This weekend, Mrs. Eats and I hit up our local Farmer’s Market and came away with a veritable s-load of fantastically fresh goodies. We bought berries for a week, fixings for a giant party salad and our absolute favorite, the hot BBQ almonds and orange-honey almonds from the vendor we affectionately call “Nut Guy.” Summer is here and her bounty is ripe. Don’t miss out on the fresh melons, tomatoes, cherries, peaches, plums, pluots, flora, fauna, fruita, fangora, etc. Click here for a list of markets in your area (we’re pretty partial to the Saturday CC Mall Market and the Tuesday Fremont Park Market, but feel free to explore and find out for yourself who has the freshest white freestone hybrid seedless waterpeachplums).
A plea for niceness
Three run-ins with idiots this weekend reminded me that our area has a real rudeness problem. I was asleep at the wheel earlier this summer when news arrived that area drivers are some of the worst in the country and I think our stupid and reckless driving can spill over into stupid and rude encounters. I was having trouble formulating this until I read TalkingPocket’s comment.
My favorite (i.e. least favorite) kind of rude idiot is the kind who is rude while in the giving or accepting of a favor. They come in two varieties: the rude favor acceptor and the rude favor giver. The rude favor acceptor usually comes in the form of a pedestrian who waves you on when you pull up to a Stop sign (usually clearly marked for cars with a red Octagonal sign). Dude, guy, buddy, I’m tryin to throw you a bone here.
County pays for medical neglect of inmate
The Bee reports today that the County has settled with a former inmate who was suing over neglect for a cut on his hand. Health care reform is all the rage these days, but something about this case tells me it’s not going to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back…
Ricky Kirk, in jail on a spousal abuse charge in 2004, had cut the palm of his hand on his wife’s teeth while hitting her in the mouth.
Like the weather…
Forecasting the weather in Sacramento during the summer months can seem a touch repetitive. Warm this morning, hot in the afternoon, the evening will remain warm. Tomorrow? See today. However, if you are an Internet junkie like me you have no doubt been frustrated with the poor level of detail provided online. That’s not to say that there aren’t enough resources online or 5 day forecasts with sun icons lined up back to back. But, when I am searching the Internet for weather forecasting I’m basically looking for a “cut to the chase” sentence or two. Well, my friends, I have found such a sentence or two at kcra.com. As always, I must disclaim that I’m never first on the scene with anything technology related so please forgive me if this is old news.
Watcha Doin’ This Weekend?
I don’t know about you, but I’ll be hanging out in a grocery store parking lot. As reported by Cakegirl:
Eve’s Market is finally having their GRAND OPENING CELEBRATRION!
Eve’s Market is having a grand opening party tomorrow, Saturday, from 11am-4pm. There will be food, games, face painting, music, raffles, and a $500 giveaway drawing.
They are located at 5025 Marconi Avenue (at Walnut), Carmichael. Their phone is 916.974.7300.
Daphne’s: Not Just Scooby Snacks Anymore
In my work-a-day neck of the woods, a new restaurant opening is treated with the same awe and wonderment that the Incas would have given to a total eclipse of the sun on the summer solstice while the simultaneous atmospheric entry of a comet crushed their god-king during a leap year. So, it was with great fanfare that Daphne’s Greek Cafe, Richmond Grove’s newest eatery, opened its doors to the hungry public. Located in the Safeway shopping center on 19th and S, Daphne’s takes up some prime real estate and makes the most of it with conspicuous signage, a logo wrapped SUV in the front parking stall and wafting scents of lamb turning slowly on a vertical spit.
Support Your Vets
Having had a recent pet emergency (lilies are toxic to kitties, as are many other plants and flowers, so get your fluffball urgent care, and keep flowers out of the house — out of reach is not enough, I learned), I thought I’d give a run-down on my experience with some of 
the region’s veterinarians.
Our beloved feline is fine, thanks to the fine folks at VCA Sacramento Veterinary Referral Center. We were referred to VCA from another VCA clinic (on Manzanita, south of Madison), and we were referred to them by the Banfield inside of Petsmart on Watt Avenue.
Here’s my take on some of the vet clinics I’ve encountered over the years:
Apparently worth a mention…
Via Central City Opinion it appears that a little magazine called National Geographic has mentioned this here web log in its new Destination Guide to Sacramento. They call us “hip” and highlight the Local Idiots category.
Cheers to all. Congrats to the Sacatomato and Metblogging folks as well.
A White Rose By Any Other Name is “La Rosa Blanca”
When one thinks of culinary excellence, one thinks of Auburn Blvd. One just can’t help it. It is inevitable that one be drawn by the fine wafting odors of Sacramento’s “street of dreams” when hunger rattles one’s belly. Be it Taco Bell, Mountain Mike’s Pizza or the unnamed restaurant in the bowels of the Clarion Hotel, gastronomic greatness exudes from every street corner.
I kid, of course. Auburn Blvd is simply an asphalt ribbon of sleaze with a few gems floating in the muck, and lucky is one who finds the gem without getting a little bit of the sleaze on him. One of those gems is La Rosa Blanca, a speck of a place wedged among a pawn shop a ubiquitous flophouse style motel and the Deseret Thrift Store (RULDS2?). Continue reading “A White Rose By Any Other Name is “La Rosa Blanca””
Whatcha doin’ this weekend?
I don’t know what you’re doing, but I’m playing in this show:
Sacramento’s newest and most revolutionary folk band will have their first public concert on Friday, June 29 at 8pm.
The “Dutch Elm Trio” featuring Greg Sabin on banjo, Chris Olsen on guitar and Pat Skiffington on bass will
make its debut at the Sacramento Comedy Spot studio at 1716 Broadway in Sacramento. The trio’s
interpretation of classic folk has been hailed by themselves as “groundbreaking,” “jaw-dropping” and
“somewhat better than we’d intended.”
Special guests, “The Tip Top Trio,” Sacramento’s favorite rockabilly band, will be following the Dutch
Elm boys and rounding out an evening of musical entertainment.
Tickets are just $5 at the door, and they’ll be going fast, so make sure to get there early. See you
Friday!
What:Â Dutch Elm Trio: World Debut
When:Â Friday, June 29, 8pm
Where: Sacramento Comedy Spot, 1716 Broadway
How much: $5
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