Regarding the Grammy Awards, what exactly is the difference between “Record of the Year” and “Album of the Year”?
I thought the record one meant a single song, but there is also a “Song of the Year” award.
Where there any locals in the mix this year? I know that Fair Oaks artist Mary Youngblood has won two Grammy Awards for her Native American music in the past.
“GOB, please report to the security desk.”
Bob Shallit reports in today’s business section of The Bee that the Arden Fair Mall security team members are now using Segway (nee “Ginger”) scooters to monitor the goings-on, both inside and outside of the mall. If only they had these back in ’06.
No word yet on if each scooter will play a continuous loop of this Segway anthem.
The building formerly known as Carlos Murphy’s/Bleachers/Asian Buffet/European Buffet Featuring Sushi and Waffles is now gone.
I noticed that it had been knocked down last week, and in its place is a pile of rubble surrounded by a chain link fence.
This is the place that was across from Cal Expo and across from the relatively new (though still with as asinine of a parking lot as the older locations) Kaiser building.
Just thought you should know, and I hope this isn’t where Radio Matthew was planning on going for his 21st birthday.
Obvious Point #1
It’s been too long since we’ve had a new post, so here goes the obvious assertion that it’s a great idea to have a moratorium on new construction starts in the Natomas basin.
If you don’t believe me, take a trip to New Orleans (as Sac-Eats and I just did) and talk to some of the locals about some building decisions their officials made over the past couple of hundred years.
Do we believe the weather prognosticators that these incoming storms will be of Biblical proportions?
I, for one, am not taking chances.
I’m about to go top off my gas tank so I won’t have to stand outside at a gas station at any point in the next few days. I’m also about to go take down the Christmas lights now so they’re not knocked off by Mother Nature and so they’re not up for several more days (I realize some will say we’re OK ’til Epiphany for leaving them up.)
What are your storm plans?
Has anyone checked out Bodies: Revealed over on Alta Arden?
I saw this exhibit earlier this year in a different city, and it’s a must for anyone in the medical field (or for those of us who feel we’ve missed our calling. Any other fans of the Mutter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia out there?)
The bodies are presented respectfully, and they give a close-up view of muscles, nerves, organs, bones, the circulatory system, what certain diseases look like, and a multitude of other fascinating facets of anatomy. It’s amazing how well engineered we are. I was with a fellow runner, so she and I were pointing out the different things that have ailed us over the years, most notably the piriformis muscle, patellar tendon, and iliotibial band.
The Sacramento exhibit is just one of many exhibitions of actual cadavers that have been preserved and dissected — all bodies used were donated to science. Check it out, 10am-10pm daily, through March 2008.
Group discounts are available, so here’s a chance for sacrag meet-up, and we can truly see that we’re really all the same inside.
Who knew that frozen yogurt would make such a comeback? Fro-yo was such a huge part of the ’80s and early ’90s — so much that my college roommate and I had the Yogurt Park “flavor hotline” on speed dial.Â
While we don’t see many Penguin or Honey Treat yogurt joints around these days, there are two spots in Sac that put a modern spin on the frozen concoction of yore:
Continue reading “Let’s, like, totally go get some fro-yo after I tighten my scrunchie”
It’s raining!
I’m speculating that we can all look forward to team coverage on “Rain Watch ’07: Holiday Edition” since we haven’t had nearly enough of this wet stuff in some time.
Who are the most rookie reporters who will have to report from Blue Canyon today and tonight?
Why kill brain cells on eggnog and turkey-tinis when you can just turn on VH1 and catch a local or two on “America’s Most Smartest Model.”
Grass Valley native VJ is still in the running, while Sacramentan Jesse has already been sent home. Some may remember Slavco (also already sent packing) from VH1’s “Kept” from 2004.
Thankfully, I’ve only caught one full episode, so there’s still hope for a full recovery. The one redeeming quality of this show is that it is co-hosted by the wry Ben Stein; although, I’d love to see guest appearances by Tyra, Miss Jay, Benny Ninja — and just for kicks, Michael Kors and Tim Gunn (just keep Padma away, por favor.)
..you can see across California!
While flying home yesterday morning from a conference in Minnesota, I stared out the window and watched the west go by. Barren mountains and alkali flats were the lay of the land, with nary a tree to be seen.
As we crossed over Carson City and into California, it was like the scene in The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy escapes her black and white world and into a technicolor dream. Continue reading “On a clear day..”
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