I caught a newscast with Sac’s newest reporter/anchor Tony Lopez on… it must have been Sunday? Man the days just run together. Anyway has anybody else seen this guy? He’s great in that sarcastic local news anchor role. It made me remember that one of my primary goals with Sac Rag was to gossip about our fabulous local news people: picking up on the belligerence of a Miguel Almaguer, sighting of a Jennifer Whitney on the street, catching alumns when they get picked up by the big networks (ever notice how much Fox loves them some Sacto poaching? Adam Housley and Kiran Chetry are all over the F&B).
Author: CoolDMZ
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Surprise Inconvenience
A source inside the Sacramento county administration building reports on suspicious signage:
Our whole County building is under construction, and now all the handicapped restrooms are blocked by construction walls, so that there is only one in the entire administration building. On the doors to all the other ones, which are now blocked off, there is a huge poster meant to explain the delays. The poster says, “What happened to the ADA restrooms? Remodeling projects always have surprises…” and then goes on.
Oh, that’s what it is? A “surprise?” As in, “Surprise! You wheeled yourself all the way over here to go to the bathroom but now you have to go down 5 floors and wait in line for the one that’s available.” That’s a pretty crappy surprise. Also I love how they’re specifically referred to as “ADA restrooms” as in “the restroom you only get to use because of a court order, not because we care about accommodating handicapped people.”
Apple Hill, CoolDMZ-style
The CoolDMZs made their way up to Camino for some apple tasting this weekend, inspired by sac-eats’ (or was it?) official Sac Rag unofficial guide. Needless to say, the apples were a-poppin, and a good time was had by all.
I have pictures (one of which is of a pig on a spit) and snarky things to say (if you didn’t assume that)…
A “Vintage” Snack in East Sac
On our way uptown this evening I spotted Big Spoon Yogurt, a fro-yo establishment recently installed in the plot formerly occupied by the genius-ly (you heard me) titled Art of Party. Pretty dead inside Big Spoon from what I could tell, though perhaps that’s mainly just because nobody had access to a time machine to go back to 1989 to eat frozen yogurt.
Public Safety is Wasted on the Young
Hilarious story last night on KCRA about police action in a South Sacramento neighborhood after construction crews reported shots fired. Miguel Almaguer reported that the police response consisted of a “small army” of SWAT teams and his producers stopped short of including stock footage of Nazi storm-troopers. Miguel’s spin? As it turns out, the police resources were wasted on something as harmless as… guns being fired randomly in the direction of people. The link is considerably toned down from the broadcast version, unfortunately.
So I’m curious, Miguel. How many police officers should it take to subdue 5 armed men in their own home? One? Two? Five? I think the Sac PD would appreciate your sage advice.
Dine for America Day
Here is the list of Sacramento restaurants participating in today’s Dine for America Day. 50% of sales at Blue Cue and K-Bar seems pretty generous. Paragary’s Group is obviously feeling the need to boost its public image. Today would be a good day to eat an all-appetizers dinner at Biba. Dress appropriately.
Horrifying Clown Peddlers Haunt Morning Commute
In case there are still children out there not terrified by clowns, this morning there are clowns randomly placed on street corners to remind kiddies about deadly childhood illnesses! That’s right, it’s the Shriners’ Kids Day, so that clown approaching your window at the red light is not a serial killer, just a helping hand trying to raise money to help sick kids.
Note: The Sac Rag wholeheartedly endorses charity hospital facilities.
Confusion Reigns in Sunday Scene
Did anybody else need a nap after trying to read the Bee’s new and improved Sunday Scene section? Maybe you have to have a teething 6 month old in the house to get the full effect. I think the Bee wants to make its paper version look more like its Web site, which is also impossible to navigate.
SNR Picks Sac’s Best Sites
Perusing the newly released Best of Sacramento list over at the Snooze and Review (get it?) I am not surprised to see that The Sac Rag’s acquisition of the top spot in the hearts and minds of Sacramento’s online set is going to have to continue to work the grassroots approach. Lots of press for Heckasac as Best entertainment blog and readers-choice Best Blog (beating out frickin Weintraub, wow). Two of the award-winning sites hit us up with semi-frequent linkage (Heckasac and Uneasy Rhetoric) so maybe this well deserved attention for those bloggers will give the Rag crew a little indirect lovin’.
At least, that’s how I was thinking until I found the results of Reader’s Choice best local Web site:
NapkinNights
http://sac.napkinnights.com
2. Suckramento.com
http://www.suckramento.com
3. Sacramento Midtown.com
http://www.sacramentomidtown.com
Well, zero out of 3 ain’t bad. Do not click the first two, but click the third for a nice laugh (unless you designed that site, in which case, nice work. Great job.)
On an unrelated note, though, thank you Chrisanne Beckner for giving me the answer to a riddle by exposing A&A Imports as the source of the strong and enticing donut smell at McKinley Park.
Shady Practices at Paragary’s
KCRA brings us the news of a Federal harassment/discrimination suit against the Paragary’s restaurant group, which serves up the hippest chow in town at such joints as Spataro, KBar, Cafe Bernardo (where the lawsuit originated), and of course Paragary’s.
In a court document, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges the Paragary Management Group with sexual harassment, saying Leticia Fernandez complained to supervisors but was ignored.
… three other Mexican women who worked at Paragary restaurants are also involved in the legal battle. The women claim that because of their race, they were not given the breaks that whites or Asians were given while at work.
Maybe Heckasac’s spaghettini was tainted with the disgusting spice of bigotry?
No word on allegations that Paragary management staff engaged in other bigoted activities, such as
- patting a “small person” on the head
- acting rough with a baby cow
- refusing to seat space aliens
- judging a book by its cover
- making a joke about lungers
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