “marketing drone” too…

]]> By: TD http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22540 TD Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:24:18 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22540 I guess being in marketing/advertising and having a taste for the underground and experimental music, i find myself at home with both crowds.... or maybe neither.... i can't tell anymore. I guess being in marketing/advertising and having a taste for the underground and experimental music, i find myself at home with both crowds…. or maybe neither…. i can’t tell anymore.

]]> By: runnergirl http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22539 runnergirl Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:22:09 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22539 "oof the ginder to the left hand side." “oof the ginder to the left hand side.”

]]> By: wburg http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22538 wburg Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:15:36 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22538 basuraman: It's a fine line. Do you live on a lettered/numbered street in East Sac? If so, then consider yourself an honorary grid kid, but subtract half of your scene points. You do gain a +4 modifier if you ever paid Downtown James Brown to perform "Sex Machine." td: It isn't noise, parking or strangers per se. It is specifically the noise, cars and bodies of suburbanites that cause such discomfort. A gaggle of scenesters smoking cigs in front of Old Ironsides is, in my mind, a far better and more tolerable thing than a crowd of marketing drones sipping overpriced grape juice in front of a wine bar before drunk-driving back to Roseville in their Lexuses (or is it lexii?). We'll take their money, but don't expect us to like them. basuraman: It’s a fine line. Do you live on a lettered/numbered street in East Sac? If so, then consider yourself an honorary grid kid, but subtract half of your scene points. You do gain a +4 modifier if you ever paid Downtown James Brown to perform “Sex Machine.”

td: It isn’t noise, parking or strangers per se. It is specifically the noise, cars and bodies of suburbanites that cause such discomfort. A gaggle of scenesters smoking cigs in front of Old Ironsides is, in my mind, a far better and more tolerable thing than a crowd of marketing drones sipping overpriced grape juice in front of a wine bar before drunk-driving back to Roseville in their Lexuses (or is it lexii?). We’ll take their money, but don’t expect us to like them.

]]> By: Melly53 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22536 Melly53 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:40:07 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22536 Shit..I used to know how to spel. Palate..damn it! Personally, I am an oof-the-ginder and you don't find many of us around anymore. We can only dine in Rancho Cordova. Shit..I used to know how to spel. Palate..damn it!

Personally, I am an oof-the-ginder and you don’t find many of us around anymore. We can only dine in Rancho Cordova.

]]> By: Stickie http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22534 Stickie Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:24:26 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22534 What does this have to do with Adam Ant? What does this have to do with Adam Ant?

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22532 sac-eats Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:48:06 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22532 I would call you an old-school suburbanite. I would call you an old-school suburbanite.

]]> By: basuraman http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22531 basuraman Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:33:12 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22531 Well I wonder where I stand on this..I live in a numbered street with lettered cross streets. But in lovely East Sac. I guess I am still a “off-the-grid-er.” Well I wonder where I stand on this..I live in a numbered street with lettered cross streets. But in lovely East Sac. I guess I am still a “off-the-grid-er.”

]]> By: TowerDistrict http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22528 TowerDistrict Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:11:56 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22528 The irony in complaining about noise, different people and lack of parking is that those are the stereotypical reason one chooses to live in the suburbs... Foregoing the eclectic loud jumble of the urban evironment in favor of the calm homogeny and convenience of the suburbs. The irony in complaining about noise, different people and lack of parking is that those are the stereotypical reason one chooses to live in the suburbs… Foregoing the eclectic loud jumble of the urban evironment in favor of the calm homogeny and convenience of the suburbs.

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22523 sac-eats Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:14:55 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22523 One other thing, any restaurant with a majority of patrons employed by the state (at least at lunch time) can never be considered "yuppie." One other thing, any restaurant with a majority of patrons employed by the state (at least at lunch time) can never be considered “yuppie.”

]]> By: runnergirl http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22522 runnergirl Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:38:32 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22522 I'm still a little hung up on using the term "yuppies." Since it is derived from "young urban professional," it is a misnomer to refer to those outside the urban core as such. Plus many of us off-the-gridders aren't in what's considered the suburbs, and many of us work in/on the grid. I’m still a little hung up on using the term “yuppies.” Since it is derived from “young urban professional,” it is a misnomer to refer to those outside the urban core as such. Plus many of us off-the-gridders aren’t in what’s considered the suburbs, and many of us work in/on the grid.

]]> By: wburg http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22519 wburg Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:14:04 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22519 It is my understanding that Pronto is one of the few places in town where one can get an Italian beef sandwich, and in my mind, that's a good thing, even though I haven't bothered to get one yet. I am still a fan of the $5 lunch, and there are still spots where it can be had in fairly healthy fashion. I will wander into $7-8 territory once in a while, but not if I can help it. Only on a special occasion will I spend $10 on a lunch. And that's if I actually eat lunch out: if I really want a salad for lunch, I can throw one together before work for about 75 cents worth of ingredients. I am an unrepentant grid snob. How is it ironic? It's basically related to the same phenomenon one finds in San Francisco, Manhattan, the Chicago Loop, or other urban centers. The proof, and perhaps the irony you describe, is that people do come to downtown Sacramento to spend money and time and then go home to their suburbs: if it wasn't a great destination, there wouldn't be grid snobbery. So, while we do need "bridge and tunnel people" coming downtown, both for our economies and our egos, we're still going to make fun of them. It is my understanding that Pronto is one of the few places in town where one can get an Italian beef sandwich, and in my mind, that’s a good thing, even though I haven’t bothered to get one yet.

I am still a fan of the $5 lunch, and there are still spots where it can be had in fairly healthy fashion. I will wander into $7-8 territory once in a while, but not if I can help it. Only on a special occasion will I spend $10 on a lunch. And that’s if I actually eat lunch out: if I really want a salad for lunch, I can throw one together before work for about 75 cents worth of ingredients.

I am an unrepentant grid snob. How is it ironic? It’s basically related to the same phenomenon one finds in San Francisco, Manhattan, the Chicago Loop, or other urban centers. The proof, and perhaps the irony you describe, is that people do come to downtown Sacramento to spend money and time and then go home to their suburbs: if it wasn’t a great destination, there wouldn’t be grid snobbery.

So, while we do need “bridge and tunnel people” coming downtown, both for our economies and our egos, we’re still going to make fun of them.

]]> By: adamant http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22517 adamant Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:36:58 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22517 the main tenet of Maine tenants is "dirigo" or "I lead" the main tenet of Maine tenants is “dirigo” or “I lead”

]]> By: TowerDistrict http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22514 TowerDistrict Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:11:27 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22514 “mane tenants and main tenets” was actually the unused tagline for the musical "Hair". “mane tenants and main tenets” was actually the unused tagline for the musical “Hair”.

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22512 sac-eats Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:06:31 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/08/pronto-farmers-market-in-a-bowel-sic/#comment-22512 How about "Maine tenants"? How about “Maine tenants”?

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